We’re in the midst of Four Nations Cup week, the time every year when the best women’s hockey talents from Canada, U.S., Sweden and Finland depart to play for their national teams, leaving several college programs shorthanded. Some affected colleges were able to schedule around the Cup (No. 1 Minnesota, No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth). Others happen … Read more
Two-time Kazmaier finalist Chanda Gunn wasn’t pleased with her performance last season, when her team hit bottom. But this year, her aim is true.
No. 5 Providence takes on No. 2 Dartmouth in a match between two teams on opposite sides of last year’s NCAA tournament bubble, and No. 7 St. Lawrence visits No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth for ECAC-WCHA competition. David De Remer reports.
The marquee matchup in women’s college hockey this week was one that didn’t even count. Even if it was an exhibition, even if it did have quirky rules like an all-power-play second period, it was still Dartmouth at Harvard. Dartmouth might have taken the contest between the consensus No. 2 and No. 3 teams in … Read more
The defending ECAC Champion Big Green of Dartmouth garnered five of the nine first-place votes in the ECAC Preseason Women’s Coaches’ Poll. The Big Green defeated the Crimson of Harvard for the title last season and will try to repeat under new head coach Mark Hudak. The Crimson, who were the eventual runners-up in the … Read more
Athletic directors from seven of the eight schools affected by the Division III proposal to eliminate athletic scholarships for members playing a Division I sport, met to plan their opposition to the proposal on the campus of Rensselaer. Those attending were Sean Frazier (Clarkson), Joel Nielsen (Colorado College), Betty Powell (Hartwick), Tom Calder (Johns Hopkins), … Read more
Mark Hudak, Dartmouth’s associate head coach for women’s hockey for the last two seasons, has been promoted to head coach, replacing Judy Oberting, who resigned in June due to personal reasons. He joined the Dartmouth athletic staff as assistant coach in July, 1998. “It’s an honor and a privilege for me to head this team … Read more
Judy Parish Oberting, coming off four straight 20-win seasons at Dartmouth, has resigned as the team’s head coach, citing personal reasons. “For 10 years, I have been heading off to work knowing that there isn’t a job I would rather have at any other institution or in any other field,” said Oberting, coming off two … Read more
Sarah Hood, the ECAC Assistant Commissioner for Women’s Ice Hockey, has decided to resign due to personal reasons. Hood was in charge of all aspects of Women’s Division I ice hockey in her two-year tenure with the league. “I have very much enjoyed the past two seasons, and feel that I have been very fortunate … Read more
Harvard’s Jennifer Botterill won the Kazmaier Award in 2001 and again in 2003. USCHO’s David De Remer finds out why that’s not enough.
Women’s college hockey’s oldest championship makes its 20th appearance as the ECAC tournament gets underway this weekend. David De Remer ticks off the competitors and their chances.
After notching individual — Jennifer Botterill’s record-breaking score — and team accomplishments last weekend, Harvard marches resolutely into the ECAC postseason and onto the NCAAs. David De Remer reports.
Yale achieves a program milestone against Princeton, which must attempt to rebound against ECAC-leading and No. 1 Harvard; and Dartmouth battles the CHA’s Mercyhurst in a game with NCAA implications. David De Remer reports.
Top-ranked Harvard gets a double dose of high-caliber opposition this weekend as No. 6 St. Lawrence hosts the Crimson for a pair. David De Remer previews the battle, and also examines how the other half lives in the ECAC.
A classic rivalry is renewed this weekend, as Dartmouth visits top-ranked Harvard at Bright Hockey Center. David De Remer reports.
Top-ranked Harvard storms back out of exam break, while David De Remer investigates the ECAC’s likely representatives among the Patty Kazmaier finalists.
Injuries have plagued Dartmouth, but the Big Green continue to survive and are positioned quite nicely for the stretch run. USCHO Women’s correspondent Dave De Remer reports in this week’s ECAC column.
Dartmouth wants to reach the Frozen Four, and that requires quality wins — starting, David De Remer says, this weekend against Minnesota. Also: St. Lawrence looks to boost its own NCAA hopes, and the ECAC defends its honor in nonconference action.
The Canadian national team comes calling again, leaving Dartmouth a little shorthanded for this weekend’s series with Minnesota-Duluth. David De Remer rounds up the ECAC.
No. 10 Princeton looks to earn its first points against No. 5 St. Lawrence in four years. Can the Tigers pull it off? USCHO’s Women’s Correspondent Dave De Remer breaks it down and more in this week’s ECAC report.