# 2012–13 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season

The Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs represented the University of Minnesota Duluth in WCHA women's ice hockey.

## Offseason
### Recruiting

| Player | Nationality | Position | Notes |
| Alivia Del Basso | Australia | | First player from Australia to play NCAA women’s ice hockey |
| Kayla Black | Canada | Goaltender | Played with Canadian National Under-18 team |
| Jordan Krause | Canada | Defense | Played with Canadian National Under-18 team |
| Hannah Bramm | United States | Forward | Attended North American Hockey Academy |
| Maria Delarbre | Germany | | Competed with the German Under-18 team |
| Aleksandra Vafina | Russia | | Member of Russian national women’s team |
| Sofia Carlstrom | Sweden | Goaltender | Participated with the Swedish Under-18 Team |
| Karissa Grapp | United States | Goaltender | Played for the Ohio Flames |

## Regular season
### Standings

2012–13 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Minnesota†* | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 141 | 27 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 36 |
| Wisconsin | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 70 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 103 | 53 |
| North Dakota | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 96 | 64 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 144 | 88 |
| Minnesota Duluth | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 72 | 71 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 81 | 85 |
| Ohio State | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 75 | 80 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 107 | 96 |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 46 | 95 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 69 | 122 |
| St. Cloud State | 28 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 37 | 93 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 57 | 113 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 40 | 101 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 49 | 127 |
Source: wcha.com

### Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Conference Record |

#### Conference record
## Roster

| Number | Player | Position | Height | Former team |
| | Alivia Del Basso | | | Australian National Women’s Team |
| 1 | Kayla Black | Goaltender | | Canadian National Under-18 Team |
| 7 | Emma Stauber | Defense | 5-7 | PHM Mirage |
| 9 | Katie Wilson | Forward | 5-8 | Balmoral Hall Blazers |
| 10 | Audrey Cournoyer | Forward | 5-3 | Dawson College |
| 14 | Jordan Krause | Defense | 5-9 | Canadian National Under-18 Team |
| 16 | Jamie Kenyon | Forward | 5-5 | Madison Capitals |
| 18 | Hannah Bramm | Forward | 5-7 | North American Hockey Academy |
| 19 | Jenna McParland | Forward | 5-9 | Toronto Jr. Aeros |
| 21 | Vanessa Thibault | Forward | 5-3 | John Abbott College |
| 22 | Maria Delarbre | | | German Under-18 National Team |
| 29 | Aleksandra Vafina | Forward | | Russian National Team |
| 30 | Sofia Carlstrom | Goaltender | | Sweden Under-18 National Team |
| 34 | Karissa Grapp | Goaltender | | Ohio Flames |
| 44 | Zoe Hickel | Forward | 5-6 | North American Hockey Academy |
| 49 | Jessica Wong | Defense | 5-7 | Canadian Under-18 National Team |
| 51 | Pernilla Winberg | Forward | 5-5 | Swedish National Team |
| 71 | Shara Jasper | Forward | 5-4 | Colorado Select |
| 79 | Dana Gallop | Forward | 5-7 | Left |
| 80 | Tea Villia | Defense | 5-5 | |
| 88 | Brigette Lacquette | Defense | 5-6 | Manitoba Bisons (CIS) |
| 92 | Brienna Gillanders | Forward | 5-9 | Notre Dame Hounds |

## Awards and honors

* Kayla Black, WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of October 18, 2012)