Thanks to the pandemic, this is a particularly interesting year in the ECAC thanks to the presence of the Ivies, who basically have a double senior class. A number of schools graduated players who rewrote their program’s record books. Maybe more than any other conference, ECAC teams took to the portal to round out their … Read more
USCHO’s Nicole Haase (@nicolehaase) and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) are back to launch Season 2 of the PodKaz with a few quick items on all 44 teams before the 2024-25 season begins. Penn State, Colgate, UConn, Long Island and Ohio State are looking to defend conference regular-season championships, and the Buckeyes are going for their third … Read more
ECAC Hockey has announced the results of the preseason women’s hockey poll and preseason all-league selections. ECAC Hockey Women’s Preseason Poll 1. Clarkson – 113 points (6 first-place votes) 2. Colgate – 109 points (6) 3. Cornell -103 points (2) 4. St. Lawrence – 92 points (1) 5. Quinnipiac – 82 points 6. Yale – … Read more
The Division I women’s hockey season is just around the corner. It was another busy offseason with a lot of movement through the transfer portal as well as coaching changes. Most every team in the country has experienced changes on their roster beyond graduation and incoming freshman classes. There are also a number of fifth … Read more
Dartmouth has announced the hiring of Maura Crowell as the head coach of the women’s hockey program. Crowell replaces Liz Keady Norton, who resigned after three seasons to return to Milton Academy. “A week ago, we launched a national search to find the best coach in the country to lead our program, and from the … Read more
ECAC Hockey has announced the recipients of the league’s major women’s individual award winners for the 2023-24 season. Awards were determined by a full nomination and voting process involving the league’s 12 head coaches. ECAC Hockey Forward and Player of the Year: Izzy Daniel, Cornell Daniel culminated 13 goals and 25 assists for an impressive … 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
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
(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
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
Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) are joined this week by Wisconsin leading scorer Kirsten Simms. Plus a look back at the final weekend of January, discussion of how to consider goalies who are part of a rotation for awards and a mention of the PairWise Rankings. Read more on last season’s changes to … Read more
(1) Ohio State at (10) St. Cloud State Cayla Barnes scored in the first minute of the game on Friday and Sloane Matthews and Jenna Buglioni each found the back of the net in the frame to give Ohio State a 3-0 lead after the first, leaving St. Cloud with a tough hill to climb. … Read more
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey hold the Women’s Beanpot trophy at TD Garden before the Championship Game. 10,633 fans witnessed the first-ever NCAA women’s hockey games played at TD Garden (Photo: Brian Babineau/Hockey East)
(10) St. Cloud State at (1) Ohio State SCSU went into Columbus and did what no other team has been able to accomplish this season – defeat Ohio State at home. It was the Huskies’ first win over OSU since 2017. The Buckeyes came out firing, outshooting St. Cloud 21-6 in the first (and 46-15 … Read more
Episode 4: A dominating week for the WCHA and more on officiating Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look back on results from Thanksgiving weekend, where Ohio State, Minnesota and Minnesota Duluth got impressive performances. Plus, hear part two of Nicole’s conversation with Krissy Langley, the NCAA national coordinator of women’s ice hockey officiating. And the … Read more
(6) St. Lawrence at (1) Ohio State The Ohio State Buckeyes made another statement this weekend as they absolutely shut down the number two team in the ECAC. The Saints were completely unable to get anything going as OSU outshot them 41-15 and 41-9 in the two games. On Friday, Makenna Webster and Jocelyn Amos … Read more
One of Boston’s most hallowed traditions, the Beanpot, returns to TD Garden this year with more prestige than ever – and with double the impact. The annual men’s college hockey tournament returns on the first two Mondays in February for the Dunkin’ Beanpot. And this year, for the first time ever, the women’s Dunkin’ Beanpot … Read more
(3) Colgate at Dartmouth Sydney Morrow scored her first career hat trick and 14 different Raiders registered a point as Colgate took an 8-1 win over Dartmouth. Kaitlyn O’Donohoe had a goal and two assists and Emma Pais had a goal and an assist in the win. Laura Fuoco ruined the shutout with a power … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (11) St. Cloud State The two teams fought back and forth to start the game and it was Svenja Voight who opened the scoring to put St. Cloud up 1-0 midway through the first. It seemed like that might be all the scoring for the first frame, but two late penalties gave … Read more