The 2017–18 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season represented the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

during the

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season The 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began in September 2017 and ended with the 2018 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, 2018 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament's championship game. Pre-season pol ...

. They were coached by

Brad Frost Brad Frost (born May 11, 1973) is the current women's ice hockey head coach at the University of Minnesota. Since 2007, he has coached Minnesota to 4 NCAA Championships, 10 Frozen Four appearances, and 5 Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WC ...

in his 11th season. Following a Frozen Four appearance in March, the Golden Gophers were well represented in both international play and Olympic preparations. The April IIHF World Championships featured an impressive 10 alumni and current players from the team. Six players represented the US team including

Lee Stecklein Lee Ethel Stecklein (born April 23, 1994) is an American professional ice hockey Defenceman, defenseman for the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and a former member of the United States women's national ice hockey ...

and 5 alumni. Of the two Canadians, current player Sarah Potomak made her country's team. Two alumni represented Finland to round out the ten. All of the Golden Gophers left the tournament with a medal, with the US taking gold, Canada silver, and Finland bronze. In May, Countries began the 2018 Olympic selections. The 2017–18 US Team includes six Minnesota alumni, and Lee Stecklein. This will be Stecklein's second Olympic Games. A week after the US announced their team, Team Canada completed their Centralization roster, choosing Sarah Potomak, and her sister Amy Potomak. Of the 28 selected, 23 will be chosen to represent Canada at the Olympics

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Regular Season

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Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey seasons