In the before times, the best case scenario for season previews was to give somewhat educated guesses. Those guesses came from watching teams last season, watching many of the incoming freshmen in U-18 World Championships and looking at how teams’ schedules might benefit or hurt them. Most of that isn’t available to us this year. … Read more
The WCHA women’s conference announced the results of its preseason coaches poll today, as well as preseason players of the year and preseason All-WCHA team. Wisconsin senior forward Daryl Watts in the preseason player of the year and Minnesota freshman forward Abbey Murphy is the preseason rookie of the year. WCHA Preseason Coaches Poll First-place … Read more
St. Cloud State has paused all women’s hockey team activities for at least the week of Nov. 15 due to several positive COVID-19 tests within the Huskies’ program, the university announced Sunday. As a result of the pause, St. Cloud State’s season-opening home series with Bemidji State set for Nov. 20-21 has been postponed. No … Read more
The women’s WCHA were the first DI conference to announce a schedule that puts their teams back on the ice. The partial schedule covers five weeks, but Commissioner Jennifer Flowers hopes to have a full slate of games set before the holiday break.
The WCHA women’s conference will start the 2020-21 schedule the weekend of Nov. 20-22. WCHA schools will play eight league games from November 20 to December 19 before breaking for the holidays. League play will resume as early as Jan. 1. The post-holiday schedule will be released in the coming weeks. “We look forward to … Read more
Nicole and Arlan discuss conference quarterfinal results, what could happen in the conference tournaments and the Patty Kaz top-3.
CHA Robert Morris at Syracuse Kyleigh Hanzlik and Michaela Boyle scored to give Robert Morris a 2-0 win on Friday. On Saturday, Lexi Templeman had the Colonials up 1-0 after the first period. In the second, Madison Beishuizen scored a short-handed goal and Abby Moloughney added an even strength tally to put Syracuse up 2-1 … Read more
Mercyhurst has a one-point lead on Robert Morris as the CHA enters its final week of regular season play. Meanwhile, post-season tournaments kick off for the ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA.
Nicole and Arlan breakdown the first round of ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA conference tournaments and talk about who might be named a Patty Kazmaier finalist.
Wisconsin eked out a tie to win the WCHA regular season crown outright and the NEWHA conference tournament was historic in more ways than one.
Clarkson and Boston University play for fractions of a point in the Pairwise while Wisconsin tries to hold off Minnesota to win the WCHA.
The ECAC, Hockey East and NEWHA regular season champs have been crowned, but there’s still a lot to be decided in the final weekend of the regular season.
Minnesota split their series with Minnesota Duluth while Cornell and Clarkson tied.
(2) Minnesota hopes to hold off (9) Minnesota Duluth and (7) Clarkson hopes to gain ground in the ECAC.
With four weeks of games left to play in the regular season, Nicole looks at the likely final standings of each Division I conference.
Top-seeded Wisconsin swept (2) Minnesota while four different players tallied hat tricks.
(10) Harvard plays at (7) Clarkson while Vermont looks to trip up (3) Northeastern and Colgate visits (4) Cornell.
Top-ranked Wisconsin was upset by Bemidji State while Clarkson fell to Yale and Cornell tied Union.
Boston College has lost four straight and looks to avoid a sweep against the Hockey East leaders Northeastern while Princeton hopes having a full roster helps them take down Harvard.
Top-ranked Wisconsin defeated (3) Northeastern to win the inaugural Battle at the Burgh tournament and Minnesota Duluth won the Minnesota Cup.