The New England Women’s Hockey Alliance formally announced its intent to be recognized as an NCAA national collegiate women’s hockey conference in a joint announcement Wednesday.
With the acquisition of goalie Kassidy Sauvé from Ohio State and former Quinnipiac standout scorer T.T. Cianfarano, who will add to a potent offense that includes Patty Kazmaier Award top-three finalist Loren Gabel, the Clarkson Golden Knights look poised to not only again win the ECAC, but to three-peat as national champions. Colgate and Cornell will try to throw a wrench into Clarkson’s march to glory.
Mercyhurst finished second in the regular season last year to Robert Morris, but won the CHA tournament and its auto-bid to the NCAA tournament. Robert Morris lost two key players to graduation, and Mercyhurst, returning a ton, looks to be the favorite.
The Hockey Humanitarian Award is presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” and seeks to recognize college hockey players, male or female, who contribute to local and/or global communities in a true humanitarian spirit (photo: Jim Rosvold/Hockey Humanitarian Award).
Hockey East announced Thursday that Boston College has been predicted to finish first in the annual preseason women’s coaches poll for the 2018-19 season (photo: Melissa Wade).
Mercyhurst has been selected to finish as champions of the CHA, according to the 2018-19 preseason coaches poll released Wednesday (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
Wisconsin and Minnesota each received 33 voting points in the WCHA women’s preseason coaches poll announced Tuesday (photo: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).
Defending national champion Clarkson earned 14 first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Preseason Division I Women’s Poll (photo: Jim Rosvold).
The women’s WCHA announced Thursday that the WCHA Final Faceoff championship tournaments of 2020, 2021 and 2022 will be played at Ridder Arena (photo: Jim Rosvold).
LIU Brooklyn announced Monday afternoon that women’s hockey will be the Blackbirds’ 20th varsity sport.
Union has announced the upcoming arrival of a new Daktronics video scoreboard for Union men’s and women’s hockey teams inside Messa Rink at the Achilles Center (photo rendering: Union College Athletics).
Northeastern women’s hockey associate head coach Jeff Pellegrini is leaving the program to become the head coach of the boys U15 team at Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep school in Minnesota (photo: Northeastern Athletics).
Scott McDonald had a 205-154-29 record in 12 seasons as head coach of the Tigers.
USA Hockey announced Wednesday that Minnesota Duluth women’s coach Maura Crowell has been named head coach of the U.S. Under-18 Women’s National Team for the 2018-19 season (photo: Melissa Wade).
After serving as interim head coach during the 2017-18 season, Rensselaer announced Tuesday that the school has named Bryan Vines the new head women’s coach (photo: Tom Killips).
Minnesota senior goalie Sidney Peters was honored Friday as the 23rd recipient of the Hockey Humanitarian Award (photo: Jim Rosvold).
A look at Lauren Spring’s extracurricular calendar makes one wonder how she manages her busy life as a student-athlete at Ohio State.
Boston College freshman forward Daryl Watts was named the National Rookie of the Year on Wednesday in an announcement made by the Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association (photo: Melissa Wade).
There are 10 teams represented on our All-USCHO Women’s D-I Teams. National champion Clarkson leads the way with four skaters, including three on the first team.
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.