The big battle this weekend is out west between Gustavus Adolphus and Wisconsin-Eau Claire, but all eyes will turn east next Wednesday for the battle between No. 2 Norwich and No. 3 Plattsburgh State. Olivia Spellmire picks the games.
Though Plattsburgh fell short of a fifth straight national championship last year in the Frozen Four, Kevin Houle and his Cardinals have regrouped and have the same goal: the national championship.
The new UCHC will get an autobid starting next season, but for now, this conference is Elmira and everyone else, though a couple of teams could push the Soaring Eagles on occasion, especially William Smith.
Wisconsin-River Falls is the preseason favorite in a conference that has three teams that could come out on top.
Early season matchups between the top two teams in the country are rare, but that’s what this weekend gave us, and the game lived up to the hype, as No. 2 Elmira edged No. 1 Norwich.
New USCHO women’s D-III columnist Olivia Spellmire, who was a standout player at Lake Forest, looks at the top games this weekend.
Middlebury has been the dominant team in the NESCAC, and looks to be again this season, while Connecticut College and Amherst will be hot on the heels of the Panthers.
Adrian looks to again be at the top of the heap in the women’s NCHA, but they could be pushed hard by St. Scholastica and Lake Forest.
The UCHC announced Wednesday that the conference will add Alvernia for the 2019-20 season (photo: Omar Phillips).
With forward Bre Simon and coach Natalie Darwitz, Hamline enters the year as the preseason favorite to win the women’s MIAC crown. New columnist Olivia Spellmire previews the season.
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.
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).
Adrian has announced Shawn Skelly as the new head coach for the Bulldogs’ women’s program (photo: Wade Gardner/d3photography.com).
Alvernia announced on Monday the hiring of Josh Brandwene as the inaugural women’s head coach (photo: Omar Phillips).
A total of 11 schools were represented on women’s D-III All-USCHO teams that were announced today, with national champion Norwich and NCHA champion Adrian each placing four players on the teams.
She engineered an incredible turnaround, taking a Hamline program that a sub-.500 record last year all the way to the Frozen Four and a victory in the third-place game against perennial power Plattsburgh. Natalie Darwitz is the USCHO women’s D-III coach of the year.
She led the country in rookie scoring in goals and points overall, and was 15 points clear of the next freshman in scoring. Callie Hoff of Wisconsin-River Falls is USCHO’s D-III women’s rookie of the year.
Amanda Conway, who was prolific in the postseason and helped lead Norwich to the national championship, is USCHO’s D-III women’s player of the year.
Sophie McGovern’s goal with 1:33 remaining gave Norwich a 2-1 victory over Elmira for its second national title and first since 2011 (photo: Nathanael LePage).
It’s down to four teams. Columnist Nicole Haase picks who will advance to the championship.