Hockey East announced Tuesday that Vermont senior forward Theresa Schafzahl has been awarded the 2022 Cammi Granato Award as Hockey East Player of the Year. Schafzahl is the first Vermont Catamount to be so honored. Alongside Schafzahl, Vermont’s Jim Plumer was unanimously named Hockey East Coach of the Year, his second time winning the award, … Read more
CHA RIT vs. Lindenwood The Tigers won just their second game of the season thanks to Abby Davies’ hat trick. After a scoreless first, RIT went up 2-0 thanks to goals from Davis and Lindsay Maloney. Gigi Pora cut the lead in half and the teams headed to the locker rooms for the final time … Read more
Hockey East announced Friday its 2021-22 women’s all-star teams as voted by the women’s league’s 10 head coaches. First-Team All-Stars G: Aerin Frankel, Northeastern, GR D: Skylar Fontaine, Northeastern, GR D: Maude Poulin-Labelle, Vermont, SR F: Hannah Bilka, Boston College, JR F: Maureen Murphy, Northeastern, GR F: Theresa Schafzahl, Vermont, SR * Second-Team All-Stars G: … Read more
Note: This is a special, part two, Thursday edition of Wednesday Women. Check out yesterday’s part one where Nicole, Arlan and guest columnist Grant Salzano talk about Pairwise, the new NCAA tournament format and which teams are affected. Nicole: Ok, you two broke down the conference tournaments pretty well, so let’s lay it out. Who … Read more
Nicole: Happy postseason, women’s hockey friends! As we head into the first weekend of conference tournaments, we’ve asked a special guest to join the conversation this week. Grant Salzano writes about Boston College women’s hockey at BC Interruption and on Twitter at @Salzano14.
Arlan: It’s an eventful time in the world of women’s hockey. In NCAA Division-I, we’re seeing a higher frequency of games, both with the Beanpot and teams trying to make up games that were postponed due to Covid protocols. At the same time, pool play for the women’s hockey tournament of the Beijing Olympics was … Read more
Bemidji State at (1) Minnesota Goalie Lauren Bench earned a shutout in her 100th career start and six different Gophers lit the lamp as Minnesota cruised a 7-0 win on Friday. Payton Hemp led the Gophers with two goals. Catie Skaja, Savannah Norcross, Audrey Wethington, Amy Potomak and Abigail Boreen each added a goal and … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its women’s players of the month for January 2022. Vermont senior forward Theresa Schafzahl is the player of the month, while teammate Jessie McPherson is the goaltender of the month and Cornell sophomore forward Lily Delianedis is the rookie of the month. Schafzahl led the NCAA in goals and … Read more
Vermont at (1) Northeastern The Catamounts earned their first-ever win over a #1 team when they upset Northeastern on Friday. Vermont had a season-high 38 blocks, led by Sarah Levesque with eight. Kristina Shanahan scored 12 minutes into the game. Theresa Schafzahl blocked a shot on defense and then she, Shanahan and Alyssa Holmes broke … Read more
Of the 230 women rostered on 10 teams set to drop the puck next Thursday in the 2022 Beijing Olympics, 102 played at least one season of NCAA Division I hockey. Five more women are committed to start their NCAA career next season. In total, 107 women have connections to North American collegiate programs. They … Read more
Hockey East announced Friday a schedule update for two women’s teams. The series between Vermont and Holy Cross, previously scheduled for Jan. 13-14, has been rescheduled for Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 17-18. Both games will begin at 1 p.m. at Holy Cross.
Hockey East announced Monday schedule updates for men’s and women’s conference teams. The men’s series between Northeastern and Vermont, previously scheduled for Jan. 14-15, has been postponed. The Huskies are now scheduled to travel to Vermont for a single game on Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 5:30 p.m. The women’s series between Holy Cross and Vermont, … Read more
Lindenwood at (2) Ohio State Madison Bizal scored her first goal of the season and OSU’s first of the new year to get things rolling for the Buckeyes as the took an 8-2 win on Friday. Sophie Jaques added two goals and Jenn Gardiner, Paetyn Levis, Jenna Buglioni, Hadley Hartmetz and Liz Schepers all lit … Read more
RIT at (3) Minnesota On Friday, seven different Gophers scored goals, including Emily Zumwinkle, who scored her first career goal. Goalie Makayla Pahl earned her first career point on a goal from Taylor Heise. The Gophers outshot the Tigers 59-12 and earned a 10-0 win. In the second game, Emma Connor scored her first as … Read more
It sure feels like this is Northeastern’s conference to lose and everyone else is just going to try and keep up. The Huskies had control from start to finish last season and they return all but one player from that squad. They have more experience, more confidence and more drive to win that final game … Read more
It’s been a very active offseason in women’s hockey as Olympic centralization, transfers and bonus Covid years have all affected how rosters will look this season. There have also been a number of coaching moves. This is my attempt at putting all that information in one place. I’ve done my best to get all this … Read more
Vermont has announced that 2021 Colby graduate Cierra San Roman will join the women’s hockey staff as the director of hockey operations. “We are really excited to have Cierra join our staff this year,” said UVM coach Jim Plumer in a statement. “She has a unique skill set not only as a former goalie, but … Read more
Norwich has named Taylor Willard as the lead assistant coach for the women’s hockey team. Willard replaces Mollie Fitzpatrick, who left to join the Boston University women’s coaching staff in June. “I am beyond thrilled to have Taylor Willard join our staff,” Norwich head coach Sophie Leclerc said in a statement. “It was clear after … Read more
Hockey East has announced that a new postseason tournament format for the men’s and women’s leagues will be used beginning in 2022. All 11 men’s programs and all 10 women’s programs will compete in a single-elimination postseason tournament for the Lamoriello Trophy and the Bertagna trophy, respectively. “This new format for the Hockey East tournament … Read more
Hockey East announced Tuesday schedule updates for men’s and women’s teams for the coming week. Wednesday, March 3 Women’s Semifinals UConn at Northeastern – 4:30 p.m. (NESN) Maine at Providence – 7 p.m. (NESN) Thursday, March 4 New Hampshire at Boston University (men) – 4 p.m. Friday, March 5 Maine at Massachusetts (men) – 2:30 … Read more