# 2008–09 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season

The Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey began their tenth NCAA season as the defending NCAA Champions for a fourth time in program history.

## Preseason

* September 22: Pernilla Winberg was named the Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s (WCHA) Preseason Rookie of the Year.

## Regular season
### Standings

2008–09 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Minnesota† | 28 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 143 | 42 | 40 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 198 | 69 |
| Wisconsin* | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 133 | 42 | 41 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 207 | 53 |
| Minnesota Duluth | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 109 | 52 | 39 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 150 | 70 |
| St. Cloud State | 28 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 63 | 91 | 37 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 85 | 105 |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 74 | 122 | 36 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 95 | 141 |
| North Dakota | 28 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 62 | 95 | 36 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 84 | 118 |
| Ohio State | 28 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 66 | 135 | 36 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 82 | 166 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 38 | 109 | 36 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 51 | 125 |
| Championship: † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Updated July 21, 2024 ||||||||||||||||||
* November 22: Elin Holmlöv scored four consecutive goals against North Dakota. This was the first time that a Bulldogs player scored four consecutive goals.
* January 23: Jocelyne Larocque assisted on the four goals scored in the second period against the Minnesota Golden Gophers in their 4–2 win.

## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### Skaters

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; GW = Game winning goals; PPL = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GW | PPL | SHG |
| Elin Holmlöv | 34 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 51 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Haley Irwin | 39 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 96 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Sara O'Toole | 39 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Pernilla Winberg | 38 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Jocelyne Larocque | 37 | 4 | 33 | 37 | 108 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Laura Fridfinnson | 39 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Saara Tuominen | 39 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Heidi Pelttari | 39 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jaime Rasmussen | 38 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Tawni Mattila | 39 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Emmanuelle Blais | 33 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Jenni Asserholt | 34 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Myriam Trepanier | 38 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sarah Murray | 39 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tara Gray | 38 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erin Olson | 34 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kacy Ambroz | 37 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Libby Guzzo | 38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kim Martin | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justine Fisher | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tori Shelafoe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lana Steck | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johanna Ellison | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

| Player | Games | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals against | Minutes | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Johanna Ellison | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 1032 | 1.6866 | 3 | 382 | .929 |
| Kim Martin | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 1184 | 1.7227 | 3 | 473 | .933 |
| Lana Steck | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 140 | 2.9943 | 0 | 49 | .875 |

## Awards and honors

* Elin Holmlöv, WCHA’s Offensive Player of the Week (Week of November 26, 2008)
* Jocelyne Larocque, WCHA’s Offensive Player of the Week (Week of January 28, 2009), this is the first time that a UMD defender is given offensive player of the week honors
* Jocelyne Larocque, 2008–09 RBK Division I First Team All-American. No other Bulldog defenseman in program history has earned a first team selection.

### WCHA 10th Anniversary team selections

* Caroline Ouellette
* Jenny Potter
* Maria Rooth