DULUTH — The top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers will face #3 Minnesota for the WCHA Tournament Championship on Saturday after both teams registered come-from-behind wins in their respective semifinals Friday afternoon at AmSoil Arena in Duluth. In the early game, Minnesota Duluth got on the board first. Sophomore Grace Sadura drove up the left side of the … Read more
The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the three finalists for the Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award. They are Cornell’s Annelies Bergmann, Minnesota Duluth’s Eve Gascon and Wisconsin’s Ava McNaughton. The winner will be announced during the NCAA Frozen Four in Minneapolis. All three finalists are preparing for their conference championships: Bergmann and … Read more
The 10 finalists for the 2025 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award have been announced by the USA Hockey Foundation. The honor, which was first presented in 1998, is awarded annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s hockey by the USA Hockey Foundation. The finalists, in alphabetical order, are as follows: Joy Dunne, Forward, … Read more
There are six teams assured of being in the NCAA tournament field, leaving eight schools competing for the five remaining bids.
We’ve reached the conference championship weekend in NCAA women’s hockey, with nine games left to play before league playoff champions are decided and the NCAA tournament bracket gets filled out. Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com start this week’s episode of the PodKaz with a look at Wednesday night’s action, including a double-overtime victory … Read more
ECAC Hockey has named Cornell’s Annelies Bergmann as the recipient of the 2024-25 women’s goaltender of the year award, presented by MAC Goaltending. The finalists for the award were Hannah Murphy (Colgate) and Emma Sofie Nordström (St. Lawrence). Bergmann had a stellar sophomore year, posting a 16-2-4 record for the nationally ranked Big Red. In … Read more
Hockey East announced Wednesday that Providence junior forward Reichen Kirchmair has been awarded the 2025 Cammi Granato Award as Hockey East player of the year as voted by the league’s head coaches. Alongside Kirchmair, UConn head coach Chris MacKenzie was named Hockey East coach of the year by his peers for the second consecutive season … Read more
Hockey East announced Wednesday that Maine’s Elise Morphy has been honored as the 2024-25 Night Shift Academic Champion. The award was created in 2024 honoring outstanding accomplishments from one men’s and one women’s player both on the ice and in the classroom. In 2024, Hockey East and Night Shift Brewing partnered to highlight both the … Read more
Bemidji State at (1) Wisconsin In game one, the Beavers made 36 blocks and Kaitlin Groess made 42 saves to slow down Wisconsin, but the Badgers skated off with a 3-0 win. Kelly Gorbatenko scored with 39 seconds left in the first period to make it 1-0. Claire Enright scored late in the second and … Read more
Hockey East has announced its 2024-25 women’s all-star teams as voted by the women’s league’s 10 head coaches. Providence junior forward Reichen Kirchmair was the lone player selected unanimously to the all-Hockey East first team. Joining Kirchmair on the first team are goaltender Tia Chan (UConn), defenders Tamara Giaquinto (Boston University) and Ava Rinker (UConn) … Read more
The NEWHA has announced its major end-of-season awards and also unveiled its all-NEWHA teams for the 2024-25 season. Player of the Year: Julia Wysocki, Post Wysocki became the first player in Post history to earn a year-end league honor. She led the NEWHA in goals (17) and total points (26), recording multiple multi-goal games, including … Read more
Atlantic Hockey America has announced its two women’s all-conference teams and all-rookie team for the 2024-25 season. 2024-25 ALL-AHA FIRST TEAM Tessa Janecke, F, Jr., Penn State Vanessa Upson, F, Sr., Mercyhurst Katelyn Roberts, F, Jr., Penn State Kendall Butze, D, Jr., Penn State Emma Pickering, D, So., RIT Katie DeSa, G, Jr., Penn State … Read more
ECAC Hockey has announced the women’s all-rookie team and three all-conference teams for the 2024-25 season. ECAC All-Rookie Team Mackenzie Alexander,* F, Princeton Lindzi Avar,* F, Cornell Karianne Engelbert,^ F, Union Monique Lyons,^ F, Brown Makayla Watson, D, Quinnipiac Rosie Klein, D, Princeton Michaela Hesova, G, Dartmouth *Denotes unanimous selection ^Tied in voting First Team … Read more
Hockey East has announced the 2024-25 all-rookie team and five other season-long awards as voted by the women’s league’s 10 head coaches. The all-rookie team consists of seven players, including three unanimous selections in UConn forward Claire Murdoch and Northeastern defender Tuva Kandell and her teammate, goaltender Lisa Jönsson. The team is rounded out by … Read more
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com take a look at the first weekend of the postseason in ECAC Hockey and Atlantic Hockey but first give a glance at the finish in Hockey East, where UConn swiped the regular-season title away from Boston University on the final day. Janine Oman, the senior deputy athletic director … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at Bemidji State The Badgers skated off with a pair of 6-1 victories to close out the regular season in Bemidji. The two teams will meet again next week – this time in Madison – in the opening round of the WCHA Tournament. On Friday, KK Harvey broke the school record for most … Read more
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com look around NCAA women’s hockey as the regular season ends and the playoffs begin. Cornell wrapped up the ECAC Hockey championship, leaving Boston University and UConn to battle for the Hockey East crown and Long Island and Sacred Heart to chase the NEWHA title. The PairWise Rankings look … Read more
(3) Minnesota vs. (11) St. Cloud State (home and home) Friday’s game featured some of the most chaotic final 10 minutes of a game this season. Before we got there, St. Cloud took a 2-0 lead on a Sofianna Sunderlin power play goal six minutes in. Emma Gentry doubled the lead two minutes later. Emma … Read more
A recent Instagram post saying it was time for the NCAA to put the Women’s Frozen Four in NHL arenas received more than 2,000 likes and was shared by a number of DI coaches. Citing a large crowd for the Women’s Beanpot and the fact that the men’s Frozen Four is played in NHL arenas, … Read more
The five women’s conferences have five different postseason formats. See them here.