2015–16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey season

The UND Fighting Hawks women's hockey team represented the University of North Dakota in WCHA women's ice hockey during the 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.

2015–16 University of North Dakota women's ice hockey season
Conference	3rd WCHA
Home ice	Ralph Engelstad Arena
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine	10th
USCHO.com	9th
Record
Overall	18-12-5
Home	8-6-2
Road	10-6-3
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Brian Idalski
Assistant coaches	Peter Elander Erik Fabian
Captain(s)	Halli Krzyzaniak^[1]
Alternate captain(s)	Tanja Eisenschmid Becca Kohler Layla Marvin
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Offseason

• August 17: 5 Fighting Hawks were set to compete in the US-Canada U22 Series held in Lake Placid, NY. Halli Krzyzaniak and Becca Kohler were chosen by Canada, while Gracen Hirschy, Amy Menke and Lexie Shaw were chosen for the US.^[2]

Recruiting

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Player	Position	Nationality	Notes
Breanna Berndsen	Forward	Canada	Attended Pursuit of Excellence Academy
Kristen Campbell	Goaltender	Canada	Minded the Net for Team Manitoba U-18
Charly Dahlquist	Forward	United States	Chosen for USA National Camp for two years
Taylor Flaherty	Defender	United States	Captain of Lakeville North (MN) HS Team
Anna Kilponen	Defender	Finland	Played for Finland in 2014 Olympics
Rebekah Kolstad	Forward	United States	Played with Team USA U18
Dorottya (Dorci) Medgyes	Forward/Defender	Hungary	First NCAA Div. I Player from Hungary
Vilma Tanskanen	Forward	Finland	Teammate of Anna Kilponen at Sochi for Finland

2015–16 Fighting Hawks

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No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
1		Shelby Amsley-Benzie	Senior	G	5' 7" (1.7 m)		Warroad, Minnesota	Warroad HS
4		Sam LaShomb	Senior	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)		Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota	South St. Paul HS
5		Anna Kilponen	Freshman	D	5' 7" (1.7 m)		Orivesi, Finland	Finnish National Team
6		Gracen Hirschy	Junior	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)		Fort Wayne, Indiana	Culver Academy
7		Jordan Hampton	Junior (RS)	D	5' 7" (1.7 m)		Foxborough, Massachusetts	Northeastern
8		Samantha Hanson	Senior	D	5' 8" (1.73 m)		White Bear Lake, Minnesota	White Bear Lake HS
9		Taylor Flaherty	Freshman	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)		Lakeville, Minnesota	Lakeville North HS
10		Charly Dahlquist	Freshman	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)		Eden Prairie, Minnesota	Lakeville North HS
11		Shannon Kaiser	Senior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)		Crookston, Minnesota	Crookston HS
13		Layla Marvin (A)	Senior	F	5' 5" (1.65 m)		Warroad, Minnesota	Warroad HS
14		Marissa Salo	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)		Grand Rapids, Minnesota	North American Hockey Academy
15		Kayla Gardner	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)		Warroad, Minnesota	Warroad HS
16		Vilma Tanskanen	Freshman	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)		Vantaa, Finland	Finnish National Team
17		Dorci Medgyes	Freshman	F/D	5' 7" (1.7 m)		Budapest, Hungary	Hungarian National Team
18		Halli Krzyzaniak (C)	Junior	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)		Neepawa, Manitoba	Pursuit of Excellence
19		Meghan Dufault	Senior	F	5' 4" (1.63 m)		Winnipeg, Manitoba	Balmoral Hall
21		Amy Menke	Junior	F	5' 6" (1.68 m)		Shakopee, Minnesota	Shakopee HS
22		Tanja Eisenschmid (A)	Senior	D	5' 8" (1.73 m)		Kaufberen, Germany	German National Team
29		Lexie Shaw	Junior	G	5' 7" (1.7 m)		Troy, Michigan	Honeybaked
29		Breanna Berndsen	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)		Kelowna, British Columbia	Pursuit of Excellence
34		Annie Chipman	Junior (RS)	G	5' 6" (1.68 m)		Winnipeg, Manitoba	St. Mary's Academy
44		Rebekah Kolstad	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)		Mankato, Minnesota	Team USA U18
50		Kristen Campbell	Freshman	G	5' 10" (1.78 m)		Brandon, Manitoba	Team Manitoba U18
51		Becca Kohler	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)		St. Thomas, Ontario	Bluewater
55		Lisa Marvin	Junior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)		Warroad, Minnesota	Warroad HS

Schedule

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Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Decision	Result	Record
Regular Season
October 2	at Rensselaer*	#6	Houston Field House • Troy, NY	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 4–3	1–0–0
October 3	at Rensselaer*	#6	Houston Field House • Troy, NY	Lexie Shaw	W 4–1	2–0–0
October 9	at Minnesota State	#6	Verizon Wireless Center • Mankato, MN	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 2–1	3–0–0 (1–0–0)
October 10	at Minnesota State	#6	Verizon Wireless Center • Mankato, MN	Lexie Shaw	W 4–2	4–0–0 (2–0–0)
October 16	at Bemidji State	#6	Sanford Center • Bemidji, MN	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	T 0–0 ^OT	4–0–1 (2–0–1)
October 17	Bemidji State	#6	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Lexie Shaw	L 1–2 ^OT	4–1–1 (2–1–1)
October 23	at St. Cloud State	#7	Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, MN	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 3–0	5–1–1 (3–1–1)
October 24	at St. Cloud State	#7	Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, MN	Lexie Shaw	T 4–4 ^OT	5–1–2 (3–1–2)
October 29	#1 Minnesota	#7	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	L 1–5	5–2–2 (3–2–2)
October 30	#1 Minnesota	#7	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 4–3	6–2–2 (4–2–2)
November 14	Ohio State	#6	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	L 2–3	6–3–2 (4–3–2)
November 15	Ohio State	#6	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 4–1	7–3–2 (5–3–2)
November 20	Minnesota-Duluth	#7	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 4–3	8–3–2 (6–3–2)
November 21	Minnesota-Duluth	#7	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	L 0–1	8–4–2 (6–4–2)
November 27	at Syracuse*	#9	Oncenter War Memorial Arena • Syracuse, NY	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 3–0	9–4–2
November 28	at Syracuse*	#9	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	L 2–5	9–5–2
December 4	at #6 Bemidji State	#9	Sanford Center • Bemidji, MN	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 1–0	10–5–2 (7–4–2)
December 6	#6 Bemidji State	#9	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	L 0–1	10–6–2 (7–5–2)
December 11	#1 Wisconsin	#9	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 3–0	11–6–2 (8–5–2)
December 12	#1 Wisconsin	#9	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	T 0–0 ^OT	11–6–3 (8–5–3)
January 15, 2016	Minnesota-Duluth	#9	Amsoil Arena • Duluth, MN	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 2–1	12–6–3 (9–5–3)
January 16	Minnesota-Duluth	#9	Amsoil Arena • Duluth, MN	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 4–3 ^OT	13–6–3 (10–5–3)
January 23	at #2 Wisconsin	#8	LaBahn Arena • Madison, WI	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	L 0–1	13–7–3 (10–6–3)
January 24	at #2 Wisconsin	#8	LaBahn Arena • Madison, WI	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	L 1–3	13–8–3 (10–7–3)
January 29	Minnesota State	#8	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 2–1	14–8–3 (11–7–3)
January 30	Minnesota State	#8	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	T 5–5 ^OT	14–8–4 (11–7–4)
February 5	at #3 Minnesota	#8	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	L 0–3	14–9–4 (11–8–4)
February 6	at #3 Minnesota	#8	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	T 0–0 ^OT	14–9–5 (11–8–5)
February 12	St. Cloud State	#9	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	L 0–1	14–10–5 (11–9–5)
February 13	St. Cloud State	#9	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 3–0	15–10–5 (12–9–5)
February 19	at Ohio State	#9	OSU Ice Rink • Columbus, OH	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	L 1–3	15–11–5 (12–10–5)
February 20	at Ohio State	#9	OSU Ice Rink • Columbus, OH	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 3–2	16–11–5 (13–10–5)
WCHA Tournament
February 26	St. Cloud State*	#10	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND (Quarterfinal, Game 1)	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 6–1	17–11–5
February 27	St. Cloud State*	#10	Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, ND (Quarterfinal, Game 1)	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	W 6–1	18–11–5
March 5	#2 Minnesota*	#8	Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN (Semifinal Game)	Shelby Amsley-Benzie	L 0–2	18–12–5
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll.

Awards and honors

• Shelby Amsley-Benzie, Academic All-American First Team ^[6]
• Amy Menke, Forward, All-WCHA Second Team ^[7]
• Shelby Amsley-Benzie, Goaltender, All-WCHA Third Team ^[8]
• Halli Krzyzaniak, Defense, All-WCHA Third Team ^[9]
• Anna Kilponen, Defense, All-WCHA Rookie Team ^[10]

References

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2. "Five set for series between Canada and USA". University of North Dakota. August 17, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
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6. "Amsley-Benzie earns Academic All-America First Team honors". University of North Dakota. June 9, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
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