2015–16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey season

• August 17: 5 Fighting Hawks were set to compete in the US-Canada U22 Series held in Lake Placid, NY. Halli Krzyzaniak and Becca Kohler were chosen by Canada, while Gracen Hirschy, Amy Menke and Lexie Shaw were chosen for the US.[2]

Recruiting

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Player	Position	Nationality	Notes
Breanna Berndsen	Forward	Canada	Attended Pursuit of Excellence Academy
Kristen Campbell	Goaltender	Canada	Minded the Net for Team Manitoba U-18
Charly Dahlquist	Forward	United States	Chosen for USA National Camp for two years
Taylor Flaherty	Defender	United States	Captain of Lakeville North (MN) HS Team
Anna Kilponen	Defender	Finland	Played for Finland in 2014 Olympics
Rebekah Kolstad	Forward	United States	Played with Team USA U18
Dorottya (Dorci) Medgyes	Forward/Defender	Hungary	First NCAA Div. I Player from Hungary
Vilma Tanskanen	Forward	Finland	Teammate of Anna Kilponen at Sochi for Finland

2015–16 Fighting Hawks

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No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
1		Shelby Amsley-Benzie	Senior	G	5' 7" (1.7 m)		Warroad, Minnesota	Warroad HS
4		Sam LaShomb	Senior	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)		Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota	South St. Paul HS
5		Anna Kilponen	Freshman	D	5' 7" (1.7 m)		Orivesi, Finland	Finnish National Team
6		Gracen Hirschy	Junior	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)		Fort Wayne, Indiana	Culver Academy
7		Jordan Hampton	Junior (RS)	D	5' 7" (1.7 m)		Foxborough, Massachusetts	Northeastern
8		Samantha Hanson	Senior	D	5' 8" (1.73 m)		White Bear Lake, Minnesota	White Bear Lake HS
9		Taylor Flaherty	Freshman	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)		Lakeville, Minnesota	Lakeville North HS
10		Charly Dahlquist	Freshman	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)		Eden Prairie, Minnesota	Lakeville North HS
11		Shannon Kaiser	Senior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)		Crookston, Minnesota	Crookston HS
13		Layla Marvin (A)	Senior	F	5' 5" (1.65 m)		Warroad, Minnesota	Warroad HS
14		Marissa Salo	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)		Grand Rapids, Minnesota	North American Hockey Academy
15		Kayla Gardner	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)		Warroad, Minnesota	Warroad HS
16		Vilma Tanskanen	Freshman	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)		Vantaa, Finland	Finnish National Team
17		Dorci Medgyes	Freshman	F/D	5' 7" (1.7 m)		Budapest, Hungary	Hungarian National Team
18		Halli Krzyzaniak (C)	Junior	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)		Neepawa, Manitoba	Pursuit of Excellence
19		Meghan Dufault	Senior	F	5' 4" (1.63 m)		Winnipeg, Manitoba	Balmoral Hall
21		Amy Menke	Junior	F	5' 6" (1.68 m)		Shakopee, Minnesota	Shakopee HS
22		Tanja Eisenschmid (A)	Senior	D	5' 8" (1.73 m)		Kaufberen, Germany	German National Team
29		Lexie Shaw	Junior	G	5' 7" (1.7 m)		Troy, Michigan	Honeybaked
29		Breanna Berndsen	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)		Kelowna, British Columbia	Pursuit of Excellence
34		Annie Chipman	Junior (RS)	G	5' 6" (1.68 m)		Winnipeg, Manitoba	St. Mary's Academy
44		Rebekah Kolstad	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)		Mankato, Minnesota	Team USA U18
50		Kristen Campbell	Freshman	G	5' 10" (1.78 m)		Brandon, Manitoba	Team Manitoba U18
51		Becca Kohler	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)		St. Thomas, Ontario	Bluewater
55		Lisa Marvin	Junior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)		Warroad, Minnesota	Warroad HS

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• Shelby Amsley-Benzie, Academic All-American First Team [6]

• Amy Menke, Forward, All-WCHA Second Team [7]

• Shelby Amsley-Benzie, Goaltender, All-WCHA Third Team [8]

• Halli Krzyzaniak, Defense, All-WCHA Third Team [9]

• Anna Kilponen, Defense, All-WCHA Rookie Team [10]