Nicole Haase
Currently in only its fourth season as a D-I program, Merrimack sits fourth in Hockey East and is also in the top 10 in the PairWise. The Warriors have created a blueprint for building a brand-new program and having quick success.
Wisconsin needed overtime twice to beat Harvard, Minnesota won the Windjammer tournament, and Clarkson rolled past Minnesota Duluth. Nicole recaps the weekend action.
Wisconsin hosts Harvard and Clarkson hosts Minnesota Duluth, while several other teams have tournament weekends on the docket. Candace and Nicole pick the weekend’s games.
Despite outshooting Harvard, 50-16, it took Annie Pankowski’s goal in overtime to lift Wisconsin over Harvard.
Columnist Nicole Haase takes a beat and outlines all the reasons this is a year to be thankful for if you are a fan of women’s college hockey.
Nicole and Arlan analyze Yale’s stunning upset of Clarkson, Colgate’s slow start, the state of the CHA, Ohio State’s sweep of Minnesota Duluth, Wisconsin’s overall chances for a championship, Hockey East’s top teams and more this week.
No. 7 Ohio State swept No. 7 Minnesota Duluth in a huge PairWise series, while Yale stunned No. 1 Clarkson. Nicole Haase wraps the weekend.
The top teams that took last weekend off for the Four Nations Cup are back in action, and a battle between No. 7 Ohio State and No. 7 Minnesota Duluth will have big implications in the PairWise. Candace and Nicole pick the weekend.
In her column this week Nicole Haase outlines why holding the Four Nations Cup in early November is detrimental to the college game, why it should be changed, and the inertia that might hamper change.
Candace and Nicole look at the dominant win by the U.S. in the Four Nations Cup and the surprising absences on each team’s roster, Bemidji’s surprise sweep of Ohio State, Northeastern’s red-hot start, and Colgate and Cornell’s early struggles.
Unranked Bemidji State stunned No. 5 Ohio State by sweeping the Buckeyes, No. 6 Northeastern held off New Hampshire’s upset bid, and No. 7 Cornell battled Mercyhurst to two ties. Nicole Haase recaps the weekend.
Some of the top teams have an off weekend due to the Four Nations Cup, but we have some potentially interesting out-of-conference clashes as Robert Morris hosts No. 10 Colgate and Mercyhurst hosts No. 7 Cornell. Candace and Nicole pick the weekend.
Off to their best start since the 2000-01 season, the Brown Bears have rediscovered the fun in hockey, and their early success has them believing in themselves as a team.
Brown beat a ranked opponent for the first time in a dozen years, then did it again the next night, while Providence beat Boston College. Nicole Haase recaps the action.
Candace and Nicole pick this weekend’s games, and for the most part see eye-to-eye.
Though the team is young, the Northeastern Huskies have a strong group of underclassmen leading the way at both the offensive and defensive end of the ice, and that has them off to their best start in program history.
With teams all suffering losses in the first month of the season, and not team having scorers that are lighting the lamp at the expected rate, Nicole and Arlan ponder whether the game finally has the parity that has been on the verge of happening every year. They also discuss the Minnesota-Wisconsin series, why Clarkson is ranked No. 3, the top half of the ECAC, whether Harvard, Ohio State, and Minnesota Duluth can make the NCAA tournament, some of the top freshmen so far, and Northern Michigan’s announcement that it is looking at D-I women’s hockey.
Minnesota ended Wisconsin’s 35-game unbeaten streak, St. Cloud State upset No. 5 Minnesota Duluth, and St. Lawrence and Ohio State split a high-profile, nonconference series.
Having gone 0-12 on the power play over the past two weeks and scoring just four extra-attacker goals in their first eight games, special teams were a particular point of emphasis for Brad Frost and his No. 3 Minnesota Gophers heading into this weekend’s Border Battle matchup with rival No. 1 Wisconsin. The work paid … Read more
A battle royale between Minnesota and Wisconsin is just one of the many highlights of the weekend. Candace and Nicole pick the games.