Cornell’s Daniel named winner of 2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as top player in NCAA Division I women’s hockey

Cornell senior forward Izzy Daniel has been chosen as the 2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner. The honors were presented Saturday afternoon at the Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, NH as part of the women’s Frozen Four weekend hosted by the University of New Hampshire. The ceremony aired live on NHL Network. The award, which … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: Three late goals power Ohio State to 4-1 win over Clarkson as Buckeyes return to national championship game

DURHAM, NH — Ohio State will play in their third straight title game on Sunday after defeating Clarkson 4-1 Friday afternoon in Durham, NH. Makenna Webster, Sloane Matthews, national rookie of the year Joy Dunne and Hadley Hartmetz scored for the Buckeyes to secure the win. “What an exhilarating game. That’s a playoff game at … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: Why each Frozen Four team will win – or lose – the 2024 National Championship

This was a fun way to break down the Frozen Four teams last season, so I’m bringing it back and making it an annual post. Instead of focusing on the hypotheticals of head to head matchups of teams that haven’t played each other this season, let’s look at what each of the final four teams … Read more

Wisconsin-River Falls completes perfect 31-0-0 season, downs Elmira on home ice for 2024 women’s D-III national championship

The UW-River Falls women’s hockey team defeated Elmira 4-1 Sunday afternoon on home ice at Hunt Arena to win the 2024 NCAA Division III women’s hockey national championship. The national title is the first in UWRF’s history during its 25th anniversary season, finishing with a 31-0-0 overall record, the most single season wins in NCAA … Read more

‘Once in a lifetime game’ sees defending national champion Hobart down Curry in fourth overtime of men’s D-III hockey national quarterfinal matchup

What was it like to be a part of the second longest NCAA Division III men’s hockey game that Hobart eventually won 4-3 late in the fourth overtime over Curry? Historic. Whenever you attend a sports event, you never know what will transpire. Unlike a movie, where the storyline has already been laid out and … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 17 – Looking ahead to the NCAA tournament with new Minnesota State coach Shari Dickerman

Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) look back at conference championship games and are joined by new Minnesota State coach Shari Dickerman to look at the 11-team NCAA tournament bracket. [spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=59027988″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”true” hide-download=”true”]   Find The PodKaz on: Spotify Spreaker iHeart Amazon … Read more

D-III Women’s 2024 NCAA Quarterfinals Recap: Falcons remain at high altitude & the Frozen Four is set for Wisconsin!

We’ve gotten down to four teams remaining who’ll travel to River Falls, WI for the Women’s D-III Frozen Four this Friday & Sunday (3/15 & 3/17/24). We’ve got: Elmira (22-7-1) vs Middlebury (18-6-4) Adrian (28-2-0) vs UW-River Falls (29-0-0) First, we must recap the weekend which featured four quarterfinal matchups which featured a pair of … Read more

Gustavus Adolphus looking to defend women’s D-III college hockey national championship as one of 11 teams in 2024 field

Eleven teams were selected to the NCAA Division III women’s hockey tournament after the field was announced Sunday night on NCAA.com. Of the 11 teams, six teams will play in the first round and the remaining five will enter at the quarterfinal stage. Seven teams qualify by earning an automatic bid as conference champions (CCC/Western … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 15 – March approaches, plus Ohio State’s Jenn Gardiner joins the show

Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) recap the first weekend of the postseason in some of the conferences and the final weekend of the regular season in others, including an entertaining split between the nation’s top two teams. Ohio State captain Jenn Gardiner joins to talk about the Buckeyes’ season and her five years … Read more

D-III Women’s East Week 16 Review: Nazareth runs the UCHC, Castleton’s senior day win, & a tournament outlook!

Nazareth clinches the UCHC again This was supposed to be the year of the Pioneer (appreciate the rhyme) in the UCHC, but the young squad in Nazareth has done it again, winning the UCHC for the third-straight season, Chris Baudo continues to win, now with a record of 111-25-7 (via USCHO). With their pair of … Read more

D-III Women’s West Week 16 Review: Big weekend in the WIAC & MIAC, plus a ‘pleasant’ opinion on PairWise Rankings

#1 UW-River Falls remains undefeated, beating rival #6 UW-Eau Claire 4-3 in OT UW-River Falls has been unstoppable this season, watching the game, the broadcaster mentioned when Eau Claire went up 1-0. It was only the second time River Falls trailed all season at any point in a game, the only other time was to … Read more