Union and Clarkson have been extended membership into the ECAC Division I Women’s Hockey League. Union will join the league in the 2003-04 season, while Clarkson was voted in effective with the 2004-05 campaign. “Both schools boast rich hockey traditions and a history of academic success that will make them strong members of the league,” … Read more
Yale and the ECAC would still like to host the 2004 Women’s Frozen Four, but now must find another practical venue that’s also up to NCAA standards. The NCAA has given them until Oct. 10 to report back.
The Crimson of Harvard were picked by six of the ECAC head coaches as the best team in the preseason poll. The Crimson return nine forwards, all six defensemen, and two goaltenders, and also add Olympian Julie Chu to their lineup. The Dartmouth Big Green got two first place votes and were picked second in … Read more
The fate of the 2004 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four, scheduled for April 9-11 in New Haven, Conn., remains in limbo, three weeks after the original site closed its doors.
Rick Seeley has been named as the head coach to usher in women’s hockey as a varsity athletic program at Clarkson. Seeley, who has served as the head coach at Division III Manhattanville the previous three years, will lead the Golden Knights into Division I competition beginning with the start of the 2003-04 season. The … Read more
Clarkson is expected to announce at a Thursday news conference that it will be introducing a Division I women’s program to begin play for the 2003-2004 season, USCHO has learned.
Melody Davidson, an assistant coach for the gold medal winning 2002 Canadian Olympic women’s team, has been named as the new women’s head coach at Cornell. “We are thrilled to have Melody join our coaching staff,” said Cornell athletic director Andy Noel. “She has a wealth of experience from coaching at the highest level of … Read more
Colgate has named Scott Wiley its new women’s coach. Wiley replaces Ted Wisner, who served as head coach of the Raiders for three seasons, including their first in Division I last season. Wiley served as an assistant coach under Wisner for three seasons. “I’m very excited about the future of the program under Scott,” Colgate … Read more
Hilary Witt, a former member of the US National Team, has been named the interim head coach of the Yale women’s team. Witt replaces John Marchetti, who has been reassigned within the Yale athletic department. In five seasons Marchetti compiled a 30-104-11 record. Before he came to Yale he was the head coach at Providence … Read more
The ECAC has announced that the 2002 ECAC women’s championship title game will be aired by New England Sports Network (NESN) and Empire Sports. Empire will air the game live, while NESN will air it on a tape-delay basis March 20 at 7 p.m. The championship weekend begins with a semifinal doubleheader on March 16 … Read more
The N’s have it as Northeastern, New Hampshire and Niagara lead the ECAC East’s charge in the early going, while the Ivies are seeing more than their share of tough times. David De Remer reports.
Minnesota made headlines last weekend by snatching last-minute decisions from Ohio State. David De Remer learns the secret of the Gophers’ success. Also: the season’s first big matchups arrive out East.
Just Another Olympic Year Within an hour of winning the Inaugural Women’s Frozen Four last March, Minnesota-Duluth coach Shannon Miller was already brimming with optimism about 2001-02, and with good reason. None of her players from European national teams would be missing for any key stretch of the season. “We’ve been negotiating with the Swedish … Read more
The US National Team came east after defeating the WCHA All-Stars twice. The result was the same — a win — but it was in a more dominating fashion. USCHO’s Women’s Correspondent David De Remer reports.
Last year’s defending ECAC Champion, Dartmouth, was chosen as the favorite in the ECAC Women’s Hockey League – North Coaches’ Preseason Poll. The Big Green received six of the nine first place votes. The Big Green captured the ECAC Championship last season and lost in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament. The national runners-up, St. … Read more
The athletic directors of the men’s Hockey East conference have voted to establish a Division I women’s ice hockey league under the Hockey East banner to begin play no later than the fall of 2004.
St. Lawrence’s Paul Flanagan and Middlebury’s Bill Mandigo have been named the University and College Division Coach of the Year, respectively, by the American Hockey Coaches Association. The Saints were 24-8-3 this season under Flanagan, and pulled off a stunning 3-1 win over No. 1-seed Dartmouth in the semifinals of the inaugural NCAA Division I … Read more
Harvard center Jennifer Botterill became the first underclassman, and the first Canadian, to win the Patty Kazmaier Award on Saturday night. Jennifer Botterill accepts her award at the Radisson Hotel Metrodome on Saturday. (photos by Jason Waldowski) Botterill earned the distinction as the best women’s player in the nation by scoring 38 goals and 35 … Read more
Feeling Frozen in Minnesota Well, the debates have been exhausted and the arguing is done. The four-team field for the inaugural NCAA championship is finally set, and the brackets correspond with USCHO.com’s current poll: No. 1 Dartmouth plays No. 4 St. Lawrence in the first semifinal, while No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth takes on No. 3 Harvard … Read more
After a shocking pair of losses by defending national champion Minnesota, it’s anybody’s guess what the NCAA tournament committee will do with its four bids — though one of them is all but guaranteed to go to No. 1 Dartmouth, which goes after the ECAC playoff title this weekend. Zevi Gutfreund reports.