Ice Sheet One of the bigger factors in the game was the larger dimensions of the ice sheet in Mariucci Arena. Wisconsin had played a handful of games on a larger ice surface while facing WCHA opponents, but St. Lawrence had not played even a minute on the Olympic-sized surface. Jess Moffat stops UW’s Jinelle … Read more
After a slow start, the two-time defending NCAA champion Gophers found their way back home for the 2006 Women’s Frozen Four.
In the brief history of NCAA Division-I women’s hockey, few recruiting classes have had a bigger impact than the one that enrolled at the University of Minnesota in the fall of 2002. “I think it’s the most successful senior group that we’ve had in a long time, and maybe ever,” said assistant coach Brad Frost. … Read more
Since playing Brown on Nov. 13, Minnesota’s competition has been exclusively WCHA rivals. Over the last two weekends, the Gophers have played their fifth and sixth games against with Minnesota State, followed by their fifth each against both Minnesota-Duluth and Wisconsin. So when the brackets for the NCAA tournament were announced, the Gophers welcomed the … Read more
Wendell, Darwitz, Stephens explode as Gophers win it all.
Gunn and Ruggiero help build the future of women’s hockey — in the Golden State?
Kazmaier winner falls short of national title.
While other teams this weekend lost top players to the Canadian national squad, Nicole Corriero has never wavered in her commitment to Harvard.
Despite expansion and growing parity, women’s hockey remains saddled with a four-team national tournament — but perhaps not for long.
Minnesota wore down Dartmouth, or found its own legs. You decide.
UMD coach Shannon Miller was back at the NCAA women’s Frozen Four on Thursday, but in an entirely unfamiliar role. She was sitting in the back of the press room watching questions being answered instead of taking them herself. UMD has won all three NCAA championships contested but just missed the NCAA cut this time … Read more
College Hockey America announced the formation of a new four-team Division I women’s hockey league to serve as the counterpart to the men’s league created in 1999. The league will begin play immediately in 2002-03. The inaugural members of the women’s CHA are current men’s CHA members Findlay, Niagara, and Wayne State, as well as … Read more
Under a recommendation made recently by the NCAA Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Committee, all rounds in the national tournament would be single-elimination. That would reduce the quarterfinals from the current format of two games plus a possible mini-game, to one winner-take-all game. The committee also forwarded three recommendations to the Division III Championships Committee … Read more
Harvard center Jennifer Botterill became the first underclassman, and the first Canadian, to win the Patty Kazmaier Award on Saturday night. Jennifer Botterill accepts her award at the Radisson Hotel Metrodome on Saturday. (photos by Jason Waldowski) Botterill earned the distinction as the best women’s player in the nation by scoring 38 goals and 35 … Read more
Feeling Frozen in Minnesota Well, the debates have been exhausted and the arguing is done. The four-team field for the inaugural NCAA championship is finally set, and the brackets correspond with USCHO.com’s current poll: No. 1 Dartmouth plays No. 4 St. Lawrence in the first semifinal, while No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth takes on No. 3 Harvard … Read more
If you’re ready for a return to college hockey’s roots — not just talent, but spirit, hard work, the love of the game — then Russell Jaslow has just the thing for you: the women’s game, Division III-style.
The four qualifiers for the second-ever American Women’s College Hockey Alliance national championship have been announced, as defending champion New Hampshire, ECAC champion and top-ranked Harvard, host Minnesota and Brown will battle Friday and Saturday at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis. Harvard (31-1-0), the top seed, faces No. 4-seeded Brown (20-5-4) at 5 p.m. CT Friday … Read more
New Hampshire won the first-ever American Women’s College Hockey Alliance tournament final Saturday at Boston’s FleetCenter, and with it the title of unofficial Division I champion. The Wildcats topped the Brown Bears 4-1, avenging a defeat in the ECAC playoff championship. Melissa Renison scored first for Brown just over two minutes into the game, but … Read more
The American Women’s College Hockey Alliance National Championship — the first such championship in women’s ice hockey — was announced today at a joint USA Hockey, ECAC and Hockey East press conference. Two semifinal games will be held on Friday, March 20, at a campus site to be announced. The championship game will be played … Read more