Nicole Haase

Women's Columnist

NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: A whirlwind year – Former Robert Morris players win national championship less than a year after program cut

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Just 298 days elapsed between Lexi Templeman, Emily Curlett and Raygan Kirk learning that Robert Morris was cutting their men’s and women’s hockey programs and the trio winning a national championship with Ohio State on Sunday. The three players were announced as transfer signings just two weeks after the shocking news at Robert Morris. Templeman, … Read more

NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Ohio State downs Minnesota Duluth 3-2, wins first-ever national championship

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University Park, Pa. — The Ohio State Buckeyes women’s hockey team won the first national championship in their program’s history with a 3-2 defeat of Minnesota Duluth on Sunday night. Paetyn Levis scored to earn her 11th point of the postseason and transfers Clair DeGeorge and Kenzie Hauswirth each lit the lamp to lead the … Read more

NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Ohio State advances to first-ever national championship game with 2-1 win over Yale

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University Park, Pa — The top seeded Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Yale Bulldogs 2-1 in the national semifinal on Friday night to advance to their first-ever NCAA title game.  They will face fellow WCHA team Minnesota Duluth for the national championship at 4 pm Eastern on Sunday. The Bulldogs will be playing in their … Read more

NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Rogge’s goal in 2OT sends UMD to national championship game

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University Park, Pa — Noami Rogge’s wrister with fewer than two minutes to go in the second overtime sent Minnesota Duluth to their first national title game since 2010 and their seventh in program history. McKenzie Hewett put pressure on Maddie Mills in the neutral zone as Mills tried to break out. Élizabeth Giguère picked up … Read more

NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Wednesday Women – Dissecting and predicting the NCAA tournament

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Arlan: Hey Nicole! I hope you survived the weather over the weekend, including the rain, thunderstorms, ice, and snow that hit the Twin Cities during the WCHA Final Faceoff. Better that than the fatal tornados that hit Iowa, I guess. Anyway, there’s plenty to discuss. Let’s start with a mention of the final NEWHA Championship … Read more

Division I Women’s Hockey: WCHA final – Ohio State scores three unanswered to defeat Minnesota 3-2 in overtime to win title

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How it happened: The teams skated to a scoreless tie in the first. Ohio State had one unsuccessful power play and outshot the Gophers 12-9 through the first 20 minutes. In the second, a defensive breakdown at the blue line allowed Taylor Heise and Abigail Boreen to enter the zone with the puck. The Buckeye … Read more

Division I Women’s Hockey: WCHA semifinal – Minnesota advances to title game with 5-1 win over Minnesota Duluth

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MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota women’s hockey team advanced to their 18th WCHA tournament championship with a decisive 5-1 win over Minnesota Duluth on Saturday afternoon. The Gophers scored 51 seconds into the game on their first shot as Catie Skaja put a pretty innocuous-looking shot on Chobak from her right side. The puck squeezed between … Read more

Division I Women’s Hockey: Wisconsin 5, Bemidji State 0 – Badgers advance to WCHA Final Faceoff

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MADISON — Wisconsin’s top line – nicknamed the WOW line for the first initials of their last names – lived up to the moniker on Saturday afternoon. Casey O’Brien, Makenna Webster and Daryl Watts were responsible for nine of Wisconsin’s 15 points in the game. O’Brien led the team with two goals and three assists. … Read more

NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Wednesday Women – Postseason, Pairwise and Predictions (Part 2)

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Note: This is a special, part two, Thursday edition of Wednesday Women. Check out yesterday’s part one where Nicole, Arlan and guest columnist Grant Salzano talk about Pairwise, the new NCAA tournament format and which teams are affected.  Nicole: Ok, you two broke down the conference tournaments pretty well, so let’s lay it out. Who … Read more

NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Wednesday Women – Stumbles, Stories and Shooting

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Arlan: It’s an eventful time in the world of women’s hockey. In NCAA Division-I, we’re seeing a higher frequency of games, both with the Beanpot and teams trying to make up games that were postponed due to Covid protocols. At the same time, pool play for the women’s hockey tournament of the Beijing Olympics was … Read more

NCAA Division III hockey: Women’s hockey a natural fit at Milwaukee School of Engineering

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When an alumna donated a rumored $4 million dollars earmarked for expansion of women’s sports opportunities at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), it seemed natural that one of the first programs added was women’s hockey. The university already fields a men’s hockey team and has their own rink, so few structural changes were necessary. One … Read more