St. Thomas removes interim tag, names Brausen, ‘one of the best emerging coaches in women’s college hockey,’ head coach of Tommies

St. Thomas has announced that Bethany Brausen will be the next head coach of the Tommie women’s hockey program. Currently the interim head coach, Brausen led St. Thomas to its first sweep of a top-5 program this past weekend over then-No. 4 Minnesota Duluth and has played an integral role in the Tommies’ Division I … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: Top-ranked Wisconsin takes down No. 11 St. Cloud State

MADISON — The top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers extended their unbeaten streak to 13 games with a 5-2 win over St. Cloud State.  Wisconsin outshot the Huskies 49-16 and held them without a shot attempt for nearly the entire second frame in a dominant showing in front of a sold-out crowd at LaBahn Arena on Saturday afternoon.  … Read more

American Hockey Coaches Association announces eight individual award winners for 2025

The American Hockey Coaches Association has announced the slate of recipients of its most prestigious awards for 2025. Six of the eight individuals being recognized will be honored at the 2025 AHCA Convention in Naples, Fla., scheduled for May 4-6, 2025. The recipients of the John Mariucci Award, presented to secondary school coaches, and the … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 34 – The Beanpot wraps up, upsets in ECAC Hockey and an early Bracketology

Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com look ahead to Tuesday’s Beanpot championship game between Boston University and Northeastern, who won semifinals last week but then dropped games over the weekend. A look back to last week’s results includes overtime wins by Brown and a pair of losses by Clarkson in ECAC Hockey and an … Read more

Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association announces watch list of 33 goaltenders for 2025 National Women’s Goalie of the Year award

The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced a watch list of 33 goaltenders for the title of 2025 National Women’s Goalie of the Year. The award was created in 2021 to recognize the top female goalie in NCAA Division I hockey. Northeastern’s Aerin Frankel, who graduated in 2022, was the recipient in the first two … Read more

Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announces 14 nominees for 2025 award for ‘college hockey’s finest citizen’

The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announced 14 nominees for the 2025 Hockey Humanitarian Award on Tuesday afternoon. The award, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary season, is presented annually to college hockey’s finest citizen — a student-athlete who makes significant contributions not only to his or her team but also to the community-at-large through leadership … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 32 – Inside the U18 Women’s World Championship and an NCAA outdoor game

The first edition of the PodKaz, USCHO.com’s look at NCAA women’s hockey, for 2025 has Nicole Haase in Finland covering the IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship and Todd Milewski back from Chicago, where No. 1 Wisconsin and No. 2 Ohio State played at Wrigley Field. Nicole offers insight into what she has seen at the … Read more

Minnesota’s Murphy, Syracuse’s Saarela, Princeton’s Alexander, Minnesota Duluth’s Gascon, RPI’s Keating collect monthly women’s honors from Hockey Commissioners Association

The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its women’s honorees for the month of December. Co-players of the month are Minnesota senior Abbey Murphy and Syracuse graduate forward Bryn Saarela, rookie of the month is Princeton forward Mackenzie Alexander, and co-goaltenders of the month are Minnesota Duluth sophomore Ève Gascon and Rensselaer sophomore Reese Keating. Murphy … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: 2025 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championships player commitments

VANTAA, Finland — The 2025 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championships begin Saturday. At press time, 18 of the 25 women on the US roster and 22 of 24 women on the Canada roster have already announced their commitment to play NCAA DI women’s hockey. The seven as-yet uncommitted Americans are all too young to be … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 32 – Early PairWise tiers, surprising finishes to 2024 and a look ahead to 2025

On the final edition of the PodKaz before the winter break, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look back at surprising results from last weekend, including Holy Cross’ overtime win over Boston College and Post shutting out Sacred Heart. The weekend results also included Minnesota Duluth getting five of six points against St. Cloud State … Read more

Princeton’s Wunder, Alexander, Northeastern’s Jönsson, Wisconsin’s McNaughton garner November women’s honors from Hockey Commissioners Association

The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its monthly women’s honors for November. Princeton junior forward Issy Wunder is the player of the month, Princeton forward Mackenzie Alexander is rookie of the month, and Northeastern junior Lisa Jönsson and Wisconsin sophomore Ava McNaughton are co-goaltenders of the month. Wunder racked up a phenomenal 12-10-22 line in … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 31 – Princeton’s 25-goal week and Ohio State’s Makenna Webster stops by

The Dec. 5, 2024, episode of the PodKaz takes a look at a week in which Princeton outscored opponents 25-2 over three games, with Issy Wunder capping it off with a five-goal performance. Other results last weekend included Clarkson and Yale winning Thanksgiving weekend tournaments and Brown winning the Mayor’s Cup. Ohio State forward Makenna … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 30 – Splits lead into Thanksgiving weekend, plus looking ahead to international play

The Nov. 27, 2024, edition of USCHO.com’s PodKaz features hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski looking back at split series between No. 2 Ohio State and Minnesota State, No. 3 Minnesota and No. 10 St. Cloud State and No. 11 Boston College and No. 14 UConn. The second segment is a rundown of upcoming international … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 29 – An abrupt coaching change, a top-two split and Thomas O’Malley talks Sacred Heart’s 9-3 start

The Nov. 20, 2024, edition of USCHO.com’s PodKaz features Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski giving their thoughts on news that emerged this week at St. Thomas, where coach Joel Johnson resigned days after he wasn’t on the bench for the second game of a WCHA series at Bemidji State. No. 1 Wisconsin and No. 2 … Read more