College Hockey America announced Wednesday its 2021-22 player, goaltender, rookie, best defenseman, best defensive forward, co-individual sportsmanship and coach of the year, along with the scoring champion. CHA PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Natalie Heising, Sr., F, Penn State Heising has had a historical fifth season for Penn State, posting a career high 20 goals … Read more
Nicole: Happy postseason, women’s hockey friends! As we head into the first weekend of conference tournaments, we’ve asked a special guest to join the conversation this week. Grant Salzano writes about Boston College women’s hockey at BC Interruption and on Twitter at @Salzano14.
The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the semifinalists for the Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award. Twelve goalies from four Division I conferences have advanced from a “watch list” of 22 outstanding netminders. Voting was carried out by a panel of coaches, administrators and media members from across the country. It is an … Read more
College Hockey America has announced its 2021-22 All-CHA Teams and CHA All-Rookie Team. Mercyhurst and Syracuse have the most representation in the All-CHA First, Second and All-Rookie teams with six players. Penn State is second with five players and RIT fills out the list with one player represented. 2021-22 All-CHA Teams First Team Natalie Heising, … Read more
(1) Minnesota at St. Thomas The Gophers clinched their program’s 11th regular season title with a sweep of St. Thomas this weekend. On Friday, Taylor Heise reached 150 career points while leading Minnesota with two goals and two assists. Abigail Boreen added a goal and three assists to help the Gophers to a 7-1 win. … Read more
ECAC Hockey has announced that Quinnipiac’s Lexie Adzija has been named the 2022 Mandi Schwartz Student-Athlete of the Year. The award is presented annually to an ECAC Hockey women’s player in honor of former Yale student-athlete Mandi Schwartz (1988-2011), who passed away in April of 2011, but continues to inspire the entire hockey community through … Read more
The U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team earned the silver medal at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games after a 3-2 loss to Canada in the gold medal game today at the Wukesong Sports Center in Beijing. “It’s disappointing,” said Team USA coach Joel Johnson (St. Thomas) in a statement. “We weren’t able to score in the … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announced Wednesday the five finalists for the 2022 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” for leadership in community service. Jacob Adkins and Andrew Walker, junior forwards, UMass Boston The duo that dubbed itself the “Men in Blades” is a repeat finalist for the Hockey Humanitarian Award … Read more
The U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team defeated Finland 4-1 Monday at the Wukesong Sports Center to advance to the gold medal game of the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. Team USA will play Canada for the championship on Thursday, Feb. 17 at 12:10 p.m. local time (11:10 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday) with the game broadcast on … Read more
(1) Minnesota at St. Cloud State The Huskies jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on goals from Emma Gentry and Nicole Ness and were holding that lead into the final minutes of the second, but the Gophers slowly but surely clawed back as the game went on. Abigail Boreen made it 2-1 … Read more
The U.S. women’s hockey team defeated the Czech Republic 4-1 to advance to the semifinals of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games Friday at the Wukesong Sports Center. Team USA outshot the Czech Republic 59-6, including 18-0 in the first period, which marks the first time that Team USA has held an opponent to zero shots … Read more
Arlan: It’s an eventful time in the world of women’s hockey. In NCAA Division-I, we’re seeing a higher frequency of games, both with the Beanpot and teams trying to make up games that were postponed due to Covid protocols. At the same time, pool play for the women’s hockey tournament of the Beijing Olympics was … Read more
The U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team dropped a 4-2 decision to Canada in its final preliminary round game of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games today at the Wukesong Sports Center in Beijing. Both teams were undefeated heading into the game, and the U.S. outshot Canada 53-27. “I think we had a good start [and] we … Read more
Bemidji State at (1) Minnesota Goalie Lauren Bench earned a shutout in her 100th career start and six different Gophers lit the lamp as Minnesota cruised a 7-0 win on Friday. Payton Hemp led the Gophers with two goals. Catie Skaja, Savannah Norcross, Audrey Wethington, Amy Potomak and Abigail Boreen each added a goal and … Read more
Two goals apiece from Jesse Compher (Boston University), Hilary Knight (Wisconsin) and Kelly Pannek (Minnesota) helped the U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team defeat Switzerland 8-0 in its third preliminary round matchup of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games Sunday at the Wukesong Sports Center in Beijing. Pannek was named the U.S. player of the game. “This … Read more
Five different players scored for Team USA to lift the U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team past the Russian Olympic Committee 5-0 in its preliminary round matchup Saturday at the Wukesong Sports Center. “I felt that we played really well (and) it just looked differently than when we played two days ago,” said U.S. coach Joel … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its women’s players of the month for January 2022. Vermont senior forward Theresa Schafzahl is the player of the month, while teammate Jessie McPherson is the goaltender of the month and Cornell sophomore forward Lily Delianedis is the rookie of the month. Schafzahl led the NCAA in goals and … Read more
Robert Morris announced Thursday that Logan Bittle has been named head coach of the women’s hockey program. “We’re thrilled to welcome Logan back to lead the relaunch of the women’s hockey program,” said RMU vice president and director of athletics Chris King said in a statement. “Logan’s Colonial pride and passion were evident to all … Read more
The U.S. Olympic Women’s Hockey Team opened the 2022 Winter Olympic Games with a 5-2 victory against Finland at the Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing, China. Kendall Coyne Schofield (Northeastern) and Alex Carpenter (Boston College) each posted two goals for the Americans to pace the offense. “I thought we played well,” said Team USA coach … Read more
Vermont at (1) Northeastern The Catamounts earned their first-ever win over a #1 team when they upset Northeastern on Friday. Vermont had a season-high 38 blocks, led by Sarah Levesque with eight. Kristina Shanahan scored 12 minutes into the game. Theresa Schafzahl blocked a shot on defense and then she, Shanahan and Alyssa Holmes broke … Read more