(1) Ohio State at Minnesota State The Mavericks took an early lead thanks to Kelsey King’s snipe three minutes into the game. Ohio State tied the game midway through the first on a goal by Gabby Rosenthal. Jennifer Gardiner put OSU up less than two minutes into the second and that score held to give … Read more
Northeastern were the coaches preseason pick to win their fifth straight Hockey East regular season title, but the path there isn’t as assured as it has been for the Huskies the past few seasons. The gap between them and other teams is smaller than normal and there’s a chance for someone to really step up, … Read more
(3) Wisconsin at (14) Penn State The first game of the season was an upset as Penn State earned its first victory over a top-5 ranked team in program history. The Badgers’ Casey O’Brien scored six minutes into the game with a short-handed shot that slid under Nittany Lion goalie Josie Bothun. But the game … Read more
Former Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna has been named the recipient of the 2022 Joe Concannon Award, announced Tuesday at the league’s media day held at TD Garden. The prestigious honor, named in 2001 in memory of beloved Boston Globe sportswriter Joe Concannon, is presented an individual who has demonstrated an outstanding body of work … Read more
Hockey East announced Tuesday the results of its women’s preseason coaches poll. Northeastern took the top spot with nine first-place votes, while Vermont picked up the other vote for the top spot. 1. Northeastern – 90 (9) 2. Vermont – 79 (1) 3. Boston College – 76 4. Providence – 61 5. Boston University – … Read more
The city of Boston, Hockey East and Fenway Sports Management announced Monday the return of outdoor college hockey at Fenway Park with Frozen Fenway 2023. The event will feature a women’s college matchup between Boston University and Holy Cross and a second to-be-announced contest, as well as two men’s college games featuring Northeastern vs. UConn … Read more
Brown has announced the addition of Beth Hanrahan as an assistant coach for the women’s hockey team for the upcoming 2022-23 season. A graduate of Providence, Hanrahan returns to Rhode Island after most recently serving as an assistant coach at Mercyhurst the last four seasons. She previously served as an assistant at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School … Read more
Molly Engstrom has been named the seventh head coach of the Maine women’s hockey team. Engstrom was the assistant coach at St. Cloud State from 2018 to 2022. “We are thrilled to have Molly Engstrom join us in Orono,” Maine director of athletics Ken Ralph said in a statement. “She possesses the strong playing and … Read more
According to the Bangor Daily News, Maine women’s hockey coach Richard Reichenbach and assistant coach Sara Reichenbach have resigned. Richard joined the program as an assistant coach in the 2011-12 season and became the head coach two seasons later. Sara has been with the Black Bears for 12 seasons. As of Monday morning, no announcement … Read more
After leading the U.S. Under-18 Women’s National Team to an unprecedented 14th straight medal at the IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship in 2022, Katie Lachapelle (Holy Cross) will return as head coach to guide the squad at the 2023 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship. Joining Lachapelle as assistant coaches will be Liz Keady Norton (Dartmouth) … Read more
Patrick Kraft, the current director of athletics at Boston College, has been named Penn State’s next vice president for intercollegiate athletics/director of athletics by president-elect Neeli Bendapudi. Kraft, who will succeed Sandy Barbour after she announced she will retire this summer after serving in the role since 2014, will assume the role on July 1. … Read more
The agreement places every men’s and women’s game on the ESPN platform, most of which will be broadcast on ESPN+.
Sixteen different programs are represented on the All-USCHO Women’s Division I teams this year. Northeastern and Wisconsin lead the way, each placing three players on our lists. Ohio State, Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth and Yale each had two players honored. First Team F: Gabbie Hughes, Sr – Minnesota Duluth F: Taylor Heise, Sr – Minnesota F: … Read more
University Park, Pa — Noami Rogge’s wrister with fewer than two minutes to go in the second overtime sent Minnesota Duluth to their first national title game since 2010 and their seventh in program history. McKenzie Hewett put pressure on Maddie Mills in the neutral zone as Mills tried to break out. Élizabeth Giguère picked up … Read more
Regional semifinal Quinnipiac vs. Syracuse The Bobcats earned their first NCAA tournament win in program history with a 4-0 defeat of Syracuse on Thursday. The two teams played a close battle for the first half of the game, but Quinnipiac began to pull away in the second. Taylor House opened the scoring, finding the back … Read more
The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association announced Wednesday the three finalists for the Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year award in Northeastern’s Aerin Frankel, St. Lawrence’s Lucy Morgan, and Quinnipiac’s Corinne Schroeder. Frankel and Schroeder are fifth-year students while Morgan is a junior. Schroeder and Frankel are still playing as Quinnipiac takes on Syracuse on Wednesday … Read more
Arlan: Hey Nicole! I hope you survived the weather over the weekend, including the rain, thunderstorms, ice, and snow that hit the Twin Cities during the WCHA Final Faceoff. Better that than the fatal tornados that hit Iowa, I guess. Anyway, there’s plenty to discuss. Let’s start with a mention of the final NEWHA Championship … Read more
ECAC Tournament Princeton vs. Yale Yale advanced to their first-ever ECAC championship game with a 3-1 win on Friday. Mia Coene scored right away in the first to put Princeton on the board first. It took more than a period for the Bulldogs to respond. When they did, it was a redirection from Emma Seitz … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the women’s players of the month for Feb. 2022. Minnesota’s Taylor Heise and Northeastern’s Maureen Murphy share player of the month honors, while Saint Anselm’s Tyra Turner is rookie of the month and Quinnipiac netminder Corinne Schroeder has been named goalie of the month. Heise continued her torrid pace … Read more
The NCAA Selection Show is at 9 pm eastern on ESPNews. Before then, we have to find out who receives the conference auto-bids and how the Pairwise will shake out. The CHA already completed their tournament last weekend. Syracuse took the title and is waiting to find out where they’ll play. The NEWHA tournament finishes … Read more