List of Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey seasons

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The Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey team plays for the University of Minnesota at the Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis. The team is one of the members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Since 2002, the Gophers have played their home games in Ridder Arena, the first facility in the United States built specifically for college women's ice hockey.

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The program started play in the 1997–98 season with Laura Halldorson as their first head coach. She led the Gophers to the final American Women's College Hockey Alliance national championship in their third season of play, as well as back-to-back NCAA Division I National Championships in 2003–04 and 2004–05.

Brad Frost took over as the Gophers coach in the 2007–08 season. He led the team to back-to-back NCAA Division I National Championships twice. The first pair was the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons. During the 2012–13 season, the Gophers had a perfect 41–0–0 record. The Gophers then won titles in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons.

Table key

Key of colors and symbols
Color/symbolExplanation
† National champions
‡ Conference tournament champions
↑Conference regular season champions
Key of terms and abbreviations
Term or abbreviationDefinition
WNumber of wins
LNumber of losses
TNumber of ties
OTNumber of losses in overtime (since the 1999–2000 season)
FinishFinal position in conference standings
TournamentResults in conference tournament

Year by year

As of April 1,2024

Year by year listing of Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey seasons
SeasonCoach Overall Conference Season Result
WLTWLTFinishTournament
1997–98 Laura Halldorson 2173 AWCHA [a] Lost Semifinals vs. New Hampshire (1–4)
Lost third-place game vs. Northeastern (0–4) [1]
1998–99 Laura Halldorson2943AWCHALost Semifinals vs. New Hampshire (2–3) OT
Won third-place game vs. Brown (3–2) [2]
1999–2000 †Laura Halldorson3261 WCHA ‡ [b] 21212ndWon Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota State (10–0)
Won Semifinals vs. Wisconsin (5–0)
Lost Championship vs. Minnesota-Duluth (0–2)‡		Won Frozen Four vs. Minnesota Duluth (3–2)
Won Championship vs. Brown (4–2)† [3]
2000–01 Laura Halldorson2392WCHA18421st↑Lost Semifinals vs. Ohio State (0–4)Did not qualify [4]
2001–02 Laura Halldorson2846WCHA‡19231st↑Won Semifinals vs. Ohio State (4–1)
Won Championship vs. Wisconsin (3–2)‡		Lost First Round vs. Brown (1–2) [5]
2002–03 Laura Halldorson2781WCHA19412ndWon Semifinals vs. Wisconsin (3–1)
Lost Championship vs. Minnesota-Duluth (3–5)		Lost First Round vs. Harvard (1–6) [6]
2003–04 †Laura Halldorson3042WCHA‡19321st↑Won Semifinals vs. Ohio State (5–1)
Won Championship vs. Minnesota-Duluth (4–2)‡		Won Frozen Four vs. Dartmouth (5–1)
Won Championship vs. Harvard (6–2)† [7]
2004–05 †Laura Halldorson3622WCHA‡25121st↑Won Quarterfinals vs. Bemidji State (6–3)
Won Semifinals vs. Ohio State (7–1)
Won Championship vs. Wisconsin (3–2 OT)‡		Won First Round vs. Providence (6–1)
Won Frozen Four vs. Dartmouth (7–2)
Won Championship vs. Harvard (4–3)† [8]
2005–06 Laura Halldorson29111WCHA19812ndWon Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota State (5–1, 6–0)
Won Semifinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (2–1)
Lost Championship vs. Wisconsin (1–4)		Won First Round vs. Princeton (4–0)
Won Frozen Four vs. New Hampshire (5–4)
Lost Championship vs. Wisconsin (0–3) [9]
2006–07 Laura Halldorson23121WCHA171013rdWon Quarterfinals vs. Bemidji State (5–1, 4–1)
Won Semifinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (3–2 OT)
Lost Championship vs. Wisconsin (1–3)		Did not qualify [10]
2007–08 Brad Frost 2774WCHA21522ndWon Quarterfinals vs. North Dakota (3–1, 9–1)
Lost Semifinals vs. Wisconsin (3–4)		Lost First Round vs. Wisconsin (2–3 OT) [11]
2008–09 Brad Frost3253WCHA23231st↑Won Quarterfinals vs. Bemidji State (4–1, 5–1)
Won Semifinals vs. Minnesota State (7–2)
Lost Championship vs. Wisconsin (3–5)		Won First Round vs. Boston College (4–3)
Lost Frozen Four vs. Mercyhurst (4–5) [12]
2009–10 Brad Frost2695WCHA18642ndWon Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota State (8–5, 4–3)
Won Semifinals vs. Ohio State (5–4 2OT)
Lost Championship vs. Minnesota-Duluth (2–3)		Won First Round vs. Clarkson (3–2 OT)
Lost Frozen Four vs. Minnesota-Duluth (2–3) [13]
2010–11 Brad Frost26102WCHA18822ndWon Quarterfinals vs. Ohio State (3–2, 4–2)
Won Semifinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (4–2)
Lost Championship vs. Wisconsin (4–5 OT)		Lost First Round vs. Boston College (1–4) [14]
2011–12 †Brad Frost3452WCHA‡21522ndWon Quarterfinals vs. St. Cloud State (6–1, 6–0)
Won Semifinals vs. North Dakota (6–0)
Won Championship vs. Minnesota-Duluth (2–0)‡		Won First Round vs. North Dakota (5–1)
Won Frozen Four vs. Cornell (3–1)
Won Championship vs. Wisconsin (4–2)† [15]
2012–13 †Brad Frost4100WCHA‡28001st↑Won Quarterfinals vs. Bemidji State (5–0, 8–0)
Won Semifinals vs. Ohio State (5–0)
Won Championship vs. North Dakota (2–0)‡		Won First Round vs. North Dakota (3–2 3OT)
Won Frozen Four vs. Boston College (3–2 OT)
Won Championship vs. Boston University (6–3)† [16]
2013–14 Brad Frost3821WCHA‡26111st↑Won Quarterfinals vs. St. Cloud State (4–1, 7–1)
Won Semifinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (4–1)
Won Championship vs. North Dakota (3–1)‡		Won First Round vs. Boston University (5–1)
Won Frozen Four vs. Wisconsin (5–3)
Lost Championship vs. Clarkson (4–5) [17]
2014–15 †Brad Frost3434WCHA22241st↑Won Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota State (10–0, 5–1)
Lost Semifinals vs. Bemidji State (0–1)		Won First Round vs. RIT (6–2)
Won Frozen Four vs. Wisconsin (3–1)
Won Championship vs. Harvard (4–1)† [18]
2015–16 †Brad Frost3541WCHA24312ndWon Quarterfinals vs. Ohio State (5–2, 5–0)
Won Semifinals vs. North Dakota (2–0)
Lost Championship vs. Wisconsin (0–1)		Won First Round vs. Princeton (6–2)
Won Frozen Four vs. Wisconsin (3–2 OT)
Won Championship vs. Boston College (3–1) [19]
2016–17 Brad Frost2685WCHA19452ndWon Quarterfinals vs. Bemidji State (3–1, 1–2, 3–2)
Lost Semifinals vs. Minnesota Duluth (1–2 2OT)		Won First Round vs. Minnesota Duluth (1–0)
Lost Frozen Four vs. Clarkson (3–4) [20]
2017–18 Brad Frost24113WCHA‡13833rdWon Quarterfinals vs. St. Cloud State (5–1, 4–1)
Won Semifinals vs. Ohio State (2–0)
Won Championship vs. Wisconsin (3–1)‡		Lost First Round vs. Wisconsin (0–4) [21]
2018–19 Brad Frost3261WCHA19411st↑Won Semifinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (4–1)
Lost Championship vs. Wisconsin (1–3)		Won First Round vs. Princeton (5–2)
Won Frozen Four vs. Cornell (2–0)
Lost Championship vs. Wisconsin (0–2) [22]
2019–20 Brad Frost2763WCHA17522ndWon Quarterfinals vs. St Cloud State (4–2, 7–3)
Lost Semifinals vs Ohio State (4–3 OT)		2020 Tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic [23]
2020–21 [c] Brad Frost1181WCHA11714thLost Semifinals vs. Wisconsin (3–5)Did not qualify [24]
2021–22 Brad Frost2991WCHA21611st↑Won Quarterfinals vs. St. Thomas (4–0, 5–1)
Won Semifinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (5–1)
Lost Championship vs. Ohio State (2–3 OT)		Lost Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (1–2) [25]
2022–23 Brad Frost3063WCHA‡22332ndWon Quarterfinals vs. St. Thomas (7–0, 6–2)
Won Semifinals vs. Wisconsin (4–2)
Won Championship vs. Ohio State (3–1)‡		Won Semifinals vs. Minnesota-Duluth (3–0)
Lost Frozen Four vs. Wisconsin (3–2 OT) [26]
2023–24 Brad Frost27102WCHA19723rdWon Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota State (4–5, 7–1, 3–0)
Lost Semifinals vs. Wisconsin (4–3 OT)		Lost Quarterfinals vs. Clarkson (2–3 4OT) [27]
2024–25 Brad FrostCurrent season
Totals7801726449910951––24 postseason tournament appearances

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