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Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley has seen his teams execute turnarounds before. Midway through the 2013-14 season, the Colonials were 2-12-2 and in last place in Atlantic Hockey. But the team reset during the holiday break and closed out with a 14-6-3 run that included a conference playoff title and a trip to the NCAA … Read more
Eight teams are in, leaving three spots to be filled for the NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament. Here’s what we know.
Behind a tandem of goaltenders, Alaska finished the season on a 9-2-1 clip and head into the inaugural United Collegiate Hockey Cup.
ST. PAUL — Ohio State scored twice on the power play and Hailey McLeod earned a shutout in net as the Buckeyes took a 4-0 win over Minnesota Thursday evening. OSU felt like they owned the game from the first puck drop. The game didn’t have the tenor of the relentless and sometimes frenetic pace … Read more
ST. PAUL — It was a bit of a rough start for #1 Wisconsin in Thursdays WCHA semifinal. They struggled to find possession and control the puck throughout the opening period while Minnesota State clogged the middle of the ice, closed up passing lanes and once again received spectacular goaltending from Hailey Hansen. They found … Read more
The 10 finalists for the 2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award were announced Thursday by the USA Hockey Foundation. The honor, which was first presented in 1998, is awarded annually to the top play in NCAA Division I women’s hockey by the foundation. The finalists, in alphabetical order, are as follows: Tia Chan, Goaltender, Graduate Student, … Read more
While still a young program, the Anna Maria AmCats have the opportunity to do something on Saturday that could only have been dreamed about just eight short years ago. Playing as an independent team, there was no league to win nor easy way to qualify for the national tournament. Fast forward to year two … Read more
In Michigan, there is nowhere for talented women to play Division I NCAA hockey. People at the state’s two Big Ten schools would like to see that change.
BRACKETOLOGY XTRA: Ten or 11 teams are already locks, so the battle is around the bubble.
A new Division I men’s program will enter the scene in 2027 — Maryville University of Town and Country, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis. “This is a historic moment for our university,” said Maryville president Dr. Dan Shipp. “Launching NCAA Division I men’s hockey reflects our continued commitment to academic and athletic excellence, and … Read more
Welcome back to Bracketology. We’re working off the updated NPI after the weekend’s games, and we’re keeping the same framework: start with the NPI as the backbone, but make sure every conference is represented. Once again, the top 16 in the NPI does not include an Atlantic Hockey America team, so we bring in the … Read more
UPON FURTHER REVIEW PODCAST: Jim takes over hosting duties as Derek and Ed try to guess bubble teams from their resumé and statistics.
On the March 3, 2026, edition of the PodKaz, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com dig into the five days of play ahead leading to conference playoff championships. First, however, we take a look back at how we got here. There were only two teams advancing via upsets last week: Minnesota State over … Read more
DAN: Well, Ed, the temperature in Massachusetts nearly hit 50 degrees this past week. To be honest, it felt a little bit like spring was coming, and I laughed to someone that the last 45 degree day was considered “cold” because we were coming down from the 60 degree temperatures from late September and early … Read more
PODCAST: Top 10 teams were below .500 on the weekend as the regular season is mostly finished. Plus we look at Richter Award semifinalists.
Conference championship week will determine the bracket for the NCAA women’s hockey tournament. Here’s how things stand.
While many of the conferences are setup in a No. 1 v. No 2 scenario for the conference title this upcoming weekend, how the conferences got there certainly was some captivating hockey with several surprises and overtimes aplenty. The semifinal round for almost all the leagues is in the books. Here is how things … Read more
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature 1) Penrose Cup No. 7 for North Dakota With its 5-3 win at No. 4 Western Michigan on Friday, No. 3 North Dakota earned its seventh Penrose Cup as regular-season champions of the NCHC, the most in … Read more
Bemidji State at (1) Wisconsin KK Harvey had three assists and AdĂ©la Ĺ apovalivová scored twice to lead the Badgers to a 7-0 win in the first game of the best of three series for the opening round of the WCHA playoffs. Laney Potter, Cassie Hall, Kirsten Simms, Maggie Scannell and Laila Edwards also scored in … Read more
 Here is a rundown of how the top 15 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll of Feb. 23 fared in games over the weekend of Feb 23-Mar 1. Here is how the ranked teams fared: #1 (31-3-2) 02/27/2026 Bemidji State 0 at #1 Wisconsin 7 WCHA First Round Game 1 02/28/2026 Bemidji … Read more