Dan Hickling

The late, great Harry Nilsson once wrote a tune about “one” being the loneliest number. Applied to women’s hockey (and what a leap that is), that number would be four. As in the small number of programs that make up College Hockey America. It begs such musical questions as, “When is a League Not a … Read more

Hockey, perhaps more than any other sport, has always been a family affair. For as long as dads have been constructing backyard rinks, and moms have been trudging through the frozen tundra to haul carloads of kids to 4 a.m. practices, hockey has been a centerpiece of the family experience. Through the ages, sibling rivalries … Read more

Sacred Moments Lauren Fontaine picked up the puck at the center ice spot, picked up steam as she hit the Boston University blue line, then (so it seemed, anyway) calmly picked the upper right corner behind Terrier goaltender Melissa Haber. And anyone who happened to be inside Walter Brown Arena last Saturday, picked the right … Read more

No Pet Cemetery Here Not that they ever really went anywhere, but you can say this about the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs. They’re back. You’d certainly have to say so after last week’s Bulldog sweep of two-time champs Wisconsin … in Madison, no less. Sensational Russian freshman Iya Gravrilova was front-and-center (make that left wing), scoring the … Read more

Rise and Shine It was college hockey’s equivalent of “the long nightmare”. That 33 game losing streak, the longest ever shouldered by a Division-I women’s team, one that saw 387 sunrises and two Thanksgivings come and go without Union College being able to celebrate victory. It’s over. Finis. The Dutchwomen shed that onerous string on … Read more

Knights’ Big Nights Maybe it wasn’t the greatest win in the six year history of Clarkson women’s hockey. But last weekend’s 3-2 triumph over Mercyhurst ranks as a close second. Clarkson wrapped up a highly successful two game set with the Lakers, then ranked No. 2, with a tie and a win to show for … Read more

Road sweet home They say you can’t go home again, but Hilary Knight begs to differ. The sensational Wisconsin freshman forward will return to her native New Hampshire with the rest of the No. 1-ranked Badgers for a two-game weekend showdown with No. 3 UNH. “I’m very excited,” said Knight, who was bred in the … Read more

“Heavy is the head that wears the crown…” Sure, let’s start out by ripping off Shakespeare. Then again, if the Bard of Avon had been watching the recent Division-I doings as they pertained to the Nation’s No. 1 ranking, he might well have summed matters up thusly. It has, after all, been a tough time … Read more