Maine hires Gettens for coaching job

Alex Gettens has been chosen as the new women’s head coach at Maine, the school announced earlier this week. A former Maine assistant, Gettens returns to Orono with more than a decade of coaching experience, most recently serving as an assistant coach at Colgate for the past two seasons where he helped guide the Raiders … Read more

Engstrom steps down at Maine to join PWHL Detroit

Maine women’s hockey coach Molly Engstrom has stepped down to accept an assistant coaching role with the PWHL expansion team Detroit, the school announced Friday. A national search for Engstrom will begin immediately, the school said. The PWHL Detroit team is scheduled to begin play this fall. “I would like to thank Molly for her … Read more

Women’s DI Hockey: 2025-26 All-USCHO Teams

Congratulations to all the players on their spectacular seasons! First Team F: Abbey Murphy – Minnesota F: Tessa Janecke – Penn State F: Lacey Eden – Wisconsin D: Caroline Harvey – Wisconsin D: Molly Boyle – Yale G: Ève Gascon – Minnesota Duluth Second Team F: Kirsten Simms – Wisconsin F: Hilda Svensson – Ohio … Read more

The PodKaz: Wisconsin doubles up, Frozen Four sets record and the season’s final thoughts

The final weekly edition of the PodKaz for the 2025-26 season has hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com reflecting on the Frozen Four. Wisconsin took home its second straight NCAA championship by beating Ohio State 3-2 in Sunday’s championship game. Is having the Badgers and the Buckeyes play for the title four years … Read more

Frozen Four: (1) Ohio State advances to fifth straight national championship game with 5-0 win over (5) Northeastern

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Ohio State Buckeyes took control in the first period of Friday’s national semifinal matchup with Northeastern and skated away with a decisive 5-0 win. The teams felt each other out over the first 10 minutes, but on a zone entry Northeastern got caught watching the puck carrier and lost sight … Read more

The PodKaz: 11 teams left, 10 games to go: Looking ahead to the NCAA women’s hockey tournament

On the PodKaz from USCHO.com for March 10, 2026, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski are wrapped up in the NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament that starts Thursday and how we got there. First, a look back at the five conference championship games. Penn State, Quinnipiac, UConn, Franklin Pierce and Ohio State came away … Read more

Ten finalists named for 2026 Patty Kazmaier Award as top player in NCAA Division I women’s college hockey

The 10 finalists for the 2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award were announced Thursday by the USA Hockey Foundation. The honor, which was first presented in 1998, is awarded annually to the top play in NCAA Division I women’s hockey by the foundation. The finalists, in alphabetical order, are as follows: Tia Chan, Goaltender, Graduate Student, … Read more

The PodKaz: Previewing the 5 days of NCAA women’s hockey conference championship week

On the March 3, 2026, edition of the PodKaz, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com dig into the five days of play ahead leading to conference playoff championships. First, however, we take a look back at how we got here. There were only two teams advancing via upsets last week: Minnesota State over … Read more

Women’s Hockey Weekend Wrap – March 2, 2026

Bemidji State at (1) Wisconsin KK Harvey had three assists and Adéla Šapovalivová scored twice to lead the Badgers to a 7-0 win in the first game of the best of three series for the opening round of the WCHA playoffs. Laney Potter, Cassie Hall, Kirsten Simms, Maggie Scannell and Laila Edwards also scored in … Read more

Women’s 2026 DI conference tournament central

All conference brackets are set. Each conference uses a different format and many switch formats between rounds.  Ranking numbers listed are tournament seeds, not national poll positions. The NCAA Tournament selection show is scheduled for March 8 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern on ESPNU AHA Tournament Schedule All times Eastern. First Round Single-elimination Feb. 19 at … Read more

MONDAY 10: College hockey is golden

Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1) Golden moment for college hockey USA’s 2-1 overtime victory over Canada in Sunday’s Olympic gold medal game offered one of the greatest capstone moments for the NCAA and its ability to cross borders. Most publicly, the … Read more