The second seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s hockey team returns to the NCAA Tournament for the 12th consecutive season Saturday afternoon when they host the Princeton Tigers in a quarterfinal at Ridder Arena. Minnesota will be trying to get back to the Frozen Four for their seventh time in the last eight seasons and 14th time in program history.
The Gophers won the WCHA Regular season championship and then lost in the WCHA Final Face-off Championship game to Wisconsin 3-1. Wisconsin claimed the #1 overall NCAA seed while Minnesota had to settle for the #2 seed.