For the first time in three years, the lineup of teams in College Hockey America looks exactly the same as it did the year before. How long that will last remains to be seen, but at least for now, the rumors all involve teams joining the CHA, not leaving it. “For the women’s game, … Read more
Last year’s CHA tournament champion and NCAA tournament participant, Mercyhurst, collected five of six first-place votes to sit atop the league’s preseason coaches’ poll that was announced Thursday. Mercyhurst garnered 25 total points, with Robert Morris getting the other first-place nod and finishing third. 2013 CHA PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL
The CHA announced Monday that Richard Murray, a 2012 Massachusetts graduate, will serve as the media relations intern for the 2013-14 season.
Minnesota placed four skaters on the All-USCHO D-I Women’s teams, while Boston College placed three.
With 34 programs competing in Division I conferences this season, opportunities for young women to play college hockey at that level are at an all-time high. A typical roster has more than 20 student athletes, so that means over 700 players were competing at D-I. While that seems like a decent number, the slots available … Read more
Over the years, many talented players have skated for the Mercyhurst Lakers, particularly at the forward spot. Teresa Marchese, Samantha Shirley, Julia Colizza, Stefanie Bourbeau, Valerie Chouinard, Meghan Agosta, Vicki Bendus, Jesse Scanzano, Bailey Bram, Kelly Steadman — the list goes on. Of that group, only three were able to reach 100 points by the … Read more
In college hockey, we are accustomed to some amount of roster turnover each season. Over the past couple of seasons, the CHA has taken that flux to a new level as teams, not just players, are coming and going. The Niagara Purple Eagles followed the path of the Wayne State Warriors a season before and … Read more
Mercyhurst has locked up both its men’s coach Rick Gotkin and women’s coach Mike Sisti through the 2015-16 season as each signed contract extensions Tuesday with the Lakers. Gotkin, who will be entering his 25th season as the head coach at Mercyhurst in 2012-13, has a career record of 434-306-60 (434 wins are 28th all-time) … Read more
In an announcement made Wednesday by the school, Mercyhurst College will now be known as Mercyhurst University. The change is considered the biggest one impacting the institution since going co-ed in 1969. “Over the last couple of years, we have been talking about a birth at Mercyhurst College, the birth of a diverse and vibrant … Read more
Reading into the ECAC games during the Four Nations Cup, possible D-III teams going D-I, and whether Bemidji is as good as their current place in the standings indicates.
Cornell is off to a fast start, Hockey East is still in transition, and Wisconsin looks in good position to repeat as champions. Candace Horgan and Arlan Marttila discuss in this week’s edition of Wednesday Women.
Previews and conference picks for the Women’s D-I 2011-2012 season by new USCHO Women’s Columnist Arlan Marttila.
Delaney Collins has been hired as an assistant coach for the Mercyhurst women’s team and will take over the spot vacated by Louis Goulet, who was promoted to associate head coach last month. “I am very excited about the prospect of coaching the Lakers and I look forward to sharing my experiences with Team Canada … Read more
Former New Hampshire All-American and Patty Kazmaier finalist Kelly Paton has been hired as a volunteer assistant coach for the Mercyhurst women. “We are excited to add Kelly to our staff,” Mercyhurst head coach Michael Sisti said in a press release. “Kelly has great enthusiasm to join our program and will be able to work … Read more
Robert Morris has hired Mercyhurst associate head coach Paul Colontino as the Colonials’ new head women’s coach. Colontino replaces Nate Handrahan, who left for the same job at Ohio State earlier this offseason. Colontino, who has coached at Mercyhurst since 2006, has over a decade of women’s hockey coaching experience at the Division I level. … Read more
Wisconsin’s Meghan Duggan won the 2011 Patty Kazmaier award, becoming the third Badger in recent years to claim the trophy.
The hardest job in hockey? Seems it might be a seat on the Kazmaier selection committee. Each year, the task of anointing just one woman as the best player in women’s hockey seems to get more daunting, with no slam dunk Patty Kazmaier Award winner to merely hand the honor to. That said, we do … Read more
The senior has the scoring records, but a Patty Kazmaier Award and a national title have eluded her. Jason Karnosky reports.
Wisconsin remained atop the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll on Monday after sweeping No. 10 Ohio State over the weekend. Cornell remained at No. 2 after opening its season with two wins against Robert Morris. Little changed from the previous week. Minnesota-Duluth and Mercyhurst switched places, with the Bulldogs climbing to No. 3, and Boston … Read more
Erin Cody can be glad she wasn’t born any time before 1988.You can bet her Bemidji State teammates are thankful for that, too. After all, she would have missed playing her senior season in the gleaming new Bemidji Regional Events Center. And they would have missed her contribution to what proved to be a most … Read more