Women’s D-I: ECAC

Shadow Of The Maple

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Dartmouth and St. Lawrence entered this weekend’s Frozen Four handicapped by the loss of three star players to the World Championships.

2004 Women’s Frozen Four Preview

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UMD coach Shannon Miller was back at the NCAA women’s Frozen Four on Thursday, but in an entirely unfamiliar role. She was sitting in the back of the press room watching questions being answered instead of taking them herself. UMD has won all three NCAA championships contested but just missed the NCAA cut this time … Read more

RPI To Move Women’s Hockey To Division I

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With the concern over athletic scholarships now passed, Rensselaer officially announced its intention to elevate the level of its women’s hockey program to the Division I level. A Division III proposal that would have eliminated the ability of schools that “play up” in one sport to give athletic scholarships, was amended at the NCAA Convention … Read more

This Week in Women’s Hockey: Nov. 13, 2003

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The Four Nations Cup’s disruption of the college hockey season is now past. Even though the international tournament ended on Sunday, its impact still extended to the showdown between No. 3 Harvard and No. 6 Providence on Tuesday night. U.S. national team members Julie Chu and Angela Ruggiero, albeit jet-lagged, returned from Sweden in plenty … Read more

This Week in Women’s Hockey: Nov. 6, 2003

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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

Gunn Recalibrates Her Aim

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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.

This Week in Women’s Hockey: Oct. 30, 2003

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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.

This Week in Women’s Hockey: Oct. 23, 2003

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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

Dartmouth Women Lead Tight Bunch

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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

ADs Coordinate Opposition to Division III Proposal

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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

Hudak Promoted At Dartmouth

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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

Oberting Resigns Dartmouth Post

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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

Hood Departs ECAC

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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

One More Goal

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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.