Women’s D-I: Hockey East

Minnesota Duluth’s Wallin, Maine’s Lahtinen, Cornell’s Bergmann earn Hockey Commissioners Association women’s honors for Feb. 2025

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The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its women’s players of the month for February. Minnesota Duluth graduate forward Olivia Wallin is player of the month, while Maine freshman goalie Kiia Lahtinen is rookie of the month and Cornell sophomore netminder Annelies Bergmann is goaltender of the month. Wallin did it all in eight February games, … Read more

NCAA unveils 11-team bracket for 2025 National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament

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Wisconsin, defending champion Ohio State, Cornell and Minnesota earned hosting spots for the opening rounds of the 2025 NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament when the bracket was unveiled on Sunday. The NCAA committee had to make a small adjustment in the bracket based on needing to avoid an intra-conference matchup between Clarkson and St. … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 40 – OT drama in Hockey East leads into conference championship weekend

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We’ve reached the conference championship weekend in NCAA women’s hockey, with nine games left to play before league playoff champions are decided and the NCAA tournament bracket gets filled out. Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com start this week’s episode of the PodKaz with a look at Wednesday night’s action, including a double-overtime victory … Read more

Providence scorer Kirchmair chosen Hockey East women’s player of the year, UConn’s Murdoch top rookie, UConn’s MacKenzie best coach

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Hockey East announced Wednesday that Providence junior forward Reichen Kirchmair has been awarded the 2025 Cammi Granato Award as Hockey East player of the year as voted by the league’s head coaches. Alongside Kirchmair, UConn head coach Chris MacKenzie was named Hockey East coach of the year by his peers for the second consecutive season … Read more

Maine women’s hockey captain Morphy honored with Hockey East Night Shift Academic Champion award for 2024-25 season

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Hockey East announced Wednesday that Maine’s Elise Morphy has been honored as the 2024-25 Night Shift Academic Champion. The award was created in 2024 honoring outstanding accomplishments from one men’s and one women’s player both on the ice and in the classroom. In 2024, Hockey East and Night Shift Brewing partnered to highlight both the … Read more

Providence’s Kirchmair lone unanimous selection on 2024-25 women’s Hockey East all-star teams

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Hockey East has announced its 2024-25 women’s all-star teams as voted by the women’s league’s 10 head coaches. Providence junior forward Reichen Kirchmair was the lone player selected unanimously to the all-Hockey East first team. Joining Kirchmair on the first team are goaltender Tia Chan (UConn), defenders Tamara Giaquinto (Boston University) and Ava Rinker (UConn) … Read more

Hockey East announces 2024-25 women’s all-rookie team, highlighted by three unanimous selections, plus five individual awards

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Hockey East has announced the 2024-25 all-rookie team and five other season-long awards as voted by the women’s league’s 10 head coaches. The all-rookie team consists of seven players, including three unanimous selections in UConn forward Claire Murdoch and Northeastern defender Tuva Kandell and her teammate, goaltender Lisa Jönsson. The team is rounded out by … Read more

Five finalists announced for 2025 Hockey Humanitarian Award, including quartet of women’s hockey standouts

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The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announced the five finalists for the 2025 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” for leadership in community service. For the first time ever, four of the five finalists are female student-athletes. Keri Clougherty, Boston College (Sr., D, Lynn, Mass.) Throughout her four years at Boston College, … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 37 – First 2 conference champions crowned; final weekend for ECAC chase

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Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com dive into the races for conference titles on this week’s edition of the PodKaz. Penn State and Wisconsin wrapped up the Atlantic Hockey and WCHA championships, respectively, last week, and the ECAC Hockey title will be decided on the final weekend. UConn narrowed Boston University’s lead in Hockey … Read more

Minnesota’s Murphy, Northeastern’s Jönsson, Penn State’s DeSa, Cornell’s Bergmann collect Jan. 2025 monthly awards from Hockey Commissioners Association

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The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its women’s hockey monthly award winners for Jan. 2025. Player of the month is Minnesota senior forward Abbey Murphy, rookie of the month is Northeastern goalie Lisa Jönsson, and co-goaltenders of the month are Penn State junior Katie DeSa and Cornell sophomore Annelies Bergmann. Murphy had 18 points (8-10-18) … Read more

Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association announces nine semifinalists for 2025 Women’s Goalie of the Year Award

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The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced this year’s semifinalists for the Women’s Goalie of the Year Award. Nine goalies from four NCAA Division I conferences have advanced from a watch list of 33 outstanding netminders. Voting was conducted by a national panel of coaches, administrators and media members. Two of the semifinalists repeat from … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 36 – Changes atop league standings, teams ready to clinch, Michigan’s feasibility study

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Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com recap last week’s contentious series between Ohio State and Minnesota and look at the games that made a change at the top of ECAC Hockey. Boston University moved four points ahead of UConn atop the Hockey East standings with an overtime win over Northeastern on Tuesday, and the … Read more