The Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey team represents the University of Minnesota and plays at the Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis. The team is one of the members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Since 2002, the Gophers have played their home games in Ridder Arena, the first facility in the United States built specifically for college women's ice hockey.
The program started play in the 1997âÂÂ98 season with Laura Halldorson as their first head coach. She led the Gophers to the final American Women's College Hockey Alliance national championship in their third season of play, as well as back-to-back NCAA Division I National Championships in 2003âÂÂ04 and 2004âÂÂ05.
Brad Frost took over as the Gophers' coach in the 2007âÂÂ08 season. He led the team to back-to-back NCAA Division I National Championships twice. The first pair was the 2011âÂÂ12 and 2012âÂÂ13 seasons. During the 2012âÂÂ13 season, the Gophers had a perfect 41âÂÂ0âÂÂ0 record. The Gophers then won titles in the 2014âÂÂ15 and 2015âÂÂ16 seasons. Frost was fired as head coach of the Gopher's women's hockey team on March 17, 2026.
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