| Maria Rooth | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born | (1979-11-02)2 November 1979 (age 46) | ||
| 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 | |||
Maria Elisabeth Rooth (born 2 November 1979 inÄngelholm,Sweden) is a retiredSwedishice hockey player. She is the only University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey player to have her jersey retired. Rooth wasalternate captain and one of the most experienced players on theSwedish national team beginning in 1996.
In 2015, Rooth was inducted into theIIHF Hall of Fame.[1]
Rooth played collegiate hockey for theMinnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey program. She is ranked second in all-time leading scoring in Bulldogs history and was named to theWCHA All-Decade team in 2009.[2] She is the Bulldogs’ all-time leading goal scorer with 119 career goals and ranks second in careerpoints 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 atAmsoil Arena.[3]
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]
Rooth participated in the2006 Turin Olympics. AlongsidegoaltenderKim Martin, she was instrumental in Sweden's upset against theUnited 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 ensuingshootout. Overall at those Olympics, she scored fivegoals and fourassists for a total of nine points, which ranked fourth, tied for highest non-Canadian player and highest among European players. She had aplus-minus of +1 and twopenalty minutes.[1][permanent dead link] She was named one of the tournament's topforwards.
Rooth returned to Duluth as an assistant coach for theMinnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey program during the 2010–11 season.[5]
