After four years on the ice with the Mercyhurst women’s hockey team and four behind the bench, assistant coach Kelley Steadman is leaving the Lakers. Steadman oversaw the defense this past season, and the Lakers allowed just 2.06 goals per game while holding opponents to just 27.5 shots a game. Mercyhurst also posted three shutouts … Read more
Connecticut upset Boston College in the Hockey East Tournament and Wisconsin stumbled against UMD but rallied to capture the WCHA regular season crown.
College Hockey America announced Wednesday that the 2021 CHA tournament will be held from March 4-6, 2021 in Erie, Pa., at Erie Insurance Arena.
Bemidji State split with Minnesota Duluth and Clarkson split with Quinnipiac while Wisconsin, Ohio State, Northeastern, Colgate and Penn State all swept.
Arlan and Nicole try to figure out which of the top four teams has what it takes to go the distance and talk about Clarkson, Maine, Vermont and Penn State along the way.
(4) Ohio State at (1) Wisconsin In game one, Paeytn Levis opened the scoring early in the second to put Ohio State up 1-0. Wisconsin responded midway through the third on a pretty passing play from Brette Pettet to Sophie Shirley to Daryl Watts to tie it up. Nicole LaMantia took the puck in on … Read more
A quick breakdown of where each team stands heading into the final two months of the season.
College Hockey America, in a joint effort between the league office, directors, and coaches, announced Monday that the conference has finalized a second-half schedule that brings the league’s six members right up to the start of the 2021 CHA tournament.
Nicole Haase and Arlan Marttila are back to talk all things Division I women’s hockey.
(10) Boston College defeated (2) Northeastern on Sunday
There was only been one NCAA Division I women’s hockey head coach to reach 500 career wins, until yesterday. Mercyhurst coach Michael Sisti, now in his 22nd season with the Lakers, joined Wisconsin’s Mark Johnson as the only two coaches in women’s D-I to reach 500 wins. Sisti is also only the 30th coach in … Read more
Due to COVID-19 protocol, the Rochester Institute of Technology women’s hockey games with Mercyhurst scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday (Dec. 5-6) have been postponed. Makeup dates and times are to be announced. RIT remains slated to face Mercyhurst in a home-and-home doubleheader next week. The Tigers are scheduled to host the Lakers next Thursday … Read more
College Hockey America announced Monday that the six members will complete a first-half schedule of at least four league games, to be completed over the next three weekends. Following RIT’s announcement that the Tigers were reinstating their hockey programs, the league and its members pulled together to build a first-half schedule that included all six … Read more
In the before times, the best case scenario for season previews was to give somewhat educated guesses. Those guesses came from watching teams last season, watching many of the incoming freshmen in U-18 World Championships and looking at how teams’ schedules might benefit or hurt them. Most of that isn’t available to us this year. … Read more
Arlan and Nicole dissect the conference tournaments and look ahead to the NCAA quarterfinal pairings.
Overtime periods in the quarterfinals could affect the play of a number of teams in this week’s women’s DI semifinals.
Nicole and Arlan discuss conference quarterfinal results, what could happen in the conference tournaments and the Patty Kaz top-3.
CHA Robert Morris at Syracuse Kyleigh Hanzlik and Michaela Boyle scored to give Robert Morris a 2-0 win on Friday. On Saturday, Lexi Templeman had the Colonials up 1-0 after the first period. In the second, Madison Beishuizen scored a short-handed goal and Abby Moloughney added an even strength tally to put Syracuse up 2-1 … Read more
Mercyhurst has a one-point lead on Robert Morris as the CHA enters its final week of regular season play. Meanwhile, post-season tournaments kick off for the ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA.
Nicole and Arlan breakdown the first round of ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA conference tournaments and talk about who might be named a Patty Kazmaier finalist.