David De RemerMinnesota came into Thompson Arena on Saturday with the No. 1 ranking, the No. 1 power play, the No. 1 offense and the No. 1 defense. But in the end, it was Dartmouth who left looking better in every respect. The Big Green (11-0-0) triumphed 7-5 over the Gophers (14-1-2) in a game that lived … Read more
In game two of Minnesota-Duluth’s weekend series against Harvard, UMD coach Shannon Miller saw the challenge from Harvard that she expected after the Crimson suffered a 6-3 defeat the day before. Twice the Crimson took the lead and held it for over 15 minutes, but twice the Bulldogs answered. Then in overtime, UMD’s first line … Read more
The Minnesota-Duluth coaches had been asking themselves all season, when is the second line going to click? They got their answer Saturday afternoon. UMD’s second line players each scored two goals in a 6-3 win at No. 4 Harvard (6-4-1). The Crimson became the first team to prevent UMD’s first line from scoring a goal, … Read more
With a 4-0 win over Minnesota State on Sunday, Dartmouth maintained its momentum entering its toughest nonconference stretch, a game against UNH on Wednesday and a pair against No. 1 Minnesota with a 10-day break for final exams in between. Minnesota State (3-7-4) kept the game close for the first two periods, but the Big … Read more
Entering Sunday’s game against No. 7 New Hampshire, Mercyhurst’s season had been missing a few things – any goal from last season’s top scorer Samantha Shirley, a quality start from a goalie other than Desirae Clark and a solid result against a team ranked as high as UNH. The No. 9 Lakers got all three … Read more
If there was any doubt that Minnesota’s Krissy Wendell would be healthy for this weekend’s Harvard Shootout tournament, she put it to rest in a matter of minutes against Northeastern on Friday afternoon. Wendell scored an unassisted power play goal just 2:17 into the game and finished with a hat trick in her team’s 8-1 … Read more
Dartmouth and UNH look to start a new women’s hockey showcase for the state of New Hampshire.
When the two teams with the best defensive numbers in the country last season play to a 6-4 result, it’s no surprise that both coaches would say there’s room for improvement. Such was the case when No. 5 Wisconsin topped No. 4 Harvard tonight at the Bright Hockey Center. “A lot of things happened that’ll … Read more
Three of the nation’s top five women’s hockey teams converge at Bright Hockey Center this Thanksgiving weekend. USCHO will be there with live broadcasts, including a rematch of the 2004 NCAA final.
This weekend No. 4 Harvard hosted one program that had been to two Frozen Fours in four years and another which had only been in existence for two years. So it was somewhat of a surprise that the second-year program was tougher to beat. Saturday night at Bright Hockey Center, Clarkson (4-4-3) limited the Crimson … Read more
Harvard coach Katey Stone has always told her players that they need to outhustle every opponent in every position to win. They came as close as ever to that ideal against No. 6 St. Lawrence on Friday night. Riding the momentum of seven unanswered goals to close out a 7-3 win over No. 9 Brown … Read more
David De Remer counts down the top 10 games in the rivalry’s brief yet colorful history.
Brown jumped to a 3-0 lead over No. 4 Harvard in just under nine minutes on Tuesday night at Meehan Auditorium, but the deficit did not put Harvard down. It brought the Crimson and tri-captain Nicole Corriero up to higher level than ever before this season. Down 3-0, the Crimson stormed back and unleashed the … Read more
Injuries kept former Cornell athlete Dana Antal out of the spotlight of the Canadian national team for the better part of five years, but for a moment last night, she was the center of attention. Antal’s gorgeous one-timer just inside the left post off a feed from Danielle Goyette 2:20 into the third period lifted … Read more
Nothing was decided between the U.S. and Canada after a 1-1 overtime-free draw in the round-robin portion of the Four Nations Cup tournament Thursday night. The score will be settled Sunday if the U.S. and Canada can get by Sweden and Finland, respectively, on Saturday to force a gold medal rematch on Sunday, like they … Read more
Last year, the Providence Friars said that freshman Sonny Watrous had the lucky horseshoe because she kept getting lucky goals. Now they all agree that Watrous has passed it on to junior forward Karen Thatcher this year. “As long as I as have it, I’m happy with it,” said Thatcher, whose 11 goals in nine … Read more
Krissy Wendell and Natalie Darwitz have dominated the women’s college game this year. Can Team Canada stop them when they don U.S. jerseys?
Providence junior Karen Thatcher once believed her weakness was playing around the net, but you wouldn’t have known it from watching Saturday’s 5-1 Friar win over St. Lawrence. A testament to her offseason training, she netted three power play goals to match her season total of 10 as a sophomore in just eight games. All … Read more
You can’t blame Cornell coach Melody Davidson for looking ahead to tomorrow. After all, that’s when Harvard freshman Sarah Vaillancourt will be on her side once again. Vaillancourt tallied two goals and two assists to lead all scorers in the 8-2 Crimson (2-0, 2-0 ECACHL) win over Cornell (0-2, 0-2), her last opponent before she … Read more
In Friday night’s season opener against Colgate, Harvard unveiled its latest offensive weapons – freshman Sarah Vaillancourt and the new and improved Jennifer Raimondi. The junior edition of Raimondi has just as much heart as ever, but now speed, strength and precision like never before. Raimondi assisted on Vaillancourt’s first career goal to open scoring … Read more