Another month of NCAA women’s hockey is in the books and the women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has recognized the most outstanding performances of November.
Hockey East has announced that Doug Poole has been named the recipient of the 2025 Joe Concannon Award.
In this week’s edition of the PodKaz, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look back on another week with unexpected results and wonder whether that’s just the norm now in NCAA women’s hockey. No. 7 Northeastern handed No. 4 Penn State its first loss of the season before the Nittany Lions earned a split of … Read more
Smashville Showcase Mercyhurst vs. Stonehill Three goals in the first and three more in the third secured a 6-1 for Mercyhurst. Maja Alenius, Sofia Nuutinen, Julia Perjus, Jessica Ciarrocchi, Regina Metzler and Sophie McKinley each scored for Mercyhurst. Summer Combe was the goal scorer for Stonehill. With the Lakers’ victory, coach Michael Sisti recorded his … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll of Nov. 24 fared in games over the weekend of Nov. 28-29 #1 Wisconsin (16-1-1) 11/29/2025 RV Mercyhurst 1 vs #1 Wisconsin 5 Smashville Showcase (Nashville, Tenn.) 11/30/2025 Stonehill 2 vs #1 Wisconsin 17 Smashville Showcase (Nashville, Tenn.) … Read more
In the PodKaz for Nov. 26, 2025, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski talk about Minnesota State’s sweep of then-No. 2 Minnesota in a home-and-home series, fueled by four goals by Mercury Bischoff over the two games. The other WCHA series last week also produced some interesting results, with Ohio State sweeping Minnesota Duluth, Wisconsin … Read more
(15) St. Thomas at (1) Wisconsin On Thursday, seven different Badgers scored to give Wisconsin an 8-0 win. Lacey Eden led the home team with two goals and two assists and KK Harvey added a goal and three assists. Things looked a little different on Friday. Maddie Brown’s power play goal was the only tally … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll of Nov. 17 fared in games over the weekend of Nov. 21-22 #1 Wisconsin (14-1-1) 11/20/2025 #15 St. Thomas 0 at #1 Wisconsin 8 11/21/2025 #15 St. Thomas 3 at #1 Wisconsin 4 ot #2 Minnesota (12-4-0) … Read more
In the PodKaz for Nov. 19, 2025, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski discuss the first loss of the season for Cornell and a needed victory for Colgate. A 3-0 shutout for the Raiders last Friday left only Penn State undefeated in NCAA women’s hockey. We also look back at an upset victory for Harvard … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (10) St. Cloud State Emma Venusio’s goal less than two minutes into the game was the only action of the first, sending Wisconsin into the intermission up 1-0. A pair of goals from KK Harvey tripled the Badgers’ lead in the second before Avery Farrell got St. Cloud on the board making … Read more
Two Minnesota women’s college hockey teams will square off in the annual U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Museum Women’s Face-Off Classic on, Jan. 31, 2026 at 4 p.m. CST at the Yanmar Arena in Grand Rapids, Minn. Minnesota State will take on Bemidji State in the annual benefit game, which raises awareness for the museum … Read more
On the Nov. 12, 2025, edition of the PodKaz, USCHO.com’s weekly look at women’s hockey, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski start with a look back at a 0-0 tie between No. 7 Quinnipiac and No. 11 Clarkson. It was the Golden Knights’ second shutout of the weekend; they lost in overtime to Princeton on … Read more
St. Lawrence at (7) Quinnipiac Kahlen Lamarche continued her torrid pace, scoring the first two goals in this game to give Quinnipiac a 2-0 lead by the opening minutes of the second. St. Lawrence took a bit to find their way, but responded with two goals in the third to tie the game with about … Read more
The first monthly honorees of the Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association have been chosen for September-October. This year’s monthly selections have expanded to four honorees. They are now forward, goaltender, defender and rookie of the month. Women’s Co-Forward of the Month: Abbey Murphy, GR F, Minnesota (Evergreen Park, IL) Murphy averaged better than two PPG with … Read more
In this week’s edition of the PodKaz, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look back on the first loss by No. 1 Wisconsin in nearly a year. Minnesota moved up from No. 3 to No. 2 after scoring four times in the third period for a 5-1 win in Madison last Friday, but the Badgers … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Award is presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” and seeks to recognize college hockey players, male or female, who contribute to local and/or global communities in a true humanitarian spirit.
(3) Minnesota at (1) Wisconsin Read Friday’s game story: No. 3 Minnesota women’s hockey takes down No. 1 Wisconsin 5-1 thanks to four goal-third period Read Saturday’s game story: No. 1 Wisconsin women’s hockey responds with 7-2 win over No. 3 Minnesota (2) Ohio State at (13) St. Thomas Ohio State never led in Friday’s … Read more
MADISON — After suffering their first loss in 38 games last night, the Wisconsin Badgers responded in a big way Saturday afternoon. Maggie Scannell, set the tone early, scoring from one knee just 14 seconds into the game It was exactly the start to the game that coach Mark Johnson hoped to see from his … Read more
MADISON — The Minnesota Gophers struck first in this year’s iteration of the Border Battle, handing Wisconsin their first loss this season (and first loss dating back to November 16, 2024) on Friday night, scoring four times in 6:52 in the opening minutes of the third period to take a 5-1 win. The victory ends … Read more
In this week’s edition of the PodKaz from USCHO.com, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski reflect on the opening weekend of conference play in ECAC Hockey, where Clarkson, Cornell and St. Lawrence all opened with 2-0 records. Quinnipiac fell to Brown on Saturday after starting the season 9-0, and part of the discussion goes to … Read more