D-III Women’s West Week 11 Recap: Unbeaten River Falls, Big series in Eau Claire, & the Jills pull off the upset!

We’re back in action out west, where it currently looks like at this rate, we may be headed west come March. UW-River Falls holds a commanding undefeated record of 15-0-0, while Gustavus sits behind them in pairwise, their only losses coming to the Falcons. Will we see a west winner for the second-straight season? Back-to-back? … Read more

D-III Women’s West Week 6 Recap: River Falls separating themselves from the rest & some competitive conference play!

We had a wild weekend out west, including a non-conference top-10 matchup where twelve goals were scored… while we had some intriguing matchups amongst conference foes, we focused on a few highly competitive top-ranked teams. This all comes just before we get ready for the first semester/winter break where all teams would like to finish … Read more

D-III Women’s East Week 5 Recap: Panther/Cardinal Classic, Codfish Bowl, East/West crossover in Adrian!

We had a great weekend of Women’s D-III hockey out East, including arguably the best tournament each year, the Panther/Cardinal Classic! To go along with that, one team headed out West for a non-conference matchup, and we also had the annual Codfish Bowl! Lots to cover from this past weekend on the eastern front and … Read more

D-III Women’s West Week 3 Recap: McCoy makes history, Calm before the storm, Thanksgiving Tournaments ahead!

It’s almost time for those stacked Thanksgiving weekend tournaments where we get to see some top-tier non-conference play between ranked opponents. This past week featured some expected results as well as some surprises, but for the most part, everyone held their head, and the ranked teams handled their business out west. MIAC  The MIAC is … Read more

D-III Women’s East/West Week 3: Game Picks

Here’s a new semi-weekly column of my weekend game picks for certain games. I had to take a play from Tim Costello‘s playbook once again, bringing it to the Women’s D-III side of things! Overall record 0-0 Friday: Oswego at Morrisville I think this game will be closer than some expect. Oswego enters with a … Read more

D-III Women’s East Week 1: Utica Makes a Statement, & More!

We finally got back into the swings of things this past weekend in the D-III Women’s East hockey world, and we got all we could’ve asked for. We saw a tournament featuring three-ranked teams with an upset victory, as well as some spectacular individual performances. We still had many teams on the backburner and won’t … Read more

Adrian named top team in NCHA women’s hockey preseason coaches poll, knows ‘large target on our backs’

Adrian has been chosen as the top team in the 2023-24 NCHA women’s hockey preseason coaches poll. “It’s an honor to be voted by the league’s coaches as the preseason favorite in the NCHA this season,” Adrian coach Shawn Skelly said in a statement. “After winning the league championship this past season, there is a … Read more

Former Salem State women’s hockey head coach Giantonio hired for same job at Marian

Julian Giantonio has been named the third head coach of the Marian women’s hockey team. Giantonio joins the Sabres after serving as the head coach at Salem State this past season. “Congratulations to Julian on his well-deserved hire as the head women’s ice hockey coach,” said Marian director of athletics Tony Draves in a statement. … Read more