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Bertagna, Driscoll, Scarano to receive Hockey East Founders Medal for contributions to conference growth, stability

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Three individuals who have made substantial and unique contributions to the growth and stability of Hockey East will be awarded the prestigious Hockey East Founders Medal. The highest individual honor the conference can bestow will be presented to former commissioner Joe Bertagna, former Providence athletic director Bob Driscoll, and former New Hampshire athletic director Marty … Read more

Cornell’s Daniel, Wisconsin’s O’Brien, Simms named top-three finalists for 2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as top NCAA D-I women’s college hockey player

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Izzy Daniel (Cornell), Casey O’Brien (Wisconsin) and Kirsten Simms (Wisconsin) have been named the 2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award top-three finalists. The winner of the award will be announced on March 23 at 12:30 p.m. EDT as part of a live show on NHL Network at the Whittemore Center Arena on the campus of New … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 17 – Looking ahead to the NCAA tournament with new Minnesota State coach Shari Dickerman

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Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) look back at conference championship games and are joined by new Minnesota State coach Shari Dickerman to look at the 11-team NCAA tournament bracket. [spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=59027988″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”true” hide-download=”true”]   Find The PodKaz on: Spotify Spreaker iHeart Amazon … Read more

Longtime Minnesota State women’s hockey assistant Dickerman takes over as new head coach for Mavericks

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Shari Dickerman has been named the fifth head coach in Minnesota State women’s hockey history. Dickerman has been a member of the coaching staff since 2009 and served as acting head coach earlier this season during head coach John Harrington’s medical leave of absence. Dickerman takes the mantle from Harrington, who amassed 85 wins over … Read more

Minnesota State women’s hockey coach Harrington steps down after nine seasons, announces retirement effective June 30

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With the 2023-24 season recently concluded, Minnesota State women’s hockey head coach John Harrington has announced he will step away from his head coaching duties and take on another role as special assistant to the athletic director before his full retirement from the university on June 30. He served nine seasons as head coach of … Read more

Women’s hockey national rookie of year award being renamed to recognize former Harvard standout, U.S. Olympic veteran Chu

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The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced that the annual national rookie of the year award is being named for Harvard and U.S. Olympic icon Julie Chu. Chu has enjoyed a unique level of success in a hockey career that covers two decades and is still flourishing. A member of the Harvard class of 2007, … Read more

Ohio State’s Buglioni, LIU’s Wallner, Wisconsin’s McNaughton, Minnesota Duluth’s MacLeod named women’s HCA national honorees for February

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The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its national women’s players of the month for February. Ohio State junior Jenna Buglioni and LIU junior Jeannie Wallner are co-players of the month, Wisconsin freshman goalie Ava McNaughton is rookie of the month, and Minnesota Duluth sophomore Hailey MacLeod is the goaltender of the month. Buglioni led the … Read more

NCAA unveils 11-team bracket for 2024 National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament

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Ohio State, defending champion Wisconsin, Colgate and Clarkson earned hosting spots for the opening rounds of the 2024 NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament when the bracket was unveiled on Sunday. The NCAA committee didn’t make any adjustments from bracket integrity, as determined by the PairWise Rankings, in assembling the first- and second-round matchups. See … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: WCHA Championship – No. 2 Wisconsin 6, No. 1 Ohio State 3

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MINNEAPOLIS — The no. 2 ranked Wisconsin Badgers won their 10th WCHA Conference Tournament Championship Saturday afternoon with a decisive 6-1 victory over no. 1 Ohio State. After Friday’s WCHA semifinal win, Wisconsin knew they’d be facing Ohio State for the championship and forward Lacey Eden said the Badgers “want it real bad.” They went … Read more

Maine announces $320 million renovation plans to include Harold Alfond Sports Arena, Shawn Walsh Hockey Center that will benefit men’s, women’s teams

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Maine has released plans for major renovations to Harold Alfond Sports Arena and the Shawn Walsh Hockey Center. The project is made possible by a transformational $320 million commitment from the Harold Alfond Foundation to the University of Maine System, which includes a $170 million investment in UMaine Athletics to fund the Athletics Facilities Master … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: WCHA Semifinal – No. 5 Minnesota 3, No. 2 Wisconsin 4 (OT)

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MINNEAPOLIS — Lacey Eden’s spin-o-rama, behind-the-back shot 7:59 into overtime on Friday night sent #2 Wisconsin to the WCHA title game where they will face top-ranked Ohio State on Saturday at 2 pm central. The Badgers dispatched border rivals Minnesota 4-3 in dramatic fashion, giving up the lead on a late power play, tying it … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: WCHA Semifinal – No. 1 Ohio State 5, No. 8 Minnesota Duluth 0

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MINNEAPOLIS — Ohio State cruised to a 5-0 win over Minnesota Duluth Friday afternoon to advance to their fifth-straight WCHA conference tournament championship game. The Buckeyes will be looking to regain the championship after losing to Minnesota in the title game last season. After a back and forth opening few minutes, Ohio State scored two … Read more

Ohio State’s Kirk, Clarkson’s Pasiechnyk, Northeastern’s Philips, 2023 winner, chosen as three finalists for 2024 Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award

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The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the three finalists for the Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award. They are Ohio State’s Raygan Kirk, Clarkson’s Michelle Pasiechnyk and Northeastern’s Gwyneth Philips, last year’s award recipient. It is a veteran group as Pasiechnyk and Kirk are seniors while Philips is a fifth-year student. Voting was … Read more

Vermont’s Mlýnková chosen Cammi Granato Award winner for 2023-24 season as Hockey East women’s player of year

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Hockey East has announced that Vermont senior forward Natálie Mlýnková has been awarded the 2024 Cammi Granato Award as Hockey East player of the year. She becomes just the second Catamount to win the award in program history. Alongside Mlýnková, UConn head coach Chris MacKenzie was unanimously named Hockey East coach of the year by … Read more

Ten finalists named for 2024 Patty Kazmaier Award as top player in NCAA Division I women’s college hockey

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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: Izzy Daniel, Forward, Senior, Cornell … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 16 – Talking NCAA tournament selections with committee chair Jeremy Gibson

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The NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament bracket will be unveiled on Sunday, and Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) have a look at the conference tournament games that will happen before then. Jeremy Gibson, chair of the NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Championship Committee and athletic director at Merrimack, joins the show to discuss … Read more

ECAC Hockey women’s conference announces three all-league teams, one all-rookie squad for ’23-24 season

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ECAC Hockey has announced its three all-league teams and one all-rookie team for the 2023-24 season. First Team All-ECAC Izzy Daniel, F, Cornell, Sr. Danielle Serdachny, F, Colgate, Gr. Sarah Fillier, F, Princeton, Sr. Nicole Gosling, D, Clarkson, Sr. Mae Batherson, D, St. Lawrence, Gr. Michelle Pasiechnyk, G, Clarkson, Sr. Second Team All-ECAC Julia Gosling, … Read more

WCHA unveils three all-league teams, one all-rookie squad for 2023-24 college hockey season

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The WCHA has recognized its 25 student-athletes on the 2023-24 all-WCHA teams and all-rookie team. First Team All-WCHA Hannah Bilka, F, Grad., Ohio State Casey O’Brien, F, Sr., Wisconsin Kirsten Simms, F, So., Wisconsin Cayla Barnes, D, Grad., Ohio State Caroline Harvey, D, So., Wisconsin Sanni Ahola, G, Sr., St. Cloud State Second Team All-WCHA … Read more