(7) Minnesota Duluth at (1) Ohio State Nadine Muzerall became the winningest head coach in Ohio State program history with the Buckeyes’ 3-0 win on Friday. OSU outshot UMD 38-14 as they scored once per period to earn the win with goals from Kelsey King, Joy Dunne and Kenzie Hauswirth. The Bulldogs pushed back at … Read more
Minnesota State at (1) Ohio State Four of Ohio State’s six goals were scored by defenders as the Buckeyes took a 6-1 win over Minnesota State on Saturday. Hannah Bilka led OSU with three assists. Jenn Gardiner, Jenna Buglioni, Cayla Barnes, Lauren Bernard, Hadley Hartmetz and Stephanie Markowski each lit the lamp for Ohio State. … Read more
Following the recently completed series at Bemidji State, Minnesota State women’s hockey coach John Harrington shared with the team that he would temporarily step away from his role to undergo hip surgery. The procedure was performed Nov. 20. In light of the news, Shari Dickerman has been tabbed as associate head coach and will also … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (11) St. Cloud State The two teams fought back and forth to start the game and it was Svenja Voight who opened the scoring to put St. Cloud up 1-0 midway through the first. It seemed like that might be all the scoring for the first frame, but two late penalties gave … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at St. Thomas The Badgers jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a pair of goals from Kirsten Simms, but St. Thomas was not going to go away lightly. Nicole Vallario scored with 67 seconds left in the frame and then Ellah Hause added a power play goal with nine seconds on the … Read more
Nicole: Welcome to the first Wednesday Women of the year. This week I’m joined by Nate Wells, a freelance journalist from Minnesota who has covered women’s college hockey for The Athletic, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and a large number of other outlets over the last decade. Nate and I often message each other about our observations … Read more
Bemidji State at (1) Wisconsin BSU goalie Abbie Thompson surpassed her previous career high in saves (33) before the second intermission, keeping the top-ranked Badgers off the scoreboard. In the third, Wisconsin poured it on with 30 shots on goal. Casey O’Brien opened the scoring :50 into the third period. Katie Kotlowski, Britta Curl and … Read more
Minnesota State at (1) Wisconsin Wisconsin coach Mark Johnson became the first Division I women’s hockey coach to reach 600 wins when the Badgers swept the Mavericks this weekend. On Thursday, Kirsten Simms and Lacey Eden each had two goals and an assist and Caroline Harvey had three assists to lead Wisconsin to a 6-0 … Read more
USA Hockey announced their roster for two Rivalry Series games against Canada in November and it features 11 current collegiate players, including Wisconsin’s Laila Edwards, who will make her senior national team debut. She is the first Black woman to represent USA on the senior national team. While several Black women, including Edwards herself, have … Read more
Five of this conference’s eight teams were ranked in our first poll of the season, including a sweep of the top three spots by Wisconsin, Ohio State and Minnesota, in that order. The Badgers are coming off their seventh National Championship, which they won 1-0 over Ohio State, who won the regular season title, while … Read more
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
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
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
Bemidji State at (1) Ohio State In the first game, Sophie Jaques scored a hat trick to lead OSU to a 4-1 win. She put in a shot off the faceoff in the first, lit the lamp with .2 seconds left in the second and added a shot from the slot in the third to … Read more
(1) Ohio State at (6) Wisconsin Wisconsin powered out to a 4-0 lead in the opening period thanks to two goals from Jesse Compher as well as tallies from Casey O’Brien and Britta Curl. After regrouping at the first intermission, Ohio State began their comeback. Jenn Gardiner lit the lamp in the first two minutes … Read more
(1) Ohio State at (3) Minnesota After feeling each other out for the better part of the opening period, Peyton Hemp put Minnesota up 1-0. In the second, Abigail Boreen scored 49 seconds in and Abbey Murphy added a power play goal to put the Gophers up 3-0. Gabby Rosenthal got one back for the … Read more
Minnesota State at (1) Ohio State On Friday Jenn Gardiner and Paetyn Levis each scored twice and Madison Bizal added three assists to lead the Buckeyes to a 6-2 win. Sophie Jaques also added a goal and an assist. Madison Mashuga and Kelsey King each scored for the Mavericks in the loss. In the second … Read more
(1) Ohio State at St. Cloud State Nine Buckeyes tallied points and six of them had multi-point games as OSU took the opening game of the weekend 6-2. Makenna Webster, Jenn Gardiner and Paetyn Levis had the team up 3-0 early in the second. Emma Gentry lit the lamp for St. Cloud to cut the … Read more
It’s about to be the new year and the second half of the season. Teams have about two months and around 15 games to put themselves in the best position for the postseason. With that in mind, I’ve come up with some New Year’s resolutions for each program to propel them into the final eight weeks of the regular season.
Nicole: In case you missed it in the first Wednesday Women of the year, the format is a little different this year. I’ll be joined by guest writers throughout the season to share their unique insight. This week I’m joined by Nate Wells (or as he lives in my head and conversations, Gopher State Nate), … Read more