Women’s Division I College Hockey Weekend Wrap: February 8
Aerin Frankel set a new conference shutout record and Daryl Watts moved into 18th place on the all-time career points list this weekend.
Women’s D-I: Wisconsin
January HCA women’s awards go to Wisconsin’s Watts, Clarkson’s Paciechnyk, Northeastern’s Frankel
The Hockey Commissioners Association announced Thursday its women’s national players of the month for January.
WCHA women’s hockey conference to hold 2021 Final Faceoff playoffs March 6-7 in Minneapolis
The women’s WCHA will hold its 2021 Final Faceoff March 6-7 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis.
Women’s Division I College Hockey Weekend Wrap: January 25
Bemidji State split with Minnesota Duluth and Clarkson split with Quinnipiac while Wisconsin, Ohio State, Northeastern, Colgate and Penn State all swept.
Wednesday Women: Comparing the top four and discussing under the radar favorites
Arlan and Nicole try to figure out which of the top four teams has what it takes to go the distance and talk about Clarkson, Maine, Vermont and Penn State along the way.
Women’s Division I College Hockey Weekend Wrap: January 18
(2) Wisconsin swept (1) Minnesota, (6) UMD split the weekend with (3) Ohio State and (4) Northeastern needed overtime to beat Maine.
Women’s Division I College Hockey Weekend Wrap: January 11
(4) Ohio State at (1) Wisconsin In game one, Paeytn Levis opened the scoring early in the second to put Ohio State up 1-0. Wisconsin responded midway through the third on a pretty passing play from Brette Pettet to Sophie Shirley to Daryl Watts to tie it up. Nicole LaMantia took the puck in on … Read more
DI Women: Understanding where everyone stands as the second half starts in earnest
A quick breakdown of where each team stands heading into the final two months of the season.
Women’s Division I College Hockey Weekend Wrap: January 4
(1) Wisconsin at Minnesota State On Saturday, Makenna Webster and Casey O’Brien each scored their first career goals and Sydney Langseth scored for the Mavericks to make it 2-1 Wisconsin after two periods. Brittyn Fleming tied it up for Minnesota State midway through the third, but Daryl Watts scored with less than four minutes in … Read more
WCHA announces second half of 2020-21 women’s hockey season to start New Year’s Day
The WCHA women’s conference will open the second half of its 2020-21 schedule Jan. 1-5, 2021, the league office announced Wednesday. The opening weekend of the second half will feature Bemidji State at Ohio State, Jan. 1-2; Wisconsin at Minnesota State, Jan. 2-3; and Minnesota Duluth at Minnesota, Jan. 4-5. “We are excited to kick … Read more
Wednesday Women: Wrapping our heads around the first few weeks
Nicole Haase and Arlan Marttila are back to talk all things Division I women’s hockey.
WCHA postpones Wisconsin women’s hockey series with Minnesota Duluth, Ohio State due to Badgers not having enough players
The WCHA women’s series involving Wisconsin Dec. 11-12 against Minnesota Duluth and Dec. 18-19 against Ohio State will not be played as scheduled. Both series were set to take place in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin will be unable to meet the minimum number of players required to compete outlined in the WCHA’s return to competition protocols. … Read more
Wisconsin women’s hockey team has positive COVID-19 tests, series at Minnesota Dec. 4-5 postponed
The WCHA women’s series between Wisconsin and Minnesota scheduled for Dec. 4-5 in Minneapolis has been postponed. The postponement was necessitated after positive COVID-19 tests were found within the Badgers’ program. No make-up date has been determined at this time.
DI Women: Weekend Wrap
(1) Wisconsin at (3) Ohio State Sophie Jacques scored in the opening minutes and Madison Bizal extended the Buckeye lead to 2-0 around the midway mark of the first period on Friday. Daryl Watts quickly responded to cut the lead in half, but Jenna Buglioni’s goal just before the buzzer had Ohio State up 3-1 … Read more
Women’s DI Hockey: 2020-2021 season preview
In the before times, the best case scenario for season previews was to give somewhat educated guesses. Those guesses came from watching teams last season, watching many of the incoming freshmen in U-18 World Championships and looking at how teams’ schedules might benefit or hurt them. Most of that isn’t available to us this year. … Read more
Wisconsin tops in WCHA women’s preseason coaches poll; Watts, Murphy nab individual preseason honors
The WCHA women’s conference announced the results of its preseason coaches poll today, as well as preseason players of the year and preseason All-WCHA team. Wisconsin senior forward Daryl Watts in the preseason player of the year and Minnesota freshman forward Abbey Murphy is the preseason rookie of the year. WCHA Preseason Coaches Poll First-place … Read more
Wisconsin hockey coordinator Engel-Natzke hired by AHL’s Bears as video coach
The AHL’s Hershey Bears announced Thursday that the team has hired Emily Engel-Natzke as video coach. Engel-Natzke joins the Bears from Wisconsin where she served as the assistant director of operations/video coordinator. With the Badgers, she worked with both the men’s and women’s hockey teams from 2015 to 2017, and exclusively with the men’s team … Read more
No spectators indefinitely for men’s, women’s hockey games at Wisconsin for 2020-21 season
Wisconsin men’s and women’s hockey home games will be played this season without fans in the stands for an indefinite period of time, the school announced Wednesday. Similar to the approach Wisconsin Athletics is taking with Camp Randall Stadium, fans will not be allowed into the Kohl Center for basketball or LaBahn Arena for hockey … Read more
Women’s DI: WCHA hopes partial schedule is the starting point for a 24-game season
The women’s WCHA were the first DI conference to announce a schedule that puts their teams back on the ice. The partial schedule covers five weeks, but Commissioner Jennifer Flowers hopes to have a full slate of games set before the holiday break.
Wisconsin tabbed top team in 2020-21 preseason USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll
With seven first-place votes, Wisconsin is the No. 1 team in the preseason USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Also with seven first-place votes is No. 2 Cornell, which finished last season No. 1 in the USCHO.com rankings. Third-ranked Northeastern garnered the other first-place vote. In order, the rest of the top 10 are Minnesota, Ohio … Read more