WCHA announces second half of 2020-21 women’s hockey season to start New Year’s Day

The WCHA women’s conference will open the second half of its 2020-21 schedule Jan. 1-5, 2021, the league office announced Wednesday. The opening weekend of the second half will feature Bemidji State at Ohio State, Jan. 1-2; Wisconsin at Minnesota State, Jan. 2-3; and Minnesota Duluth at Minnesota, Jan. 4-5. “We are excited to kick … Read more

WCHA adds home-and-home women’s hockey series Dec. 10-11 between Minnesota, Minnesota State

The WCHA women’s conference announced Friday that Minnesota and Minnesota State will meet in a home-and-home WCHA league series Dec. 10-11. Minnesota State will host Minnesota on Thursday, Dec. 10 in Mankato with the game streaming on FloHockey.tv. The Gophers will host the second game of the series with the Mavericks on Friday, Dec. 11. … Read more

Weissbach, Roy, Bronte, Kaltounkova, LaFontaine, Bench named HCA award winners for November

Six players have taken home Hockey Commissioners Association monthly awards for their November performances. Men’s Player of the Month: Linus Weissbach, Sr., F, Wisconsin Weissbach went for five goals and 10 points in eight games for the Badgers in November. He had four multi-point games in that stretch and had 19 shots on goal as … Read more

DI Women: Weekend Wrap

(1) Wisconsin at (3) Ohio State Sophie Jacques scored in the opening minutes and Madison Bizal extended the Buckeye lead to 2-0 around the midway mark of the first period on Friday. Daryl Watts quickly responded to cut the lead in half, but Jenna Buglioni’s goal just before the buzzer had Ohio State up 3-1 … Read more

Women’s DI Hockey: 2020-2021 season preview

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

Wisconsin tops in WCHA women’s preseason coaches poll; Watts, Murphy nab individual preseason honors

The WCHA women’s conference announced the results of its preseason coaches poll today, as well as preseason players of the year and preseason All-WCHA team. Wisconsin senior forward Daryl Watts in the preseason player of the year and Minnesota freshman forward Abbey Murphy is the preseason rookie of the year. WCHA Preseason Coaches Poll First-place … Read more