NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Wednesday Women – Dissecting and predicting the NCAA tournament

Arlan: Hey Nicole! I hope you survived the weather over the weekend, including the rain, thunderstorms, ice, and snow that hit the Twin Cities during the WCHA Final Faceoff. Better that than the fatal tornados that hit Iowa, I guess. Anyway, there’s plenty to discuss. Let’s start with a mention of the final NEWHA Championship … Read more

Division I Women’s Hockey: WCHA final – Ohio State scores three unanswered to defeat Minnesota 3-2 in overtime to win title

How it happened: The teams skated to a scoreless tie in the first. Ohio State had one unsuccessful power play and outshot the Gophers 12-9 through the first 20 minutes. In the second, a defensive breakdown at the blue line allowed Taylor Heise and Abigail Boreen to enter the zone with the puck. The Buckeye … Read more

Division I Women’s Hockey: WCHA semifinal – Minnesota advances to title game with 5-1 win over Minnesota Duluth

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota women’s hockey team advanced to their 18th WCHA tournament championship with a decisive 5-1 win over Minnesota Duluth on Saturday afternoon. The Gophers scored 51 seconds into the game on their first shot as Catie Skaja put a pretty innocuous-looking shot on Chobak from her right side. The puck squeezed between … Read more

Minnesota’s Heise, Northeastern’s Murphy co-HCA women’s players of month; Saint Anselm’s Turner top rookie, Quinnipiac’s Schroeder cops goalie honors

The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the women’s players of the month for Feb. 2022. Minnesota’s Taylor Heise and Northeastern’s Maureen Murphy share player of the month honors, while Saint Anselm’s Tyra Turner is rookie of the month and Quinnipiac netminder Corinne Schroeder has been named goalie of the month. Heise continued her torrid pace … Read more

NCAA women’s hockey scoring leader, Minnesota standout Heise tabbed WCHA player of year for ’21-22 season

The WCHA announced Thursday that Minnesota senior forward Taylor Heise is the 2021-22 WCHA Player of the Year. Heise, who was named WCHA Offensive Player of the Year on Tuesday, was chosen for the overall honor by league head coaches and assistant coaches from among the All-WCHA First Team selections. “Congratulations to Taylor Heise on … Read more

Ten finalists, including 2021 winner Frankel, named for 2022 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as top women’s D-I college hockey player

The USA Hockey Foundation unveiled Thursday the 10 finalists for the 2022 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award today. The honor, which began 25 years ago in 1998, is presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey. The finalists (in alphabetical order) are as follows: Skylar Fontaine Defense, Graduate Student, Northeastern Aerin … Read more

St. Lawrence’s Morgan wins second straight ECAC Hockey women’s goalie of the year award

ECAC Hockey announced Thursday that the women’s goalie of the year is St. Lawrence junior Lucy Morgan. This is the second straight season that Morgan has earned this honor, making her the first back-to-back recipient since 2012-13 when Clarkson’s Erica Howe accomplished the feat. “Lucy works so hard at being the best goalie she can … Read more

College Hockey America unanimously reinstates Robert Morris women’s team for 2023-24 season

The College Hockey America Board of Directors has voted unanimously to reinstate former member Robert Morris. Robert Morris’ reinstatement as a full member is effective immediately. The Colonials will return to competition in the CHA at the start of the 2023-24 season. “On behalf of the College Hockey America Board of Directors, I want to … Read more

Cornell’s Delianedis named ECAC Hockey women’s rookie of year, Yale’s Bolding takes home top coaching honors

ECAC Hockey announced two more individual awards Wednesday for the 2021-22 women’s hockey season. The conference rookie of the Year is Cornell sophomore Lily Delianedis and coach of the year is Yale’s Mark Bolding. Delianedis is the first Big Red skater to be honored with this award since Jillian Saulnier in 2012. Delianedis came in … Read more

WCHA names Ohio State’s Muzerall coach of the year, Buckeyes’ Jaques outstanding student-athlete for 2021-22 college hockey season

In continuing to roll out the individual awards, the WCHA announced Wednesday a pair of awards to Ohio State, as Nadine Muzerall has been named coach of the year and senior blueliner Sophie Jaques outstanding student-athlete of the year. In addition, Minnesota senior forward Taylor Heise was named as the WCHA scoring champion behind a … Read more

Vermont’s Schafzahl becomes first Catamount to be named Hockey East women’s player of the year in winning 2022 award

Hockey East announced Tuesday that Vermont senior forward Theresa Schafzahl has been awarded the 2022 Cammi Granato Award as Hockey East Player of the Year. Schafzahl is the first Vermont Catamount to be so honored. Alongside Schafzahl, Vermont’s Jim Plumer was unanimously named Hockey East Coach of the Year, his second time winning the award, … Read more

ECAC Hockey hands out two women’s hockey awards as Yale’s Seitz best defenseman, Cornell’s Frechette best forward

ECAC Hockey announced two women’s hockey awards Tuesday as Yale junior Emma Seitz has been named best defenseman and best forward is Cornell junior Gillis Frechette. Seitz is the first Yale skater in program history to claim this award after she put together the best season of her Bulldog career, registering 19 points from the … Read more

Sacred Heart’s Klein bags top NEWHA player accolades, SHU’s Solak top defender, Franklin Pierce’s Faucher best in crease, Saint Anselm’s Turner rookie of year

The New England Women’s Hockey Alliance announced Tuesday its major end-of-season awards on Tuesday and also unveiled its all-NEWHA teams. Nominated and voted on by the league’s coaches, players from the six schools were honored for their accomplishments on the ice during the 2021-22 campaign. In addition to the two all-NEWHA squads, the league’s all-rookie … Read more

Harvard, Yale each place pair on 2022 ECAC Hockey all-conference women’s first team

ECAC Hockey has announced the 2022 all-league teams, with 18 players representing seven schools. FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE Goaltender: Lucy Morgan, St. Lawrence Defenseman: Emma Buckles, Harvard Defenseman: Emma Seitz, Yale Forward: Elle Hartje, Yale Forward: Kristin Della Rovere, Harvard Forward: Gillis Frechette, Cornell SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE Goaltender: Lindsay Browning, Cornell Defenseman: Kendall Cooper, Quinnipiac Defenseman: … Read more