The entire St. Louis Blues team will be attending the Yale women’s game on Friday, Jan. 24 – the “White Out For Mandi” game at Ingalls Rink against Brown to honor the late Mandi Schwartz, who played at Yale and whose brother, Jaden, plays for the Blues. Mandi passed away in 2011 after a two-year … Read more
After guiding Brown back into the postseason in her first season, coach Amy Bourbeau was unable to duplicate that feat in 2012-2013. The biggest problem was scoring goals, or rather, a failure to do so on a consistent basis. Opponents outscored the Bears nearly two to one in league play. Reducing that gap this season … Read more
Unlike the three other conferences, where the league tournament is all-inclusive, ECAC Hockey leaves four teams on the outside looking in when the playoffs commence. It becomes a mad scramble to get into the field, and last season’s final week saw no fewer than four teams alive for the final berth. That makes it competitive … Read more
The ECAC season title has been Cornell’s to lose over the last couple of years. Now, the pack at the top figures to be more closely bunched. Cornell, while still formidable, graduated Olympian Rebecca Johnston among others, and may be a smidgen below its apogee. The teams that finished second through sixth all show … Read more
Lucy Schoedel has been named the new assistant coach for the Brown women’s team. Schoedel, a former player at New Hampshire and Syracuse, spent the 2010-11 season as an assistant coach at Wesleyan University. “I am thrilled to have Lucy join our staff,” Brown head coach Amy Borbeau said in a news release. “She is … Read more
Trinity College has announced the resignation of Andrew McPhee as head coach of the women’s team to become an assistant coach at Brown. Assistant coach Carson Duggan has been named interim head coach. McPhee was first an assistant coach for Trinity in 2001 and head coach for the last nine seasons. “We are extremely proud … Read more
Previews and conference picks for the Women’s D-I 2011-2012 season by new USCHO Women’s Columnist Arlan Marttila.
Brown has named Amy Bourbeau its new women’s coach and just the Brown Bears’ third head coach in the school’s 47-year program history. Bourbeau comes to Brown with 16 years of coaching experience, including 14 years as an assistant coach at Princeton, and also played at Providence from 1991-1994. She coached at both Williams and … Read more
Brown will have a new women’s coach for the first time in 21 years this fall as Digit Murphy, while not officially announced by the school, will not be back. Brown sports information director Chris Humm did tell the Associated Press Wednesday that Murphy was “pursuing other opportunities.” An assistant coach for two years, Murphy … Read more
Due to the wintry weather conditions in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday night’s Yale-Brown women’s ice hockey game scheduled for 7 p.m. at Ingalls Rink has been postponed. The teams will play the game on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Also, Amherst’s women’s game against Utica was postponed. A make-up date has not been announced.