Women’s D-I: Minnesota Duluth

Wisconsin, Ohio State tie atop WCHA preseason coaches poll, Badgers’ Harvey tabbed preseason player of year

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Defending national champion Wisconsin and defending league champion Ohio State are the picks among league head coaches to win the WCHA’s 2023-24 regular-season title in the annual coaches poll. Each team received four first-place votes and totaled 46 points in preseason polling among the WCHA’s eight coaches. 2023-24 WCHA Coaches Poll (Coaches could not vote … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: 2023-24 roster updates

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The Division I women’s hockey season is just about five weeks away. It was another busy offseason with a lot of movement through the transfer portal as well as coaching changes. Most every team in the country has experienced changes on their roster beyond graduation and incoming freshman classes. There are also a number of … Read more

Former Harvard goalie Bellamy leaves Minnesota Duluth bench after eight seasons, returns to Crimson as new women’s hockey head coach

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Harvard announced Thursday that Laura Bellamy will be the next women’s hockey head coach. Bellamy, a 2013 Harvard graduate, takes over for Katey Stone, who retired in June. “We are excited to welcome Coach Bellamy back to lead Harvard women’s ice hockey,” said Harvard director of athletics Erin McDermott in a statement. “Laura brings a … Read more

Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey team names former Bemidji State captain, coach Sobieck new assistant for Bulldogs

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Minnesota Duluth has named Emma Sobieck an assistant coach for the women’s hockey team. Sobieck will join Bulldogs head coach Maura Crowell’s staff and will serve alongside associate head coach Laura Bellamy and assistant coach Laura Schuler. “I am honored and beyond excited to join the Bulldog community,” said Sobieck in a statement. “The biggest … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: 2022-23 All-USCHO Teams

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Elven different programs are represented on the All-USCHO Women’s Division I teams this year. Wisconsin leads the way with four players on the list. Ohio State, Minnesota and Colgate each had three players honored, while Minnesota Duluth, Northeastern, Penn State and Yale each had two players make the lists. First Team F: Danielle Serdachny – … Read more

Hockey Humanitarian Award Finalist Feature: For Minnesota Duluth’s Hughes, focusing on mental health awareness top priority for Sophie’s Squad

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For the second year in a row, Minnesota Duluth forward and co-captain Gabbie Hughes has been named a finalist for the Hockey Humanitarian Award. The graduate student started Sophie’s Squad, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the mental health of athletes from the youth level to college by raising awareness of mental health issues and … Read more

Yale’s Hartje, Ray, Minnesota’s Heise, Minnesota Duluth’s Soderberg, Mercyhurst’s Nystrom selected HCA women’s monthly honorees for Feb. 2023

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The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the women’s monthly award honorees for February. Co-players of the month are Yale junior forward Elle Hartje and Minnesota graduate forward Taylor Heise, while rookie of the month is Yale freshman forward Jordan Ray and co-goaltenders of the month are Minnesota Duluth graduate Emma Soderberg and Mercyhurst senior Ena … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: Wednesday Women – Talking tournament with Grant Salzano and Lindsay Glavan

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Nicole: Hey Grant and Lindsay! It’s NCAA Tournament time! There was a lot more movement in the Pairwise last weekend than I expected and we really didn’t know the tournament field or where they’d fall into the rankings until things wound down on Saturday. Clarkson made things interesting with their semifinal defeat of Yale and … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: Ohio State outlasts Minnesota Duluth to advance to WCHA championship game

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MINNEAPOLIS – The Ohio State Buckeyes advanced to the WCHA Championship game with a 2-1 win over Minnesota Duluth on Friday afternoon. They’ll face the winner of the semifinal between Wisconsin and Minnesota in the title game Saturday at 2 pm Central. The teams played an incredibly even, back and forth game for most of … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: Analyzing conference tournament matchups and NCAA bids

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It’s conference tournament championship weekend and by Sunday at lunchtime, we’ll know which 11 teams are heading to the NCAA Tournament this season. The ECAC and WCHA still have semifinal games left, while the other three conferences have played everything but the title game.  The whole sport shifted their postseason schedules a bit this year … Read more

Ohio State’s Jaques adds to honors as WCHA player of year, UMD’s Soderberg chosen top student-athlete, co-coaches of year Ohio State’s Muzerall, St. Cloud State’s Idalski

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The WCHA has named Ohio State graduate defender Sophie Jaques its 2022-23 WCHA player of the year. Jaques, who was named WCHA defender of the year on Wednesday, was chosen for the overall honor by league head coaches and assistant coaches from among the All-WCHA First Team selections that included forwards Minnesota’s Taylor Heise (5Yr.) … Read more

WCHA hands out awards as Minnesota’s Heise top forward, Ohio State’s Jaques top ‘D,’ Minnesota Duluth’s Soderberg best goalie, Wisconsin’s Harvey top rookie

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The WCHA has announced four individual award winners for the 2022-23 campaign. Minnesota’s Taylor Heise has been named WCHA forward of the year for the second straight season, while Ohio State’s Sophie Jaques also repeats as WCHA defender of the year. Minnesota Duluth’s Emma Soderberg earns WCHA goaltender of the year and Wisconsin’s Caroline Harvey … Read more

Yale’s Dukaric, Northeastern’s Philips, Minnesota Duluth’s Soderberg three finalists for 2023 Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award

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The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the three finalists for the Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award. The finalists are Yale’s Pia Dukaric, Northeastern’s Gwyneth Philips, and Minnesota Duluth’s Emma Soderberg. Dukaric is a sophomore, Philips is a senior and Soderberg is a graduate student. Voting was carried out by a panel of … Read more

Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announces five finalists for 2023 honors as college hockey’s ‘finest citizen’

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The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation has announced the five finalists for the 2023 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” for leadership in community service. Jacob Adkins (Centennial, Col.) and Andrew Walker (Mason, Mich.), Senior Forwards, UMass Boston Jake Adkins and Andy Walker, aka “The Men in Blades,” have been a staple … Read more