Minnesota, Boston College lead All-USCHO Women’s D-I teams
Minnesota led the way with six selections on the All-USCHO Women’s D-I teams, while Boston College placed five players. Nine other schools are represented.
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Minnesota led the way with six selections on the All-USCHO Women’s D-I teams, while Boston College placed five players. Nine other schools are represented.
Some of USCHO’s conference writers pick the teams they think will advance to the Frozen Four in this weekend’s NCAA regionals.
Minnesota State, Omaha, Harvard and RIT play in South Bend, Ind.
Miami, Denver, Boston College and Providence play in Providence, R.I.
North Dakota, Michigan Tech, St. Cloud State and Quinnipiac play in Fargo, N.D.
After posting a perfect conference record in the regular season, Elmira coach Dean Jackson led his team to the national championship, where they were edged by Plattsburgh. Jackson is the USCHO coach of the year.
For continued improvement and taking the team to its best season ever, Bemidji State coach Jim Scanlan is USCHO’s coach of the year for 2015.
Boston University, Minnesota-Duluth, Minnesota and Yale play in Manchester, N.H.
Here’s a look inside the numbers at the 16 teams in the field for the 2015 NCAA tournament.
After finishing fourth in the country in scoring as a rookie, with 15 points more than the next highest rookie in scoring, Plattsburgh star Kayla Meneghin has been named USCHO Women’s D-III rookie of the year.
Wisconsin’s Annie Pankowski is USCHO’s rookie of the year for 2015.
The eight-first round matchups all have some history, slight though it may be in some cases.
There were fewer ticketing sessions for the events, so total attendance was down but per-session averages were up.
Ashley Ryan of Elmira has been named USCHO’s D-III player of the year.
She led the country in scoring, averaging over two points a game, and captured the Patty Kazmaier Award. Boston College star Alex Carpenter is USCHO’s player of the year for 2015.
Jim Connelly and Matthew Semisch see the chance for some upsets in the regionals in this week’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
After falling to Clarkson in the 20114 title game, Minnesota’s seniors are back in a familiar place: enjoying being national champions. For younger Gophers, however, it is their first title.
The Gophers claimed their first playoff championship since 2007 in beating Michigan.
The Terriers have won the Beanpot and both league titles, just like they did the last time they won the national championship.
He scored three goals before being ejected for contact to the head, but the RedHawks held on in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff championship game.