Wednesday Women: Closing in on the postseason
Candace and Arlan discuss the return of Amanda Kessel, the outstanding play of Ann-Renée Desbiens, the playoff pictures in each conference, and the stretch runs.
Women’s D-I: Harvard
Giving prose a break
Late in the season, teams get a little stale. Writers do too. In my case, I was probably stale long before the Ivies got started, but enough about me. Teams have three weeks left in the seasons of a handful, a month for most, and for a lucky quartet, seven more weeks. For just a … Read more
Wednesday Women: Surprises and status quo
Candace and Arlan discuss Minnesota State’s tie with North Dakota, what the Mercyhurst-Syracuse split means in the CHA, Plattsburgh’s perfect season, the chaos in the ECAC and bottom half of Hockey East, and the Beanpot results.
Wednesday Women: The haves and the in-betweens
Candace and Arlan look at teams like North Dakot and Bemidji State, which sit just on the cusp, ponder whether Princeton and Northeastern can maintain winning streaks, and consider which teams have surprised positively and which have surprised negatively.
Wednesday Women: Close calls for the favorites
Candace and Arlan discuss Minnesota’s tough series with Minnesota State, North Dakota’s sweep of Minnesota-Duluth, the CHA, ECAC, and Hockey East races, and prognosticate on likely Patty Kazmaier Award nominees.
Wednesday Women: Returns
After two weeks of the second half, Candace and Arlan ponder all the standings races, whether BC showed vulnerability in its win over BU, and what the possible return of Amanda Kessel could mean to Minnesota’s fortunes.
Ruggiero inducted into U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame
Former Harvard Crimson and Team USA star Angela Ruggiero became just the fourth woman inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.
Wednesday Women: Chasing perfection
As the first half of the season closes, two teams have perfect records, the ECAC is in turmoil, Boston University struggles, and Mercyhurst remains the top boss in the CHA. Candace and Arlan discuss Wisconsin’s sweep of Minnesota, the teams chasing Quinnipiac, and wonder about whether a squad can achieve what Minnesota did a few years ago: a perfect record.
Harvard works for a different end to its season
Mother used to always say, “It’s better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.” The hockey equivalent would be that it’s better to get to the championship and lose than never to play for a championship at all. If that’s true, then Harvard would know better than anyone. To be … Read more
Wednesday Women: First-half finales
As the first half approaches its final two weeks, Candace and Arlan ponder what they learned from last weekend and what it might mean when Minnesota and Wisconsin square off the first time and Mercyhurst faces Robert Morris, and discuss the overall state of parity in the game.
Wednesday Women: wheat from the chaff
Candace and Arlan ponder Quinnipiac’s successful North Country trip, the upside down ECAC, what St. Cloud’s sweep of Ohio State might mean, the first round of BC-Northeastern, and what is going on in the CHA and its long-term outlook.
Wednesday Women: Lessons learned
Candace and Arlan talk about the lessons learned from Minnesota’s sweep of Bemidji State and Ohio State’s win over North Dakota, preview the first clash of Alex Carpenter and Kendall Coyne, look at home ice candidates in the ECAC, what Penn State’s series win over Robert Morris does to the CHA, and the use of four-on-four OT in Hockey East.
Wednesday Women: Second tier
Candace and Arlan look at RPI’s upset of Clarkson, the too-hard-to-call CHA and ECAC, the results of Boston College and Boston University, what Bemidji’s win over Ohio State does for the Beavers, and what players are standing out that might not normally get accolades.
Wednesday Women: Inside tracks
Candace and Arlan ponder whether new top 10 team Princeton can return to the NCAA tournament, what North Dakota’s win over Minnesota means, Wisconsin’s defense, whether anyone in Hockey East can push Boston College and Northeastern, and the Four Nations Cup.
Wednesday Women: Searching for Answers
Traditional powers like Mercyhurst and Boston University are struggling after one month, Cornell and Harvard are winless after one weekend CHA teams are heading toward mediocrity, several squads are trying to figure out their goaltending, and the second tier of the WCHA is in a battle. Candace and Arlan look at teams searching for answers.
Wednesday Women: Early-season read
After a few weeks of play, Candace and Arlan take a look at which teams are looking good and which have some work to do in their first Wednesday Women of the year.
NCAA runner-up Harvard back in the hunt
Harvard Crimson USCHO prediction: Second Coaches’ prediction: First Last season: First (tie) (27-6-3, 16-4-2 ECAC) The names Harvard is the choice of the league’s coaches to emerge on top of the standings come season’s end. “I certainly appreciate the good wishes from our league coaches, but we have a lot of work to do,” coach … Read more
Clarkson to edge Harvard in ECAC
Expect powerhouse squads Clarkson and Harvard to battle for the ECAC crown once again, with Quinnipiac and Cornell fighting but falling short.
Ready or not, the 2015-2016 season is here
The first weekend of play brings excitement and uncertainty for the coaches and teams. Arlan Marttila takes a look.
Harvard named team to beat in ECAC Hockey women’s preseason poll
Fresh off a trip from last season’s national championship game, Harvard has been selected the team to beat in the 2015-16 regular season, according to voting by the ECAC Hockey women’s coaches as part of the preseason poll. Harvard received eight first-place votes and marks the second time since 2008 the Crimson has been tabbed … Read more