Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award

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The Ms. Hockey Award is an award given to the best female senior high school hockey player in the state of Minnesota. The award is sponsored by the Let's Play Hockey newspaper, the Minnesota Wild, and Shakopee Chevrolet. The 2023 award winner was Ella Boerger, a forward from Andover High School.

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Criteria

The following are all criteria for the award:

Selection process

The process of selecting the winner starts with the selection of the top 10 candidates in the state. This is reduced to five finalists, and then the panel selects a winner.

The panel responsible for selecting the winner consist of the following:

Winners

The following table lists the winners of the Minnesota Ms. Hockey award. [1]

YearPlayerPositionSchool
1996 Winny Brodt DRoseville
1997Annamarie HolmesDApple Valley
1998Laura SlominskiFBurnsville
1999 Ronda Curtin DRoseville
2000 Krissy Wendell FPark Center
2001Renee CurtinFRoseville
2002Ashley AlbrechtDSouth St. Paul
2003Andrea NicholsFHibbing-Chisholm
2004Erica McKenzieFHastings
2005 Gigi Marvin FWarroad
2006 Allie Thunstrom FNorth St. Paul
2007Katharine ChuteFBlake
2008Sarah EricksonFBemidji
2009Becky KortumFHopkins
2010Bethany BrausenFRoseville Area
2011Karley Sylvester [2] FWarroad
2012 Hannah Brandt FHill-Murray
2013 Dani Cameranesi FBlake
2014 Sydney Baldwin DMinnetonka
2015Taylor WilliamsonFEdina
2016Presley NorbyFMinnetonka
2017 Grace Zumwinkle FBreck School
2018 Taylor Heise FRed Wing
2019Madeline WethingtonDBlake
2020Olivia MobleyFBreck School
2021 Peyton Hemp FAndover
2022Vivian JungelsDEdina
2023Ella Boerger [3] FAndover
2024Ayla Puppe [4] FNorthfield
2025Mercury Bischoff [5] FGreen Rapids/Greenway

Jori Jones Award

The following table lists the winners of the Jori Jones Award, which is presented to the Let's Play Hockey Senior Goalie of the Year. [6]

YearPlayerSchool
1999Katie BeauduyBlaine
2000Shari VogtRiver Lakes
2001Jody HorakBlaine
2002Amber HasbargenWarroad
2003Robin DoepkeChaska
2004Emily BrookshawHill-Murray
2005Johanna EllisonCloquet-Esko-Carlton
2006Alannah McCreadyCentennial
2007Ashley NixonBlaine
2008Alyssa GroganEagan
2009Laura BellamyDuluth
2010Kallie BilladeauHopkins
2011Julie FriendMinnetonka
2012Erika AllenRoseville
2013 Sydney Rossman Minnetonka
2014Erin O'NeilHopkins
2015Frances MarshallThief River Falls
2016Jenna BrennemanBreck
2017Breanna BlesiMaple Grove
2018Alexa DobchukEden Prairie
2019Calla FrankWhite Bear Lake
2020Anna LaRoseNorth Wright County
2021Brynn DulacMinnetonka
2022Maggie MalechaNorthfield
2023Uma Corniea [3] Edina
2024Grace Zhan [4] Hill-Murray
2025Layla Hemp [5] Minnetonka

Olympians

The following Ms. Hockey winners went to represent USA Hockey in the Winter Olympic Games.

PlayerEventResult
Krissy Wendell [7] Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Gigi Marvin [8] Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Dani Cameranesi [9] Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter OlympicsGold medal icon.svg Gold
Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Hannah Brandt [10] Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter OlympicsGold medal icon.svg Gold
Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter OlympicsSilver medal icon.svg Silver
Grace Zumwinkle [11] Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter OlympicsSilver medal icon.svg Silver

References

  1. "Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award Winner". VintageMNHockey.com. Vintage Minnesota Hockey. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  2. Pioneer Press (February 27, 2011). "Warroad senior Karley Sylvester named Ms. Hockey". TwinCities.com. Twin Cities Pioneer Press. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Pioneer Press (February 26, 2023). "Girls hockey: Andover's Boerger named Ms. Hockey; Edina's Corniea wins top goalie honor". TwinCities.com. Pioneer Press . Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Kennedy, Ian (February 25, 2024). "Ayla Puppe Named Minnesota's Ms. Hockey". TheHockeyNews.com. The Hockey News. Archived from the original on February 27, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024. Northfield senior and University of Minnesota commit Ayla Puppe has been named Minnesota's 2024 Ms. Hockey.
  5. 1 2 BMTN Staff (February 23, 2025). "Grand Rapids/Greenway's Mercury Bischoff named 2025 Minnesota Ms. Hockey". BringMeTheNews.com. Bring Me The News . Retrieved March 25, 2025. Minnetonka's Layla Hemp won the Jori Jones Award as best senior goaltender.
  6. "Let's Play Hockey Senior Goalie of the Year". VintageMNHockey.com. Vintage Minnesota Hockey. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  7. "Krissy Wendell". USHockeyHallOfFame.com. United States Hockey Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on January 21, 2025. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  8. "Gigi Marvin". USAHockey.com. USA Hockey . Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  9. "Dani Cameranesi". USAHockey.com. USA Hockey . Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  10. "Hannah Brandt". USAHockey.com. USA Hockey . Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  11. "Grace Zumwinkle". USAHockey.com. Team USA Hockey. Retrieved March 27, 2022.