Wisconsin’s Desbiens, Robert Morris’ Gebhard named women’s HCA national players of the month

Wisconsin senior goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens has been named the Women’s Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Division I Player of the Month for February 2017, while Robert Morris forward Jaycee Gebhard is the WHCA National Rookie of the Month. Desbiens earns the honor after leading the country with a 0.61 GAA, a .973 save percentage and four … Read more

Minnesota Duluth’s Stalder captures WCHA Player of the Year, Student-Athlete of the Year laurels

The women’s WCHA announced its postseason awards and all-league teams for the 2016-17 season on Thursday. Minnesota Duluth senior forward Lara Stalder is the WCHA Player of the Year and Student-Athlete of the Year. Stalder, a finalist for the 2017 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, finished second in the conference scoring race with 39 points during … Read more

Three pictures, three stories

The playoff picture is a little clearer this week, but there’s still a lot hinging on the final weekend of conference tournament games. The NCAA Selection Show takes place Sunday at 9 p.m. EST, and there’s still plenty of uncertainty about who will be included in the final eight teams and where they will be … Read more

Five teams’ final weekend fight

All too soon, the seemingly endless regular season comes down to one final weekend. Months of work can be decided by a single game, period, or play. The final weekend of the season might not bring a ton of suspense for the top spot in each of the conferences, but there are plenty of battles … Read more

Wednesday Women: Analyzing the races

Genevieve Bannon (Clarkson - 9) plays the puck as Molly Strabley (Princeton - 2) gives chase. ((c) Shelley M. Szwast 2016)

With the conference champions all but decided, Candace and Arlan look at the races for home ice seeding in each conference, possible playoff matches, the races for points leaders in conferences, the announcement of the Patty Kazmaier Award initial list, and why certain programs are always near the top while others languish.

Minnesota Duluth’s Stalder, Princeton’s Neatby inaugural WHCA national players of the month

Minnesota Duluth senior forward Lara Stalder has been named the inaugural Women’s Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Division I Player of the Month, earning the historic honor for January 2017 after producing an NCAA-best 2.67 points-per-game and a plus-16 rating. Princeton freshman goaltender Steph Neatby, who led the Tigers to a 5-0-1 record last month, which … Read more

Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association announces creation of national awards

The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association announced Tuesday the creation of the Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association National Monthly Awards, to be given to the nation’s top collegiate women’s hockey player and rookie each month of the season beginning in the 2017 calendar year. The inaugural award winners, deemed to be the top player and best rookie … Read more

Amazing Ann-Renée

Though she continues to break record after record, Wisconsin goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens would rather talk about her teammates and their goal of winning a national championship, reports Nicole Haase in a special to USCHO.

Source: Minnesota’s Cameranesi out for season after ankle surgery

Minnesota senior forward Dani Cameranesi had season-ending ankle surgery this week, a source has told USCHO.com. The school did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Cameranesi left the Gophers’ Dec. 3 game against Wisconsin after an awkward fall along the corner boards. She returned to the ice on Jan. 13 at Minnesota-Duluth, but appeared … Read more

Wednesday Women: Moving toward success

Dana Trivigno (BC - 8), Kelly Pannek (Minnesota - 19) - The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the Boston College Eagles 3-1 to win the 2016 NCAA national championship on Sunday, March 20, 2016, at the Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, New Hampshire. (Melissa Wade)

Candace and Arlan look at Wisconsin’s Fill the Bowl success, Minnesota-Duluth’s first sweep of Minnesota since 2010, some other puzzling results, like Northeastern getting swept by Maine, what shuffling might occur in the standings, and early favorites for the Patty Kazmaier Award.