UMD Bulldogs "ALLETE" Moments: Competition

Throughout this year, UMD Athletics is partnering with Minnesota Power, ALLETE to highlight the Bulldogs accomplishments in the 3 C's: Classroom, Competition, Community. 

 

University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey freshman goaltender Ève Gascon has been named the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's Rookie of the Week after her 21-save win over Minnesota State University, Mankato over the weekend.

 

The native of  Mascouche, Quebec made 21 saves Saturday on 22 shots faced for a .955 saves percentage – which ranked as the third-highest in all the league last weekend. Gascon earned her second win of the season on her fourth start, and posted a 1.01 GAA. 

 

Through her first four career games, Gascon is 2-2-0 with one shutout, and owns a 1.76 GAA and .937 saves percentage after making 104 stops on 11 shots. Gascon is one of two goaltenders ever to have recorded a shutout in her first game as a Bulldog in program history.

 

Gascon and the rest of UMD will head north to Bemidji, Minn. this weekend to face Bemidji State University in a Friday-Saturday WCHA series that gets underway at 3:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon.

 

About Minnesota Power, ALLETE:

Our bold vision centers on our commitment to climate, customers and communities. We're a clean-energy leader under our EnergyForward strategy, already delivering 50% renewable energy ahead of all other Minnesota utilities. Now we're doubling down on that with a vision to deliver 100% carbon-free energy to customers reliably and affordably by 2050. Learn more at: https://www.mnpower.com/CarbonFreeEnergyVision