Holy Cross announced Tuesday that it would join Hockey East for the 2018-19 season, the culmination of a process that started a year ago. Next season, the Crusaders will play a mixed schedule that will include teams from Hockey East, the ECAC, and the CHA. There is some speculation as well about whether the men’s team will follow.
The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association announced Tuesday the creation of the Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association National Monthly Awards, to be given to the nation’s top collegiate women’s hockey player and rookie each month of the season beginning in the 2017 calendar year. The inaugural award winners, deemed to be the top player and best rookie … Read more
The New York Riveters selected Boston College forward and 2015 Patty Kazmaier Award winner Alex Carpenter with the first overall pick in Saturday’s inaugural NWHL draft, kickstarting the new league that is set to begin Oct. 17, 2015. All players who have completed their junior seasons were eligible for selection in the draft and all … Read more
Minnesota gained all 15 first-place votes this week to reclaim the top spot in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Wisconsin, which sat No. 1 in the Oct. 13 poll, falls back to No. 2 this week. Boston College vaults to No. 3 this week, swapping places with Harvard. Cornell stays fifth, as does Boston … Read more
USA Hockey announced Monday the 25-player roster for the U.S. Women’s National Team that will play at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The team is made up of 13 forwards, nine defensemen and three goaltenders – all but 16-year-old defenseman Jincy Dunne have either played college hockey, are currently in college or … Read more
This week, Arlan and Candace look at the programs that keep going up and down, and whether they can find consistency in the second half of the season.
A more positive thinker in college hockey than Sacred Heart coach Tom O’Malley, you’re just not gonna find. Rain pours in through a leaky roof, and he’s likely to collect the drips to water the office plants. That wellspring of optimism has carried him well through his coaching career, which is a darned good thing. … Read more
There is not much change in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll as the top five teams remain the same as last week, with Wisconsin on top having garnered all 15 first place votes. Cornell, Minnesota-Duluth, Mercyhurst and Boston University round out the top five in that order. Minnesota, up a notch to No. … Read more
Not much change in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll as Wisconsin is still perched atop the poll and the next five spots remain the same as last week. At the bottom, Minnesota jumps from No. 8 to No. 7, North Dakota flip-flops with Minnesota and Ohio State stays in the ninth spot. Harvard … Read more
Wisconsin is the new No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll released today. The Badgers take over the top spot from Mercyhurst, which falls to No. 3. Cornell stays in the second spot, while Minnesota-Duluth comes in at No. 4 and Boston University rounds out the top five. The top four teams … Read more