2026-27 Marian Women's Ice Hockey Preview

TEAM INFORMATION

2026-27 ROSTER

ROSTER BREAKDOWN

PLAYERS TO WATCH

#14 • Ella Spies • Senior

Ella Spies looks to end her career on a high note after earning All-NCHA recognition a season ago.  She finished the campaign second on the team with her 19 points coming from seven goals and 12 assists.  Her 19 points were the seventh-most for a single season in Marian history with her 12 helpers tying her for second in the Marian single-season records.  Among all skaters in the NCHA, Spies ranked 20th for points and 16th for assists.  Spies had five multi-point games during the season including in game two of the NCHA Slaats Cup Quarterfinals where she had a goal and an assist.  Her efforts helped lead Marian to its first postseason victory in program history.  In a non-conference series against MSOE, Spies opened the second half of the season with a four-point weekend to earn an NCHA Star of the Week award.  Spies also netted the game-winning goal in overtime at No. 6/6 St. Nobert to give Marian its first victory over a nationally-ranked opponent.

#30 • Jillian Traver • Junior

Jillian Traver looks to build off of a sophomore campaign that saw her earn All-NCHA recognition.  Her historic season saw her set a Marian single-season record for wins (11), tie a single-season record for shutouts (4), and finish with the second-best goals-against average in a single season in Marian history (2.34).  She had a save percentage of .918 on the campaign that was also good to tie her for eighth in Marian single-season records.  Traver had at least 30 saves in seven games with a season-high of 44 coming in the finale of the regular season against No. 10/12 Concordia Wisconsin.  She also helped lead Marian to its first victory over a nationally-ranked opponent making 37 saves in an overtime victory at No. 6/6 St. Norbert.  That led Traver to the first of her two NCHA Star of the Week awards with the second coming after back-to-back shutouts against Trine.  After just 25 career games, Traver finds herself third all-time for wins (12), seventh for saves (683), and tied for second for shutouts (5).

#23 • Zowie Hunter • Junior

Zowie Hunter had a breakout campaign scoring 12 goals to go with 13 assists for 25 total points over 27 games.  She set a single-season Marian record with her 13 helpers while the 12 goals was tied for the eighth-most in a single season.  Three of her goals came on the power play.  Hunter scored game-winning goals at Aurora in overtime and at Lawrence.  She became the first Marian skater to score four goals in a single game in a 4-0 win at Lawrence.  That performance was one of five multi-point games.  She also had multi-goal games at home against Dubuque and Beloit.  In an overtime win at MSOE, Hunter had a three-point game scoring a goal with two assists.

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HOME OF MARIAN HOCKEY

The Blue Line Family Ice Center is home to many hockey teams in Fond du Lac, including Marian University. Blue Line has two rinks in the building. Marian plays the majority of their home games on Rink A, which is an Olympic size sheet of ice. Rink B is a regulation sheet of ice. 

Both NCAA teams have a state-of-the-art locker room equipped with 29 locker room stalls, a 102" HD projection TV, DirecTV with the NHL package, a stereo, video equipment, and two refrigerators.