Connecticut 2002-2003 Season Preview

Fourteen sophomores and five freshmen make up the bulk of Connecticut’s ever-developing women’s hockey program. There are two juniors as well, and naturally, with no seniors, they’re both captains. Such are the circumstances Heather Linstad faces in her third year as UConn head coach, her second with a full recruiting class. “I wouldn’t have taken … Read more

New Hampshire 2002-2003 Season Preview

Of the six coaches in Hockey East, five of them have been with their programs for at least two years. The only new guy in town is New Hampshire’s Brian McCloskey, who steps over from the associate men’s coach position to become just the third coach in the 25-year history of the women’s program. McCloskey … Read more

Boston College 2002-2003 Season Preview

Boston College may have won just nine games last season, but those nine were the best output in the young program’s history. Now coach Tom Babson is expecting to make it to the next level. The goal of reaching the Hockey East playoffs by finishing in the league’s top four, he feels, is within reach. … Read more

2002-2003 Northeastern Season Preview

Northeastern coach Joy Woog’s master plan for the inaugural Hockey East season is to emulate the growth of a successful team from the 2001-02 ECAC East season. No, it’s not last year’s Huskies, who started the year with 10 straight wins and finished 27-7-1. Rather, Woog wants to be like last year’s Providence team — … Read more

Maine 2002-2003 Season Preview

Just three years ago, Maine was a six-win team. Today, the Black Bears are coming off back-to-back above-.500 campaigns, and coach Rick Filighera thinks his program can compete with anyone this year. “All of sudden, we show up a rink, we can win that game now, but we can also lose that game,” he said, … Read more

Minnesota-Duluth Repeats As NCAA Champ

Tricia Guest scored the only goal of the third period, but it turned out to be a championship goal as the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs won their second consecutive NCAA women’s Division I title.

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Bittersweet Victory

Northeastern’s Brooke Whitney won’t leave college with an NCAA championship, or a Beanpot title, for that matter. She will, however, have the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award to show for her efforts. David De Remer reports on the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, all at once.

Bulldogs Overpower Purple Eagles

Niagara, the top seed in the East, needed an All-American effort from First-Team goaltender Tania Pinelli to have any chance of beating the high-powered offense of defending champion Minnesota-Duluth in the semifinals of the 2002 Women’s Frozen Four. Pinelli stopped every UMD breakaway and one-timer, but couldn’t handle a consistent Bulldog attack that outshot the … Read more

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Ingram’s Hat Trick Carries Crimson Over Wildcats

When Harvard coach Katey Stone was asked what made the difference in her team’s 4-3 win over New Hampshire on Friday night, she answered with the name of one player: Kalen Ingram. “I know that sounds so simple, but she has been the difference for us,” Stone said. Ingram scored three mirror-image, power-play goals and … Read more

Huskies Handed First Defeat in Heartbreaker

The most frequently heard noise on the ice in the final minutes of No. 8 Niagara’s 1-0 victory over No. 5 Northeastern at Matthews Arena on Sunday, was the echo of Husky players beating their sticks against the ice and the side boards in frustration after coming so close to tying the game in the … Read more

Brown Fades Against Another Ivy Rival

After tying defending national champion Minnesota-Duluth last weekend, Brown expected a better result in Saturday’s game against a Harvard team with nowhere near the acclaim of the Bulldogs this season. Yet when the final buzzer sounded, the score was 4-2 Harvard, and the No. 3 Bears had fallen to 1-3-1 in their last five. As … Read more

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Dartmouth Wins On Scoreboard, Harvard In Spirit

Dartmouth may have come out on the winning end of Saturday night’s 3-2 game at Harvard, but both head coaches agreed the losing Crimson outplayed the victorious Big Green. Of Dartmouth’s three goals, two of them came on deflections in crowds in front of the net. As in yesterday’s game against Brown, Dartmouth found itself … Read more

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Dartmouth Pulls Off Come-From-Behind Win At Brown

Dartmouth’s Carly Haggard continued her scoring onslaught, but it was help from the unexpected sources of Melissa Dolan and Lydia Wheatley that propelled the Big Green past Brown, 5-3 Friday night.

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