Grace Zumwinkle had a hat trick and Sarah Potomak had a goal and three assists to lead the No. 3 Gophers women's hockey team to a 7-3 rout of St. Cloud State on Saturday, completing a sweep of the best-of-three WCHA first-round series.
Grace Zumwinkle's hat trick leads Gophers to sweep of St. Cloud State in WCHA playoffs
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March 1, 2020 at 6:04AM
The three goals (on five shots) give Zumwinkle, a junior forward, a team-high 25.
The Gophers advance to the WCHA Final Faceoff next weekend at Ridder Arena.
No. 3 Minnesota (27-5-3), seeded second in the playoffs, have 14 consecutive victories over the Huskies, including six this season.
The Gophers took a 2-0 lead in the first minute of play on goals by Patti Marshall at 30 seconds and Zumwinkle at 59.
St. Cloud State (6-25-4) closed to within one goal twice, at 2-1 in the opening period and 3-2 in the second. But the Potomak sisters, first Amy and then Sarah, scored 62 seconds apart late in the second.
Katie Robinson had the other goal for the Gophers.
Sydney Scobee made 11 saves for the Gophers, Emma Polusny 47 for the Huskies.
Bemidji State 2, Minnesota Duluth 1 (4OT): Reece Hunt scored her second goal of the game 8:43 into the fourth overtime as the Beavers (16-17-3) forced a Game 3 with the Bulldogs (17-11-6) by winning the second-longest game in NCAA women's hockey history. Lauren Bench made a program-record 70 saves for the Beavers, outdueling UMD's Maddie Rooney, who stopped 60 shots.
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Sam Rinzel had two of the Gophers’ three power play goals against the Irish.
