MADISON — The Wisconsin women’s hockey team closed out their home opening weekend with a 6-1 win over St. Cloud State. Daryl Watts opened the scoring for the Badgers as she came around from behind the net, gathered the puck along the boards and carried it into the slot, where she put the puck five-hole … Read more
Each coach and program have different criteria for what they look for on the recruiting trail. Sure, everyone is looking for talent on the ice, but there’s so much more that goes into a player’s makeup. There are players every program wants, but for up-and-coming teams that may not be able to land those recruits, … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at Merrimack Sarah Wozniewicz’s first collegiate goal proved to be the game-winner on Friday afternoon. Casey O’Brien scored twice, to give her eight goals on the year, Daryl Watts added three assists and Makenna Webster had a goal and two assists to lead Wisconsin to a 4-0 win. On Saturday, O’Brien, Webster, Watts … Read more
The Ontario Hockey League on Thursday announced that Kirsten Welsh will become the first woman linesperson in OHL history. Originally from Blackstock, Ont., Welsh worked Thursday’s game between the host Mississauga Steelheads and visiting Guelph Storm and will also work Friday’s preseason game between the host Oshawa Generals and visiting Windsor Spitfires. She will be … Read more
The turmoil of conference restructuring in men’s college hockey largely has not affected the women’s game over the past ten years or so. And while operationally, the shuttering of the men’s WCHA this summer didn’t much change things for the WCHA women, it signaled the end of one era of the league and an interesting opportunity for the future.
Two former Northeastern hockey players are the newest members of the Northeastern Hall of Fame. Fiona Rice, class of 1990, and Brad Thiessen, class of 2011, will be inducted with both the 2020 and 2021 hall of fame classes on November 11 at Blackman Auditorium on the university’s campus. Rice holds the record for most … Read more
Northeastern garnered nine first-place votes in the women’s Hockey East 2021-22 preseason coaches poll. Providence came in second and picked up the other first-place nod. Hockey East 2021-22 Preseason Coaches Poll Rank — Team — (First-Place votes) — Total points 1. Northeastern (9) 90 2. Providence (1) 75 3. Boston College 70 4. UConn 67 … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at Lindenwood Casey O’Brien and Maddi Wheeler each scored twice and Daryl Watts added a goal and three assists to lead the Badgers to a 8-1 win in their season opener. Katie Kotlowski scored her first career goal in the win. Megan Wagner was the goal-scorer for the Lions. On Saturday, O’Brien scored … Read more
Long Island has been chosen as the top team in the 2021-22 NEWHA preseason coaches poll. In the team’s very first season of varsity competition in 2019-20, LIU won its first NEWHA postseason championship by defeating Saint Anselm by a 1-0 margin. Last season, the Sharks edged Sacred Heart for the NEWHA Commissioners’ Cup, a … Read more
It sure feels like this is Northeastern’s conference to lose and everyone else is just going to try and keep up. The Huskies had control from start to finish last season and they return all but one player from that squad. They have more experience, more confidence and more drive to win that final game … Read more
With four of the top five teams in the country, the members of this conference are set to beat each other up for the next few months. Every one of these teams can and will beat each other on any given day and their records will reflect that.
Only four ECAC teams competed in the abbreviated season last year, so there is a lot of unknown in the conference to start this season. Many of the squads have two years – half the roster – of new players to acclimate. There are some very intriguing rookies that seem to be a bit under … Read more
For the first time in program history, Colgate has earned the top spot in the ECAC Hockey women’s preseason poll. Three different programs received first place votes in this year’s poll, making it the second straight (full) season that three programs split the voting at the top. ECAC Hockey 2021-22 Women’s Preseason Poll 1. Colgate … Read more
It’s very difficult to try and parse the small bits of info gathered through fits and starts last season to prognosticate what might shake down in this conference this season. Most of the rosters have had significant turnover since the abrupt end of the 2019-20 season and no one knows how the time off will … Read more
Robert Morris cut their men’s and women’s hockey programs with little notice and many of the women’s team players have signed elsewhere. The Colonials won the CHA conference tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament where they lost to Northeastern in the opening round. There is an ongoing fight to reinstate the teams, but I’m … Read more
It’s been a very active offseason in women’s hockey as Olympic centralization, transfers and bonus Covid years have all affected how rosters will look this season. There have also been a number of coaching moves. This is my attempt at putting all that information in one place. I’ve done my best to get all this … Read more
Defending regular season champion Penn State tops the CHA preseason coaches’ poll, which was released Thursday. The Nittany Lions garnered four of four possible first-place votes in balloting among CHA head coaches (coaches could not vote for their own teams) for 20 points, three more than No. 2 Syracuse, which tallied 17 points and received … Read more
The Minnesota and St. Cloud State women’s teams will play in the annual U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Museum Women’s Face-Off Classic on Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. CST at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis The two teams will battle for the Hall of Fame Game Trophy. The annual game raises awareness for the U.S. Hockey … Read more
Whitney Colbert has been named the new head coach for the Hamline women’s hockey team, the fifth coach in the program’s history. Colbert takes over for Natalie Darwitz, who left Hamline earlier this summer to take an assistant coaching position with Minnesota. “Whitney emerged from the talented pool of candidates as someone who shared a … Read more
Wisconsin has been picked among the WCHA head coaches to win the 2021-22 regular=season title. The Badgers, who have won the last two league titles and the last two national championships, totaled 49 points and seven first place votes in preseason polling among the WCHA’s eight coaches. Ohio State received one first place vote and … Read more