NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Wednesday Women – Stumbles, Stories and Shooting

Arlan: It’s an eventful time in the world of women’s hockey. In NCAA Division-I, we’re seeing a higher frequency of games, both with the Beanpot and teams trying to make up games that were postponed due to Covid protocols. At the same time, pool play for the women’s hockey tournament of the Beijing Olympics was … Read more

Minnesota Duluth’s Hughes, Union’s Matsoukas, Minnesota State’s Frank, Penn State’s Bothun collect December HCA national women’s college hockey honors

The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its women’s college hockey national players of the month for December. Minnesota Duluth’s Gabbie Hughes is the player of the month, followed by Union’s Sophie Matsoukas as the national rookie of the month and Minnesota State’s Calla Frank and Penn State’s Josie Bothun the top goaltenders. Hughes led the … Read more

WCHA cancels Minnesota Duluth-St. Cloud State women’s hockey series due to COVID-19 concerns with Bulldogs

The WCHA series between Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State scheduled for this weekend, Jan. 7-8, has been canceled. Due to COVID-19 concerns within the Minnesota Duluth program, the Bulldogs will no longer be traveling to St. Cloud, Minn., for the two-game series originally scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 7 and 1:30 p.m. … Read more

Flowers agrees to contract extension as WCHA commissioner through 2024-25 women’s college hockey season

The WCHA has agreed to a three-year contract extension with commissioner Jennifer Flowers that will keep Flowers with the league through the 2024-25 season. “I am grateful for the support of our membership. Leading this league is an opportunity that means so much to me,” said Flowers in a statement. “The foundation of this league … Read more

NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Collegians competing in IIHF’s 2022 Women’s Final Olympic Qualification tournament

This weekend, the final qualification tournaments for the 2022 Beijing Olympics are happening at sites around the world. A number of current Division I and Division III women’s hockey players are representing their countries at these tournaments. This is the first year the Olympic field will contain 10 women’s teams. The top six teams in … Read more

NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Wednesday Women with guest Gabriella Fundaro – Frozen Four wishes and broadcasting dreams

Nicole: Halloween may be over, but we’ve got a special treat this week as Gabriella Fundaro joins me as a Guest Contributor to Wednesday Women. Gabs writes about women’s college hockey at The Ice Garden and has been covering the sport for various outlets for 10 years.  Gabs and I both wrote this week about … Read more

NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey: Wednesday Women – Chaos, expansion and bad rules

Nicole: Welcome back for another women’s college hockey season! Arlan and I are back to volley questions back and forth and share some insight into what we’ve seen so far this season. It’s been an interesting start, to say the least. I definitely felt more lost than normal when I was compiling season previews this … Read more