Duluth News Tribune Gavrilova hat trick leads UMD at Bemidji

Iya Gavrilova put her name beside twoformer Minnesota Duluth greats Friday night against Bemidji State.

The freshman from Krasnoyarsk, Russia, tied Jenny Potter and Hanne Sikio with a school-record, nine-game goal-scoring streak.

Gavrilova had a hat trick as the second-ranked Bulldogs disposed of the Beavers 5-1 in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association game at John S. Glas Fieldhouse in Bemidji, Minn.

With the win, the Bulldogs (19-3-1, 16-3 WCHA) tied aprogram-record 11-game winning streak from the 1999-2000 season.

Potter (1999-2000, 2002-04) and Sikio (1999-2003) each scored more than 200 points in their careers. Gavrilova has a team-high 35 points in 23 games, including a point in 11 straight contests.

“That is in great company,” said UMD coach Shannon Miller on Gavrilova’s accomplishment. “Jenny Potter, from Team USA, is one the best to play at UMD. And Hanne Sikio, from Team Finland, is right up there. Iya is with the best.”

Jaime Rasmussen and Elin Holmlov also scored for WCHA-leading UMD.

“Elin Holmlov has been playing fantastic,” Miller said. “She puts the puck on Iya’s stick a lot. Elin is instrumental in a lot of the goals that Iya scores.”

Goalie Emily Brookshaw stopped 42 shots for last-place Bemidji State (4-18-3, 1-16-2), while Kim Martin had 13 saves in two periods, and Johanna Ellison had eight stops in one period for the Bulldogs.

UMD lost second-line winger Emmanuelle Blais, who suffered a concussion when she crashed into the net.

UMD converted on two power plays and kept Bemidji State scoreless on four player advantages.