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WCHA Tournament Semifinal: Wisconsin 7, Minnesota State 2
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
Ten finalists named for 2026 Patty Kazmaier Award as top player in NCAA Division I women’s college hockey
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
AmCats seeking first MASCAC title and NCAA bid
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
After Olympic gold, could Michigan finally get D1 women’s hockey?
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 PODCAST: Window is closing quickly for NPI bubble teams
BRACKETOLOGY XTRA: Ten or 11 teams are already locks, so the battle is around the bubble.
Maryville (Mo.) to add men’s D-I hockey in 2027-28
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
BRACKETOLOGY: Current NPI gives us a straightforward approach
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: Let’s have our own guess-the-team game show
UPON FURTHER REVIEW PODCAST: Jim takes over hosting duties as Derek and Ed try to guess bubble teams from their resumé and statistics.
The PodKaz: Previewing the 5 days of NCAA women’s hockey conference championship week
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
TMQ: Picking through the madness of college hockey’s postseason
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
WEEKEND REVIEW: Late-season chaos at the top of the NPI, plus a look at Richter semifinalists
PODCAST: Top 10 teams were below .500 on the weekend as the regular season is mostly finished. Plus we look at Richter Award semifinalists.
What we know about who’s in, who’s hopeful for NCAA women’s hockey tournament as of March 2
Conference championship week will determine the bracket for the NCAA women’s hockey tournament. Here’s how things stand.
D-II/III Men’s Ice Hockey Weekend Wrap-up – March 2, 2026
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
MONDAY 10: March hockey is here
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
Women’s Hockey Weekend Wrap – March 2, 2026
Bemidji State at (1) Wisconsin KK Harvey had three assists and Adéla Šapovalivová 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
WOMENS RANKINGS ROUNDUP: How the top 15 NCAA women’s hockey teams fared, Feb 23-Mar 1.
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
RANKINGS ROUNDUP: How the top 20 NCAA men’s Division I hockey teams fared, Feb. 23-Mar 1.
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Dec. 15 fared in games over the weekend of Dec. 27-28.
SATURDAY ROUNDUP: WMU gets series split with NDak
Owen Michaels buried an overtime winner to lift Western Michigan to a 4-3 victory over North Dakota on Saturday night at Lawson Arena. The win gave Western Michigan a split in the weekend series and pushed WMU to 24-9-1 overall and 16-7-1 in NCHC play. Whitey has Lawson jumpin' pic.twitter.com/ZQiHtzTC4n — WMU Hockey (@WMUHockey) March … Read more
FRIDAY ROUNDUP: North Dakota clinches seventh Penrose Cup
North Dakota clinched its seventh Penrose Cup as NCHC regular-season champions with a 5-3 road win at Western Michigan on Friday.
D-II/III Men’s Ice Hockey GOTW Picks (Part II) – February 27, 2026
What a wild first round night across the D-II/III landscape with multiple overtime games and challengers giving favorites a lot of stress in opening round playoff action. Nazareth needed a late rally and double overtime to beat Albertus Magnus and Chatham went one period more, needing three overtimes to take out Brockport. One NCAA … Read more