Maria Elisabeth Rooth (born 2 November 1979 in Ängelholm,

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) is a retired

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ice hockey player. She is the only University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey player to have her jersey retired. Rooth was

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and one of the most experienced players on the

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beginning in 1996. In 2015, Rooth was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame.

Playing career

NCAA

Rooth played collegiate hockey for the

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program. She is ranked second in all-time leading scoring in Bulldogs history and was named to the WCHA All-Decade team in 2009. She is the Bulldogs’ all-time leading goal scorer with 119 career goals and ranks second in career

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with 232. She was a three-time All-American (2001, 2002, 2003) and a three-time First Team All-WCHA selection. She was the league's Rookie of the Year in 2000. During the 2000-01 season, she was named the Most Valuable Player of the Frozen Four and MVP of the WCHA Tournament. On 21 January 2011, Rooth, along with Bulldog alumni Caroline Ouellette and Jenny Potter, took part in a ceremonial faceoff to mark the first hockey game at Amsoil Arena.

International

Rooth is a four-time Team Sweden Olympian. She accumulated nine goals and nine assists in 20 games during her Olympic career and played more than 260 games for Team Sweden. At the 2009 IIHF World Championship, Rooth netted her 100th career international goal, a first for a Team Sweden player.

2006 Winter Olympics

Rooth participated in the

2006 Turin Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

. Alongside goaltender Kim Martin, she was instrumental in Sweden's upset against the United States in the semi-final game, ensuring Sweden at least a bronze medal and its first trip to the gold medal game. Rooth scored two goals in regulation time to tie the game and scored the clinching goal in the ensuing shootout. Overall at those Olympics, she scored five goals and four assists for a total of nine points, which ranked fourth, tied for highest non- Canadian player and highest among European players. She had a plus-minus of +1 and two penalty minutes

She was named one of the tournament's top forward (ice hockey), forwards.

Coaching

Rooth returned to Duluth as an assistant coach for the

program during the 2010-11 season.

Awards and honors

*WCHA Team of the Decade (2000s) *Three-time Patty Kazmaier Top-10 Finalist in 2000, 2001 and 2002. *Three-time WCHA All-Academic Team member in 2001, 2002 and 2003. * University of Minnesota Duluth Athletic Hall of Fame, inducted in 2013. * International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame, inducted in 2015.

References

External links

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IIHF Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony video
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The official website of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association
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Maria Rooth Hockey School
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rooth, Maria 1979 births Living people Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Sweden People from Ängelholm Municipality Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Swedish women's ice hockey forwards IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Ice hockey people from Skåne County