Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Season 3 premiere – Previewing ECAC Hockey and big national topics for the 2025-26 NCAA women’s hockey season

On the first episode of the PodKaz for the 2025-26 season, Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com discuss how preparations for the Olympics could impact the NCAA hockey landscape. It’s a season unlike any others before because of the lack of centralization for the U.S. and Canadian national teams. Changes to the NCAA tournament … Read more

Cornell finishes atop ECAC Hockey women’s ’25-26 preseason poll; Big Red goalie Bergmann lone unanimous pick on preseason all-league team

ECAC Hockey has announced its women’s preseason coaches poll and the preseason all-league team. 2025-26 ECAC Women’s Hockey Preseason Poll (First-place votes) 1. Cornell – 129 points – (8) 2. Colgate – 119 points – (2) 3. Clarkson – 117 points – (2) T4. St. Lawrence – 88 points T4. Quinnipiac – 88 points 6. … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: 2025-26 roster updates

Even though the era of the extra Covid year is winding down, the transfer portal continues to be an active and important part of the women’s college hockey offseason. There was plenty of movement with players heading to new teams and there are a still a fair number of fifth-year players. Here’s our attempt at … Read more

Hockey Humanitarian Award Finalist Feature: With Sticks Together non-profit, St. Lawrence’s Thompson introducing game of hockey to all parts of the globe

After committing to Syracuse early in her high school career, Sarah Thompson thought she’d close out her hockey career with the Orange. But she has always been adaptable and when the opportunity came to use her last year of eligibility playing at St. Lawrence, Thompson couldn’t pass it up. After graduating from Syracuse with a … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 42 – The 2025 Frozen Four is set; here’s how Wisconsin, Ohio State, Minnesota and Cornell got there

Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com have a look at the 2025 Frozen Four in this edition of the PodKaz. But first, they take a look back at the NCAA regionals and opening-night wins by St. Lawrence, Minnesota Duluth and Clarkson.But home ice held in the regional finals, where Wisconsin, Minnesota, Cornell and Ohio … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 41 – It’s NCAA tournament time; here’s a bracket breakdown and a look at how we got here

Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com start this edition of the PodKaz with a look back on the five conference championships, won by Penn State, Cornell, Boston University, Sacred Heart and Wisconsin. The NCAA tournament bracket was unveiled Sunday morning but the production left a lot to be desired. And the show concludes with … Read more

NCAA unveils 11-team bracket for 2025 National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament

Wisconsin, defending champion Ohio State, Cornell and Minnesota earned hosting spots for the opening rounds of the 2025 NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament when the bracket was unveiled on Sunday. The NCAA committee had to make a small adjustment in the bracket based on needing to avoid an intra-conference matchup between Clarkson and St. … Read more

ECAC Hockey announces 2024-25 individual award winners, tabs Clarkson’s Winn women’s player, defender of the year

ECAC Hockey has selected the women’s end-of-season award winners for 2024-25: Haley Winn (Player and Defender of the Year), Lindzi Avar (#Bitcoin Rookie of the Year), Issy Wunder (Forward of the Year), Doug Derraugh (Coach of the Year) PLAYER OF THE YEAR ECAC Hockey has announced Clarkson University senior Haley Winn as the 2025 women’s … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 40 – OT drama in Hockey East leads into conference championship weekend

We’ve reached the conference championship weekend in NCAA women’s hockey, with nine games left to play before league playoff champions are decided and the NCAA tournament bracket gets filled out. Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com start this week’s episode of the PodKaz with a look at Wednesday night’s action, including a double-overtime victory … Read more

Five finalists announced for 2025 Hockey Humanitarian Award, including quartet of women’s hockey standouts

The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announced the five finalists for the 2025 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” for leadership in community service. For the first time ever, four of the five finalists are female student-athletes. Keri Clougherty, Boston College (Sr., D, Lynn, Mass.) Throughout her four years at Boston College, … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 37 – First 2 conference champions crowned; final weekend for ECAC chase

Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com dive into the races for conference titles on this week’s edition of the PodKaz. Penn State and Wisconsin wrapped up the Atlantic Hockey and WCHA championships, respectively, last week, and the ECAC Hockey title will be decided on the final weekend. UConn narrowed Boston University’s lead in Hockey … Read more