MADISON — Kristina Bahl’s slapshot from beyond the near faceoff circle made it’s way through traffic and beat Penn State goalie Katie DeSea with 10:25 left in overtime to send St. Lawrence to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the first time since 2017. The Saints will face host Wisconsin at 2 p.m. Central on Saturday. The … Read more
Izzy Daniel (Cornell), Casey O’Brien (Wisconsin) and Kirsten Simms (Wisconsin) have been named the 2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award top-three finalists. The winner of the award will be announced on March 23 at 12:30 p.m. EDT as part of a live show on NHL Network at the Whittemore Center Arena on the campus of New … Read more
Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) look back at conference championship games and are joined by new Minnesota State coach Shari Dickerman to look at the 11-team NCAA tournament bracket. [spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=59027988″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”true” hide-download=”true”] Find The PodKaz on: Spotify Spreaker iHeart Amazon … Read more
ECAC Semifinals St. Lawrence vs. Clarkson Haley Winn ripped a shot from the blue line to put Clarkson up 1-0 near the end of the first. Sena Catterall gathered a puck off the back boards to put the Golden Knights up 2-0. Rachel Bjorgan pulled one back for St. Lawrence directly after, but the Saints … Read more
The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced that the annual national rookie of the year award is being named for Harvard and U.S. Olympic icon Julie Chu. Chu has enjoyed a unique level of success in a hockey career that covers two decades and is still flourishing. A member of the Harvard class of 2007, … Read more
Ohio State, defending champion Wisconsin, Colgate and Clarkson earned hosting spots for the opening rounds of the 2024 NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament when the bracket was unveiled on Sunday. The NCAA committee didn’t make any adjustments from bracket integrity, as determined by the PairWise Rankings, in assembling the first- and second-round matchups. See … Read more
The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the three finalists for the Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award. They are Ohio State’s Raygan Kirk, Clarkson’s Michelle Pasiechnyk and Northeastern’s Gwyneth Philips, last year’s award recipient. It is a veteran group as Pasiechnyk and Kirk are seniors while Philips is a fifth-year student. Voting was … Read more
d1wCHA Championship Mercyhurst vs. Penn State The Nittany Lions earned their second straight CHA Tournament title and NCAA bid thanks to a 1-0 win on Saturday. Mercyhurst goalie Ena Nystrøm made 45 saves, but it was Mya Vaslet’s goal just four minutes into the game that proved to be all Penn State needed for the … Read more
ECAC Hockey has announced its three all-league teams and one all-rookie team for the 2023-24 season. First Team All-ECAC Izzy Daniel, F, Cornell, Sr. Danielle Serdachny, F, Colgate, Gr. Sarah Fillier, F, Princeton, Sr. Nicole Gosling, D, Clarkson, Sr. Mae Batherson, D, St. Lawrence, Gr. Michelle Pasiechnyk, G, Clarkson, Sr. Second Team All-ECAC Julia Gosling, … Read more
An agreement has been finalized for a public-private partnership to build a new arena at Mohawk Harbor, the latest investment in ongoing revitalization efforts in Schenectady, N.Y. The rink will be the new home of the Union men’s and women’s college hockey teams. The 97,178-square foot area will be built at Mohawk Harbor. The site … Read more
Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) recap the first weekend of the postseason in some of the conferences and the final weekend of the regular season in others, including an entertaining split between the nation’s top two teams. Ohio State captain Jenn Gardiner joins to talk about the Buckeyes’ season and her five years … Read more
(1) Ohio State at (2) Wisconsin The top two teams in the country did not disappoint as they split their weekend series, both coming from behind to overcome a slow start and take down their opponent. Read my full game recap of Ohio State’s 3-1 on Friday and my full recap of Wisconsin’s 4-2 win … Read more
All conference brackets are set. CHA Tournament Schedule All games streamed on FloHockey.tv. All times Eastern. Semifinals Best-of-three. Third game only if necessary. Feb. 23-25 No. 4 RIT at No. 1 Penn State – Friday 2 p.m., Saturday 1 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. Penn State advances with 2-1, 4-0 wins. No. 3 Robert Morris at … Read more
Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) are joined by USA Hockey Director of Women’s National Team Programs to talk about selecting national teams, the future of Olympic centralization, the PWHL’s impact on international women’s hockey and more. Plus, we look back at the final weekend of the regular season in ECAC Hockey, the CHA … Read more
St. Thomas at (1) Ohio State This was a close game at the end of the first period, Jennifer Gardiner scored early for Ohio State and St. Thomas’ Maria Cooper evened things up to make it 1-1. Then the Buckeyes broke out with seven goals in the second frame. Makenna Webster, Jordan Baxter, Hannah Bilka, … Read more
The DI women’s regular season winds down over the next two weeks and conference playoffs are on deck. There is almost no uniformity to the postseason, as each women’s college hockey conference tournament uses a different format. Here’s a short primer on what each league’s championship looks like and the dates for the 2024 tournaments. … Read more
USCHO’s Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) look back at some key results for players who might be in the mix for the Patty Kazmaier Award and examine the impact of the absence of Colgate’s Kalty Kaltounková. This week’s episode also includes talk about the future of Olympic centralization in the PWHL era and … Read more
Colgate senior forward Kristýna “Kalty” Kaltounková received a two-game suspension from ECAC Hockey that was served during the Raiders’ games on Feb. 2 and 3. Kaltounková also did not dress for Colgate’s games on Feb. 8 and 9. Per Quinn Schmidt, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications at Colgate, Kaltounková “served a two-game suspension issued by … Read more
(1) Ohio State at Minnesota State In the first game, the Buckeyes came out strong, scoring three times in the first on goals from Jocelyn Amos, Jenna Buglioni and Cayla Barnes. The Mavericks pushed back in the second and third, outshooting OSU 8-5 in the final frame, but could not get a puck past Raygan … Read more
Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) recap a weekend heavy in overtime games around NCAA women’s hockey. St. Lawrence forward Julia Gosling joins Nicole to talk about a big weekend for the Saints. And we look at the semifinalists for the Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award and take a glance at a … Read more