The University of Delaware is adding NCAA women’s hockey starting in the 2025-26 season. The Blue Hens will become the 45th DI women’s hockey program and will join College Hockey America (CHA). It will be the first NCAA hockey program in the state of Delaware. The university has offered women’s ice hockey as a club … Read more
Episode 4: A dominating week for the WCHA and more on officiating Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look back on results from Thanksgiving weekend, where Ohio State, Minnesota and Minnesota Duluth got impressive performances. Plus, hear part two of Nicole’s conversation with Krissy Langley, the NCAA national coordinator of women’s ice hockey officiating. And the … Read more
(6) St. Lawrence at (1) Ohio State The Ohio State Buckeyes made another statement this weekend as they absolutely shut down the number two team in the ECAC. The Saints were completely unable to get anything going as OSU outshot them 41-15 and 41-9 in the two games. On Friday, Makenna Webster and Jocelyn Amos … Read more
We look back at Ohio State’s sweep of Wisconsin in last week’s No. 1 vs. No. 2 series and talk about the seven ECAC teams in the top 15. Nicole has an interview with NCAA national coordinator of women’s ice hockey officiating Krissy Langley about what’s behind the rise in the number of major penalties … Read more
Following the recently completed series at Bemidji State, Minnesota State women’s hockey coach John Harrington shared with the team that he would temporarily step away from his role to undergo hip surgery. The procedure was performed Nov. 20. In light of the news, Shari Dickerman has been tabbed as associate head coach and will also … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (1) Ohio State The Buckeyes made a statement this weekend with a sweep of the top-ranked team in the country. On Friday, the Badgers looked flat and a little lost as Ohio State outshot them 30-19, including 14-6 in the first period. UW was lucky to escape the frame down only 1-0. … Read more
With this week’s first official episode serving as a primer, we didn’t get a chance to talk about this weekend’s big series and since it’s with two teams we both know pretty well, Todd and I recorded a quick preview of what to look for as these two top teams face off. Make sure … Read more
First-year Stonehill coach Lee-J Mirasolo knew she was playing with fire when she decided to roster only two goalies this season. The program’s second coach in as many seasons, she said she was really conscious of wanting to bring in not just the right players, but the right people. She was secure in both Hanna … Read more
After trying a test episode last week, we’ve decided to move forward with a USCHO women’s hockey podcast and we’ve made it official with a name, a graphic and moving to your favorite streaming service. Introducing The PodKaz USCHO women’s hockey podcast with Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski. Don’t know what that name is in … Read more
One of Boston’s most hallowed traditions, the Beanpot, returns to TD Garden this year with more prestige than ever – and with double the impact. The annual men’s college hockey tournament returns on the first two Mondays in February for the Dunkin’ Beanpot. And this year, for the first time ever, the women’s Dunkin’ Beanpot … Read more
(3) Colgate at Dartmouth Sydney Morrow scored her first career hat trick and 14 different Raiders registered a point as Colgate took an 8-1 win over Dartmouth. Kaitlyn O’Donohoe had a goal and two assists and Emma Pais had a goal and an assist in the win. Laura Fuoco ruined the shutout with a power … Read more
Welcome to what I hope will become a regular feature of the women’s DI coverage at USCHO – a podcast! Consider this a pilot – or a tester episode – of the USCHO women’s hockey podcast (We need a better name than that. Please, please suggest a better name than that). There’s so much that … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (11) St. Cloud State The two teams fought back and forth to start the game and it was Svenja Voight who opened the scoring to put St. Cloud up 1-0 midway through the first. It seemed like that might be all the scoring for the first frame, but two late penalties gave … Read more
There are 1119 women rostered to play NCAA DI women’s hockey this season representing 17 countries. Players come from 34 US states, 11 Canadian provinces, 12 European and 3 Asian countries. This data was collected by individually surveying the posted rosters of each NCAA DI team. The US is home to the majority of players … Read more
The Odyssey Trust has announced the continuation of the Friendship Four men’s college hockey tournament into 2024, in conjunction with the official launch of ‘Ring the Bell!’ – a new book centered around the history and legacy of the event. Held annually in Belfast since 2015, the Friendship Four is designed to promote education, social … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the women’s monthly honorees for Sept.-Oct. 2023. Wisconsin grad student Britta Curl is the player of the month, while Robert Morris freshman forward Alaina Giampietro is the rookie of the month and St. Cloud State senior goalie Sanni Ahola is the goaltender of the month. With 10-16-26 in 10 … Read more
Harvard has announced the hiring of Venla Hovi, who will join the women’s hockey team as an assistant coach. Hovi, a two-time Olympic medalist with Finland, brings a wealth of coaching and playing experience at both the professional and collegiate levels with her in this new role. “We are very excited to add Venla to … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at St. Thomas The Badgers jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a pair of goals from Kirsten Simms, but St. Thomas was not going to go away lightly. Nicole Vallario scored with 67 seconds left in the frame and then Ellah Hause added a power play goal with nine seconds on the … Read more
Hockey East announced Thursday evening that the women’s game between Boston University and Maine scheduled for Oct. 27 has been postponed. No reason was given in a league-issued news release. Saturday’s game remains scheduled to be played at Maine at 5 p.m. EST. A make-up date for the Friday game will be announced at a … Read more
Nicole: Welcome to the first Wednesday Women of the year. This week I’m joined by Nate Wells, a freelance journalist from Minnesota who has covered women’s college hockey for The Athletic, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and a large number of other outlets over the last decade. Nate and I often message each other about our observations … Read more