Nadine Muzerall

Nadine Muzerall
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Born	October 19, 1978 (1978-10-19) (age 33) Mississauga, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	147 lb (67 kg; 10 st 7 lb)
Position	Forward
Catches	Left
WCHA Swiss team	Minnesota Golden Gophers HC Lugano
National team	Canada
Playing career	1996–present

Nadine Muzerall (born October 19, 1978) is Minnesota’s all time leader with 139 career goals, including a record 40 power-play goals. She was a member of the inaugural team of University of Minnesota women’s hockey.

Playing career

In her freshman season, she had a 32-goal, 32-assist performance to earn Women’s Hockey News Second Team All-American, Patty Kazmaier Award Finalist and team most valuable player accolades.

During her 1998-99 sophomore season, Muzerall was named a Second Team AWCHA All-American, and was part of the third-place finish at the 1999 AWCHA National Championship. She compiled totals of 30 goals, 18 assists and 48 points. Her numbers ranked in the top 20 nationally in seven offensive categories.

Muzerall scored the game-winning goal in the 2000 national championship win over Brown^[1] (Minnesota would win 4-2) and earned all-tournament honors with three goals and an assist in two games. For the season, Muzerall scored 49 goals, 28 assists and 77 points. Her 49 goals led the nation, power-play goals (16), power-play points (27) and game-winning goals (9). Her 49 goals sit atop the Minnesota season record book. In a 10-0 win over Bemidji State, Muzerall set school records with five goals and seven points. During the season, Muzerall went on a 20-game point streak, earned First Team All-WCHA and Minnesota team most valuable player honors.

Muzerall finished her collegiate career in 2000-01. She was part of the first ever WCHA Regular Season Championship, with contributions of 28 goals and 18 assists. For her efforts, she was named a Patty Kazmaier Award Finalist for the second time in her career. In the Minnesota career record book, Muzerall finished her career first in goals (139), goals-per-game (1.08), power-play goals (40) and shots (726), third in points (235), fourth in plus/minus (+149), fifth in shorthanded goals (4) and sixth in assists (96). She graduated with a degree in family social science.

She was invited to attend Canada's National Women's Team Evaluation Camp from October 3–10, 2000.^[2] Currently, she plays for Lugano in the Regio League in Switzerland.^[3]

Awards and honors

• USCHO.com, Offensive Player Of the Week (Week of December 1, 1998)^[4]
• 1998—Nominee for Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award ^[5]
• 1999 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans, Second Team^[6]
• On Sept. 27, 2007, Nadine Muzerall and former teammaate Erica Killewald were inducted into the University of Minnesota’s "M" Club Hall of Fame. The duo were the first women’s hockey players to be inducted into the hall of fame and the youngest in the group of 13.^[7]

References

1. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1018813/2/index.htm
2. ^ http://www.whockey.com/country/canada/roster/train_2000c.html
3. ^ http://www.hclugano.ch/ladiesteam/team/players.cfm
4. ^ http://uscollegehockey.com/potw/19981999/w1201.html
5. ^ http://www.gophersports.com/SportSelect.dbml?ATCLID=204892024&DB_OEM_ID=8400&SPID=3323&SPSID=47050
6. ^ http://www.ahcahockey.com/news/women4799.html
7. ^ http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=923763

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Name	Muzerall, Nadine
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Date of birth	October 19, 1978
Place of birth	Mississauga, ON, CAN
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