Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com start this edition of the PodKaz with a look back on the five conference championships, won by Penn State, Cornell, Boston University, Sacred Heart and Wisconsin. The NCAA tournament bracket was unveiled Sunday morning but the production left a lot to be desired. And the show concludes with … Read more
AHA Tournament Championship Mercyhurst vs. (8) Penn State Penn State won their third straight conference tournament championship on Saturday with a 4-1 win. Maddy Christian scored with some fancy stickwork just 23 seconds in to set the tone for the Nittany Lions, whose only conference this year came at the hands of Mercyhurst. Later in … Read more
Wisconsin, defending champion Ohio State, Cornell and Minnesota earned hosting spots for the opening rounds of the 2025 NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament when the bracket was unveiled on Sunday. The NCAA committee had to make a small adjustment in the bracket based on needing to avoid an intra-conference matchup between Clarkson and St. … Read more
Atlantic Hockey America has announced its individual awards for the 2024-25 women’s hockey season. MEGHAN AGOSTA PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD VICKI BENDUS FORWARD OF THE YEAR AWARD AHA SCORING CHAMPION Tessa Janecke, Jr., F, Penn State Penn State junior Tessa Janecke is the dual winner of the Vicki Bendus Forward of the Year Award … Read more
Eight teams have secured a spot in the NCAA women’s hockey tournament heading into the final day before Selection Sunday.
There are six teams assured of being in the NCAA tournament field, leaving eight schools competing for the five remaining bids.
We’ve reached the conference championship weekend in NCAA women’s hockey, with nine games left to play before league playoff champions are decided and the NCAA tournament bracket gets filled out. Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com start this week’s episode of the PodKaz with a look at Wednesday night’s action, including a double-overtime victory … Read more
Bemidji State at (1) Wisconsin In game one, the Beavers made 36 blocks and Kaitlin Groess made 42 saves to slow down Wisconsin, but the Badgers skated off with a 3-0 win. Kelly Gorbatenko scored with 39 seconds left in the first period to make it 1-0. Claire Enright scored late in the second and … Read more
The NEWHA has announced its major end-of-season awards and also unveiled its all-NEWHA teams for the 2024-25 season. Player of the Year: Julia Wysocki, Post Wysocki became the first player in Post history to earn a year-end league honor. She led the NEWHA in goals (17) and total points (26), recording multiple multi-goal games, including … Read more
Atlantic Hockey America has announced its two women’s all-conference teams and all-rookie team for the 2024-25 season. 2024-25 ALL-AHA FIRST TEAM Tessa Janecke, F, Jr., Penn State Vanessa Upson, F, Sr., Mercyhurst Katelyn Roberts, F, Jr., Penn State Kendall Butze, D, Jr., Penn State Emma Pickering, D, So., RIT Katie DeSa, G, Jr., Penn State … Read more
(3) Minnesota vs. (11) St. Cloud State (home and home) Friday’s game featured some of the most chaotic final 10 minutes of a game this season. Before we got there, St. Cloud took a 2-0 lead on a Sofianna Sunderlin power play goal six minutes in. Emma Gentry doubled the lead two minutes later. Emma … Read more
The five women’s conferences have five different postseason formats. See them here.
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com dive into the races for conference titles on this week’s edition of the PodKaz. Penn State and Wisconsin wrapped up the Atlantic Hockey and WCHA championships, respectively, last week, and the ECAC Hockey title will be decided on the final weekend. UConn narrowed Boston University’s lead in Hockey … Read more
(3) Minnesota at (1) Wisconsin Read the recap of the first game here. In the second game, the Badgers held a 13-3 shot advantage in the first, but the game was 0-0 at the first intermission. Wisconsin began to pull away early in the second. First Vivian Jungels scored her second of the weekend as … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its women’s hockey monthly award winners for Jan. 2025. Player of the month is Minnesota senior forward Abbey Murphy, rookie of the month is Northeastern goalie Lisa Jönsson, and co-goaltenders of the month are Penn State junior Katie DeSa and Cornell sophomore Annelies Bergmann. Murphy had 18 points (8-10-18) … Read more
The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced this year’s semifinalists for the Women’s Goalie of the Year Award. Nine goalies from four NCAA Division I conferences have advanced from a watch list of 33 outstanding netminders. Voting was conducted by a national panel of coaches, administrators and media members. Two of the semifinalists repeat from … Read more
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com recap last week’s contentious series between Ohio State and Minnesota and look at the games that made a change at the top of ECAC Hockey. Boston University moved four points ahead of UConn atop the Hockey East standings with an overtime win over Northeastern on Tuesday, and the … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (6) Minnesota Duluth Each team scored in the opening frame on Saturday and those stood as the only goals late into overtime. Grace Sadura gave UMD the lead seven minutes in as she tipped a shot from Brenna Fuhrman to make it 1-0. The Badgers responded a few minutes later when Marianne … Read more
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com take a look at the last full weekend in January, when St. Lawrence and Clarkson couldn’t decide anything in a rivalry series, Long Island and Sacred Heart couldn’t decide anything at the top of NEWHA and St. Thomas removed the interim tag from coach Bethany Brausen after a … Read more
(11) St Cloud State at (1) Wisconsin Game one recap here. On Sunday, the Huskies became the first team to earn a point from Wisconsin at home this season, thanks in part to a 30-save game from freshman goaltender Emilia Kyrkkö, who did not allow an even-strength goal. SCSU got on the board first when … Read more