Tom Mutch, an assistant coach with the gold medal winning 1998 U.S. Women’s Olympic hockey team, was named the new head coach of the Boston College women’s team. Mutch leaves his post as men’s assistant coach at his alma mater, Northeastern, to take the reins of the Eagles. He succeeds Tom Babson, who retired as … Read more
Boston College women’s coach Tom Babson has retired, ending his four year run at the helm of the Eagles. Babson directed BC to a 12-17-3 record in 2002-03, the most Division I wins in the history of the program. The Eagles were an inaugural member of Hockey East this past season. “We are very grateful … Read more
Old and New This is the inaugural season for women’s Hockey East, and with a 13-1-1 conference record, Providence became the first regular season champion for the new league. The Friars will try to repeat the feat, attempting to become the first Hockey East postseason champion with two wins this weekend. Even though the league … Read more
Jim Connelly studies the coach behind Providence, the Hockey East regular season and postseason champs.
While Providence claims the inaugural Hockey East regular-season title, the Friars probably won’t get a chance to shine on the national stage. Also: playoff berths are still up for grabs. David De Remer weighs in.
Providence and New Hampshire have headed up Hockey East in its inaugural season. Now the two teams will look to decide the regular-season title — and fight for NCAA qualification — this weekend.
Boston College makes history at the Beanpot — and looks for more — while Northeastern is just looking for a win right now. David De Remer reports.
New Hampshire and Providence square off for Hockey East supremacy; the Patty Kazmaier Award finalists are around the corner; and David De Remer mulls the start of the Beanpot.
In 1996, she won Minnesota’s first Ms. Hockey. It’s been a strange ride since, but Winny Brodt has earned many plaudits along the way.
New Hampshire may not have the Olympic stars, but right now the Wildcats have a tenuous hold on the fourth spot in the Pairwise Rankings. Women’s correspondent Dave De Remer writes about what UNH needs to do to stay there and more in this week’s Hockey East report.
Former Northeastern captain Pam Pachal says she the expects the results of a week-and-a-half long investigation by the Northeastern athletic department over concerns about coach Joy Woog to be released later this week, though Woog says she herself knows nothing about it. Pachal and senior classmate Michelle Lorion were both cut from the team by … Read more
For New Hampshire, it’s been a tale of two seasons: winless against the elite of women’s college hockey, the Wildcats are perfect vs. everyone else. David De Remer reports on UNH’s weekend clash with Minnesota, and more.
No. 7 Providence wins, but not the easy way, starting slow, but finishing games strong. Northeastern guns for an upset over No. 1 Harvard. USCHO.com Women’s Correspondent reports on the Hockey East
Providence coach Bob Deraney doesn’t want to look at 2002-03 as a whole new season but rather a continuation of the last one. And who can blame him? Providence closed out last season with a run through the ECAC East tournament that included an upset of eventual Frozen Four participant Niagara, followed by a 1-0 … Read more
Eighteen years after the men’s teams did the same, Hockey East breaks out on its own this season, and ‘parity’ is the buzzword.
Fourteen sophomores and five freshmen make up the bulk of Connecticut’s ever-developing women’s hockey program. There are two juniors as well, and naturally, with no seniors, they’re both captains. Such are the circumstances Heather Linstad faces in her third year as UConn head coach, her second with a full recruiting class. “I wouldn’t have taken … Read more
Of the six coaches in Hockey East, five of them have been with their programs for at least two years. The only new guy in town is New Hampshire’s Brian McCloskey, who steps over from the associate men’s coach position to become just the third coach in the 25-year history of the women’s program. McCloskey … Read more
Boston College may have won just nine games last season, but those nine were the best output in the young program’s history. Now coach Tom Babson is expecting to make it to the next level. The goal of reaching the Hockey East playoffs by finishing in the league’s top four, he feels, is within reach. … Read more
Northeastern coach Joy Woog’s master plan for the inaugural Hockey East season is to emulate the growth of a successful team from the 2001-02 ECAC East season. No, it’s not last year’s Huskies, who started the year with 10 straight wins and finished 27-7-1. Rather, Woog wants to be like last year’s Providence team — … Read more
Just three years ago, Maine was a six-win team. Today, the Black Bears are coming off back-to-back above-.500 campaigns, and coach Rick Filighera thinks his program can compete with anyone this year. “All of sudden, we show up a rink, we can win that game now, but we can also lose that game,” he said, … Read more