(2) Ohio State at (1) Wisconsin Read our recap from Saturday’s game here. On Sunday, The Badgers bounced back with a 4-1 win of their own thanks in large part to their special teams. UW killed five OSU power plays while scoring on two of their four player advantages – including in both part of … Read more
Of the 230 women rostered for the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, 119 played hockey at a Division I institution. An additonal 11 played USports hockey at a Canadian institution and two played at NCAA Division III institutions. That means more than 50% of the women at this Olympic women’s hockey tournament skated in the NCAA. … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (3) Minnesota In their first games missing several key players, these border rivals took some time to find their footing this weekend. Wisconsin gave freshman Rhyah Stewart her second career start in place of Ava McNaughton. Minnesota played with 10 forwards and Wisconsin had nine. In the first game, defender Sydney Morrow … Read more
On the Jan. 28, 2026, edition of the PodKaz, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com dig into what it’ll mean for some teams to lose players to the Olympics starting this week and reflect on last week’s results. It was a big weekend for Northeastern, which moved up three spots to fifth in … Read more
Bemidji State at (1) Wisconsin With most of their senior class heading to Italy for Olympic play, the Badgers held their senior celebrations this weekend in Madison. And the highly-talented class delivered, scoring 15 of the team’s 16 goals on the weekend. The Beavers gave the Badgers all they could handle in the first period … Read more
On the Jan. 20, 2026, edition of the PodKaz from USCHO.com, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski reflect upon this year’s IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship in Nova Scotia, where Nicole saw the U.S. defeat Canada for the gold medal. Nicole shares what it was like in the building for the 2-0 victory Sunday and … Read more
In the Jan. 8, 2026, edition of the PodKaz, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look ahead to the IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship, which starts Jan. 10 in Nova Scotia. The rosters are packed with players committed to play NCAA hockey in the coming seasons, making it an important look at what’s to come … Read more
On this episode of the PodKaz, USCHO.com’s weekly look at NCAA women’s hockey, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski wrap up the first half of the 2025-26 season with a look at some of the teams that surprised, both positively and negatively. Northeastern and Princeton are both in the top 10 of the USCHO.com rankings … Read more
On the Dec. 9, 2025, edition of the PodKaz, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com look back No. 1 Wisconsin’s road sweep of No. 2 Ohio State. The Badgers held the Buckeyes to two goals in the series, with goalie Ava McNaughton stopping 60 shots. No. 11 Princeton had a big weekend, too, … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (2) Ohio State The top-ranked Badgers visited Columbus and came away with six points thanks to an outstanding weekend from goalie Ava McNaughton. On Friday, it took awhile for the scoring to start as the teams felt each other out and looked to gain an advantage. It looked like Ohio State was … Read more
In this week’s edition of the PodKaz, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look back on another week with unexpected results and wonder whether that’s just the norm now in NCAA women’s hockey. No. 7 Northeastern handed No. 4 Penn State its first loss of the season before the Nittany Lions earned a split of … Read more
Smashville Showcase Mercyhurst vs. Stonehill Three goals in the first and three more in the third secured a 6-1 for Mercyhurst. Maja Alenius, Sofia Nuutinen, Julia Perjus, Jessica Ciarrocchi, Regina Metzler and Sophie McKinley each scored for Mercyhurst. Summer Combe was the goal scorer for Stonehill. With the Lakers’ victory, coach Michael Sisti recorded his … Read more
In the PodKaz for Nov. 26, 2025, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski talk about Minnesota State’s sweep of then-No. 2 Minnesota in a home-and-home series, fueled by four goals by Mercury Bischoff over the two games. The other WCHA series last week also produced some interesting results, with Ohio State sweeping Minnesota Duluth, Wisconsin … Read more
(15) St. Thomas at (1) Wisconsin On Thursday, seven different Badgers scored to give Wisconsin an 8-0 win. Lacey Eden led the home team with two goals and two assists and KK Harvey added a goal and three assists. Things looked a little different on Friday. Maddie Brown’s power play goal was the only tally … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (10) St. Cloud State Emma Venusio’s goal less than two minutes into the game was the only action of the first, sending Wisconsin into the intermission up 1-0. A pair of goals from KK Harvey tripled the Badgers’ lead in the second before Avery Farrell got St. Cloud on the board making … Read more
On the Nov. 12, 2025, edition of the PodKaz, USCHO.com’s weekly look at women’s hockey, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski start with a look back at a 0-0 tie between No. 7 Quinnipiac and No. 11 Clarkson. It was the Golden Knights’ second shutout of the weekend; they lost in overtime to Princeton on … Read more
St. Lawrence at (7) Quinnipiac Kahlen Lamarche continued her torrid pace, scoring the first two goals in this game to give Quinnipiac a 2-0 lead by the opening minutes of the second. St. Lawrence took a bit to find their way, but responded with two goals in the third to tie the game with about … Read more
In this week’s edition of the PodKaz, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look back on the first loss by No. 1 Wisconsin in nearly a year. Minnesota moved up from No. 3 to No. 2 after scoring four times in the third period for a 5-1 win in Madison last Friday, but the Badgers … Read more
(3) Minnesota at (1) Wisconsin Read Friday’s game story: No. 3 Minnesota women’s hockey takes down No. 1 Wisconsin 5-1 thanks to four goal-third period Read Saturday’s game story: No. 1 Wisconsin women’s hockey responds with 7-2 win over No. 3 Minnesota (2) Ohio State at (13) St. Thomas Ohio State never led in Friday’s … Read more
In this week’s edition of the PodKaz from USCHO.com, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski reflect on the opening weekend of conference play in ECAC Hockey, where Clarkson, Cornell and St. Lawrence all opened with 2-0 records. Quinnipiac fell to Brown on Saturday after starting the season 9-0, and part of the discussion goes to … Read more