Terese Karmel Laura Monk is finding out this season what it means to be lonely at the top. Ironically, her collegiate hockey season was lonely at the bottom as well. Monk is Wayne State’s sole senior, a role the 22-year-old native of Ontario, Canada, is finding mother-henish to say the least. “I think they look up to … Read more
Nearly a decade after a storm nearly took the life of her sister, Brandi Frakie is thriving as a pre-med freshman at Wayne State.
The players were sizing up their next day’s opponents. And the coaches, poised to applaud the season’s outstanding players, had strategy in the back of their minds. But for the women on the UConn hockey team, the biggest choices weren’t who to shut down or who to double team in the first-round of the 2006 … Read more
She kept them waiting practically until the last minute but finally in early June, the phone call came to the coach. “Coach, I’ve made my decision ….” were the words, like those of so many prized recruits, that began the conversation. Within a minute or two, Mercyhurst coach Mike Sisti heard what he had been … Read more
Wisconsin coach Mark Johnson knew his defending national championship team meant business when his players returned from summer break in good shape. “That tells me they didn’t spend the summer celebrating their national championship,” he said. “I don’t see any complacency because of last year. I see a group that’s competitive and working hard, and … Read more
Brian McCloskey has finally got it his own way. In his fifth year at the helm of the New Hampshire women’s hockey program, his first recruiting class is now the team’s senior core. Since he left his post as men’s assistant coach to inherit a struggling program, his tenure has been marked by a steady … Read more
One was a surprise, the other expected to be there, but now the question facing both the Minnesota and St. Lawrence hockey programs is can they get back to the Frozen Four again. Both teams have been among the sport’s elite since the first NCAA-sponsored national championship in 2001. The Saints have made four of … Read more