David De RemerIt should come as no surprise that New Hampshire executed better than No. 9 Brown on special teams Sunday afternoon at the Whittemore Center. After all, the No. 7 Wildcats had already faced 99 special teams situations in its first five games, while the Bears just started their season on Friday. In a close game, … Read more
Women’s Hockey East had no shortage of positive developments leading up to its third season. The NCAA tournament expanded from four to eight teams and the league was assured its first bid ever for 2005. The three Hockey East Beanpot schools all turned a corner as Boston College had its best recruiting class in years, … Read more
College Hockey America’s revolving door might be a little worn from overuse. In the past year, no conference has had more comings and goings relative to its size than the CHA, as the number of teams announcing their departure from the conference this past year has nearly matched the number of current members. To recap, … Read more
When Karen Thatcher helped set up Friar teammate Sonny Watrous in front for the game-winning goal early in the third period of Saturday’s 3-2 U.S. Under-22 women’s victory over Canada, Providence coach Bob Deraney had more reason to be thrilled than anyone else in the crowd of 659 at Vermont’s Gutterson Fieldhouse. “Seeing Watrous score … Read more
The United States is in an unfamiliar position entering this week’s annual Under-22 series with Canada-defending champion and favorite. As usual, the three-game series offers glimpses of top U.S. college players from both countries, but what’s been different recently is that the glimpses are of younger Canadians. The average age of this year’s Canadian roster … Read more
April 28, 1969 — Edward Paul Donato is born. March 16, 1986 — Donato wins his first Massachusetts high school state championship at powerhouse Catholic Memorial, when his double overtime shot is tipped in by Ed McElaney for a 5-4 win over Medford. He earns Boston Globe Division I Player of the Year honors. March … Read more
Northeastern coach Joy Woog — last season’s Hockey East Coach of the Year — has resigned, effective last Thursday. The resignation came following several complaints to the athletic department about Woog’s conduct, according to members of the 2003-04 team. In meetings with athletic director Dave O’Brien, players claimed Woog’s coaching style centered on psychological abuse, … Read more
Denver believed in netminder Adam Berkhoel — and vice versa.
Northeastern coach Joy Woog says what impresses her most about Chanda Gunn is her humbleness, which she maintains despite all she’s accomplished. The only hockey player ever to be honored as Humanitarian winner and first-team All-American in the same season, Gunn is always searching for improvement. That showed even in her reflections in her Humanitarian … Read more
Books Lose Out to Hot Tub With 10 U.S. players and four Canadian players still in U.S. colleges, it raises the obvious question, what happens with academics during the two to three weeks of preparation and competition? Not much. “It kind of takes a back seat in tournament like this,” said Dartmouth sophomore Gillian Apps. … Read more
The names Cherie Piper and Gillian Apps didn’t show up in the scoring summary of the gold medal game, but the Dartmouth sophomores did everything but score in lifting Canada to a 2-0 win over the U.S. to win their first World Championships in front of a sellout crowd of 10,508 at the Halifax Metro … Read more
The U.S. has had nothing but positive results on the ice so far. The only catch is the team is starting to run out of bodies at the forward position as it approaches Tuesday night’s gold-medal game with Canada. Captain Cammi Granato returned from her injury to take a few shifts in the 9-2 U.S. … Read more
Despite much-noted inexperience on the blue line, the U.S. women’s team handed Team Canada its first-ever loss at a World Championship.
When the going got tough for Canada against Sweden in the World Championships yesterday, the Canadian lines stacked with U.S. college experience got going. Despite trailing 1-0 after a period, Canada topped Sweden by a convincing 7-1 margin in front of more than 5,000 fans at the Halifax Metro Centre. Skaters with U.S. college experience, … Read more
After her Gophers’ 6-2 NCAA final win over Harvard, Minnesota coach Laura Halldorson said that she hadn’t found a team yet that could stop her top line of Krissy Wendell, Natalie Darwitz and Kelly Stephens. This Saturday, she might find one — the Canadian national team. Though the triumphant trio is now wearing red, white, … Read more
Even Team Canada, undefeated through 37 all-time World Championship games, failed to shut down Krissy Wendell and Natalie Darwitz. The two U.S. Olympians, who figured on all but one of the Gophers’ 11 goals in winning their Frozen Four title, figured on all three goals in Team USA’s 3-1 win over Team Canada in front … Read more
In the end, Harvard coach Katey Stone came to the same conclusion as everyone else who had played Minnesota since the line of U.S. Olympians Natalie Darwitz, Krissy Wendell and Kelly Stephens was reunited — they’re good, very good. Minnesota rushes to celebrate the title (Photos: Timothy M. McDonald) The Gopher top line tallied four … Read more
Gunn and Ruggiero help build the future of women’s hockey — in the Golden State?
While other teams this weekend lost top players to the Canadian national squad, Nicole Corriero has never wavered in her commitment to Harvard.
Sunday will mark the first-ever national championship game in women’s college hockey between two teams playing each other for the first time during the regular season. Championship games in women’s hockey have always been exciting, but this element of unfamiliarity adds intrigue to this game unlike any other. The Minnesota-Harvard matchup raises obvious questions. For … Read more