Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Women's race just got tighter

When Eric Means was hired as Minnesota State's women's hockey coach, he said the goal was to establish the Mavericks as the clear-cut No. 4 team in the WCHA and challenge the Big 3 -- Wisconsin, Minnesota and Minnesota Duluth -- from there.

Well, that task just got a little more interesting as Minnesota's mightily talented Lamoureux twins -- Monique and Jocelyne -- announced that they were transferring to North Dakota. The twins, who just finished their freshman season, will have to sit out a year but will likely be members of the U.S. Olympic team next season anyway.

The forwards, who are from Grand Forks, N.D., ranked Nos. 2 and 3 in the WCHA in scoring and ended the Mavericks' season by combining for four goals and two assists in the Gophers' WCHA 7-2 semifinal victory over MSU in the league tournament.

You can read more about their decision here and here.

Minnesota State and North Dakota tied for fifth place in the WCHA last season.

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