Nicole: Halloween may be over, but we’ve got a special treat this week as Gabriella Fundaro joins me as a Guest Contributor to Wednesday Women. Gabs writes about women’s college hockey at The Ice Garden and has been covering the sport for various outlets for 10 years. Gabs and I both wrote this week about … Read more
Nicole: Welcome back for another women’s college hockey season! Arlan and I are back to volley questions back and forth and share some insight into what we’ve seen so far this season. It’s been an interesting start, to say the least. I definitely felt more lost than normal when I was compiling season previews this … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at Merrimack Sarah Wozniewicz’s first collegiate goal proved to be the game-winner on Friday afternoon. Casey O’Brien scored twice, to give her eight goals on the year, Daryl Watts added three assists and Makenna Webster had a goal and two assists to lead Wisconsin to a 4-0 win. On Saturday, O’Brien, Webster, Watts … Read more
Robert Morris cut their men’s and women’s hockey programs with little notice and many of the women’s team players have signed elsewhere. The Colonials won the CHA conference tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament where they lost to Northeastern in the opening round. There is an ongoing fight to reinstate the teams, but I’m … Read more
It’s been a very active offseason in women’s hockey as Olympic centralization, transfers and bonus Covid years have all affected how rosters will look this season. There have also been a number of coaching moves. This is my attempt at putting all that information in one place. I’ve done my best to get all this … Read more
Defending regular season champion Penn State tops the CHA preseason coaches’ poll, which was released Thursday. The Nittany Lions garnered four of four possible first-place votes in balloting among CHA head coaches (coaches could not vote for their own teams) for 20 points, three more than No. 2 Syracuse, which tallied 17 points and received … Read more
Chris Demczuk has been named the director of hockey operations at Colorado College, replacing Travis Culhane, who took the same job at Denver on Monday. Demczuk served as the video analyst and assisted with team services for the AHL’s Stockton Heat the last two seasons. He led video operations, oversaw the team’s operational budget, coordinated … Read more
Twelve different programs are represented on the All-USCHO Women’s Division I teams this year. Northeastern and Wisconsin lead the way, each placing four players on our lists. First Team F: Daryl Watts, Sr – Wisconsin F: Danielle Serdachny, So – Colgate F: Alina Mueller, Jr – Northeastern D: Ashton Bell, Sr – Minnesota Duluth D: … Read more
Penn State goaltender Josie Bothun is the 2020-21 USCHO Rookie of the Year. Bothun was part of a nine-member freshmen class for the Nittany Lions that was as impactful as it was deep. She and classmate Annie Spring were the only goalies to see action for PSU, with Spring playing one period and Bothun playing … Read more
For her efforts in a phenomenal rookie season, Penn State freshman forward Kiara Zanon has been chosen by the nation’s assistant coaches as the women’s college hockey rookie of the year. A native of Fairport, N.Y., Zanon led all NCAA first-year players with 10 goals and 20 assists for 30 points. In the process, she … Read more
Arlan and Nicole give their thoughts on the final weeks of the regular season and conference tournament games.
The bracket for the women’s NCAA tournament was announced Sunday evening. Northeastern received the number one overall seed. The other teams, in order, are Wisconsin, Ohio State, Colgate, Minnesota Duluth, Boston College, Providence and Robert Morris. Quarter final games are normally hosted on the campus of the higher seed, but this year, the NCAA consolidated … Read more
Connecticut upset Boston College in the Hockey East Tournament and Wisconsin stumbled against UMD but rallied to capture the WCHA regular season crown.
(2) Northeastern at Vermont Megan Carter had a goal and an assist to lead Northeastern to a win on Friday. Tessa Ward scored early in the second to put the Huskies up 1-0. Veronika Pettey extended the lead to 2-0 before the second intermission. In the third, Corinne McCool cut the lead for Vermont, but … Read more
Arlan: Senior Days are being celebrated, so we must be nearing the end of this regular season that has been anything but regular. What have we learned from it? My interest in the sport doesn’t date back to its nascent days, but I’m guessing it was a little like this. Teams likely scheduled each other … Read more
College Hockey America announced Wednesday that the 2021 CHA tournament will be held from March 4-6, 2021 in Erie, Pa., at Erie Insurance Arena.
Aerin Frankel set a new conference shutout record and Daryl Watts moved into 18th place on the all-time career points list this weekend.
(2) Minnesota at (3) Ohio State This game got off to a fast start and was tied 2-2 at the first intermission. Abbey Murphey put Minnesota up 1-0, but Ohio State responded with goals from Liz Schepers and Jennifer Gardiner. Grace Zumwinkle evened up the score with less than three minutes to go in the … Read more
Bemidji State split with Minnesota Duluth and Clarkson split with Quinnipiac while Wisconsin, Ohio State, Northeastern, Colgate and Penn State all swept.
Arlan and Nicole try to figure out which of the top four teams has what it takes to go the distance and talk about Clarkson, Maine, Vermont and Penn State along the way.