Power Play Club

Field Trip Day is BACK!

Minnesota Women's Hockey's game on Friday, December 11 against Minnesota State will be played at 12 Noon at 3M Arena at Mariucci!!

School group interest form ⤵️
https://z.umn.edu/GWHFieldTripDay2026

Field Trip Day is BACK at 3M at Mariucci! 🚌🏒

📅 Dec. 11
⏰ 12:00 PM
📍 3M Arena at Mariucci

Bring the class. Bring the noise. Let’s pack the barn!

🔗: https://z.umn.edu/GWHFieldTripDay2026

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And recapping game day 3 action in the European Cup of Nations - Group A...

Germany 1, Hungary 0 -- In another contest that was scoreless until late in the third period, Lilla Welcke lit the lamp for the Germans with under 3 minutes to play. The win put Germany at the top of the standings for the weekend. Germany recap: https://www.deb-online.de/en/2026/08/22/womens-european-cup-of-nations-ger-hun/

France 5, Norway 1 -- The Francs controlled this one with a pair of first-period goals, pushing their lead to 4-1 after 40 minutes. Norway remained winless on the weekend.

Standings (W-OTW-OTL-L)...
1) Germany - 3-0-0-0 - 9 points
2) France - 2-0-0-1 - 6 points
3) Hungary - 1-0-0-2 - 3 points
4) Norway - 0-0-0-3 - 0 points

Women's European Cup of Nations: Germany secures tournament victory after a 1-0 win against Hungary - Deutscher Eishockey-Bund e. V. The German women's national team also won their third game of the Women's European Cup of Nations: Lilli Welcke scored the winning goal in a 1-0 victory against Hungary.

Wrapping up the weekend's action in the Women's Euro Hockey Tour...

Sweden 2, Finland 0 -- Sweden's second win of the weekend put them atop the event standings. This game was scoreless until late in the third period when Sofie Lundin lit the lamp on a power play with 1:41 to go in regulation, Thea Johannson added an empty-netter with 14 seconds left, and Ebba Svensson Träff posted a 34-save shutout. Box score: https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/game?season=2027&gameid=2712930&lang=en

Czechia 2, Switzerland 1 -- The Czechs took the lead on Daniela Pejsova's goal 3:30 into the second period, with assists to Michaela Pejzlova and Minnesota Women's Hockey forward Tereza Plosova. Pejzlova tallied on a power play midway through the 3rd to push the lead to 2-0. Leoni Balzer cut the Swiss deficit in half less than three minutes later, but they were unable to get an equalizer. Box score: https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/game?season=2027&gameid=2712931&lang=en

Final standings (W-OTW-OTL-L)...
1) Sweden - 2-0-0-1 - 6 points
2) Switzerland - 1-1-0-1 - 5 points
3) Finland - 1-0-1-1 - 4 points
4) Czechia - 1-0-0-2 - 3 points

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In European Cup of Nations - Group A play (with only game scores available)...

France 2, Hungary 1 -- This game was scoreless at the first intermission and 1-1 after 40 minutes before the Francs lit the lamp in the 3rd period.

Germany 4, Norway 2 -- The host Germans now top the standings with their two wins over the first two game days. They look for the weelend sweep tomorrow (Saturday, 8/22) against the Hungarians.

Scores & standings ⤵️
https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/european-cup-of-nations-women/

Women's Euro Hockey Tour action -- Game day #2

Sweden 4, Czechia 2 -- Lina Ljungblom tallied 2 goals and an assist and Hilda Svensson also netted two goals for the Swedes in a contest which saw 42 minutes of penalties (all minors or double-minors) called. The Swedes hel a 3-0 lead before the Czechs mounted a comeback attempt, with Minnesota Women's Hockey forward Tereza Plosová converting on a power play, but it was not enough. Box score at https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/game?season=2027&gameid=2712928&lang=en .

Switzerland 4, Finland 3, OT -- This back-and-forth game saw a little of everything. Gopher forward Julia Schalin got credited for a third-period goal for Finland when her centering pass was deflected by a Swiss player into her own net, and Emmi Juusela put the Finns up 3-2 with 10:48 left in regulation. However, the Finns were whistled for a penalty shot with 2:50 remaining and Switzerland's Lara Stalder converted, her 2nd goal of the game, to send the contest to overtime. Alina Müller then ended things 3:49 into the extra period with an assist from Stalder. Box score at https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/game?season=2027&gameid=2712929&lang=en .

The final day of action tomorrow (Saturday, Aug. 22) sees Sweden taking on the Finns and Czechia facing the Swiss.

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From the European Cup of Nations, Group A, event in Füssen, Germany. Please bear with us as only the period-by-period scores are available but not any individual player details.

Hungary 8, Norway 0 -- After taking a 2-0 into the second intermission, the Hungarians erupted for 6 third-period goals.

Germany 3, France 2 -- Two 2nd-period goals put the host Germans up 3-1 and they held on for the victory.

Action continues tomorrow (Friday, 8/21) with Hungary facing France and Germany taking on Norway.

European Cup of Nations-Women - National Teams of Ice Hockey FRANCE GERMANY HUNGARY NORWAY Tournament Schedule Date Host City Match Results 08/20/26 Fussen 🇳🇴 Norway vs. 🇭🇺 Hungary 0 - 8 08/20/26 Fussen 🇩🇪 Germany vs. 🇫🇷 France 3 - 2 08/21/26 Fussen 🇭🇺 Hungary vs. 🇫🇷 France 08/21/26 Fussen 🇩🇪 Germany vs. 🇳🇴 Norw...

Women's Euro Hockey Tour -- Kl**en, Switzerland

Finland 3, Czechia 1 -- Minnesota Women's Hockey forward Julia Schalin earned the secondary assist on Emmi Juusela's opening goal. Sanni Vanhanen also assisted on the goal and followed it with one of her own, lighting the lamp unassisted on a power play. Box score: https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/game?season=2027&gameid=2712926&lang=en

-- Replay of the opening goal: https://x.com/gamedayhky/status/2090075698069225962

Switzerland 4, Sweden 2 -- The Swedes took an early 1-0 lead as Mira Jungâker scored just 46 seconds into the contest. However, the Swiss netted the next three goals over 26 minutes of playing time, the third coming from Alina Müller as the eventual game-winner. Müller added a power-play insurance goal with 7:40 to play. Box score: https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/game?season=2027&gameid=2712927&lang=en

C Benwell | GameDay Hockey (@gamedayhky) on X

The Power Play Club is now accepting pledges for its Locker Sponsorship membership tier for the 2026-2027 Minnesota Women's Hockey season!!

Locker sponsorships are our top fundraiser for the Gopher Women's Hockey program, raising more than $43,000 last year!!

Our goal for the new season is to sponsor every player again and to raise $50,000 for the team. Each sponsorship requires a minimum donation of $1,000 (collected after Nov. 1), with additional contributions very much welcomed. Locker sponsors will have their name(s) on a plaque on their chosen player’s locker, and will also receive an invitation to the Locker Sponsor-Player Get Together in January in which they can have their photo taken with their player in the GWH locker room and enjoy a sit-down meal with their player.

Check out our letter with details ⤵️

2026-2027 GWH Locker Sponsorship Program

Recaps from USA Hockey of Saturday's victories in both the and ...

Team USA Sweeps Final Games of Select Series Against Canada Collegiate Team Wins 5-2, Under-18 Team Wins 5-4

In the USA-Canada Collegiate / Development Series...

Game 3 -- USA 5, Canada 2 -- Chloe Boreen led the American attack with two goals and Ava McNaughton made 30 saves for the win.

Canada took the series, 2 games to 1, but couldn't complete the sweep. With the 3-goal victory Saturday, Team USA had the better composite score across all three contests, 6-5 (or 6-4 if you exclude the goal awarded for Thursday's shootout).