Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) recap a weekend heavy in overtime games around NCAA women’s hockey. St. Lawrence forward Julia Gosling joins Nicole to talk about a big weekend for the Saints. And we look at the semifinalists for the Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award and take a glance at a … Read more
Bemidji State (1) Ohio State The Buckeyes tied a program record for goals in a game on Friday as they took down the Beavers 11-1. Just one OSU skater – Joy Dunne – scored more than one goal. A total of sixteen Buckeyes tallied points, led by Hannah Bilka, with a goal and three assists. … Read more
MADISON — It seems Wisconsin might have had an inkling that their series against St. Cloud State this weekend would be tight. KK Harvey said she practiced three-on-three situations, playing with Lacey Eden and Britta Curl. Those reps came in handy Saturday afternoon as Harvey took a puck from Eden at the half line and … Read more
Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) are joined this week by Wisconsin leading scorer Kirsten Simms. Plus a look back at the final weekend of January, discussion of how to consider goalies who are part of a rotation for awards and a mention of the PairWise Rankings. Read more on last season’s changes to … Read more
(1) Ohio State at (10) St. Cloud State Cayla Barnes scored in the first minute of the game on Friday and Sloane Matthews and Jenna Buglioni each found the back of the net in the frame to give Ohio State a 3-0 lead after the first, leaving St. Cloud with a tough hill to climb. … Read more
Northeastern won its 19th Beanpot with a 2-1 overtime win over Boston University on Tuesday in front of 10,633 at TD Garden. Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) talk about the championship game and welcome the nation’s leading scorer, Colgate’s Kalty Kaltounková, to the show to talk about her time with the Raiders, her … Read more
(7) Minnesota Duluth at (1) Ohio State Nadine Muzerall became the winningest head coach in Ohio State program history with the Buckeyes’ 3-0 win on Friday. OSU outshot UMD 38-14 as they scored once per period to earn the win with goals from Kelsey King, Joy Dunne and Kenzie Hauswirth. The Bulldogs pushed back at … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its women’s monthly award winners for December. Princeton senior forward Sarah Fillier is the player of the month, while Boston College freshman forward Sam Taber is the rookie of the month and the co-goaltenders of the month are St. Cloud State senior Sanni Ahola and Penn State senior Josie … Read more
The final edition of 2023 has Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski reflecting on the games between ranked teams in last week’s schedule. Then PWHL Director of Player Experience Alexis Miller joins the show to talk about the new women’s hockey league. And we wrap up with Nicole looking ahead to the IIHF Under-18 World Championship … Read more
Minnesota State at (1) Ohio State Four of Ohio State’s six goals were scored by defenders as the Buckeyes took a 6-1 win over Minnesota State on Saturday. Hannah Bilka led OSU with three assists. Jenn Gardiner, Jenna Buglioni, Cayla Barnes, Lauren Bernard, Hadley Hartmetz and Stephanie Markowski each lit the lamp for Ohio State. … Read more
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski recap last week’s NCAA women’s hockey action, including St. Cloud State’s 2-1 victory at No. 1 Ohio State and Minnesota Duluth’s win at No. 2 Wisconsin. And we hear from officials at Delaware, which announced plans to add a varsity women’s hockey team in 2025, and the CHA, which invited … Read more
(10) St. Cloud State at (1) Ohio State SCSU went into Columbus and did what no other team has been able to accomplish this season – defeat Ohio State at home. It was the Huskies’ first win over OSU since 2017. The Buckeyes came out firing, outshooting St. Cloud 21-6 in the first (and 46-15 … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (1) Ohio State The Buckeyes made a statement this weekend with a sweep of the top-ranked team in the country. On Friday, the Badgers looked flat and a little lost as Ohio State outshot them 30-19, including 14-6 in the first period. UW was lucky to escape the frame down only 1-0. … Read more
Welcome to what I hope will become a regular feature of the women’s DI coverage at USCHO – a podcast! Consider this a pilot – or a tester episode – of the USCHO women’s hockey podcast (We need a better name than that. Please, please suggest a better name than that). There’s so much that … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at (11) St. Cloud State The two teams fought back and forth to start the game and it was Svenja Voight who opened the scoring to put St. Cloud up 1-0 midway through the first. It seemed like that might be all the scoring for the first frame, but two late penalties gave … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the women’s monthly honorees for Sept.-Oct. 2023. Wisconsin grad student Britta Curl is the player of the month, while Robert Morris freshman forward Alaina Giampietro is the rookie of the month and St. Cloud State senior goalie Sanni Ahola is the goaltender of the month. With 10-16-26 in 10 … Read more
(1) Wisconsin at St. Thomas The Badgers jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a pair of goals from Kirsten Simms, but St. Thomas was not going to go away lightly. Nicole Vallario scored with 67 seconds left in the frame and then Ellah Hause added a power play goal with nine seconds on the … Read more
Nicole: Welcome to the first Wednesday Women of the year. This week I’m joined by Nate Wells, a freelance journalist from Minnesota who has covered women’s college hockey for The Athletic, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and a large number of other outlets over the last decade. Nate and I often message each other about our observations … Read more
Bemidji State at (1) Wisconsin BSU goalie Abbie Thompson surpassed her previous career high in saves (33) before the second intermission, keeping the top-ranked Badgers off the scoreboard. In the third, Wisconsin poured it on with 30 shots on goal. Casey O’Brien opened the scoring :50 into the third period. Katie Kotlowski, Britta Curl and … Read more
Minnesota State at (1) Wisconsin Wisconsin coach Mark Johnson became the first Division I women’s hockey coach to reach 600 wins when the Badgers swept the Mavericks this weekend. On Thursday, Kirsten Simms and Lacey Eden each had two goals and an assist and Caroline Harvey had three assists to lead Wisconsin to a 6-0 … Read more