Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com look ahead to Tuesday’s Beanpot championship game between Boston University and Northeastern, who won semifinals last week but then dropped games over the weekend. A look back to last week’s results includes overtime wins by Brown and a pair of losses by Clarkson in ECAC Hockey and an … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at St. Thomas Casey O’Brien’s power play goal not quite seven minutes in had UW up 1-0. Lauren Stenslie replied with an extra attacker goal of her own to tie the game 1-1, but the lead lasted just 23 seconds as O’Brien lit the lamp again off a feed from Kirsten Simms. Cassie … Read more
The first edition of the PodKaz, USCHO.com’s look at NCAA women’s hockey, for 2025 has Nicole Haase in Finland covering the IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship and Todd Milewski back from Chicago, where No. 1 Wisconsin and No. 2 Ohio State played at Wrigley Field. Nicole offers insight into what she has seen at the … Read more
VANTAA, Finland — The 2025 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championships begin Saturday. At press time, 18 of the 25 women on the US roster and 22 of 24 women on the Canada roster have already announced their commitment to play NCAA DI women’s hockey. The seven as-yet uncommitted Americans are all too young to be … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at Minnesota State The Badgers took advantage of an early penalty with a goal from KK Harvey to go up 1-0 just two minutes into the game on Friday. But the Mavericks pushed back on the Badgers, ultimately outshooting them 24-23 over the game and keeping the nation’s top offense in check. Wisconsin … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at Maine On Friday, Laila Edwards, Caroline Harvey and Kirsten Simms each scored twice while Sarah Wozniewicz, Kelly Gorbatenko and Marianne Picard all added a goal to lead Wisconsin to a 9-0 win on Friday. In the second game, SImms scored twice more while Casey O’Brien, Finley McCarthy, Edwards and Gorbatenko each lit … Read more
St. Thomas at (1) Wisconsin Six different players scored on Friday to carry Wisconsin to a 6-1 win. Claire Enright, Kirsten Simms, Lacey Eden, Cassie Hall, Kelly Gorbatenko and Finley McCarthy each lit the lamp for the Badgers. Chloe Boreen was the goal scorer for the Tommies in the loss. Wisconsin jumped out early … Read more
The Nov. 20, 2024, edition of USCHO.com’s PodKaz features Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski giving their thoughts on news that emerged this week at St. Thomas, where coach Joel Johnson resigned days after he wasn’t on the bench for the second game of a WCHA series at Bemidji State. No. 1 Wisconsin and No. 2 … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (2) Ohio State Having lost six straight games in Columbus, things did not look good for the Badgers early on Friday as Ohio State scored twice in fourteen seconds late in the first period to take a 2-0 lead. First Maddi Wheeler and Joy Dunne connected on a rush then Jenna Buglioni … Read more
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski are celebrating one year of the PodKaz with another look at a series between Ohio State and Wisconsin with both teams ranked in the top two in the USCHO.com poll. But that’s not the only big series this weekend: No. 3 Minnesota plays at No. 4 Minnesota Duluth, No. 6 … Read more
(5) Colgate at (14) Brown Special teams were massive on Friday as Colgate scored on three of four power plays while Brown was two of three with the player advantage. It was a back and forth game, but Emma Pais broke through first, scoring later in the first to put Colgate up 1-0 at the … Read more
USCHO.com’s Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look back at last week’s results in NCAA women’s hockey, including a bounce back by Quinnipiac in ECAC Hockey and more questions for Clarkson and Cornell. Wisconsin, meanwhile, kept rolling along with two more shutouts. Then we take a look ahead at this week’s start of the Rivalry Series … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (8) St. Cloud State Vivian Jungels scored 34 seconds in, Cassie Hall doubled the lead 42 seconds later and by three minutes in, Laila Edwards had made it a 3-0 game. St. Cloud made a goalie switch, putting Emilia Kyrkkö in for Sanni Ahola. KK Harvey scored later in the first to … Read more
Hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com welcome Brown coach Mel Ruzzi, whose team defeated Quinnipiac and Princeton last weekend to improve to 4-0. Those weren’t the only surprising results of the weekend, and Nicole and Todd discuss the key games. Plus: Some thoughts on news that the PWHL is looking to expand and … Read more
Bemidji State at (1) Wisconsin On Thursday, Claire Enright, Laila Edwards, Caroline Harvey and Marianne Picard each scored once to carry the Badgers to a 4-0 win. Edwards’ power play goal to open the scoring midway through the first was the junior’s 100th career point. In the second game, Lacey Eden lit the lamp twice … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (3) Minnesota The Badgers controlled the puck and were outshooting Minnesota 24-11 heading into the final frame, but were up just 1-0 thanks to a goal late in the first from Cassie Hall. But in the final frame, Wisconsin broke the game open and gave the Gophers no shot to counter. Rookie … Read more
(3) Minnesota Duluth at (1) Wisconsin Read Saturday’s recap here. On Sunday, the Badgers used the power of a three-goal second period to pull away from the Bulldogs and earn a weekend sweep. Lacey Eden opened the scoring, tapping home a loose puck after Tindra Holm made the initial save on an Emma Venusio shot … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at Boston College On Friday, Casey O’Brien led the Badgers with two goals and two assists, Laila Edwards scored twice and Kelly Gorbatenko added four assists to power the Badgers to a 7-1 win over Boston College. Kirsten Simms, KK Harvey and Claire Enright also scored for Wisconsin. Abby Newhook ruined the shutout, … Read more
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski welcome new WCHA commissioner Michelle McAteer to talk about taking over the women’s hockey conference during a time of change in college sports. Plus, we look back at results from the first two weeks of the season and look ahead to an upcoming weekend full of East-West matchups. The PodKaz is … Read more
(1) Ohio State at Bemidji State Freshman Jordyn Petrie scored twice, Emma Peschel had four assists and Makenna Webster added two goals and an assist to carry Ohio State to an 8-2 win. Hailey Armstrong scored short-handed and Isa Goettl scored her first collegiate goal to get Bemidji State on the board. In the second … Read more