Wednesday Women: Inside tracks

Gracen Hirschy of North Dakota (Tim Brule)

Candace and Arlan ponder whether new top 10 team Princeton can return to the NCAA tournament, what North Dakota’s win over Minnesota means, Wisconsin’s defense, whether anyone in Hockey East can push Boston College and Northeastern, and the Four Nations Cup.

Pack closes in on Mercyhurst in wide-open CHA

As College Hockey America readies for its first full weekend of conference competition, I’ll state for the hundredth time that Mercyhurst has won every single regular-season championship, with an asterisk on the one it shared with Wayne State in 2007-08. “Every year, Mercyhurst is picked to win the league, and they probably did,” Syracuse coach … Read more

Wednesday Women: Searching for Answers

Jenna Dingeldein of Mercyhurst (Tim Brule)

Traditional powers like Mercyhurst and Boston University are struggling after one month, Cornell and Harvard are winless after one weekend CHA teams are heading toward mediocrity, several squads are trying to figure out their goaltending, and the second tier of the WCHA is in a battle. Candace and Arlan look at teams searching for answers.

Wednesday Women: State of Defense

Denisa Křížová of Northeastern (Northeastern Athletics)

Candace and Arlan ponder the state of defense and goaltending on some teams, compare this year’s iteration of Clarkson with the championship team of two years ago, wonder about Boston College’s offense, who has the inside track in the CHA, and look at Bemidji State and North Dakota.

Robert Morris buoyed by return of Howard

Robert Morris Colonials USCHO prediction: Fourth Coaches’ prediction: Fifth (tie) Last season: Third (tie) (11-19-5, 8-8-4 CHA) The names Last year was somewhat of a lost season for Robert Morris. Brittany Howard was lost to injury right out of the gate, and the team never found high gear. Now she returns for a much-delayed sophomore … Read more

Mercyhurst leads the way at CHA awards banquet

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

Wednesday Women: Wrap it up

Lyndsey Fry (Harvard - 9) - The Boston College Eagles defeated the Harvard University Crimson 4-2 in the 2012 Beanpot consolation game on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at Walter Brown Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. (Melissa Wade)

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.