Mandy Hansen has been named Minnesota’s assistant director of athletic communications and will serve as the primary media contact for women’s hockey. Hansen brings more than eight years of communications experience to the department, including serving as the media liaison for the 2011 NCAA women’s hockey championship team at Wisconsin.
Former Minnesota women’s captain Sarah Erickson has been named the new head women’s coach at Concordia (Minn.). Erickson, who captained for the Gophers in both the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons, replaces Brett Bruininks, who left to take the women’s assistant position at Minnesota State. Erickson becomes the sixth head coach in the history of the … Read more
USA Hockey announced Monday the 25-player roster for the U.S. Women’s National Team that will play at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The team is made up of 13 forwards, nine defensemen and three goaltenders – all but 16-year-old defenseman Jincy Dunne have either played college hockey, are currently in college or … Read more
The 2014 women’s WCHA Final Face-off will be held at the Sanford Center in Bemidji, Minn., on March 7-8, 2014. Bemidji will be the seventh city to host the event in the 15-year history of the WCHA playoff championship. The event has been held four of the last five years at the Ridder Arena in … Read more
Ohio State announced the hiring of Carson Duggan and Keith Maurice as assistant coaches for the women’s team. Duggan comes to the Buckeyes after spending the last two seasons as head women’s coach at Trinity, while Maurice has been an assistant coach at Norwich for the past 10 seasons. “Carson is a great addition to … Read more
Buffalo State has hired former Niagara standout and Ohio State assistant coach Candice Moxley as its new head women’s coach. Moxley spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach at Ohio State and prior to joining the Buckeyes, served one year as the head coach at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ont., and … Read more
According to the Grand Forks Herald, WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod told a group of administrators and coaches at the Florida AHCA meetings last week that the 2013-14 season, his 20th as commissioner, is “probably” his last in the role. McLeod reportedly hinted to some of the administrators and coaches a couple of months ago that … Read more
North Dakota has promoted Daniella Irle from senior associate athletics director for internal operations to deputy director of athletics. She will continue to serve as senior woman administrator for UND athletics.
Former Ohio State assistant and Niagara head coach Chris MacKenzie has been named the new head women’s coach at Connecticut. MacKenzie has 11 years of collegiate coaching experience in both the women’s and men’s games. “My family and I are excited to be coming to the UConn family,” said MacKenzie in a news release. “UConn … Read more
St. Cloud State announced Wednesday that the National Hockey and Event Center has been renamed the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. According to a school-issued news release, the university is working with sponsors on commercial naming rights and naming opportunities within the arena. “Just as Herb Brooks saw Division I hockey as important to the … Read more
Minnesota placed four skaters on the All-USCHO D-I Women’s teams, while Boston College placed three.
Minnesota’s Amanda Kessel dominated the offensive statistics, while goaltender Noora Räty set marks for shutouts and wins. The two have been named Co-Players of the Year.
It should come as no surprise that the undefeated Minnesota squad that captured the Division I women’s national championship also finishes out the year where it started – and sat all year long – atop the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Yet again, the Gophers received all 15 first-place votes in the final poll of … Read more
Achieving an undefeated and untied season required Minnesota to reset its focus from winning the games to enjoying the process of playing and executing its game plan.
While the regular season records are different, but Boston University and Minnesota have won every postseason game. The two teams haven’t played since 2007.
Amanda Kessel was honored Saturday as the winner of the 2013 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The award is given annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey by the USA Hockey Foundation, recognizing outstanding and individual team skills. Selection is also made based on sportsmanship, clutch performance and a competitiveness and … Read more
Minnesota’s depth made the difference in a tough, come-from-behind win against Boston College, as it was the third line that kept the Gophers’ championship hopes alive.
Minnesota garnered all 15 first-place votes yet again to sit atop the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. The undefeated Gophers won the WCHA tournament last weekend with wins over Ohio State in the semifinals and North Dakota in the finals. Minnesota has also posted six straight shutouts. Cornell moves up one to No. 2 after … Read more
On the strength of an unblemished regular season, Minnesota took home all but one major award at the WCHA awards ceremony March 7 in Madison, Wis. Amanda Kessel was named player of the year and scoring champion, Megan Bozek defensive player of the year, Hannah Brandt rookie of the year, Noora Räty goaltending champion and … Read more
For the first time ever, all three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award are from the same team. Minnesota senior defenseman Megan Bozek, junior forward Amanda Kessel and senior goaltender Noora Räty have guided the Gophers to a perfect 36-0-0 record this season and an NCAA-record 44-game winning streak, dating back to last season. … Read more