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
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
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
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
Another week of excitement out west as we had a 100th career point earned, some previously overlooked programs on the rise continue to stack early wins. Other teams showing their success last season wasn’t a fluke, but serious improvements that are here to stay. There wasn’t much movement within the USCHO top-15 poll, but as … Read more
We had another exciting week of Women’s D-III hockey out west, with another top 5 team falling and some teams making a move in the rankings. Weeks such as this one just show how the skill levels are becoming more and more comparable in terms of competitiveness across all conferences, more than we’ve seen in … Read more
Week 1 has concluded and we had many shakeups occur including the upset of #5 [now #7] UW-River Falls at the hands of Augsburg [now #13] who’s had a promising start to their season. #12 [now #10] Adrian headed out east to Oswego and got the weekend sweep, whilst #6 [now #5] UW-Eau Claire survived … Read more
D-III Women’s Hockey is finally back as we await the first puck drops of the opening season this Friday, October 28, 2022. We saw a huge leap in the overall competition within the top teams last season, closing the skill-gap further between the bottom-half and the top-half ranked teams. While the common group of top … Read more
The NCHA has announced the appointment of Jim Olson as the interim commissioner of both the men’s and women’s conferences. “I am both humbled and honored to have been selected for this opportunity,” Olson said in a statement. “I am excited for the opportunity to serve the NCHA in this new role. I want to … Read more
Jordan Keeley, a senior goaltender at St. Mary’s University, took a class her freshman year that she said altered the way she approaches her life Already a service-minded person with a number of volunteer experiences to her name by the time she arrived on campus, Dr. Scott Sorvaag’s Leadership introduction course rearranged the way Keeley … Read more
Ellie Barney scored 13:17 into overtime to give the Panthers their fourth NCAA championship.
The Panthers will try to finish a perfect season and the Gusties will make their first championship game appearance.
The MIAC has announced its award honorees for the 2021-22 women’s hockey season. Hamline junior forward Sophie Rausch and Saint Mary’s senior goaltender Ary Ziakas were recognized as co-players of the year, while Hamline senior forward Jordan Hansen was honored with the Sheila Brown Award for citizenship in women’s hockey, and Gustavus head coach Mike … Read more
The NCHA women’s conference has announced the 2021-22 season award winners, including player of the year, coach of the year, freshman of the year, the all-conference team, and the all-freshman team. The 2021-22 player of the year is Brandi Wilson, a senior forward at Trine. She not only paced the conference in scoring but currently … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announced Wednesday the five finalists for the 2022 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” for leadership in community service. Jacob Adkins and Andrew Walker, junior forwards, UMass Boston The duo that dubbed itself the “Men in Blades” is a repeat finalist for the Hockey Humanitarian Award … Read more
The Wisconsin-Superior women’s hockey games scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Jan. 7-8, against St. Benedict at Ritschie Arena in St. Cloud, Minn., have been canceled due to COVID-19 protocols. Wisconsin-Superior was to play Bethel this Sunday, Jan. 9, at 1 p.m. at Wessman Arena, but that game was later removed from the schedule.
Adrian has again been picked by league coaches to place first in the upcoming NCHA regular season, according to the results of the coaches preseason poll. The Bulldogs are seven-time defending regular-season champions and are coming off an undefeated campaign in which they went a near-perfect 20-0-1, topped by a victory in the Slaats Cup … Read more
Whitney Colbert has been named the new head coach for the Hamline women’s hockey team, the fifth coach in the program’s history. Colbert takes over for Natalie Darwitz, who left Hamline earlier this summer to take an assistant coaching position with Minnesota. “Whitney emerged from the talented pool of candidates as someone who shared a … Read more
The Minnesota women’s hockey team has added assistant coaches Natalie Darwitz and Jake Bobrowski to the Gophers’ coaching staff. “We are thrilled to have both Natalie and Jake as part of our coaching staff,” Minnesota head coach Brad Frost said in a statement. “They have great coaching track records separately, but have been very dynamic … Read more
St. Thomas announced Thursday that Tom Palkowski will not return as its head women’s hockey coach for the 2021-22 season. Palkowski, who spent nine seasons as an assistant at St. Thomas, recently finished his 14th season as head coach. He has coached 33 years overall. During the 2020-21 season, St. Thomas finished 6-2-0. Overall, the … Read more