This Week in the WCHA Women’s League: Oct. 17, 2002
The University of Minnesota blazes a trail this weekend with the opening of its new women’s hockey facility, the state-of-the-art Ridder Arena. Craig Roberts reports on happenings in the WCHA.
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The Fusco Brothers: America’s Dream
They starred at Harvard, won Hobey Baker Awards, and played in the Olympics. Now the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame beckons.
2002-03 College Hockey America Women’s Season Preview
The College Hockey America Women’s league opens play this season with a bang, and instant credibility thanks to a Frozen Four entrant last season in Niagara and another rising power in Mercyhurst. Craig Roberts breaks down the new league’s prospects for 2002-03.
2002-03 Mercyhurst Season Preview
Optimism abounds at Mercyhurst, where preparations are well under way for the program’s fourth season. Head coach Michael Sisti’s first recruiting class comes into its senior season having won 61 games; the group makes up half of the team’s 24-player roster. “It’s been a fun ride,” Sisti said. “It’s been fun watching them grow and … Read more
2002-03 Findlay Season Preview
After a 9-4 exhibition win over Windsor on Sept. 28, Findlay head coach Adam Brinker knew his young team still had some work to do. “We saw a lot of early-season mistakes,” Brinker said. “They were mistakes that are typical of young teams. But we’ve had a couple of weeks to correct those things. I … Read more
Minnesota Maintains First In USCHO.com Poll
Minnesota used a convincing 7-2 victory over Ohio State in the annual Hall of Fame Game, held this year at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, to continue its dominance of the top spot in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Gophers earned 24 of the 40 first place votes, and finished with … Read more
2002-03 North Dakota Season Preview
North Dakota opened its inaugural season by splitting a pair of exhibition games at Manitoba; the games summed up what head coach Shantel Rivard had said of her team beforehand. “We have a young, inexperienced team,” she said during training camp. “Our fitness level is good and we’re putting in a lot of hard work. … Read more
2002-03 Wayne State Season Preview
Competition is the name of the game for Wayne State this year. When few women’s teams carry more than 23 players, the Warriors will start the season with 28 players on the roster, a move head coach Tom O’Malley hopes will improve his team. “It’s created some interesting competition in training camp,” he said. “When … Read more
2002-03 Niagara Season Preview
After reaching the NCAA Frozen Four last season, Niagara returns 15 players and brings plenty of optimism for success to the 2002-03 season. First off, however, they have to find a way to replace a couple of big holes. The Purple Eagles lose just six letterwinners but four are significant. Gone are all-time leading scorer … Read more
Between the Lines: Oops! We Did it Again
No, not Britney. Another in-season tournament. This time, it was the otherwise great Maverick Stampede that botched the overtime rules.
RIT, Elmira Top Picks in ECAC West
Defending ECAC West tournament champion, RIT, is the coaches’ preseason choice to claim the regular-season men’s title based upon results of the 2002-03 preseason poll. Meanwhile, Elmira, the 2002 NCAA Division III National Champion, was picked as the preseason favorite in the ECAC West women’s conference. Coaches could not vote for their own team. RIT, … Read more
Badgers Rally For Sweep Vs. N’eastern
A pair of third-period power-play goals lifted No. 6 Wisconsin to a 2-1 victory over No. 9 Northeastern on Sunday at the Kohl Center. In a game in which the Badgers (2-0-0) outshot their opponent 37-14, it was the opponent that scored first. Northeastern’s Kim Greene scored her second power-play goal in as many days, … Read more
Lakers Stay Perfect Thanks To Quick Start
Mercyhurst remained perfect on the young season with a 4-2 win over visiting UConn Sunday, October 13, at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Lakers are 4-0 and are off to their best start ever in this, their fourth season. UConn dropped to 0-2. Mercyhurst scored two goals in a 33-second span of the first period. … Read more
Cadets Roll Past Windsor In Exhibition Matchup
After a slow start, Air Force scored nine unanswered goals in a 9-1 win over Windsor in an exhibition game Sunday afternoon at the Academy’s Cadet Ice Arena. Windsor, which plays several exhibition games against American universities, scored at the 5:55 mark of the first period, by Graham Warren from Jason Melo and Joel Cort. … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth Completes Sweep Of Providence
Top-ranked Minnesota-Duluth completed a weekend sweep of No. 8 Providence Sunday, winning 3-1 at PC’s Schneider Arena. On Saturday the two teams battled it out in a shootout with Minnesota-Duluth prevailing, 6-4. Sunday’s matchup was a tighter defensive battle as the two squads were limited to four goals. PC’s Kelli Halcisak gave the Friars a … Read more
Holy Cross Takes See-Saw Battle
Holy Cross edged Connecticut, 3-2, in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference matchup at the UConn Ice Arena on Sunday night. The Huskies, in their first regular-season home game, dropped to 0-2-0 overall, 0-1-0 in the MAAC, while Holy Cross earned its first win of the season, improving to 1-1-0 overall, 1-1-0 in the league. Holy … Read more
Patrick Eaves Stars in Collegiate Debut
In a 6-0 loss to Boston College, the Massachusetts Minutemen started this season off right where they finished last year — with bad penalties, poor special teams and a lack of finishing ability. The Eagles on the other hand, coming off a mediocre 18-18-2 campaign, clearly made inroads in the offseason as they coasted in … Read more
Stewart Nets Winner As SCSU Earns Series Split With Bemidji
St. Cloud State got revenge on the Bemidji State Beavers, and also its first win of the season with a 4-2 victory Sunday at the National Hockey Center. Josefin Pettersson got the Huskies going early, as she scored her first collegiate goal on a power play to make it 1-0 SCSU. Carrie Holldorf and Abby … Read more
Denver Opens Season With Tournament Win
The banner for the Maverick Stampede will again bear the name of a different team than host Nebraska-Omaha. With just 1:25 left in a tightly fought crowd-pleaser, Luke Fulghum picked a Maverick defender at the UNO blue line, skated in and blasted the game-winner past Dan Ellis to give Denver a 3-2 win and claimed … Read more
New Hampshire Blasts Vermont
New Hampshire’s high-powered offense was hitting on all cylinders Saturday night in a 10-0 win over Vermont in action at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Josh Prudden had a goal and two assists and Lanny Gare had a hat trick in the second period for the fourth-ranked Wildcats (1-0-0) while Mike Ayers made 28 saves to pick up … Read more