The NCAA has awarded College Hockey America an automatic bid to the 2015 women’s NCAA tournament. “College Hockey America is both thankful and excited that the NCAA has made the decision to award the automatic bid to the women’s ice hockey championships,” said CHA commissioner Bob DeGregorio in a statement. “Our teams and coaches have … Read more
A lot of teams enter this season missing key cogs from previous years, but the top teams, such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Boston College, seem to be off to a great start regardless, while teams in the rung below, such as Vermont and Bemidji State, made some noise in the first weekend of full action. Candace and Arlan take a look in their first Wednesday Women column.
More than any other league, four years ago is ancient history in the CHA. Sure, rosters turn over in four years all over the country. But consider that four years ago: The CHA did not have an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament; The players of the first recruiting class at Syracuse were entering their … Read more
Robert Morris and Mercyhurst each collected 21 points to end up tied at the top of the preseason CHA coaches’ poll released Thursday. The Colonials earned three first-place votes, while Lakers garnered one first-place vote.
Robert Morris announced Friday the hiring of Chelsea Walkland as an assistant women’s coach. Walkland spent the past two seasons as the top assistant coach at Oswego. “We are very excited to have Chelsea join the staff here at RMU,” said Colonials’ head coach Paul Colontino in a statement. “As a returning alumna of the … Read more
The Robert Morris women’s team has announced the hiring of former Mercyhurst forward Kelley Steadman as a volunteer assistant coach. Steadman played for the Lakers from 2008 to 2012, producing 78 goals and 54 assists and was the CHA player of the year in 2012, in addition to being nominated for the Patty Kazmaier Award.
Mercyhurst led all schools with five individual winners as the CHA handed out its 2013-14 awards last Thursday. Player of the year and offensive player of the year was Christine Bestland, followed by Molly Byrne as best defenseman and Shelby Bram as best defensive forward. Michael Sisti took home coach of the year honors. Ali … Read more
Repeat honorees Jordan Heywood of Merrimack and Jeffrey Reppucci of Holy Cross are among the group.
Any College Hockey America team with championship aspirations must first topple Mercyhurst from its pinnacle. Robert Morris did just that two years ago in the CHA Tournament, and there is a gap in the banner collection in Erie, Pa., to prove it. Junior forward Rebecca Vint was a rookie on that Colonials squad, sharing the … Read more
The CHA has suspended Robert Morris senior Kylie St. Louis and Mercyhurst senior Kaleigh Chippy for one game each under the league’s supplemental discipline policy. The suspensions are a result of two altercations that took place at the end of the game between the two schools last Saturday (Nov. 9). St. Louis was issued a … Read more
Robert Morris announced Thursday that it has extended the contract of head women’s coach Paul Colontino through the 2016-17 season. Colontino was originally named the third head coach in program history in June of 2011 and was signed through 2014-15. “Coach Colontino has already established himself as a top-notch head coach for the women’s hockey … Read more
Things didn’t go as smoothly for Paul Colontino in his second year at Robert Morris as they did in season one. The Colonials went just 2-9-1 in conference play against Syracuse, RIT, and Lindenwood combined, leading to a sub-.500 mark in league action. Ironically, RMU had far less of a problem with league champion Mercyhurst, … Read more
For the first time in three years, the lineup of teams in College Hockey America looks exactly the same as it did the year before. How long that will last remains to be seen, but at least for now, the rumors all involve teams joining the CHA, not leaving it. “For the women’s game, … Read more
The CHA announced Monday that Richard Murray, a 2012 Massachusetts graduate, will serve as the media relations intern for the 2013-14 season.
Buffalo State has hired former Niagara standout and Ohio State assistant coach Candice Moxley as its new head women’s coach. Moxley spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach at Ohio State and prior to joining the Buckeyes, served one year as the head coach at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ont., and … Read more
Two repeat nominees are among the 11 college hockey players up for the 18th annual Hockey Humanitarian Award. St. Anselm’s J. Tucker Mullin and Alaska’s Kaare Odegard, both seniors, have been nominated again for the award, which recognizes college hockey’s top citizen. The full list of nominees: Jason Beattie, Niagara senior Brett Beebe, Western Michigan … Read more
Oswego announced Friday that Chelsea Walkland has been named the women’s team’s first full-time assistant coach. Walkland joins the Lakers’ staff after being an assistant at Rochester Institute of Technology last year, winning a Division III national title. During the 2010-11 season, Walkland served as the hockey operations manager at Robert Morris, where she also … Read more
In college hockey, we are accustomed to some amount of roster turnover each season. Over the past couple of seasons, the CHA has taken that flux to a new level as teams, not just players, are coming and going. The Niagara Purple Eagles followed the path of the Wayne State Warriors a season before and … Read more
The Robert Morris women’s team announced Monday the promotion of Ashley Harper to volunteer assistant coach. During the 2001-12 season, she served as the hockey operations manager for the Colonials.
The Robert Morris women’s team has named former Colonials goaltender Brianne McLaughlin as a new assistant coach. McLaughlin served as a volunteer assistant with RMU last season. “I’m excited to be back,” McLaughlin said in a statement. “I’ve always wanted to venture into coaching and I think this is the perfect opportunity. I went to … Read more