Looking back on arguably the best season of D-III Women’s hockey we’ve seen to date for a multitude of reasons, we now need to recognize the players who’ve stood out. The awards that will be given are USCHO First-Team, Second-Team, Rookie of the Year (ROTY), Coach of the Year (COTY), & Player of the Year … Read more
The first round, or as I like to call it, the “play-in” round is complete. We move onto the quarterfinal round of the NCAA tournament. Here’s a quick recap of how Wednesday night’s trio of games went and also a look ahead at what’s to come Saturday. Nazareth at Hamilton Hamilton (20-5-2) defeated Nazareth (22-5-1) … Read more
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
The UCHC has announced its 2022-23 women’s award winners and all-conference teams. The awards were selected through an all-encompassing survey of the league’s 11 head coaches. Utica senior Erica Sloan was named the 2022-23 UCHC player of the year. Sloan leads all UCHC players in scoring with 45 points on 24 goals and 21 assists … Read more
Headed into championship weekend out east after all teams officially began conference tournament play this past weekend, whilst others continued with their respective tournaments. We’ll take a look back and highlight some of the main events that occurred, and I’ll give my picks for this weekend’s conference games. The NEHC’s top-two narrowly advance Elmira defeats … Read more
The NEHC women’s division has announced the recipients of the league’s major award winners, all-conference and all-rookie teams as selected by the league’s 10 head coaches. Ann-Frederique Guay of Norwich was named NEHC player of the year after leading the conference with an impressive 38 points on 16 goals and 22 assists in league play. … Read more
This week we’re taking a look at the tournaments that have begun thus far and also taking a look at this current week as some conferences began their tournaments yesterday (Wednesday 2/22). Exciting times as the playoffs are officially underway with more action coming this weekend! We also highlight the regular-season winners from each conference. … Read more
We’re getting closer and closer to playoff time! This weekend marks the start of various conference tournaments while some begin next weekend, but we’ve made it. It seems once the first semester break ends, the regular season goes extremely quick and before you know it, it’s over. We look back at this past weekend where … Read more
This week in D-III women’s hockey out east we saw a team clinch the regular-season conference title to earn them home-ice for the playoffs. The #3 ranked team (USCHO poll) fell after a nine-goal affair. Meanwhile, we look at each conference to see how the teams may fare in regard to NCAA tournament bids. Plattsburgh … Read more
This week in the wild west, we saw another player join the 100-point club and a massive upset in the NCHA occur. Meanwhile, a team I highlighted earlier this season is in the process of having a program-best season with their 3rd year head coach at the helm. We also take a deep dive into … Read more
Can’t believe we’re already at the conclusion of week 12 and about to begin week 13 of the hockey season (weeks in terms of playing weeks, not overall). We’re starting to see some teams catching fire, whilst others fading as of late. It’s not always about how you start, but how you finish, as ultimately … Read more
The last half of women’s D-III hockey out east is upon us and after what occurred in the first half, it’ll take a lot for us to be shocked and/or surprised if any more huge upsets occur the rest of the way, or if another team makes a run. Here’s my second-half conference winner … Read more
Merry Christmas everyone! Today, we look back on the first semester of play from the east as we await the start of the second-half of the season in late December on New Year’s Eve. Many teams and players had successful first halves from the eastern half of women’s hockey, but these are the main ones … Read more
This past week in Women’s hockey out east, we saw another huge tournament featuring four top-10 teams, Hamilton pulled off two big wins versus the former #15 team, and Colby remains undefeated after winning the Castleton Invitational. Plattsburgh wins the Norwich East-West Hockey Classic Over the weekend, Norwich hosted their annual East-West Hockey Classic tournament … Read more
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
The women’s team competing for Team USA at the World University Games in Lake Placid January 11-22 is set. Coach Brandon Knight’s squad consists of 23 players. Thirteen are currently enrolled in college – 10 at the Division I level, three from Division III schools. The ten 2022 graduates on the roster are split evenly … Read more
The CCC has announced the addition of Johnson and Wales as its newest full conference member. The announcement was made by the CCC board of directors Thursday morning. According to a news release, JWU intends to start competing in the league as early as 2024-25. “On behalf of the Commonwealth Coast Conference board of directors, … Read more
The NEHC has announced that Albertus Magnus as the league’s newest member effective for the 2024-25 hockey season. Both the men’s and women’s programs will join the conference. “The NEHC is excited to welcome Albertus Magnus College as the league’s newest member,” said NEHC commissioner Katie Boldvich in a statement. “We’ve eagerly watched the success … Read more
We had a wild week of Women’s hockey out east as we had three shocking upsets, two involving the same teams and one involving a team that hadn’t been shutout since 11/24/2018! Weeks like this show us once again how the competition levels have never been better and the amount of dominant teams are decreasing … 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