David De Remer

UMD wins 4-0 over Wisconsin to claim its fourth women’s NCAA title in sports eight-year history. Here is a portion of Shannon Miller’s opening statement from the postgame press conference. You have to feel fortunate when you get into the final game because there are so many great teams across the country. I would like … Read more

The WCHA placed three teams in the final eight, both teams in the national championship game, and yet earned only three of 12 All-Americans. Is this “Eastern bias” in the voting? I would say there is bias only insofar as the system tends towards proportional representation. One simple reason for this is that if each … Read more

Every Wisconsin team that’s won the NCAA title has had a unique identity. This team has a new trademark — quick comebacks. Junior Erika Lawler scored just 18 seconds into the second period to erase a 1-0 first period deficit for Wisconsin (29-8-3) against Harvard (32-2-0) in the first Frozen Four semifinal. Then the floodgates … Read more

New Hampshire freshman Jenn Wakefield’s frustration as she clutched her helmet late in the third period told the story of the night. Another missed opportunity, and another save by Minnesota Duluth goalie Kim Martin. “It was a shot I should have been made,” Wakefield said. “I was just disappointed with myself. I didn’t do my … Read more

First-Team All-Americans G Kim Martin, So., UMD D Tessa Bonhomme, Sr., OSU D Caitlin Cahow, Sr., Harvard F Meghan Agosta, So., Mercyhurst F Melissa Boal, Jr., WSU F Sarah Vaillancourt, Jr., Harvard Second-Team All-Americans G Christina Kessler, So., Harvard D Martine Garland, Sr., UNH D Annie Guay, Sr., St. Lawrence F Gigi Marvin, Jr., Minnesota … Read more

UMD coach Shannon Miller said at Thursday’s pre-game press conference that No. 2 scorer Saara Tuominen was 50-50 for Thursday night’s game. She suffered a sprained MCL in the quarterfinal win against Mercyhurst.

In any NCAA championship event, handling the pressure of the big stage is a major factor in determining the outcome. So it comes as no surprise that experience was a common topic of conversation in Wednesday’s pre-game press conferences at the Women’s Frozen Four in Duluth. Harvard vs. Wisconsin In some sense, the first semifinal … Read more

It’ll be Wisconsin vs. Harvard and UNH vs. UMD in Duluth on Thursday. Harvard will play at 5 p.m. CT followed by UMD at 8 p.m. It was a familiar result for the Badgers, who won in overtime in the quarterfinals en route to each of their NCAA titles in the last two years. The … Read more

UMD advances to the Frozen Four with a 5-4 win over Mercyhurst. More heartbreak for the Lakers, who led 3-2 early in the third. Mercyhurst had lost its previous three NCAA quarterfinals in triple, double, and single overtime. It was another tough ending for the six Mercyhurst seniors. UMD extends its homestand which also included … Read more

No big surprises in No. 1 Harvard’s 5-1 NCAA women’s quarterfinal win over Dartmouth. Harvard proves once again why it was the best in the ECAC this season. The attendance of 1497 was solid, but I was hoping for a little better. It was up from Harvard’s 2005 NCAA quarterfinal, the triple overtime win over … Read more

Congrats to New Hampshire, the first team into the Women’s Frozen Four with a 3-2 overtime win over St. Lawrence. One story line of this game that stands out is the play of seniors Sabrina Harbec for SLU and Sadie Wright-Ward for UNH. Both were conference players of the year as sophomores, but never quite … Read more

The National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey committee made two controversial decisions on Sunday. One involved selecting Dartmouth over Clarkson as the last team in the tournament. The other was to abandon the practice of avoiding intraconference play in the NCAA quarterfinal round in order to save money on travel costs. I will discuss each below. … Read more

The NCAA tournament pairings are in, and it’s a surprise. Dartmouth at No. 1 Harvard Wisconsin at No. 4 Minnesota St. Lawrence at No. 3 New Hampshire Mercyhurst at No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth All games will be Saturday. This is a departure from past precedent, as the committee had previously showed a preference in avoiding intraconference … Read more

This post begins USCHO’s blogging for the women’s National Collegiate Tournament. Be sure also to check the women’s page for recaps of both the ECAC and WCHA tournament tonight. In the coming weeks, USCHO will also have coverage from at least two of the NCAA quarterfinal sites and the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four in Duluth. … Read more

It was unprecedented for a team to celebrate winning an ECAC women’s championship twice in the same minute, but Harvard did just that against St. Lawrence at Bright Hockey Center on Sunday. The Crimson thought the championship-winning goal was scored just under three minutes into overtime, but it was called back due to a high … Read more

Harvard goalie Christina Kessler may only be a sophomore, but she already has a distinguished career’s worth of shutouts to her name. Kessler’s shutout in No. 1 Harvard’s 3-0 win over No. 9 Clarkson gave her 16 for her career, matching Ali Boe (’06) for the team record. Kessler had struggled in allowing two goals … Read more

Given St. Lawrence’s success in coming back from a 2-0 third period deficit against Yale last weekend, Saints coach Paul Flanagan suggested that his players pretend to be under similar pressure when coming out in the ECAC semifinals against Dartmouth on Saturday. Despite the advice, the Saints still faced a 1-0 first intermission deficit before … Read more