(3) Minnesota at (1) Wisconsin Read the recap of the first game here. In the second game, the Badgers held a 13-3 shot advantage in the first, but the game was 0-0 at the first intermission. Wisconsin began to pull away early in the second. First Vivian Jungels scored her second of the weekend as … Read more
MADISON — The No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers won their 10th WCHA regular season Championship Saturday afternoon, dominating No. 3 Minnesota with an 8-2 win. The win ties the Badgers’ record for largest margin of victory against the Gophers. They also beat their rivals by six goals, winning 8-2 on December 4, 2016. After three games … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its women’s hockey monthly award winners for Jan. 2025. Player of the month is Minnesota senior forward Abbey Murphy, rookie of the month is Northeastern goalie Lisa Jönsson, and co-goaltenders of the month are Penn State junior Katie DeSa and Cornell sophomore Annelies Bergmann. Murphy had 18 points (8-10-18) … Read more
The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced this year’s semifinalists for the Women’s Goalie of the Year Award. Nine goalies from four NCAA Division I conferences have advanced from a watch list of 33 outstanding netminders. Voting was conducted by a national panel of coaches, administrators and media members. Two of the semifinalists repeat from … Read more
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com recap last week’s contentious series between Ohio State and Minnesota and look at the games that made a change at the top of ECAC Hockey. Boston University moved four points ahead of UConn atop the Hockey East standings with an overtime win over Northeastern on Tuesday, and the … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (6) Minnesota Duluth Each team scored in the opening frame on Saturday and those stood as the only goals late into overtime. Grace Sadura gave UMD the lead seven minutes in as she tipped a shot from Brenna Fuhrman to make it 1-0. The Badgers responded a few minutes later when Marianne … Read more
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com take a look at the last full weekend in January, when St. Lawrence and Clarkson couldn’t decide anything in a rivalry series, Long Island and Sacred Heart couldn’t decide anything at the top of NEWHA and St. Thomas removed the interim tag from coach Bethany Brausen after a … Read more
St. Thomas has announced that Bethany Brausen will be the next head coach of the Tommie women’s hockey program. Currently the interim head coach, Brausen led St. Thomas to its first sweep of a top-5 program this past weekend over then-No. 4 Minnesota Duluth and has played an integral role in the Tommies’ Division I … Read more
(11) St Cloud State at (1) Wisconsin Game one recap here. On Sunday, the Huskies became the first team to earn a point from Wisconsin at home this season, thanks in part to a 30-save game from freshman goaltender Emilia Kyrkkö, who did not allow an even-strength goal. SCSU got on the board first when … Read more
MADISON — The top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers extended their unbeaten streak to 13 games with a 5-2 win over St. Cloud State. Wisconsin outshot the Huskies 49-16 and held them without a shot attempt for nearly the entire second frame in a dominant showing in front of a sold-out crowd at LaBahn Arena on Saturday afternoon. … Read more
The American Hockey Coaches Association has announced the slate of recipients of its most prestigious awards for 2025. Six of the eight individuals being recognized will be honored at the 2025 AHCA Convention in Naples, Fla., scheduled for May 4-6, 2025. The recipients of the John Mariucci Award, presented to secondary school coaches, and the … Read more
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com look ahead to Tuesday’s Beanpot championship game between Boston University and Northeastern, who won semifinals last week but then dropped games over the weekend. A look back to last week’s results includes overtime wins by Brown and a pair of losses by Clarkson in ECAC Hockey and an … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at St. Thomas Casey O’Brien’s power play goal not quite seven minutes in had UW up 1-0. Lauren Stenslie replied with an extra attacker goal of her own to tie the game 1-1, but the lead lasted just 23 seconds as O’Brien lit the lamp again off a feed from Kirsten Simms. Cassie … Read more
The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced a watch list of 33 goaltenders for the title of 2025 National Women’s Goalie of the Year. The award was created in 2021 to recognize the top female goalie in NCAA Division I hockey. Northeastern’s Aerin Frankel, who graduated in 2022, was the recipient in the first two … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announced 14 nominees for the 2025 Hockey Humanitarian Award on Tuesday afternoon. The award, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary season, is presented annually to college hockey’s finest citizen — a student-athlete who makes significant contributions not only to his or her team but also to the community-at-large through leadership … Read more
The first edition of the PodKaz, USCHO.com’s look at NCAA women’s hockey, for 2025 has Nicole Haase in Finland covering the IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship and Todd Milewski back from Chicago, where No. 1 Wisconsin and No. 2 Ohio State played at Wrigley Field. Nicole offers insight into what she has seen at the … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its women’s honorees for the month of December. Co-players of the month are Minnesota senior Abbey Murphy and Syracuse graduate forward Bryn Saarela, rookie of the month is Princeton forward Mackenzie Alexander, and co-goaltenders of the month are Minnesota Duluth sophomore Ève Gascon and Rensselaer sophomore Reese Keating. Murphy … Read more
VANTAA, Finland — The 2025 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championships begin Saturday. At press time, 18 of the 25 women on the US roster and 22 of 24 women on the Canada roster have already announced their commitment to play NCAA DI women’s hockey. The seven as-yet uncommitted Americans are all too young to be … Read more
On the final edition of the PodKaz before the winter break, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look back at surprising results from last weekend, including Holy Cross’ overtime win over Boston College and Post shutting out Sacred Heart. The weekend results also included Minnesota Duluth getting five of six points against St. Cloud State … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at Minnesota State The Badgers took advantage of an early penalty with a goal from KK Harvey to go up 1-0 just two minutes into the game on Friday. But the Mavericks pushed back on the Badgers, ultimately outshooting them 24-23 over the game and keeping the nation’s top offense in check. Wisconsin … Read more