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The WCHA has unveiled the recipients of the league’s major individual award winners for the 2024-25 season ahead of crowning the postseason champion this weekend at the 2025 Kwik Trip WCHA Final Faceoff. 2024-25 WCHA Individual Award Winners Coach of the Year – Mark Johnson, Wisconsin Player of the Year – Casey O’Brien, Wisconsin Outstanding … Read more
B1G TOURNAMENT Notre Dame 3, No. 3 Minnesota 2 Coach Jeff Jackson marked career win No. 600 as Notre Dame earned a 3-2 victory Friday night at No. 3 Minnesota to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-3 B1G quarterfinal series. Notre Dame took the early lead just 90 seconds into the contest with a … Read more
The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the three finalists for the Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award. They are Cornell’s Annelies Bergmann, Minnesota Duluth’s Eve Gascon and Wisconsin’s Ava McNaughton. The winner will be announced during the NCAA Frozen Four in Minneapolis. All three finalists are preparing for their conference championships: Bergmann and … Read more
The 10 finalists for the 2025 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award have been announced by the USA Hockey Foundation. The honor, which was first presented in 1998, is awarded annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s hockey by the USA Hockey Foundation. The finalists, in alphabetical order, are as follows: Joy Dunne, Forward, … Read more
ECAC Hockey has named Cornell’s Annelies Bergmann as the recipient of the 2024-25 women’s goaltender of the year award, presented by MAC Goaltending. The finalists for the award were Hannah Murphy (Colgate) and Emma Sofie Nordström (St. Lawrence). Bergmann had a stellar sophomore year, posting a 16-2-4 record for the nationally ranked Big Red. In … Read more
St. Lawrence men’s hockey senior captain Mason Waite has been named the 2025 ECAC Hockey Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The award is presented annually to an ECAC Hockey student-athlete who best embodies excellence and leadership on the ice, in the classroom, and throughout their community. Waite, a three-time member of the ECAC All-Academic team as … Read more
Hockey East announced Wednesday that Providence junior forward Reichen Kirchmair has been awarded the 2025 Cammi Granato Award as Hockey East player of the year as voted by the league’s head coaches. Alongside Kirchmair, UConn head coach Chris MacKenzie was named Hockey East coach of the year by his peers for the second consecutive season … Read more
Hockey East announced Wednesday that Maine’s Elise Morphy has been honored as the 2024-25 Night Shift Academic Champion. The award was created in 2024 honoring outstanding accomplishments from one men’s and one women’s player both on the ice and in the classroom. In 2024, Hockey East and Night Shift Brewing partnered to highlight both the … Read more
Boston College is again the No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll, getting 42 first-place votes in the latest rankings. Michigan State moves up one to No. 2, collecting six first-place votes, while Minnesota is down one to No. 3, getting one first-place vote, while Western Michigan earned the last first-place … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll of Feb. 24 fared in games over the weekend of Feb. 28-March 1. No. 1 Boston College (25-6-2) 02/28/2025 – RV New Hampshire 1 at No. 1 Boston College 4 03/01/2025 – No. 1 Boston College 1 … Read more
Mike Koster scored with 3:04 remaining in regulation to break a 3-3 tie and lift No. 2 Minnesota to a share of the B1G regular-season championship Saturday with a 5-3 road win at No. 16 Penn State in University Park, Pa. “To our guys’ credit tonight, they had no quit in them,” Minnesota coach Bob … Read more
Hockey East announced Saturday that Boston College junior forward Andre Gasseau has been suspended for one game stemming from an incident at the 54-second mark of the third period on Friday, Feb. 28, against New Hampshire. On the play, Gasseau was assessed a major penalty for slew footing and a game misconduct. Gasseau is ineligible … Read more
The Woods College of Advancing Studies at Boston College and the NHL Players Association have reached an agreement that will enable current and former members of the NHLPA to complete their education at Boston College through NHLPA UNLMT, providing an invaluable resource for professional hockey players looking to earn college degrees. The agreement was signed … Read more
American International kept its season – and its NCAA Division I tenure – alive Friday night, knocking out RIT 2-1 in overtime to open the Atlantic Hockey America playoffs. Due to a scheduling conflict on AIC’s home ice at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass., the game was played at Tate Rink in West Point, … Read more
Hockey East has announced its 2024-25 women’s all-star teams as voted by the women’s league’s 10 head coaches. Providence junior forward Reichen Kirchmair was the lone player selected unanimously to the all-Hockey East first team. Joining Kirchmair on the first team are goaltender Tia Chan (UConn), defenders Tamara Giaquinto (Boston University) and Ava Rinker (UConn) … Read more
The NEWHA has announced its major end-of-season awards and also unveiled its all-NEWHA teams for the 2024-25 season. Player of the Year: Julia Wysocki, Post Wysocki became the first player in Post history to earn a year-end league honor. She led the NEWHA in goals (17) and total points (26), recording multiple multi-goal games, including … Read more
Atlantic Hockey America has announced its two women’s all-conference teams and all-rookie team for the 2024-25 season. 2024-25 ALL-AHA FIRST TEAM Tessa Janecke, F, Jr., Penn State Vanessa Upson, F, Sr., Mercyhurst Katelyn Roberts, F, Jr., Penn State Kendall Butze, D, Jr., Penn State Emma Pickering, D, So., RIT Katie DeSa, G, Jr., Penn State … Read more
ECAC Hockey has announced the women’s all-rookie team and three all-conference teams for the 2024-25 season. ECAC All-Rookie Team Mackenzie Alexander,* F, Princeton Lindzi Avar,* F, Cornell Karianne Engelbert,^ F, Union Monique Lyons,^ F, Brown Makayla Watson, D, Quinnipiac Rosie Klein, D, Princeton Michaela Hesova, G, Dartmouth *Denotes unanimous selection ^Tied in voting First Team … Read more
Beloit College has announced the addition of NCAA Division III men’s and women’s hockey teams to its athletic program. Beloit has also extended an invitation to Northland College’s men’s and women’s hockey teams to join the Beloit community, following the news that Northland will close at the end of the semester. The Northland coaches have … Read more
Hockey East has announced the 2024-25 all-rookie team and five other season-long awards as voted by the women’s league’s 10 head coaches. The all-rookie team consists of seven players, including three unanimous selections in UConn forward Claire Murdoch and Northeastern defender Tuva Kandell and her teammate, goaltender Lisa Jönsson. The team is rounded out by … Read more