Rooney gives Bulldogs confidence
Minnesota Duluth sophomore goalie Maddie Rooney became the first player from the losing side to be named tournament MVP at Sunday’s WCHA Final Face-Off.
Women’s D-I: Minnesota Duluth
Desbiens, Mercer, Stalder chosen as 2017 Kazmaier Award finalists
Senior goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens (Wisconsin), senior forward Cayley Mercer (Clarkson), and senior forward Lara Stalder (Minnesota Duluth) have been named the top three finalists for the 2017 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The award will be presented at a brunch ceremony at the Foundry Arts Centre in St. Charles, Mo., on Saturday, March 18, as part … Read more
Wednesday Women: Finding Cinderella
Candace and Arlan review last week’s playoff results, try to figure out where upsets might happen this weekend, and also review the list of nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Award and who is likely to capture it.
Wednesday Women: Previewing the playoffs
No league had more questions to resolve heading into the final weekend of its schedule than ECAC Hockey, with uncertainty at the top, bottom, and in the middle.
Wednesday Women: Analyzing the races
With the conference champions all but decided, Candace and Arlan look at the races for home ice seeding in each conference, possible playoff matches, the races for points leaders in conferences, the announcement of the Patty Kazmaier Award initial list, and why certain programs are always near the top while others languish.
Minnesota Duluth’s Stalder, Princeton’s Neatby inaugural WHCA national players of the month
Minnesota Duluth senior forward Lara Stalder has been named the inaugural Women’s Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Division I Player of the Month, earning the historic honor for January 2017 after producing an NCAA-best 2.67 points-per-game and a plus-16 rating. Princeton freshman goaltender Steph Neatby, who led the Tigers to a 5-0-1 record last month, which … Read more
Wisconsin looks to play highest level as playoffs loom
The Wisconsin Badgers have been the no. 1 program in the country every week of this season. They head into the final two weekends facing No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth and No. 4 Minnesota, the only two teams to beat them this season. Though it’s a daunting path to the postseason, Wisconsin coach Mark Johnson likes that … Read more
Wednesday Women: The home stretch
Candace and Nicole look at the surprising results from the ECAC over the weekend, the Beanpot final and consolation games, analyze the races in the WCHA and Hockey East, the importance of goal differential, and discuss possible Patty Kazmaier candidates.
Wednesday Women: Picking the favorites and the underdogs
Arlan and Nicole look at the separation at the top, why some middle-tier teams like North Dakota, Cornell, and Boston University can beat top teams while losing to lesser ones, and look at where some likely upsets might come in the conference tournaments.
Wednesday Women: Looking to the postseason
Candace and Nicole look at some of last weekend’s surprising results and whether that changes a possible NCAA tournament field, the likely finishing order of teams in all the conferences, and preview next week’s Beanpot tournament.
Wednesday Women: Moving toward success
Candace and Arlan look at Wisconsin’s Fill the Bowl success, Minnesota-Duluth’s first sweep of Minnesota since 2010, some other puzzling results, like Northeastern getting swept by Maine, what shuffling might occur in the standings, and early favorites for the Patty Kazmaier Award.
Wednesday Women: Finding confidence
Arlan and Nicole look at teams that had a hit to their confidence, like St. Lawrence and Colgate, and teams that may have gained some confidence from their surprise results, such as Mercyhurst, Providence, and St. Cloud State, as well as some of the favorites and what will happen in the PairWise in the second half.
Santa’s wish list for women’s D-I
It’s the midway point of the season, and all but a few teams are done with their schedule until after the new year. As the students prepare for finals and we all head into the holidays, I’ve prepared a letter to Santa to let him know what I wish for each of the Division I … Read more
Wednesday Women: Who’s hot, and who might get hot?
Candace and Arlan look at what the surprising results for the Minnesota teams last weekend mean, who might emerge from the mid-tier in each conference, and how the current favorites look to fare in the second half and whether they can qualify for the NCAA tournament.
Wednesday Women: Juggles among the top teams
Candace and Nicole discuss the surprising ties and losses for a couple of top teams last week, look at a bottom third teams and their series, and examine the top two teams in each conference ahead of a weekend that sees battles in three conferences between the top two squads.
Wednesday Women: Considering chaos
Candace and Arlan ponder Minnesota-Duluth’s win over Wisconsin, the state of Hockey East and the favorites in that conference, Harvard’s struggles. St. Lawrence’s success, and whether Mercyhurst can make a run in the CHA in the second half.
Wednesday Women: New records
Candace and Nicole take a look at Ann-Renee Desbiens setting a new shutout record, the strengths of Wisconsin and Minnesota, what the Boston College-Boston University split portends in Hockey East, St. Lawrence’s continued early success, and the parity in the CHA.
Wednesday Women: Moving on up
Candace and Arlan look at Holy Cross moving up and compare the Crusaders to previous teams that have moved up to D-I, try to make sense of the many contenders in the ECAC, look at whether Boston College is the favorite in Hockey East, ponder whether North Dakota or Minnesota-Duluth has an edge in the at-large bid battle, and also debate the strengths and weaknesses of teams in the CHA.
Wednesday Women: Rating the early season
Arlan Marttila returns to discuss the early-season records with Nicole Haase, as well as the jumbled state of the ever-competitive WCHA and the early Patty Kazmaier Award favorites.
Wednesday Women: The more things change …
Candace returns to Wednesday Women, and she and Nicole look at last week’s tough wins by Wisconsin and Minnesota, Maine’s upset of BC, the races in the CHA and ECAC, and what players have impressed them so far in this young season.