Proctor/Hermantown graduate Braylin Sathers will go down in Wisconsin River Falls women's hockey history as a senior member of an undefeated national championship team.
On March 17, the Sasers and Falcons defeated Elmira 4-1 in the title game at their home arena in River Falls, scoring three goals in the third period to clinch the win and become the second team in Division III women's hockey history to do so. He became the undefeated national champion. .
The defenseman had the only assist on Maddie McCollins' game-tying goal 5:43 into the third period in the national semifinal game against Adrian. His teammate Bailey Olson provided the Falcons with a late winner with 1:50 left.
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Sathers appeared in all 31 games for UWRF this season, winning all of them, finishing with one goal (Feb. 17 vs. Wisconsin-Eau Claire) and seven assists. While at Mirage, Proctor/Hermantown reached the Class A state semifinals in 2018 and 2019.
- Sadie Peart (Grand Rapids/Greenway) and the Quinnipiac Bobcats finished one step short of the NCAA Division I women's hockey tournament. Peart appeared in 37 games for the Bobcats, finishing fifth on the all-time scoring list with 15 goals and 16 assists, including four game-winning goals.
Quinnipiac finished with a record of 25 wins, 11 losses, and 1 draw, but finished ninth in the final women's pairwise rankings. Of the three conference champions who automatically qualified among the 11 teams, Quinnipiac was the first at-large to be ejected after Minnesota-Duluth was the last to play.
- stay in the east Maren Friday He finished his junior season with three goals and five assists on the Union College blue line.
Marshall University Alumni; Danica MarkHe appeared in eight games for the Garnet Chargers, but did not score a point.
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- Another local player just outside the NCAA Tournament is St. Cloud State University. Ella Annick (Proctor/Hermantown). In his first season after transferring from Bemidji State, Annick had four goals and 10 assists on the Huskies' blue line. His 58 blocked shots were second on the team.
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- Claire Vekic Minnesota State (Grand Rapids/Greenway) had seven of 38 goals and six assists, ranking sixth in team scoring. Vekic has scored exactly seven goals in each of his first three seasons in college, his first two goals coming at Bemidji State.
- taylor nelson (Cloke Esco Carlton) As team captain, he led Bemidji State in scoring, recording seven goals and five assists.teammate Alyssa Watkins (Proctor/Hermantown) Played in 35 games for the Beavers, recording three goals and two assists.
- Carissa Mudrak (Duluth Marshall) has a 7-15-2 record in 25 games in goal for Assumption of the New England Women's Hockey Alliance. She had a .925 save percentage and a 2.54 goals-against average, with five of her games totaling 40 or more saves.
- Even in NEWHA, my seniors claire casey At Franklin Pierce (Superior/Gentry Academy) in Rindge, New Hampshire, he had eight goals and 11 assists.
- In the Division III ranks, tenley stewart (Cloquet-Esko-Carlton) of Augsburg is one of two local graduates selected to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference all-conference team.
Stewart, a sophomore defenseman, finished sixth on the Oggies with three goals and 10 assists.
teammate dorothy carney (Hibbing/Chisholm) had a goal and an assist in his junior season, but was a goalie. charlie pryor (Duluth Marshall) played in four games in his first season with the program.
- Another local All-MIAC pick is: Reese Heitzman St. Mary's (Proctor/Hermantown). Heitzman had 17 goals and nine assists in his first year of college, ranking him as the team leader in goals and second in points.
St. Mary's defeated Augsburg in the MIAC playoff semifinals, but lost 2-0 to Gustavus Adolphus in the conference championship game.
- Aurora Opsal (Proctor/Hermantown) Finished this season as the team co-leader in goals and points for St. Benedict. The junior forward had 13 goals and seven helpers in 24 games.senior teammate jamie benji (Moose Lake Area) Bennys finished with two goals and two assists.
- Livia Hoff (North Shore) had two assists in his second season at Concordia-Moorhead and at Hamline. Annika Lindgren (Duluth Marshall) had five goals and 10 assists in 26 games, setting personal bests in both categories.teammate Mackenzie Gunderson (Proctor/Hermantown) Appeared in 22 games for the Pipers, but did not record a goal.
nolan krenzen (Duluth Marshall) recorded one shot and blocked one shot in Omaha's 3-2 loss to Minnesota in the NCAA Tournament regional semifinals Thursday in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
The defenseman finished his fourth season with the Mavericks with two goals and eight assists.
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- Another Hilltopper who appeared in the tournament was Levi Stauber of Michigan Technological University. Stauber did not record a stat line in the Huskies' loss to Boston College in the regional semifinals on Friday in Providence, Rhode Island, but had a goal and an assist in 20 games during his junior season.
- The Vikings won 12 games in their first season in Division I, although the program at Augustana has not yet reached that level. ben trumbley (Greenway) had five goals and eight assists in 13 games. hunter bischoff (Grand Rapids, 4-4) Shay Donovan (Duluth East, 2-6) Both scored eight points.
- In ECAC hockey, George Grannis (Duluth Marshall) Clarkson had two goals and one assist in 30 games during his time with Union. tyler watkins (Hermantown) had eight goals and eight assists in 36 games as a defenseman. jacob janet He had seven assists in 33 games for the (Duluth East) Garnet Chargers. Clarkson and Union finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 12-team ECAC standings.
- defenseman Will Troutwein (Lockridge) had two assists in 19 games at Holy Cross in his first season.
- In the Division III ranks, Bethel advanced to the MIAC Men's Hockey Championship game, losing a 4-1 decision at home to St. Olaf.
Dane Stoyanoff (Cloke Esco Carleton) earned an honorable mention award from his conference after his junior season, scoring one goal, dishing out seven assists, and leading the team in blocked shots with 34. Logan Anderson (Duluth East) had five goals and six assists in 23 games, while his junior teammates jake harter (Hermantown) had one goal and five assists. Stoyanov is a defenseman and team captain. Anderson and Huerter are forwards.
- In the case of Gustav Adolf, both mika gander (green road) and porter haney (Duluth East) finished with a goal and two assists, but christian miller (Greenway) added two assists from the blue line.
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Sr. Willie Stauber (Duluth Marshall) received the Richard G. O'Brien Award, given to the Blue Gold player with the highest work ethic on and off the ice. The senior defenseman played in 28 games for UWEC and had three goals and five assists.
freshman teammate Charlie Erickson (Duluth East) appeared in 12 games in his first season at UWEC, recording a goal and an assist.
Brandon has been the News Tribune's sports editor since August 2021.
