Dartmouth announced on Tuesday the addition of Josh Liegl to the coaching staff. Liegl was a volunteer assistant with the Big Green last season and previously was an assistant at Ohio State from 2008-11. “We are very excited to have Josh Liegl join Dartmouth and our women’s hockey team,” Dartmouth head coach Mark Hudak said … Read more
Harvard head coach Katey Stone, who just completed her 18th season behind the Crimson bench, has been named head coach of the 2014 U.S. Olympic women’s team that will compete in Sochi, Russia. Stone’s 378 career wins is tops among active coaches in Division I. “Katey knows what it takes to build gold-medal teams,” said … Read more
Colgate has announced the hiring of Greg Fargo as the new head coach of its women’s team. Fargo spent the last four seasons coaching the Elmira women’s squad, where he was the 2009 ECAC West co-coach of the year and a two-time nominee for top AHCA coaching honors. He was also a goalie at Elmira … Read more
Yale senior forward Aleca Hughes, whose efforts to help save lives have been inspired by her late teammate Mandi Schwartz, was named the winner of the Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Wednesday night in a ceremony held at the Egyptian Ballroom at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Hughes started a number of initiatives, including the Mandi … Read more
Yale senior Aleca Hughes has been named the 2012 recipient of the BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award. The award, which is given to a college hockey player who “gives back to their community in the true humanitarian spirit,” recognizes Hughes’ efforts to battle cancer on behalf of her teammate Mandi Schwartz, who passed … Read more
Colgate announced Wednesday afternoon that Scott Wiley has resigned from his position as head women’s hockey coach. “We would like to thank Scott for his 10 years of service as a head coach,” stated Colgate director of athletics David Roach in a statement. “We wish him well thank him for all he has contributed to … Read more
Two of this year’s finalists for the BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award, Yale forward Aleca Hughes and Miami goalie Cody Reichard, have been nominated for the 2012 Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup. The Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup is named in honor of legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, one of the greatest collegiate coaches … Read more
For his efforts in leading St. Lawrence to the 2012 ECAC tournament championship and a berth in the NCAA quarterfinals, Chris Wells has been named the AHCA women’s Division I coach of the year. The Saints compiled a record of 24-10-4 this year, including a 18-2-1 streak from Dec. 2, 2011-March 3, 2012, culminating in … Read more
After coming out on top in one of the longest games in women’s NCAA hockey history, Cornell has itself set on something bigger: an NCAA championship. Arlan Marttila reports from Duluth.
Yale women’s coach Joakim Flygh will be a part of the upcoming IIHF Women’s World Championship in Burlington, Vt., Apr. 7-14 as video coach for his native Sweden. Games are played at both Cairns Arena and Gutterson Field House, with the quarterfinals (Apr. 13 and 15), semifinals (Apr. 13) and bronze/gold medal games (Apr. 14) … Read more
Cornell senior forward Rebecca Johnston headlined the annual ECAC women’s hockey banquet Thursday night on the Cornell campus by winning her first player of the year award. Other award winners included St. Lawrence coach Chris Wells (coach of the year), Cornell defenseman Lauriane Rougeau (best defensive defenseman), Dartmouth forward Reagan Fischer (tie – best defensive … Read more
USA Hockey announced Wednesday that Princeton coach Jeff Kampersal will serve as head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Under-18 Team for the 2012-13 season. Boston College assistant coach Courtney Kennedy and Steve Guider, head coach of the Blaine (Minn.) girls’ high school team, will serve as assistant coaches. “We’ve got a terrific staff, each … Read more
The ECAC announced Friday that it is re-naming the annual women’s student-athlete of the Year award the Mandi Schwartz Student-Athlete of the Year Award honoring the former Yale player who was an inspiration in her bout with leukemia, but tragically passed away last April at the age of 23. Schwartz was a forward with Yale … Read more
Colorado College sophomore Jaden Schwartz, the lone collegian on this year’s Canadian World Junior team, will wear the ‘C’ for Team Canada. “Last year was tough, obviously getting hurt and then that third period against Russia,” Schwartz said to the Canadian Press. “You try to forget last year, but at the same time, you want … Read more
In this week’s edition of Wednesday Women, Arlan and Candace look at possible NCAA tournament brackets, St. Cloud’s first conference win, second half conference races, and the top position players of the first half.
“Get pucks to the net and good things will happen.” So goes the time-honored mantra of nearly every hockey coach. On the final day of November, Harvard found itself mired in a three-game losing streak, down a goal on the road versus Dartmouth, with just over seven minutes to play, and in desperate need of … Read more
Providence will host Dartmouth in a women’s game at Fenway Park on Jan. 10 at 3 p.m. as part of Sun Life Frozen Fenway 2012. The game was originally scheduled for Dec. 31 at Providence. “The team is very excited about getting to play at Fenway,” Dartmouth head coach Mark Hudak said in a news … Read more
This week, Arlan and Candace look at the programs that keep going up and down, and whether they can find consistency in the second half of the season.
Reading into the ECAC games during the Four Nations Cup, possible D-III teams going D-I, and whether Bemidji is as good as their current place in the standings indicates.