For the Gophers’ Williamson, it’s not over yet

After not playing for the first half of the season after undergoing brain surgery in the off season, Taylor Williamson’s return has sparked Minnesota, and Sunday, she scored the game-winner in the WCHA Final Face-Off Championship against Wisconsin to advance Minnesota to the NCAA tournament.

Wednesday Women: Postseason bliss

Savanah Harmon of Clarkson (Clarkson Athletics)

Candace and Arlan discuss the results from the first week’s action in the conference playoffs, preview some of the action in the final weekend of the conference playoffs, dissect Team USA’s win over Team Canada in the Olympics, and discuss the players who were honored with a nomination for the Patty Kazmaier Award last week.

Wednesday Women: Second season begins

Denisa Křížová of Northeastern (Northeastern Athletics)

The playoffs are beginning this weekend in three of the four conferences. Nicole and Candace debate how the first rounds might play out, look at the most likely upsets, and prognosticate on the longer term outlooks for the NCAA tournament. They also ponder tonight’s gold medal game between Team USA and Team Canada.

Arizona State coach Powers on new rink potential: ‘I’ve never had a doubt in my mind that they’d come up with something’

Though the Sun Devils have taken an extremely positive approach since the day they launched the program less than three years ago, playing home games at the Oceanside Ice Arena, a facility that can hold less than 1,000 spectators and lacks the infrastructure to operate at a high level, isn’t ideal (photo: Courtney Pedroza).