Frank Cole, the NCAA’s National Coordinator of Officals, along with Col. James Knowlton, the chair of the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee and Ty Halpin, the NCAA’s liasion to the Ice Hockey Rules Committee recently sent a memorandum to the Conference Commissioners and Hockey Coaches in regards to the Officiating Directive. Below is the text … Read more
North Dakota women’s hockey coach Shantel Rivard has been removed from that position and her contract will not be renewed when it expires on June 30. North Dakota athletic director Tom Buning made the announcement today. Buning said that Rivard will be reassigned to other duties within the North Dakota athletic department and North Dakota … Read more
Commissioners from the nation’s four Division I women’s ice hockey conferences have announced a 24-game series to be played among the conferences throughout the 2006-2007 season. The first annual Women’s Commissioners’ Cup Series faces off with the University of New Hampshire visiting the University of Minnesota on Saturday, Oct. 7. Each conference participates in 12 … Read more
Beginning September 30, USCHO will present the third season of the Women’s Game of the Week, the only weekly national Internet broadcast for women’s hockey. Fans will be able to access the live audio feeds through the broadcast schedule linked from the USCHO women’s page. Videocasts of select games will also be available beginning with … Read more
Michele Amidon, a former U.S. Women’s National Team player who has spent the last eight seasons of her professional career as the highly successful head coach of the Bowdoin College women’s ice hockey team, has been named USA Hockey’s first-ever Director of Women’s Hockey. Amidon has resigned her post at Bowdoin and a search has … Read more
Every year the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee meets to determine how the past season went and to look forward to future seasons. This past meeting is summarized by Ty Halpin, the NCAA’s liaision to the Rules Committee. The Committee reports on rules changes, points of emphasis and future discussions.
St. Cloud State University Director of Athletics Dr. Morris Kurtz has announced the appointment of Jeff Giesen as the head women’s hockey coach. A native of Blaine, Minn., Giesen becomes the third head coach since the inception of the women’s program in 1998. He replaces Jason Lesteberg, who served as head coach at SCSU from … Read more
Bemidji State announced the hiring of Steve Sertich as the fourth head women’s ice hockey coach in the eight-year history of the BSU program. “Steve comes from a long line of successful hockey,” Director of Athletics Dr. Steve Goeb said. “He was an Olympian and was an enormous talent as a player. He’s reached that … Read more
Women’s hockey should receive a big boost in the state of Wisconsin following the school’s matching NCAA titles.
The roster for the 2006 NCAA Skills Challenge is now finalized. Below is the list of student-athletes that will be participating in the Challenge. The Challenge takes place at 8:00ET at the Bradley Center on Friday, April 7. It will be preceded by the Hobey Baker and Humanitarian Award ceremonies. Tickets to the event can … Read more
When she leaves the rink, Wisconsin’s Bobbi-Jo Slusar takes on a different set of responsibilities working with autistic and other special-needs children. Dave Starman can relate.
The NCAA has announced the participants for the inaugural NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge, which will be held April 7 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The competition will be held in an East versus West format with each team having six male position players, six female position players, two male goaltenders and two … Read more
The upcoming WCHA quarterfinals could be historic for two reasons — the debut of a playoff system that should stay for years to come, and some fresh blood in the WCHA semifinals. This is the first year that the WCHA will play best-of-three quarterfinal series on campus sites — just like the top men’s conferences … Read more
The NCAA announced Monday that Boston College senior forward Chris Collins, currently the nation’s leading scorer, is the first student-athlete selected to the inaugural Frozen Four Skills Challenge roster. Collins, who has scored 24 goals and 47 points this season, will be one of 16 members of the East Team. If the Eagles reach the … Read more
Five former and current Gophers women’s hockey players will dominate the roster of the 20-member U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team this month in Torino, Italy. The university boasts the greatest number of players on the Olympic team with the presence of Natalie Darwitz, Courtney Kennedy, Kelly Stephens, Lyndsay Wall and Krissy Wendell. All the players … Read more
The rise of the St. Cloud State women’s squad began with a simple experiment, but Tom Reale finds that the results go beyond the Huskies’ top line.
The Hockey Humanitarian Foundation today announced seven outstanding student athletes who were selected as finalists for the 2006 Hockey Humanitarian Award. The finalists, listed in alphabetical order, are: Janelle Armitage, Sr., University of Connecticut Eric Leroux, Sr., Princeton University Drew Miller, Jr., Michigan State University Mason Oakes, Sr., Lawrence University Jaime Sifers, Sr., University of … Read more
Women’s college hockey’s top rivalry between Minnesota and UMD makes its first appearance on the broadcast schedule, come Saturday night.
The NCAA announced Tuesday the addition of the 2006 NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge to the 2006 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four weekend. The event will take place Friday evening, April 7 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee at a time to be determined. “We are extremely excited to announce the Frozen Four Skills Challenge and … Read more
No. 9 Ohio State, perennially a top-four team in the WCHA, faces a challenge in Saturday’s 4 p.m. ET broadcast from visiting Minnesota State’s young forward talent.