Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Season 3 premiere – Previewing ECAC Hockey and big national topics for the 2025-26 NCAA women’s hockey season

On the first episode of the PodKaz for the 2025-26 season, Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com discuss how preparations for the Olympics could impact the NCAA hockey landscape. It’s a season unlike any others before because of the lack of centralization for the U.S. and Canadian national teams. Changes to the NCAA tournament … Read more

Cornell finishes atop ECAC Hockey women’s ’25-26 preseason poll; Big Red goalie Bergmann lone unanimous pick on preseason all-league team

ECAC Hockey has announced its women’s preseason coaches poll and the preseason all-league team. 2025-26 ECAC Women’s Hockey Preseason Poll (First-place votes) 1. Cornell – 129 points – (8) 2. Colgate – 119 points – (2) 3. Clarkson – 117 points – (2) T4. St. Lawrence – 88 points T4. Quinnipiac – 88 points 6. … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: 2025-26 roster updates

Even though the era of the extra Covid year is winding down, the transfer portal continues to be an active and important part of the women’s college hockey offseason. There was plenty of movement with players heading to new teams and there are a still a fair number of fifth-year players. Here’s our attempt at … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: 2024-25 All-USCHO Teams

Twelve different programs are represented on the All-USCHO Women’s Division I teams this year. Congratulations to all the players on their spectacular season First Team F: Casey O’Brien – Wisconsin F: Kirsten Simms – Wisconsin F: Laila Edwards – Wisconsin D: Caroline Harvey – Wisconsin D: Haley Winn – Clarkson G: Ève Gascon – Minnesota … Read more

ECAC Hockey announces 2024-25 individual award winners, tabs Clarkson’s Winn women’s player, defender of the year

ECAC Hockey has selected the women’s end-of-season award winners for 2024-25: Haley Winn (Player and Defender of the Year), Lindzi Avar (#Bitcoin Rookie of the Year), Issy Wunder (Forward of the Year), Doug Derraugh (Coach of the Year) PLAYER OF THE YEAR ECAC Hockey has announced Clarkson University senior Haley Winn as the 2025 women’s … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 40 – OT drama in Hockey East leads into conference championship weekend

We’ve reached the conference championship weekend in NCAA women’s hockey, with nine games left to play before league playoff champions are decided and the NCAA tournament bracket gets filled out. Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com start this week’s episode of the PodKaz with a look at Wednesday night’s action, including a double-overtime victory … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 37 – First 2 conference champions crowned; final weekend for ECAC chase

Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com dive into the races for conference titles on this week’s edition of the PodKaz. Penn State and Wisconsin wrapped up the Atlantic Hockey and WCHA championships, respectively, last week, and the ECAC Hockey title will be decided on the final weekend. UConn narrowed Boston University’s lead in Hockey … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 36 – Changes atop league standings, teams ready to clinch, Michigan’s feasibility study

Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com recap last week’s contentious series between Ohio State and Minnesota and look at the games that made a change at the top of ECAC Hockey. Boston University moved four points ahead of UConn atop the Hockey East standings with an overtime win over Northeastern on Tuesday, and the … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 34 – The Beanpot wraps up, upsets in ECAC Hockey and an early Bracketology

Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com look ahead to Tuesday’s Beanpot championship game between Boston University and Northeastern, who won semifinals last week but then dropped games over the weekend. A look back to last week’s results includes overtime wins by Brown and a pair of losses by Clarkson in ECAC Hockey and an … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: 2025 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championships player commitments

VANTAA, Finland — The 2025 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championships begin Saturday. At press time, 18 of the 25 women on the US roster and 22 of 24 women on the Canada roster have already announced their commitment to play NCAA DI women’s hockey. The seven as-yet uncommitted Americans are all too young to be … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 32 – Early PairWise tiers, surprising finishes to 2024 and a look ahead to 2025

On the final edition of the PodKaz before the winter break, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look back at surprising results from last weekend, including Holy Cross’ overtime win over Boston College and Post shutting out Sacred Heart. The weekend results also included Minnesota Duluth getting five of six points against St. Cloud State … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 31 – Princeton’s 25-goal week and Ohio State’s Makenna Webster stops by

The Dec. 5, 2024, episode of the PodKaz takes a look at a week in which Princeton outscored opponents 25-2 over three games, with Issy Wunder capping it off with a five-goal performance. Other results last weekend included Clarkson and Yale winning Thanksgiving weekend tournaments and Brown winning the Mayor’s Cup. Ohio State forward Makenna … Read more