University of Minnesota forward Grace Zumwinkle netted a hat trick to power the No. 4 Gophers past the Bemidji State University women’s hockey team 6-1 in game one of their Western Collegiate Hockey Association series.

Bemidji State freshman Taylor Nelson scored the lone goal for the Beavers at 16:34 of the second period for her second career goal while senior Clair DeGeorge and freshman Khloe Lund earned assists. For Lund, it was her first collegiate point.

Senior Kerigan Dowhy stopped 15 of 20 shots by the Gophers in 40 minutes of work while junior Lexi Baker came in the net for the third period and stopped five-of-six shots.

Minnesota got to an early start against Bemidji State by scoring three goals within the games’ first 10 minutes. Minnesota then added a goal at 3:58 of the second before Nelson answered back at 16:34. However, Zumwinkle added her second goal just 1:20 later to go ahead 5-1. She the completed the hat trick at 12:59 of the third period to wrap-up the scoring.

Minnesota goaltender and former Bemidji State goaltender Lauren Bench earned the win between the pipes, her ninth of the season after stopping 15-of-16 shots and improves her record to 9-5-0 while Dowhy falls to 2-12-2.

Bemidji State earned three power plays during the game and went 0-for-3 with the extra skater while its penalty kill successfully killed off all two power plays by the Gophers.

Bemidji State and Minnesota will play the series finale today at 3:07 p.m. Tune into our pregame coverage today beginning at 2:30 p.m. on 94.3 FM The Legends in Bemidji or online at www.beaverradionetwork.com.

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Bemidji State Lines
Reece Hunt – Clair DeGeorge – Taylor Nelson
Lydia Passolt – Paige Anderson – Paige Beebe
Calli Forsberg – Graysen Myers – Lindsey Featherstone
Claudia Verkerke – Gabby Smith – Mya Neugent

Extra Skater – Cheyenne Abear

Kate Boland – Mak Langei
Tina Kampa – Abby Ecker
Khloe Lund – Kara Werth

Hannah Hogenson
Kerigan Dowhy
Lexi Baker

Opponent Lines
Grace Zumwinkle – Taylor Heise – Abbey Murphy
Abigail Boreen – Emily Oden – Amy Potomak
Audrey Wethington – Taylor Wente – Josey Dunne
Tella Jungels – Sydney Shearen –

Madeline Wethington – Olivia Knowles
Emily Brown – Crystalyn Hengler
Maggie Nicholson –

Lauren Bench
Makayla Pahl
Olivia King

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College Hockey Live Box Score (Final) Minnesota at Bemidji State Saturday, February 20, 2021 Referees:  Rob Ludwig   Game Start:  3:07   Casey Enge   Game End:  4:59 Linesmen:  Ron Laituri   Game Length:  1:52   Glenn Hagberg   Attendance:  250

Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd Final Minnesota  4 2 3 9 Bemidji State  1 0 0 1 Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd SOG Minnesota  13 16 7 36 Bemidji State  4 3 4 11   PP PP % PIM SHGF Minnesota  1/2 .500 0/0 0 Bemidji State  0/0 — 2/4 0

# Prd Time  Team Score Type Scored By Assists Offense On Ice Defense On Ice 1st 0:46  MIN 1-0 EV Madeline Wethington (2) Taylor Heise/8, Abigail Boreen/2 5,22,13,9,14,G33 8,26,29,22,9,G1 1st 2:12  MIN 2-0 EV GW Emily Brown (3) Audrey Wethington/4 2,4,28,12,24,G33 19,17,10,23,4,G1 1st 7:59  BMJ 1-2 EV Paige Anderson (1) Lydia Passolt/1, Paige Beebe/3 13,3,19,22,18,G1 12,9,4,2,18,G33 1st 11:09  MIN 3-1 EV Abbey Murphy (6) Grace Zumwinkle/5, Crystalyn Hengler/5 18,12,9,13,2,G33 11,23,7,17,10,G1 1st 12:36  MIN 4-1 EV Josey Dunne (3) Audrey Wethington/5, Madeline Wethington/6 17,4,5,28,13,G33 19,3,18,4,26,G1 2nd 4:03  MIN 5-1 EV Grace Zumwinkle (16) Abbey Murphy/10, Maggie Nicholson/3 12,9,13,14,16,G33 8,29,22,26,2,G33 2nd 9:13  MIN 6-1 PP Crystalyn Hengler (4) Abigail Boreen/3, Madeline Wethington/7 13,5,21,22,16,G33 10,23,11,4,G33 3rd 0:21  MIN 7-1 EV Taylor Heise (7) Grace Zumwinkle/6, Olivia Knowles/8 9,18,12,2,24,G1 26,29,22,8,9,G33 3rd 8:21  MIN 8-1 EV Abbey Murphy (7) Emily Oden/12, Grace Zumwinkle/7 18,28,22,14,2,G1 13,18,3,19,4,G33 3rd 9:02  MIN 9-1 EV Amy Potomak (2) Taylor Wente/4, Emily Brown/7 16,5,13,28,22,G1 2,23,9,22,17,G33

## Minnesota G A P PIM SOG +/- 2 Emily Brown 1 1 2 0/0 2 +3 4 Audrey Wethington 0 2 2 0/0 2 +1 5 Madeline Wethington 1 2 3 0/0 4 +3 7 Sydney Shearen 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 9 Taylor Heise 1 1 2 0/0 4 +3 12 Grace Zumwinkle 1 3 4 0/0 3 +3 13 Crystalyn Hengler 1 1 2 0/0 3 +5 14 Maggie Nicholson 0 1 1 0/0 2 +3 16 Amy Potomak 1 0 1 0/0 4 +2 17 Josey Dunne 1 0 1 0/0 1 +1 18 Abbey Murphy 2 1 3 0/0 3 +2 19 Tella Jungels 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 21 Emily Oden 0 1 1 0/0 2 E 22 Abigail Boreen 0 2 2 0/0 0 +3 24 Olivia Knowles 0 1 1 0/0 1 +2 28 Taylor Wente 0 1 1 0/0 4 +4 1 G Olivia King 0 0 0 0/0 0 +3 33 G Makayla Pahl 0 0 0 0/0 0 +4 35 G Lauren Bench Did Not Play        Minnesota Totals 9 17 26 0/0 36 +7 ## Bemidji State G A P PIM SOG +/- 2 Mak Langei 0 0 0 1/2 2 -2 3 Lydia Passolt 0 1 1 0/0 1 -1 4 Kara Werth 0 0 0 0/0 0 -3 6 Claudia Verkerke 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 7 Abby Ecker 0 0 0 0/0 0 -1 8 Taylor Nelson 0 0 0 0/0 0 -3 9 Mya Neugent 0 0 0 0/0 1 -3 10 Lindsey Featherstone 0 0 0 0/0 0 -2 11 Tina Kampa 0 0 0 0/0 1 -1 13 Paige Anderson 1 0 1 1/2 1 E 17 Calli Forsberg 0 0 0 0/0 1 -3 18 Paige Beebe 0 1 1 0/0 0 -1 19 Khloe Lund 0 0 0 0/0 0 -2 20 Gabbie Smith 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 22 Kate Boland 0 0 0 0/0 0 -3 23 Graysen Myers 0 0 0 0/0 0 -3 25 Cheyenne Abear 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 26 Clair DeGeorge 0 0 0 0/0 0 -4 29 Reece Hunt 0 0 0 0/0 2 -3 1 G Hannah Hogenson 0 0 0 0/0 0 -3 30 G Lexi Baker Did Not Play 33 G Kerigan Dowhy 0 0 0 0/0 0 -4  Bemidji State Totals 1 2 3 2/4 11 -7 ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves 33 Makayla Pahl (W, 2-2-1) 40:00 1 3 3 0 6 1 Olivia King 20:00 0 0 0 4 4 ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves 1 Hannah Hogenson (L, 0-2-0) 12:36 4 5 0 0 5 33 Kerigan Dowhy 47:24 5 4 14 4 22

Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time  1st Paige Anderson BMJ 2 Holding 4:27  Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time  2nd Mak Langei BMJ 2 Tripping 7:34

New Records: Minnesota 11-7-1, Bemidji State 2-14-2 Three Stars: 1. Grace Zumwinkle (Minnesota) 2. Abbey Murphy (Minnesota) 3. Madeline Wethington (Minnesota)