Candace and Arlan look at the results from the NCAA quarterfinals, preview the Frozen Four semifinal matchups and what each team needs to do to win, and give their best guess on who might be the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player, depending on which team wins.
Top-seeded Boston College is only three wins shy of a perfect season as it searches for its first national title. The Eagles hope to reach the Frozen Four and get their first win there; they’ve been stopped in the semifinals five previous times. Also representing Hockey East is Northeastern. After coming up just short in … Read more
Candace and Arlan discuss the NCAA Selection Committee’s puzzling pairings in the NCAA tournament, the results of the conference tournaments, the possibilities for upsets in the first round of the NCAA tournament, and the three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award.
The eight women’s teams in the NCAA tournament have been revealed. The top four seeds – No. 1 Boston College, No. 2 Wisconsin, No. 3 Minnesota and No. 4 Quinnipiac – will host quarterfinal matchups on home ice March 11-12. BC hosts Northeastern, Wisconsin hosts Mercyhurst, Princeton travels to Minnesota and Quinnipiac will host Clarkson … Read more
ECAC Hockey announced the recipients of the league’s annual postseason awards at its banquet Friday night as part of the 2016 ECAC Women’s Hockey Championship weekend held at Quinnipiac. The conference also released its three All-League Teams and All-Rookie Team. Quinnipiac’s Taylar Cianfarano earned both the league’s Best Forward and Player of the Year Awards. … Read more
Candace and Arlan look at where upset winners might come from in the conference tournament semifinals and finals, look at possible NCAA matchups,, and debate the 10 finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award and who is likely to finish in the top three.
The USA Hockey Foundation announced Thursday the 10 finalists for the 2016 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The honor is awarded annually upon the top player in NCAA Division I women’s hockey and this year will be unveiled at a brunch ceremony at Wentworth By The Sea in New Castle, N.H., on Saturday, March 19, as … Read more
The season is nearly five months old, and of the 35 teams, only four have earned the right to call themselves champions. For the Quinnipiac Bobcats, it’s the first time they’ve finished on top. “I said it after our game on Friday night, this has been an accumulation of even years, getting ourselves to this … Read more
Candace and Arlan ponder Minnesota’s sweep of Wisconsin, whether Boston College can maintain its perfect record, the various playoff matchups in the first round, the retirement of Dartmouth coach Mark Hudak, and the players and rookies of the year in each conference.
With one weekend left in the season, Candace and Arlan ponder Boston College winning the Beanpot and Hockey East, Wisconsin winning the WCHA, likely winners in the other two conferences, the likely first round playoff pairings in each conference tournament, and the probable Patty Kazmaier Award nominees.
Candace and Arlan discuss the return of Amanda Kessel, the outstanding play of Ann-Renée Desbiens, the playoff pictures in each conference, and the stretch runs.
Union’s home arena, Messa Rink, will soon be undergoing $10 million in renovations, according to the Daily Gazette. The college has approved fundraising to renovate the nearly 41-year-old facility, Union athletic director Jim McLaughlin told the paper. There is no timetable yet for the project. “It will be all fund-raised, just like the majority of … Read more
The Ninth Annual Charity Beanpot Challenge will be held by the Travis Roy Foundation and the Mark Bavis Leadership Foundation on Monday, Feb. 8, at Boston University’s Agganis Arena and the TD Garden. A minimum of $50,000 of the proceeds will be set aside as a coming home fund for Denna Laing. Laing, a former … Read more
Presented since 1996, the award honors college hockey’s finest citizen, with nominations open to men’s and women’s players from Divisions I, II and III.
Late in the season, teams get a little stale. Writers do too. In my case, I was probably stale long before the Ivies got started, but enough about me. Teams have three weeks left in the seasons of a handful, a month for most, and for a lucky quartet, seven more weeks. For just a … Read more
Candace and Arlan discuss Minnesota State’s tie with North Dakota, what the Mercyhurst-Syracuse split means in the CHA, Plattsburgh’s perfect season, the chaos in the ECAC and bottom half of Hockey East, and the Beanpot results.
Candace and Arlan look at teams like North Dakot and Bemidji State, which sit just on the cusp, ponder whether Princeton and Northeastern can maintain winning streaks, and consider which teams have surprised positively and which have surprised negatively.
Back in the day, it seemed that St. Lawrence could never beat Harvard. That was particularly true in games that really mattered, such as back-to-back Frozen Fours in 2004 and 2005. While not as much of a given in recent years, the Crimson have continued to be problematic for the Saints. “I don’t know if … Read more
Candace and Arlan discuss Minnesota’s tough series with Minnesota State, North Dakota’s sweep of Minnesota-Duluth, the CHA, ECAC, and Hockey East races, and prognosticate on likely Patty Kazmaier Award nominees.
After two weeks of the second half, Candace and Arlan ponder all the standings races, whether BC showed vulnerability in its win over BU, and what the possible return of Amanda Kessel could mean to Minnesota’s fortunes.