Penn State Nittany Lions USCHO prediction: Fifth Coaches’ prediction: Fourth Last season: Third (tie) (17-16-4, 9-9-2 CHA) The names Coming off a four-win season in 2013-14, Penn State made a dramatic leap. The Nittany Lions enjoyed a winning season, finishing at 17-16-4, and were dead even in conference play. Coach Josh Brandwene has attracted some … Read more
College Hockey America announced its preseason coaches’ poll Monday and with three first-place votes, Syracuse was chosen to win the conference during the 2015-16 season. Mercyhurst (two) and Rochester Institute of Technology (one) earned the other first-place choices.
Penn State announced Monday the appointment of Dr. Michael Cross as assistant athletic director – new business development. Cross brings nearly 25 years of coaching and athletic administrative experience to Penn State and will serve as the sport administrator for the men’s and women’s hockey teams. Cross comes to Penn State after serving the past … Read more
After serving as an interim assistant coach last season, Alex Dawes has been named to the role of assistant coach/director of operations for the Penn State women’s team. Dawes is entering his third season with the Nittany Lions. “I am very excited to have Alex on board to continue the excellent work he did this … Read more
The Great Alaska Showcase has proven a boon for the Hickel sisters, Zoe, who plays a Minnesota-Duluth, and Tori, who plays at Northeastern. The family inherited a program they participated in growing up.
Three Mercyhurst players took home individual honors at the annual College Hockey America awards banquet on Thursday. Emily Janiga was named Player of the Year and CHA scoring champion after collecting 20 goals among 31 points for the Lakers. Molly Byrne earned Best Defenseman honors and Amanda Makela took home the CHA Goaltending Trophy. RIT’s … Read more
The first round of the conference tournaments is just one round among six that could lead to a national championship for one of eight teams. Candace and Arlan look a the results from the first weekend, as well as the Patty Kazmaier nominees.
Arlan previews the CHA tournament, where perennial favorite Mercyhurst looks to have stiffer competition this year.
The regular season is over, and the road to a national championship begins. Candace and Arlan take a look at results from the final weekend in the regular season, and ponder what said results mean for the first round of the conference tournaments.
It’s the final weekend of the regular season, and a lot of teams are battling for playoff position in their conference tournaments, as well as positioning for possible NCAA berths. How it all plays out is anyone’s guess, but Candace and Arlan take a look.
For the first time in league history, all six teams in the CHA have a chance to make the NCAA tournament, thanks to the league getting an auto-bid. For teams not named Mercyhurst, this presents a unique opportunity.
Boston College’s undefeated season came to an end, North Dakota beat Minnesota, Quinnipiac suffered another conference loss, and Mercyhurst took another step toward the CHA regular season title. Candace and Arlan look at that and more.
Harvard held first place for a night, North Dakota is moving on up in the WCHA, several teams, including Colgate and Penn State, have great freshmen, and Minnesota and Boston College have looked a little vulnerable.
Candace and Arlan look at the middle teams in the conferences, where the teams are jockeying fiercely for playoff positioning, debate the state of the CHA, and look at Chelsea Laden’s chances of challenging the NCAA shutout mark.
In their final discussion of the first half, Candace and Arlan look at whether Harvard and Cornell are back to being threats, ponder Minnesota’s shellacking of St. Cloud, and look at which teams are in contention and what games are the ones to watch in the second half.
Candace and Arlan ponder whether newly ranked Bemidji State is an NCAA contender, whether anyone can stop Boston College in Hockey East, and debate the explosive volatility in the ECAC and CHA.
The NCAA has awarded College Hockey America an automatic bid to the 2015 women’s NCAA tournament. “College Hockey America is both thankful and excited that the NCAA has made the decision to award the automatic bid to the women’s ice hockey championships,” said CHA commissioner Bob DeGregorio in a statement. “Our teams and coaches have … Read more
The journey to the top of the heap in the NCAA is a long, arduous climb, made more difficult when everyone else has a head start. Penn State is just a weekend of play into its third season of varsity competition, so until Merrimack joins the ranks next season, the Nittany Lions are the newcomers … Read more
More than any other league, four years ago is ancient history in the CHA. Sure, rosters turn over in four years all over the country. But consider that four years ago: The CHA did not have an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament; The players of the first recruiting class at Syracuse were entering their … Read more
Penn State women’s assistant coach Gina Kearns accepted the head coaching position at Neumann, returning to the school where she served as an assistant from 2009 to 2011. Kearns will also serve as Neumann’s athletic new media coordinator. She was also responsible for all of the social media updates for Penn State women’s hockey during … Read more