MINNEAPOLIS – Putting together one of the most complete games for the program in years, the Minnesota Golden Gophers won the WCHA Tournament Championship on Saturday, defeating the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes 3-1. The started off evenly matched, with the teams trading possessions and looking for an opening. The Gophers took a 1-0 lead late … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Golden Gophers advanced to the WCHA Tournament championship by exacting a little revenge on their border rivals Wisconsin in a 3-2 win Friday evening. The Badgers had taken five of six points from Minnesota in the second-to-last series of the regular season at Ridder Arena, but the Gophers weren’t about to … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS – The Ohio State Buckeyes advanced to the WCHA Championship game with a 2-1 win over Minnesota Duluth on Friday afternoon. They’ll face the winner of the semifinal between Wisconsin and Minnesota in the title game Saturday at 2 pm Central. The teams played an incredibly even, back and forth game for most of … Read more
It’s conference tournament championship weekend and by Sunday at lunchtime, we’ll know which 11 teams are heading to the NCAA Tournament this season. The ECAC and WCHA still have semifinal games left, while the other three conferences have played everything but the title game. The whole sport shifted their postseason schedules a bit this year … Read more
The WCHA has named Ohio State graduate defender Sophie Jaques its 2022-23 WCHA player of the year. Jaques, who was named WCHA defender of the year on Wednesday, was chosen for the overall honor by league head coaches and assistant coaches from among the All-WCHA First Team selections that included forwards Minnesota’s Taylor Heise (5Yr.) … Read more
The WCHA has announced four individual award winners for the 2022-23 campaign. Minnesota’s Taylor Heise has been named WCHA forward of the year for the second straight season, while Ohio State’s Sophie Jaques also repeats as WCHA defender of the year. Minnesota Duluth’s Emma Soderberg earns WCHA goaltender of the year and Wisconsin’s Caroline Harvey … Read more
The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the three finalists for the Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award. The finalists are Yale’s Pia Dukaric, Northeastern’s Gwyneth Philips, and Minnesota Duluth’s Emma Soderberg. Dukaric is a sophomore, Philips is a senior and Soderberg is a graduate student. Voting was carried out by a panel of … Read more
Bemidji State at (1) Ohio State In the first game, Sophie Jaques scored a hat trick to lead OSU to a 4-1 win. She put in a shot off the faceoff in the first, lit the lamp with .2 seconds left in the second and added a shot from the slot in the third to … Read more
(1) Ohio State at (6) Wisconsin Wisconsin powered out to a 4-0 lead in the opening period thanks to two goals from Jesse Compher as well as tallies from Casey O’Brien and Britta Curl. After regrouping at the first intermission, Ohio State began their comeback. Jenn Gardiner lit the lamp in the first two minutes … Read more
MADISON – The #1 Ohio State Buckeyes dug out of a 4-0 hole after the first period to force overtime, but #6 Wisconsin pulled out a 6-5 win thanks to a made penalty shot by freshman Kirsten Simms midway through the extra frame. The penalty shot was called after an extended scrum in the Ohio … Read more
It’s the final weekend of the regular season and while some things have been secured, there’s still a lot on the line with this weekend’s games. Penn State has won the CHA, Northeastern has wrapped up Hockey East and LIU took their first NEWHA regular season title. Each has already secured the top seed in … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation has announced the five finalists for the 2023 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” for leadership in community service. Jacob Adkins (Centennial, Col.) and Andrew Walker (Mason, Mich.), Senior Forwards, UMass Boston Jake Adkins and Andy Walker, aka “The Men in Blades,” have been a staple … Read more
St. Thomas at (1) Ohio State On Friday, Makenna Webster, Emma Maltais, Paetyn Levis, Gabby Rosenthal, Emerson Jarvis and Emma Peschel each scored for the Buckeyes to lead them to a 6-1 win. Maija Almich was the goal-scorer for St. Thomas. On Saturday, Levis, Rosenthal, Jenn Gardiner, Webster and Teagan Grant each lit the lamp … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the women’s monthly award winners for January. Co-players of the month are Minnesota graduate forward Grace Zumwinkle and Yale senior forward Claire Dalton, rookie of the month is Colgate forward Elyssa Biederman, and goaltender of the month is Northeastern senior Gwyneth Philips. Zumwinkle became the sixth Gopher to reach … Read more
(1) Ohio State at (3) Minnesota After feeling each other out for the better part of the opening period, Peyton Hemp put Minnesota up 1-0. In the second, Abigail Boreen scored 49 seconds in and Abbey Murphy added a power play goal to put the Gophers up 3-0. Gabby Rosenthal got one back for the … Read more
There are three weeks left of the regular season, but many teams will either take a bye week or play non-conference opponents in that time, meaning for some teams, they have just four games in which to make their final play for seeding in postseason tournaments. There are tight races in every conference, even if … Read more
Following a thorough national search, Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America have named Michelle Morgan as their next commissioner. “I am honored to be named the next commissioner of Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America,” Morgan said in a news release. “I’d like to thank the search committee for their dedication throughout the process. I’m … Read more
Minnesota State at (1) Ohio State On Friday Jenn Gardiner and Paetyn Levis each scored twice and Madison Bizal added three assists to lead the Buckeyes to a 6-2 win. Sophie Jaques also added a goal and an assist. Madison Mashuga and Kelsey King each scored for the Mavericks in the loss. In the second … Read more
(1) Ohio State at St. Cloud State Nine Buckeyes tallied points and six of them had multi-point games as OSU took the opening game of the weekend 6-2. Makenna Webster, Jenn Gardiner and Paetyn Levis had the team up 3-0 early in the second. Emma Gentry lit the lamp for St. Cloud to cut the … Read more
The $75 million Lee and Penny Anderson Arena will soon be the new home for St. Thomas hockey and basketball. The single largest monetary gift ever given to a Minnesota university will bring hockey onto campus for the first time at St. Thomas. St. Thomas on Tuesday announced the $75 million lead naming gift from … Read more