The University of Minnesota announced on Tuesday that head coach Brad Frost will not return to lead the Gophers next season. Frost’s contract ran through the 2025-26 season, which ended for Minnesota on Saturday following a 4-2 loss to Northeastern in the NCAA quarterfinal. Frost was just the second coach in Gopher program history, taking … Read more
The March 17, 2026, edition of the PodKaz from USCHO.com features hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski getting ready for the Frozen Four, which starts Friday in State College, Pa. Ohio State, Wisconsin, Penn State and Northeastern won regional finals on Saturday, and the host NIttany Lions are in the Frozen Four for the first … Read more
NCAA Regional Semifinals (9) Princeton vs. (6) Connecticut Tia Chan made 16 of her 41 saves in the first period on Thursday as Princeton controlled the puck. But against the run of play, Connecticut got on the board late as Emma Eryou scored to give them a 1-0 lead on one of just five shots … Read more
MADISON — The Wisconsin Badgers will make their 17th appearance in the Frozen Four next weekend thanks to a decisive 6-0 win over #8 Quinnipiac in Saturday’s NCAA quarterfinal. The victory is UW coach Mark Johnson’s 700th – setting a new standard for women’s college hockey coaching wins. In was a statement from a UW … Read more
AHA Tournament (12) Mercyhurst at (3) Penn State Mya Vaslet scored from the slot midway through the first to put Penn State up 1-0. Just more than 20 minutes later, Nicole Hall tipped in a shot from distance from Sophie Marrow to extend the lead to 2-0. Just before the end of the frame, Katelyn … Read more
On the PodKaz from USCHO.com for March 10, 2026, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski are wrapped up in the NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament that starts Thursday and how we got there. First, a look back at the five conference championship games. Penn State, Quinnipiac, UConn, Franklin Pierce and Ohio State came away … Read more
Ohio State, Wisconsin, Penn State and Minnesota are the hosts for regionals leading into the Frozen Four. Here’s who else made the field.
ST. PAUL — They waited until the final 5:30 of play, but the Ohio State Buckeyes secured their third-ever WCHA Tournament Championship on Saturday and wrapped up the top seed in the NCAA Tournament at the same time. It is OSU’s third confernece tournament victory – they last won in 2022 after earning their first … 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.
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
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.
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
Conference championship week will determine the bracket for the NCAA women’s hockey tournament. Here’s how things stand.
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
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
All conference brackets are set. Each conference uses a different format and many switch formats between rounds. Ranking numbers listed are tournament seeds, not national poll positions. The NCAA Tournament selection show is scheduled for March 8 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern on ESPNU AHA Tournament Schedule All times Eastern. First Round Single-elimination Feb. 19 at … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Foundation today announced five finalists for this year’s award, presented annually to college hockey’s finest citizen.
On the Feb. 24, 2026, edition of the PodKaz, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com talk about the first weekend of the NCAA women’s hockey playoffs in two conferences and the final week of the regular season in three others. Union generated the first upset, and it was a big one: The Garnet … Read more