D-III Women: National Championship Recap – Gustavus Adolphus is your 2023 national champion!

A new champion has been crowned. Your 2023 D-III Women’s Hockey NCAA Champions are Gustavus Adolphus! The first ever national championship for the Gusties and also the first ever national championship for a western conference team! To add to the craziness, this was also the longest-ever NCAA D-III women’s hockey championship game ever played. Gustavus … Read more

D-III Women: NCAA Tournament Frozen Four semifinals recap & national championship preview!

And then there were two… After today’s frozen four semifinal results, we’re left with two teams that will go at it for the national championship in Amherst, MA (Orr Rink) on Sunday March 19 at 3:00pm EST. Gustavus vs Plattsburgh (Gustavus wins 3-2 in double-overtime) Entering the game, Plattsburgh held a record of 26-2-0, while … Read more

Gustavus takes top ’22-23 MIAC women’s honors as Holland named top offensive player, Vrieze tabbed best defensive player

The MIAC has announced its award winners for the 2022-23 women’s hockey season. Gustavus senior forward Hailey Holland and senior defender Kayla Vrieze were selected by MIAC head coaches as the offensive and defensive players of the year, respectively, while Augsburg first-year defender Nora Stepan was named rookie of the year and St. Catherine senior … Read more

D-III Women’s 2023 NCAA Tournament Preview: The field, conference winners, game recaps, & winning-team photos!

It’s officially tournament time! How did we get here you ask? Well, we’ll review that now with a recap of the conference championships a few days ago and also take a look at this week’s upcoming games that begin on Wednesday, March 8. The 2023 Women’s D-III NCAA Bracket Overview   Auto-Bids: Amherst (24-3-0) – … Read more

D-III Women’s West Week 16 Recap: UW-Eau Claire’s Strand makes history, Adrian’s Coykendall wins as a player & now coach, & more!

The time has finally come, playoffs! This past weekend was the official end of the regular season even though we had some leagues begin their conference tournaments who finished the previous week. A lot happened out west, UW-Eau Claire has a new all-time winningest Head Coach, Adrian clinched the NCHA after a few wild weekends, … Read more

D-III Women’s West Week 15 Recap: St. Olaf clinches, another Gustie reaches 100, & madness in Aurora

We were treated to another good weekend of women’s hockey out west. We saw St. Olaf clinch a MIAC playoff spot for the first time since 2012, another Gustie made a mark in the record books, notching her 100th career point, a game-winning-goal scored with just 0.1 seconds left in the 3rd period, and we … Read more

D-III Women’s West Week 14: Another Gustavus record and a PairWise/conference analysis!

Another week, another career milestone reached. We also look ahead at some intriguing matchups that can play huge roles in the pairwise and conference tournaments. Speaking of the pairwise, we also discuss that briefly and the effect these upcoming games can have on it. Gustavus’ Katie McCoy Gustavus has yet another player breaking records, this … Read more

D-III Women’s West Week 12: Gustavus’ Heather Olinger’s improbable story and your Week 12 recap!

Another week of hockey has passed, one week closer to conference tournaments and then the almighty NCAA tournament selection show where the few at-large bids are fought for amongst the non-conference winners (or if you’re in the WIAC). Besides your week 12 recap, we have to discuss something bigger than hockey that unfortunately occurred during … Read more

D-III Women’s West Week 11: Adrian shines with a pair of career milestones and St. Norbert makes a statement!

Another weekend of career and personal milestones for coaches and players in the western region of D-III Women’s hockey. We also saw a team establish themselves with a key weekend sweep that will play a vital role as we make the late season push now that the last half of play is underway. Adrian’s Head … Read more

D-III Women’s West Week 10 Recap: A new member of the 100-point club & a weekly recap of the west!

The first full weekend of women’s hockey out west since the long winter break was a success, a player joined the 100-point club and there were no upsets occurring this weekend. Some teams were eased back into their playing groove as they opened up the second half with some statistically easier games compared to others … Read more

D-III Women’s West Week 7 Recap: #1 vs #2 split the series, St. Olaf has a new record holder, UW-Eau Claire sneaking up

This past week we had a battle between #1 Gustavus vs #2 UW-River Falls and then #3 Adrian headed out east to compete in the Norwich East-West Hockey Classic. Meanwhile, St. Olaf had a player break the single-game program record for points and assists. Exciting stuff from this past week.  Gustavus & UW-River Falls split … Read more

D-III Women’s West Week 6 Recap: Gustavus stays perfect, St. Norbert & Aurora continue to make the NCHA a battle with Adrian, and a look ahead

Another week passed in D-III Women’s hockey on the western side of things. No surprises or huge game results unlike last week, however, this week will be huge for some west teams and these games will certainly influence the polls/pairwise standings. Meanwhile, the NCHA conference is showing its strength, boasting three-ranked teams who have a … Read more

D-III Women’s West Week 5 Recap: UW-River Falls… That’s all that needs to be said…

  The University of Wisconsin – River Falls made the headlines this weekend after their big tournament victory in the annual Cardinal/Panther Classic held this year in Plattsburgh, NY. There weren’t many games played by west teams this weekend, none holding a large amount of significance besides UWRF. Some teams played earlier this week on … Read more

D-III Women’s West Week 4 Recap: Teams continue to impress, the competition levels are growing, intriguing outlook ahead!

Another week of D-III Women’s hockey out west is complete and we were met with a big #6 vs #8 matchup, along with some emerging teams stacking together some early wins. We also saw the current top west teams remain undefeated, handling their business as they have each and every week so far this season.  … Read more