The late addition of Amanda Kessel back to Minnesota’s lineup gave the Gophers just the jump they needed heading into the playoffs last season, and they rode that momentum to a sixth NCAA title, defeating Boston College in the final. The Gophers graduated a strong senior class, as in addition to Kessel, they lost scoring … Read more
Defending league regular-season and back-to-back playoff champion Wisconsin is the preseason pick of conference coaches to finish atop the women’s WCHA standings in 2016-17. The Badgers edged out defending national champion Minnesota in the poll of the eight WCHA head coaches. In addition, Wisconsin senior goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens was named preseason Player of the Year … Read more
Jess Koizumi has been named associate head coach of the Ohio State women’s program. Koizumi comes to the Buckeyes after spending time as an assistant coach at Yale. “We’re very excited to have her on staff; she’s exactly what we need here,” said new OSU head coach Nadine Muzerall in a statement. “She has an immense amount … Read more
Nadine Muzerall has been named the fourth head coach in Ohio State women’s history. Muzerall replaces Jenny Potter, who was let go earlier this offseason after several NCAA violations. “Our journey to excellence in women’s ice hockey begins,” said OSU senior associate athletics director Diana Sabau said in a statement. “Nadine Muzerall has earned a … Read more
According to a report in the Grand Forks Herald, Ohio State terminated the contract of women’s hockey coach Jenny Potter after it had reported several violations to the NCAA during Potter’s one-year tenure at the school. The report states that Potter’s NCAA violations included hosting an impermissible official visit for a prospect, recruiting during a … Read more
Boston University announced Thursday the hiring of three new staff members. On coach David Quinn’s staff, Brittany Miller has been hired as the director of hockey operations, Brian Eklund is the new volunteer assistant coach working the team’s goaltenders and Kyle Czech has been named the program’s strength and conditioning coach. After spending the last … Read more
Jenny Potter is no longer the women’s head coach at Ohio State, a school spokesperson confirmed Thursday.
The WCHA on Thursday named longtime New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority executive Katie Million as its next vice president and women’s league commissioner. Million agreed to a three-year contract and will begin her role Sept. 2. She joins the WCHA after a highly-successful 17-year stay in Lake Placid, N.Y., including the last three … Read more
Seven individual awards, three All-WCHA Teams and an All-Rookie Team were announced on Thursday by the WCHA women’s conference. Wisconsin junior goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens is the Player of the Year and Goaltending Champion after posting 18 shutouts, the all-time NCAA single-season record (women or men) and leading the nation with a .958 save percentage and … Read more
Candace and Arlan look at where upset winners might come from in the conference tournament semifinals and finals, look at possible NCAA matchups,, and debate the 10 finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award and who is likely to finish in the top three.
Candace and Arlan ponder Minnesota’s sweep of Wisconsin, whether Boston College can maintain its perfect record, the various playoff matchups in the first round, the retirement of Dartmouth coach Mark Hudak, and the players and rookies of the year in each conference.
With one weekend left in the season, Candace and Arlan ponder Boston College winning the Beanpot and Hockey East, Wisconsin winning the WCHA, likely winners in the other two conferences, the likely first round playoff pairings in each conference tournament, and the probable Patty Kazmaier Award nominees.
Candace and Arlan discuss the return of Amanda Kessel, the outstanding play of Ann-Renée Desbiens, the playoff pictures in each conference, and the stretch runs.
Candace and Arlan discuss Minnesota State’s tie with North Dakota, what the Mercyhurst-Syracuse split means in the CHA, Plattsburgh’s perfect season, the chaos in the ECAC and bottom half of Hockey East, and the Beanpot results.
Candace and Arlan look at teams like North Dakot and Bemidji State, which sit just on the cusp, ponder whether Princeton and Northeastern can maintain winning streaks, and consider which teams have surprised positively and which have surprised negatively.
There’s a school of thought in some sports that star players are not effective as coaches. That certainly doesn’t seem to be an issue in women’s hockey, where the top two teams in the rankings are coached by people who earned Olympic gold medals as players. Boston College coach Katie Crowley won gold with the … Read more
After two weeks of the second half, Candace and Arlan ponder all the standings races, whether BC showed vulnerability in its win over BU, and what the possible return of Amanda Kessel could mean to Minnesota’s fortunes.
Candace and Arlan talk about the lessons learned from Minnesota’s sweep of Bemidji State and Ohio State’s win over North Dakota, preview the first clash of Alex Carpenter and Kendall Coyne, look at home ice candidates in the ECAC, what Penn State’s series win over Robert Morris does to the CHA, and the use of four-on-four OT in Hockey East.
Candace and Arlan look at RPI’s upset of Clarkson, the too-hard-to-call CHA and ECAC, the results of Boston College and Boston University, what Bemidji’s win over Ohio State does for the Beavers, and what players are standing out that might not normally get accolades.
Traditional powers like Mercyhurst and Boston University are struggling after one month, Cornell and Harvard are winless after one weekend CHA teams are heading toward mediocrity, several squads are trying to figure out their goaltending, and the second tier of the WCHA is in a battle. Candace and Arlan look at teams searching for answers.