Laura Halldorson
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| Born | January 12, 1963 Plymouth, Minnesota, US | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Princeton University | ||||||||||||||
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| 1981–1985 | Princeton Tigers | ||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||
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| 1988–1990 | Princeton (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1997 | Colby | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2007 | Minnesota | ||||||||||||||
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| Overall | Minnesota, 278–67–22 | ||||||||||||||
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Laura Halldorson (born January 12, 1963) is an American retired women's college ice hockey player and head coach. She was the first head coach of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers Women's Hockey team, leading the new team to national prominence in her ten seasons. Her Minnesota record was 278–67–22, a winning percentage of .787. During that time, the Gophers won three national championships and four Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) championships, averaged 28 wins per season, and appeared in eight of ten national championship tournaments.