(1) Ohio State at (3) Minnesota The Gophers stunned the Buckeyes on Friday as Adrianna Milani scored 14 seconds into the game and Madison Kaiser added to the lead three minutes later. Chloe Primerano’s power play goal with 5.5 seconds left in the first put Minnesota up 3-0 at the first break. Milani added another … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (2) Ohio State Ohio State made a statement this weekend with a pair of wins to sweep the Badgers. Special teams were key for the Buckeyes, scoring both goals on Friday and two more goals on Saturday on the power play, going 4-for-7 with the extra attacker. In the first game, Wisconsin … Read more
The teams that have won the last seven NCAA women’s hockey championships are playing each other this weekend, with No. 1 Wisconsin traveling to No. 2 Ohio State. But the games will be impacted by absences.
PodKaz hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look back on a chaotic Week 3 of the NCAA women’s hockey season. Rensselaer delivered probably the biggest surprise with a 2-1 overtime upset of No. 5 Northeastern despite being outshot 42-14. Vermont surprised Minnesota Duluth before the Bulldogs responded with an overtime victory in the second … Read more
Boston University at (1) Wisconsin The Badgers dropped their national championship banner on Thursday and celebrated with a 7-0 win over BU. Freshman Nela Lopušanová led Wisconsin with two goals and an assist in her first home game at UW. Six other Badgers lit the lamp in the win as Finley McCarthy, Maggie Scannell, Ava … Read more
https://youtu.be/tWIIObAwXwE? We’re trying a new format this season on The PodKaz, with hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski delivering two episodes a week. This is one of our looks back at what stood out in the previous weekend’s games. An episode later in the week will get into bigger topics and look ahead to upcoming … Read more
Wisconsin repeated as national champions, earning their third title in the last four years. For the fourth straight year, they faced off against WCHA rival Ohio State. Polls differ early on about which team is currently #1, but the consensus seems to be that they are the top two teams in the country. The WCHA … Read more
Congratulations to all the players on their spectacular seasons! First Team F: Abbey Murphy – Minnesota F: Tessa Janecke – Penn State F: Lacey Eden – Wisconsin D: Caroline Harvey – Wisconsin D: Molly Boyle – Yale G: Ève Gascon – Minnesota Duluth Second Team F: Kirsten Simms – Wisconsin F: Hilda Svensson – Ohio … Read more
Already an internationally seasoned player before she ever set foot in Columbus, Hilda Svensson came into the NCAA with high expectations and met them with aplomb. Starting with the Swedish national team at just 16, Svensson also spent parts of five seasons in the SDHL (women’s professional league in Sweden) where she was named Rookie … Read more
The final weekly edition of the PodKaz for the 2025-26 season has hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com reflecting on the Frozen Four. Wisconsin took home its second straight NCAA championship by beating Ohio State 3-2 in Sunday’s championship game. Is having the Badgers and the Buckeyes play for the title four years … Read more
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Ohio State Buckeyes took control in the first period of Friday’s national semifinal matchup with Northeastern and skated away with a decisive 5-0 win. The teams felt each other out over the first 10 minutes, but on a zone entry Northeastern got caught watching the puck carrier and lost sight … Read more
The March 17, 2026, edition of the PodKaz from USCHO.com features hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski getting ready for the Frozen Four, which starts Friday in State College, Pa. Ohio State, Wisconsin, Penn State and Northeastern won regional finals on Saturday, and the host NIttany Lions are in the Frozen Four for the first … Read more
NCAA Regional Semifinals (9) Princeton vs. (6) Connecticut Tia Chan made 16 of her 41 saves in the first period on Thursday as Princeton controlled the puck. But against the run of play, Connecticut got on the board late as Emma Eryou scored to give them a 1-0 lead on one of just five shots … Read more
AHA Tournament (12) Mercyhurst at (3) Penn State Mya Vaslet scored from the slot midway through the first to put Penn State up 1-0. Just more than 20 minutes later, Nicole Hall tipped in a shot from distance from Sophie Marrow to extend the lead to 2-0. Just before the end of the frame, Katelyn … Read more
On the PodKaz from USCHO.com for March 10, 2026, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski are wrapped up in the NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament that starts Thursday and how we got there. First, a look back at the five conference championship games. Penn State, Quinnipiac, UConn, Franklin Pierce and Ohio State came away … Read more
ST. PAUL — They waited until the final 5:30 of play, but the Ohio State Buckeyes secured their third-ever WCHA Tournament Championship on Saturday and wrapped up the top seed in the NCAA Tournament at the same time. It is OSU’s third confernece tournament victory – they last won in 2022 after earning their first … Read more
ST. PAUL — Ohio State scored twice on the power play and Hailey McLeod earned a shutout in net as the Buckeyes took a 4-0 win over Minnesota Thursday evening. OSU felt like they owned the game from the first puck drop. The game didn’t have the tenor of the relentless and sometimes frenetic pace … Read more
The 10 finalists for the 2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award were announced Thursday by the USA Hockey Foundation. The honor, which was first presented in 1998, is awarded annually to the top play in NCAA Division I women’s hockey by the foundation. The finalists, in alphabetical order, are as follows: Tia Chan, Goaltender, Graduate Student, … Read more
On the March 3, 2026, edition of the PodKaz, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com dig into the five days of play ahead leading to conference playoff championships. First, however, we take a look back at how we got here. There were only two teams advancing via upsets last week: Minnesota State over … Read more
