MADISON — KK Harvey scored with 20.9 seconds on the clock to tie the game and Cassie Hall potted her second of the game just 12.3 seconds later to help the top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team escape with a 4-3 win early Saturday. Both goals were scored on the power play that came as a … Read more
In this week’s edition of the PodKaz, a weekly look at NCAA women’s hockey from USCHO.com, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski discuss a change to the IIHF calendar. The Women’s World Championship is moving from April to November during the 2026-27 season, so players could be pulled away from their college teams for national … Read more
Maine at (1) Wisconsin After a scoreless first where Maine seemed to be giving Wisconsin all they could handle, the Badgers seemed to find their rhythm as Laila Edwards and Cassie Hall each lit the lamp in the second to make it a 2-0 game. Just 17 seconds into the third, Adéla Šapovalivová scored her … Read more
This edition of the PodKaz, the weekly look at NCAA women’s hockey from USCHO.com, has hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski looking back at an upset by Merrimack against Clarkson and weighing the ramifications. Then we reflect on Penn State’s sweep of St. Lawrence and a split between UConn and St. Cloud State in matchups … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at Bemidji State On Friday, Maggie Scannell had a hat trick while Lacey Eden and Kirsten Simms each had two goals and an assist to lead Wisconsin to a 9-2 win. Charlotte Pieckenhagen scored her first as a Badger whiel Maddie Kaiser and Kate Johnson were the goals scorers for Bemidji in the … Read more
ECAC Hockey has announced that the league’s women’s championship will move to historic Lake Placid, N.Y., beginning with the 2025-26 season. The top four teams in the league will compete for the title at the legendary 1980 Rink – Herb Brooks Arena inside the Olympic Center. “Lake Placid is a special place in the hockey … Read more
This week’s edition of the PodKaz from USCHO.com features the last two segments as hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look around at each of the five NCAA women’s hockey conference at the start of the 2025-26 season. Defending NCAA champion Wisconsin is the coaches’ favorite in the WCHA, but how much with absences for … Read more
This feels like the most wide-open this conference has been in several seasons. While I’m really high on the returning rosters of Sacred Heart and Stonehill, I know better than to count out LIU, and Franklin Pierce has shown themselves to be incredibly resilient and pesky the past few seasons. And while LIU has dominated … Read more
The inevitable chaos of this season seems like it will have the most impact in the WCHA, where several teams will be missing more than one or two players as part of the Olympics and pre-Olympic prep. The altered rosters also leave room for teams not in the top half of the standings to score … Read more
Conference season previews continue on this episode of the PodKaz. Hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski take a glance at the stories ahead in the 2025-26 season for Hockey East and Atlantic Hockey. UConn is looking to return to the top of the Hockey East standings a year after beating Boston University by one point. … Read more
Last season was a fun one in Hockey East, at least for fans of unpredictability and chaos. It might not have been fun for the teams, but it truly felt like any team could win on any given weekend and the winner wasn’t decided until the final game. It seems unlikely that too much of … Read more
The NEWHA has announced the results of its preseason coaches poll. 1. Sacred Heart – 47 (5 first-place votes) 2. LIU – 44 (3) 3. Stonehill – 37 4. Franklin Pierce – 27 5. Saint Anselm – 23 6. Assumption – 22 7. Post – 16 8. Saint Michael’s – 8
Kylian Kelly has joined the Assumption coaching staff ahead of the 2025-26 season. Kelly began her collegiate career at Becker, where she played ice hockey, field hockey, and lacrosse, and was selected as a captain of all three teams. When Becker closed in 2021, Kelly transferred to Worcester State to play her final two seasons, … Read more
Stonehill has announced the addition of Erin Connolly to the Skyhawks’ coaching staff for the 2025-26 season. Connolly begins her collegiate coaching career after two years in the professional sector, serving as a sales development representative with Chaos Cylindo and OpenGov. Alongside her professional work, she has dedicated significant time to player development, spending more … Read more
On the first episode of the PodKaz for the 2025-26 season, Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com discuss how preparations for the Olympics could impact the NCAA hockey landscape. It’s a season unlike any others before because of the lack of centralization for the U.S. and Canadian national teams. Changes to the NCAA tournament … Read more
Hockey East has announced the results of the 2025-26 preseason women’s coaches poll. 1. UConn – 86 (5 first-place votes) 2. Boston University – 82 (5) 3. Northeastern – 76 4. Boston College – 64 5. Providence – 61 6. New Hampshire – 44 7t. Maine – 41 7t. Vermont – 41 9. Holy Cross … Read more
The top four finishers in the ECAC made the NCAA tournament last season, with Cornell advancing to the Frozen Four. I’d expect at least that many this year, with an outside chance for a fifth to also break through. Cornell comes in as the coaches’ preseason pick for the top spot. There was a decent … Read more
As this is the first preview of the season, let’s take a moment to look at the bigger picture of the sport as a whole. One topic is going to dominate conversations this season – with USA and Canada no longer centralizing their players prior to the Olympics in February in Italy, collegiate players from … Read more
Bemidji State and Minnesota State will battle in the annual U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Museum Women’s Face-Off Classic on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. Puck drop is set for 4 p.m. CST at Yanmar Arena in Grand Rapids, Minn., as the teams will battle for the Hall of Fame Game Trophy. The annual game raises … Read more
ECAC Hockey has announced its women’s preseason coaches poll and the preseason all-league team. 2025-26 ECAC Women’s Hockey Preseason Poll (First-place votes) 1. Cornell – 129 points – (8) 2. Colgate – 119 points – (2) 3. Clarkson – 117 points – (2) T4. St. Lawrence – 88 points T4. Quinnipiac – 88 points 6. … Read more