She smashed every goaltending record in the NCAA book, and followed it with one of the best postseasons ever. For that, Wisconsin junior Ann-Renée Desbiens has been named USCHO’s player of the year.
Facing BC’s top offense, Minnesota knew if needed defense from not just its goalies and defensemen, but the forwards as well for a complete team win.
Kendall Coyne capped her record-setting career at Northeastern by winning the 2016 Patty Kazmaier Award, becoming the second Northeastern player to win it.
Kendall Coyne of Northeastern. (Melissa Wade) Kendall Coyne (Palos Heights, Ill.), a senior from Northeastern University who played on the 2014 U.S. Olympic team, was named the 2016 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The award, which is in its 19th year, is presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey by … Read more
DURHAM, N.H. — Minnesota’s list of seniors touts some of the biggest names in the college hockey world, with players like Amanda Leveille, Hannah Brandt and Amanda Kessel. But passing on the torch on from the winningest class in program history has been near seamless for the gold and maroon. On the biggest stage of … Read more
It is said that even the longest journey starts with a single step. For the four teams looking to complete their journey this weekend, the final two steps can seem the longest. Minnesota knows this better than anyone, as outside of those in their first year as Gophers and Amanda Kessel, whose career started way … Read more
Candace and Arlan look at the results from the NCAA quarterfinals, preview the Frozen Four semifinal matchups and what each team needs to do to win, and give their best guess on who might be the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player, depending on which team wins.
Top-seeded Boston College is only three wins shy of a perfect season as it searches for its first national title. The Eagles hope to reach the Frozen Four and get their first win there; they’ve been stopped in the semifinals five previous times. Also representing Hockey East is Northeastern. After coming up just short in … Read more
Candace and Arlan discuss the NCAA Selection Committee’s puzzling pairings in the NCAA tournament, the results of the conference tournaments, the possibilities for upsets in the first round of the NCAA tournament, and the three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award.
The eight women’s teams in the NCAA tournament have been revealed. The top four seeds – No. 1 Boston College, No. 2 Wisconsin, No. 3 Minnesota and No. 4 Quinnipiac – will host quarterfinal matchups on home ice March 11-12. BC hosts Northeastern, Wisconsin hosts Mercyhurst, Princeton travels to Minnesota and Quinnipiac will host Clarkson … Read more
Seven individual awards, three All-WCHA Teams and an All-Rookie Team were announced on Thursday by the WCHA women’s conference. Wisconsin junior goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens is the Player of the Year and Goaltending Champion after posting 18 shutouts, the all-time NCAA single-season record (women or men) and leading the nation with a .958 save percentage and … Read more
The top three finalists for the 2016 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award were announced Thursday. Boston College senior forward Alex Carpenter, Northeastern senior forward Kendall Coyne and Wisconsin junior goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens have made the final cut. Carpenter, BC’s captain, is looking to become the first back-to-back recipient of the award, and only the second player … Read more
Candace and Arlan look at where upset winners might come from in the conference tournament semifinals and finals, look at possible NCAA matchups,, and debate the 10 finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award and who is likely to finish in the top three.
The USA Hockey Foundation announced Thursday the 10 finalists for the 2016 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The honor is awarded annually upon the top player in NCAA Division I women’s hockey and this year will be unveiled at a brunch ceremony at Wentworth By The Sea in New Castle, N.H., on Saturday, March 19, as … Read more
Candace and Arlan ponder Minnesota’s sweep of Wisconsin, whether Boston College can maintain its perfect record, the various playoff matchups in the first round, the retirement of Dartmouth coach Mark Hudak, and the players and rookies of the year in each conference.
With one weekend left in the season, Candace and Arlan ponder Boston College winning the Beanpot and Hockey East, Wisconsin winning the WCHA, likely winners in the other two conferences, the likely first round playoff pairings in each conference tournament, and the probable Patty Kazmaier Award nominees.
I’ve read a lot of student essays over the years written by seventh-graders through high-school students. Many of them use the five-paragraph essay format, and where they often tend to err is by being too formulaic, particularly in the introduction and conclusion. The essay will state a topic and list the three main points that … Read more
Candace and Arlan discuss the return of Amanda Kessel, the outstanding play of Ann-Renée Desbiens, the playoff pictures in each conference, and the stretch runs.
Against all odds, 2013 Patty Kazmaier Award winner Amanda Kessel returned to play at Minnesota, and this past weekend in her first games with her old team in two years, she notched two assists. What does Kessel’s return mean for her team?
The WCHA announced Friday that women’s commissioner Aaron Kemp has resigned to pursue other professional opportunities, effective immediately. WCHA men’s commissioner Bill Robertson has been named interim commissioner of the women’s league and will assume overall leadership and supervision through the remainder of the women’s 2015-16 season, which concludes March 20, 2016. “On behalf of … Read more