Maria Rooth
Born (1979-11-02) 2 November 1979
Ängelholm, Sweden
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 159 lb (72 kg; 11 st 5 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Minnesota–Duluth
Limhamn HK
MB Hockey
AIK
National team  Sweden
Playing career 1996–2010
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City Team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2005 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place2007 Canada

Maria Elisabeth Rooth (born 2 November 1979 in Ängelholm, Sweden) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. She is the only University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey player to have her jersey retired. Rooth was alternate captain and one of the most experienced players on the Swedish national team beginning in 1996.

In 2015, Rooth was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame.[1]

Playing career

NCAA

Rooth played collegiate hockey for the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey program. She is ranked second in all-time leading scoring in Bulldogs history and was named to the WCHA All-Decade team in 2009.[2] She is the Bulldogs’ all-time leading goal scorer with 119 career goals and ranks second in career points with 232. She was a three-time All-American (2001, 2002, 2003) and a three-time First Team All-WCHA selection. She was the league's Rookie of the Year in 2000. During the 2000-01 season, she was named the Most Valuable Player of the Frozen Four and MVP of the WCHA Tournament. On 21 January 2011, Rooth, along with Bulldog alumni Caroline Ouellette and Jenny Potter, took part in a ceremonial faceoff to mark the first hockey game at Amsoil Arena.[3]

International

Rooth is a four-time Team Sweden Olympian. She accumulated nine goals and nine assists in 20 games during her Olympic career and played more than 260 games for Team Sweden. At the 2009 IIHF World Championship, Rooth netted her 100th career international goal, a first for a Team Sweden player.[4]

2006 Winter Olympics

Rooth participated in the 2006 Turin Olympics. Alongside goaltender Kim Martin, she was instrumental in Sweden's upset against the United States in the semi-final game, ensuring Sweden at least a bronze medal and its first trip to the gold medal game. Rooth scored two goals in regulation time to tie the game and scored the clinching goal in the ensuing shootout. Overall at those Olympics, she scored five goals and four assists for a total of nine points, which ranked fourth, tied for highest non-Canadian player and highest among European players. She had a plus-minus of +1 and two penalty minutes. She was named one of the tournament's top forwards.

Coaching

Rooth returned to Duluth as an assistant coach for the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey program during the 2010-11 season.[5]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ Pettersson, Robert (18 December 2014). "Maria Rooth väljs in i IIHF:s Hall of Fame". hockeysverige.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Athletics. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "NO. 6 UMD WILL TAKE AIM AT NO. 1 WISCONSIN THIS WEEKEND TO OPEN AMSOIL ARENA". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "Rooth is back as the Bulldogs new assistant coach". Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs athletics. 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Former UMD hockey star returns to coach". Duluth News Tribune. 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  6. ↑ http://www.wcha.com/about/wcha-about.html%5B%5D
  7. ↑ "Hall of Fame Class of 2015". International Ice Hockey Federation. 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Rooth första kvinnliga ishockeyspelaren i Hall of Fame". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
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