After being named the recipient of the Patty Kazmaier Award, and already receiving USCHO’s player of the year nod, it should be no surprise that Boston College phenom Daryl Watts has been named USCHO’s women’s D-I rookie of the year.
He brought his team from outside the rankings to within an overtime goal of the NCAA championship. For all his accomplishments in building Colgate into a championship team, Greg Fargo is USCHO’s coach of the year.
For a season that saw her break many records and win the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, Boston College freshman forward Daryl Watts has been named USCHO’s player of the year.
It has been an uncharacteristically down season for the Minnesota women’s hockey team, but facing adversity — and coming out ahead — is something redshirt senior goalie Sidney Peters is well used to at this point (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
Elizabeth Giguère scored on a breakaway at 7:55 of overtime to give Clarkson its third national championship in five years. Clarkson became the first team in NCAA hockey history to win all its tournament games in OT.
Boston College freshman forward Daryl Watts was announced as the winner of the 2018 Patty Kazmaier Award in a ceremony at the McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis. Watts became the first underclassman to win the award (photo: USA Hockey).
“It’s been our goal since the beginning of the season, 3/18,” Colgate senior forward Breanne Wilson-Bennett said. “That’s the day we want to be playing on; that’s the day we want to be champions. We’ve just had this vision in our head from the start.” (photo: Jim Rosvold)
Even if a team such as Ohio State can make it seem like no big deal to debut on the big stage, going toe-to-toe with a seeded team in Boston College and emerging on top, or taking defending champion and top-ranked Clarkson deep into overtime in a semifinal, experience does matter. (photo: Jim Rosvold)
It’s the final weekend of the season. Candace and Nicole pick the winners of the semifinals. Weekend picks: March 15
Former Minnesota Duluth women’s coach Shannon Miller was awarded $3.74 million by a jury Thursday after an eight-day trial in her lawsuit against the school (photo: Brett Groehler).
For leading his team to the best record in program history and into the semifinals of the NCAA tournament, Colgate’s Greg Fargo has been chosen CCM/AHCA Women’s Division I Coach of the Year (photo: Colgate Athletics).
Six players who advanced to the NCAA women’s championship in Minneapolis, including four from defending champion Clarkson, have been recognized as 2018 CCM/AHCA All-Americans (photo: Rich Gagnon/Boston University Athletics).
With last year’s two championship game participants and two teams that had never made the NCAA tournament before, this year’s Frozen Four has the opportunity to have some wildly different storylines. We could see a rematch of last year’s title game. Or we could continue to rewrite the history books. We featured Colgate last week, … Read more
It’s the final weekend of the 2017-18 women’s Division I college hockey season. Candace and Nicole discuss the first round results of the NCAA tournament, the outlook for the four remaining teams, and the Patty Kazmaier Award final three.
Standing at the blue line after the starters have been named, her position at the boards closest to her bench throws off the numerical order, but Courtney Pensavalle belongs there (photo: Yale Athletics).
Three of the four home teams advanced, though Clarkson needed overtime to get past a tough Mercyhurst squad. Ohio State proved the lone minor upset, blanking Boston College on the road. Ohio State will face Clarkson, and Colgate will face Wisconsin.
Ohio State scored the lone upset Saturday, as the Buckeyes upset Boston College, 2-0, behind 38 saves from Kassidy Sauve, including 23 in the third period. Mercyhurst also challenged Clarkson, but fell short in OT, while Wisconsin and Colgate moved in on straightforward fashion. Roque’s two goals pace Wisconsin past Minnesota Photo gallery: Ohio State … Read more
The first round of the NCAA tournament features intriguing matchups, including a rematch between Minnesota and Wisconsin one week after the Gophers defeated the Badgers in the final of the WCHA tournament. Candace and Nicole pick the four quarterfinals.
As freshmen at Colgate, the players only got seven wins. Every year since, they’ve set a new program record for wins, and this year, the seniors led a team that won their first regular season ECAC crown and advanced to their first-ever NCAA tournament.
It’s down to eight teams battling for the national championship. Nicole and Arlan discuss the results from the conference championships and preview the NCAA quarterfinals.