CHA RIT vs. Lindenwood The Tigers won just their second game of the season thanks to Abby Davies’ hat trick. After a scoreless first, RIT went up 2-0 thanks to goals from Davis and Lindsay Maloney. Gigi Pora cut the lead in half and the teams headed to the locker rooms for the final time … Read more
ECAC Hockey announced Sunday the 2022 all-rookie team, with six players from five schools honored. Goaltender: Kaley Doyle, Brown Defenseman: Rory Guilday Cornell Defenseman: Vita Poniatovskaia, Yale Forward: Lily Delianedis, Cornell Forward: Abby Hustler, St. Lawrence Forward: Taze Thompson, Harvard
Note: This is a special, part two, Thursday edition of Wednesday Women. Check out yesterday’s part one where Nicole, Arlan and guest columnist Grant Salzano talk about Pairwise, the new NCAA tournament format and which teams are affected. Nicole: Ok, you two broke down the conference tournaments pretty well, so let’s lay it out. Who … Read more
Nicole: Happy postseason, women’s hockey friends! As we head into the first weekend of conference tournaments, we’ve asked a special guest to join the conversation this week. Grant Salzano writes about Boston College women’s hockey at BC Interruption and on Twitter at @Salzano14.
(1) Minnesota at St. Thomas The Gophers clinched their program’s 11th regular season title with a sweep of St. Thomas this weekend. On Friday, Taylor Heise reached 150 career points while leading Minnesota with two goals and two assists. Abigail Boreen added a goal and three assists to help the Gophers to a 7-1 win. … Read more
ECAC Hockey has announced that Quinnipiac’s Lexie Adzija has been named the 2022 Mandi Schwartz Student-Athlete of the Year. The award is presented annually to an ECAC Hockey women’s player in honor of former Yale student-athlete Mandi Schwartz (1988-2011), who passed away in April of 2011, but continues to inspire the entire hockey community through … Read more
(1) Minnesota at St. Cloud State The Huskies jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on goals from Emma Gentry and Nicole Ness and were holding that lead into the final minutes of the second, but the Gophers slowly but surely clawed back as the game went on. Abigail Boreen made it 2-1 … Read more
Arlan: It’s an eventful time in the world of women’s hockey. In NCAA Division-I, we’re seeing a higher frequency of games, both with the Beanpot and teams trying to make up games that were postponed due to Covid protocols. At the same time, pool play for the women’s hockey tournament of the Beijing Olympics was … Read more
Bemidji State at (1) Minnesota Goalie Lauren Bench earned a shutout in her 100th career start and six different Gophers lit the lamp as Minnesota cruised a 7-0 win on Friday. Payton Hemp led the Gophers with two goals. Catie Skaja, Savannah Norcross, Audrey Wethington, Amy Potomak and Abigail Boreen each added a goal and … Read more
Vermont at (1) Northeastern The Catamounts earned their first-ever win over a #1 team when they upset Northeastern on Friday. Vermont had a season-high 38 blocks, led by Sarah Levesque with eight. Kristina Shanahan scored 12 minutes into the game. Theresa Schafzahl blocked a shot on defense and then she, Shanahan and Alyssa Holmes broke … Read more
Nicole: Well it’s been five weeks since we last chatted. When I asked you about when to start back in the new year, you wondered if there would be enough to talk about, but I don’t think that’s a problem this week. There were all kinds of interesting results, the first Goalie of the Year … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (5) Minnesota After taking a regulation and shootout win from the Badgers earlier in the season, Minnesota completed a season sweep of Wisconsin with two wins this weekend – something they haven’t done since 2016. In the first game, Madeline Wethington’s goal midway through the second had the Gophers in control. Daryl … Read more
Lindenwood at (2) Ohio State Madison Bizal scored her first goal of the season and OSU’s first of the new year to get things rolling for the Buckeyes as the took an 8-2 win on Friday. Sophie Jaques added two goals and Jenn Gardiner, Paetyn Levis, Jenna Buglioni, Hadley Hartmetz and Liz Schepers all lit … Read more
(4) Quinnipiac at (1) Wisconsin After a scoreless first, Nina Steingauf scored less than a minute into the second to put Quinnipiac up 1-0. Caitlin Schneider responded for the Badgers a few minutes later to tie it at one. Nicole LaMantia extended the Wisconsin lead before the midpoint in the game. In the third, Taylor … Read more
MADISON — The top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team opened 2022 with a 5-2 win over #4 Quinnipiac on Saturday afternoon. Five different Badgers scored, including a short-handed tally from sophomore Casey O’Brien – her 21st goal in as many games. The first period featured a lot of movement up and down the ice as the … Read more
DI in DC Tournament (2) Ohio State vs. St. Lawrence St. Lawrence opened the scoring on the power play thanks to Aly McLeod. Ohio State responded with an extra attacker tally of their own thanks to Jennifer Gardiner. Shailynn Snow’s goal with less than three minutes to play in the first gave the Saints a … Read more
Arlan: It’s been about a month since you and I last chatted, and obviously, there have been some changes to the puzzle, although not so much at the top. It still looks like Wisconsin followed closely by Ohio State, and then a bit of a gap to the rest of the pack. Just how that … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at St. Thomas Maddi Wheeler had two goals and two assists and Makenna Webster added a goal and three assists to lead Wisconsin to a 7-1 win on Saturday. Brette Pettet, Casey O’Brien, Nicole LaMantia and Sophie Shirley also scored with the Badgers in the win. Maddie Jurgensen was the goal-scorer for St. … Read more
RIT at (3) Minnesota On Friday, seven different Gophers scored goals, including Emily Zumwinkle, who scored her first career goal. Goalie Makayla Pahl earned her first career point on a goal from Taylor Heise. The Gophers outshot the Tigers 59-12 and earned a 10-0 win. In the second game, Emma Connor scored her first as … Read more
Bemidji State at (1) Wisconsin On Saturday, Wisconsin out-shot Bemidji 56-14, but a career game from sophomore goalie Hannah Hogeson kept the Badgers off the board and this one ended a 0-0 tie. It was Hogeson’s first career shutout and upped her career high in saves – she had set the number at 52 last … Read more