2002–03 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season

==Regular season==
*Jenny Potter set an NCAA record (since tied) for most goals in one game with 6. This was accomplished on December 18, 2002 versus St. Cloud State.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_icehockey_rb/2011/DI.pdf
*February 22: Maria Rooth set the Bulldogs record for most points in a career. During the game against Bemidji State Rooth scored one goal and one assist to claim the record. She ended the season with 232 total points including 119 goals.
*February 23: The Bulldogs clinch the WCHA regular season title. The Bulldogs defeat Bemidji State to accomplish the milestone.
==Player stats==
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; GW = Game Winning Goals; PPL = Power Play Goals; SHG = Short Handed Goals
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	GW	PPL	SHG
Jenny Potter 	36	31	57	88 	3 	10 	4
Caroline Ouellette 	32	31	42	73 	3 	4 	3
Erika Holst 	32	34	30	64 	9 	8 	0
Hanne Sikio 	33	25	30	55 	1 	7 	2
Maria Rooth 	30	19	35	54 	2 	2 	1
Krista McArthur 	34	15	24	39 	0 	5 	0
Tricia Guest 	36	16	18	34 	2 	7 	0
Nora Tallus 	34	8 	21	29 	1 	4 	0
Navada Russell 	34	5 	18	23 	0 	3 	0
Jenny Hempel 	34	10	10	20 	4 	2 	1
Joanne Eustace 	30	5 	14	19 	2 	3 	0
Amelia Hradsky 	36	8 	10	18 	1 	0 	0
Julianne Vasichek 	36	0 	15	15 	0 	0 	0
Michelle McAteer 	34	6 	7 	13 	2 	1 	0
Larissa Luther 	18	5 	2 	7 	1 	3 	0
Meghan Stotts 	33	2 	5 	7 	0 	0 	0
Satu Kiipeli 	25	1 	6 	7 	0 	0 	0
Kristina Petrovskaia	18	2 	4 	6 	0 	0 	0
Leah Kasper 	23	2 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
Julie Fearing 	34	1 	2 	3 	0 	0 	0
Patricia Sautter 	31	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0
Lisa Hagen 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Shannon Kasparek 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
==Postseason==
*March 8: The Bulldogs earned their third WCHA Final Five title with a win over Minnesota (5–3). 
*March 23: UMD make women's hockey history as the Bulldogs win their third straight NCAA Frozen Four tournament. The Bulldogs defeat Harvard in a double overtime win 4–3. The game was held in Duluth, MN in front of the largest crowd in women's hockey NCAA history (5,167). Nora Tallus scored the game winner 4:19 into the second overtime.
==Awards and honors==
*November 11: Patricia Sautter was USCHO Defensive Player of the Week and WCHA Defensive Player of the Week. Sautter shut out Ohio State twice (Nov. 8 & Nov. 9).
*December 3: Tricia Guest was USCHO Offensive Player of the Week tallying four points.
*December 10: Jenny Potter, USCHO Offensive Player of the Week.
*January 14: Caroline Ouellette, USCHO Offensive Player of the Week (the third Bulldog to gain the honor in the season). 
*January 28: Maria Rooth becomes the fourth player to gain USCHO Offensive Player of the Week honors.
*March 6: Jenny Potter, Caroline Ouellette, and Krista McArthur were named to the All-WCHA First Team 
**Maria Rooth and Erika Holst were All-WCHA Second Team selection.
**Caroline Ouellette and Krista McArthur were WCHA All-Rookie Team selections.
**Seven Bulldogs were recognized as WCHA All-Academic: Erika Holst, Satu Kiipeli, Michelle McAteer, Jenny Potter, Maria Rooth, Patricia Sautter and Juliane Vasichek.
*March 7: Jenny Potter was named a Patty Kazmaier Award Finalist for the second time in her career.
*March 8: Erika Holst, WCHA All-Tournament team. 
**Patricia Sautter, WCHA All-Tournament team.
**Caroline Ouellette, WCHA tournament Most Valuable Player.
*March 23: Jenny Potter and Hanne Sikio were named to the Frozen Four All-Tournament team
**Caroline Ouellette was named the Frozen Four tournament Most Valuable Player.
*March 23: Jenny Potter, First Team All-American honors (second time in her career).
** Maria Rooth, Second Team All-American.
===Postseason===
*The Bulldogs coaching staff was named the American Association of College Coaches' women's hockey coaching staff of the year.
*June 17: The Bulldogs were honored for the third time at the White House by President George W. Bush.
==References==
==External links==
*Official site
Minnesota-Duluth
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