Women’s D-I: Post

Saint Anselm’s Golini tabbed player of year as NEWHA announces ’22-23 individual awards, two all-NEWHA teams, all-rookie team, all-sportswomanship team

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The New England Women’s Hockey Alliance announced its major end-of-season awards on Friday and also unveiled its all-NEWHA teams, all-rookie team and all-sportswomanship team. Saint Anselm’s Kelly Golini was named player of the year and LIU’s Paula Bergström was tabbed as the league’s defender of the year. Golini becomes the first from Saint Anselm to … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: 2022-23 NEWHA season preview

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The history books continue to be written in NEWHA as the conference starts its season with a new defending champion in Franklin Pierce and a new member institution in Stonehill. This will be the first season that the winner of the conference tournament will receive an autobid into the NCAA tournament. The preseason coaches poll … Read more

With five first-place votes, Franklin Pierce takes top spot in 2022-23 NEWHA preseason coaches poll

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Franklin Pierce, the reigning NEWHA postseason champion, has been voted by the league’s coaches as the preseason favorite in advance of the 2022-23 season, according to the poll of the league’s head coaches. The NEWHA postseason champion in 2022-23 will receive an automatic qualifying bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament, earning that privilege via the … Read more

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts tabs Post’s Isaacson first head coach of women’s hockey team

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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has hired Heath Isaacson as the inaugural head coach of the NCAA Division III women’s hockey team that will start competing in the 2023-2024 season. Isaacson comes to MCLA following seven seasons as the head coach at NCAA D-I Post. “I am thrilled to announce Heath Isaacson as our inaugural … Read more

Sacred Heart’s Klein bags top NEWHA player accolades, SHU’s Solak top defender, Franklin Pierce’s Faucher best in crease, Saint Anselm’s Turner rookie of year

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The New England Women’s Hockey Alliance announced Tuesday its major end-of-season awards on Tuesday and also unveiled its all-NEWHA teams. Nominated and voted on by the league’s coaches, players from the six schools were honored for their accomplishments on the ice during the 2021-22 campaign. In addition to the two all-NEWHA squads, the league’s all-rookie … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: 2021-22 NEWHA season preview

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It’s very difficult to try and parse the small bits of info gathered through fits and starts last season to prognosticate what might shake down in this conference this season. Most of the rosters have had significant turnover since the abrupt end of the 2019-20 season and no one knows how the time off will … Read more

NEWHA women’s hockey conference announces intent to return to ice in January

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The New England Women’s Hockey Alliance announced Wednesday the league’s intent to return to play, starting in January 2021. “The New England Women’s Hockey Alliance is moving forward with plans to play a condensed conference schedule starting in January,” said NEWHA commissioner Bob DeGregorio in a statement. “Administrative representatives from each member institution have met … Read more

Women’s DI Hockey: 2020-2021 season preview

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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

NEWHA season preview: St. Anselm should repeat as champs of newly approved NCAA DI conference

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This is the first season the New England Women’s Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) will officially compete at the NCAA level. The conference is comprised of two Division I teams – Sacred Heart and LIU-Brooklyn – and four Division II teams – Franklin Pierce, Post, St. Anselm and St. Michael’s. Per NCAA guidelines, the women’s hockey National … Read more