After a few “down” years for the Minnesota Gophers women’s hockey team, Minnesota returned to a familiar location at the end of the 2021-22 season—the Frozen Four. Minnesota’s run ended there with a national semifinal loss to Minnesota-Duluth. who would then lose the national championship game to Ohio State giving the Buckeyes their first ever NCAA title. This season the Gophers have loftier expectations of getting back to the top of the women’s college hockey world, and have the roster to achieve that goal. But it will not be easy as Minnesota will need to get through the defending NCAA Champions who are still stacked, and a fully reloaded Wisconsin roster who also has NCAA dreams.