Women’s D-I in general
As it has been all season, Wisconsin is again the No. 1-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Wisconsin received 14 first-place votes, with No. 2 Cornell getting the other No. 1 vote. Minnesota is again the third-ranked team, while Boston College is up two to No. 4 and Boston University stays at … Read more
Behind the strong goaltending of Zuzana Tomcikova, Bemidji State has become a power in the WCHA, Arlan Marttila finds.
Cornell is off to a fast start, Hockey East is still in transition, and Wisconsin looks in good position to repeat as champions. Candace Horgan and Arlan Marttila discuss in this week’s edition of Wednesday Women.
Wisconsin remains the top team in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll this week, as the Badgers have all season long, earning 14 of 15 first-place votes. Cornell received the other first-place vote and moved from No. 3 to No. 2 in the poll. Minnesota falls from second to third, Minnesota-Duluth rises from No. 7 … Read more
Do you like to have access to a forecast far in advance of an actual event? I’m not talking about seven-day forecasts, but more like “The Farmer’s Almanac,” where you can read how much snow you’ll be shoveling while still basking in summer sunshine. If so, the place to be this past weekend was AMSOIL … Read more
The Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame announced Wednesday the seventh class to be inducted on January 29, 2012 at the Belvedere Banquet Hall in Elk Grove Village. The inductees this year include former Boston University defenseman Jack O’Callahan and ex-Michigan forward Blake Sloan. O’Callahan played for the Chicago Blackhawks, while Sloan is a Park Ridge, … Read more
With all 15 first-place votes once again, Wisconsin remains the No. 1-ranked team in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Minnesota and Cornell stay No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, while Boston College leapfrogs Boston University by two points into the No. 4 rank with BU falling to No. 5. North Dakota rises one … Read more
Ask for a show of hands of any surprised that coach Dave Flint’s Northeastern Huskies are off to a strong start, and all extremities should remain down. The Huskies exited October with records of 5-0-2, 7-1-1, and 6-1-2 in Flint’s first three seasons at the helm, and have jumped out to a 4-0-0 mark halfway … Read more
Wisconsin once again received all 15 first-place votes to stay No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. The rest of the poll has some changes as Cornell drops from No. 2 to No. 3, bumped by Minnesota. Boston University remains No. 4 and Boston College stays in the fifth spot. Places six through … Read more
Excepting the Ivies, teams have a weekend or two of action behind them. Every team wants a winning start to the season, but because the cumulative record of all teams at any point is always .500, not everyone will achieve that goal. For teams with championship aspirations, how crucial is a fast start? In an … Read more
Lucy Schoedel has been named the new assistant coach for the Brown women’s team. Schoedel, a former player at New Hampshire and Syracuse, spent the 2010-11 season as an assistant coach at Wesleyan University. “I am thrilled to have Lucy join our staff,” Brown head coach Amy Borbeau said in a news release. “She is … Read more
Wisconsin retains its position at the top of the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll this week, while several teams in the bottom half of this week’s poll do some flip-flopping. The Badgers garnered all 15 first-place votes this week. Cornell (No. 2), Minnesota (No. 3), Boston University (No. 4) and Boston College (No. 5) stay … Read more
As the only women’s NCAA Division-I hockey conference without a compass direction in its name, it is fitting that College Hockey America references the entire country. No matter where a D-I program has popped up of late, they have found a place in the CHA. The CHA’s roots stretch back to the Great Lakes Women’s … Read more
Wisconsin received all 15 first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll and remain the top team in the nation. The rest of the poll has minor changes. Cornell moves up one spot to No. 2, while Minnesota is up one place to No. 3. Boston University falls two rankings to No. 4, … Read more
Trinity College has announced the resignation of Andrew McPhee as head coach of the women’s team to become an assistant coach at Brown. Assistant coach Carson Duggan has been named interim head coach. McPhee was first an assistant coach for Trinity in 2001 and head coach for the last nine seasons. “We are extremely proud … Read more
Previews and conference picks for the Women’s D-I 2011-2012 season by new USCHO Women’s Columnist Arlan Marttila.
Mercyhurst collected nine points and three first-place votes to top the CHA preseason poll of the four league coaches. Syracuse, last year’s tournament runners-up to Mercyhurst, and Niagara were both chosen second by the coaches. The Purple Eagles and the Orange each collected six points, while Niagara earned the last first place vote by the … Read more
Minnesota State-Moorhead would spend more than $1 million a year in coaching salaries and benefits if it starts men’s and women’s Division I programs, according to an article in the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. In documents the paper obtained from MSUM through an open records request, the university would pay a head men’s coach $240,000 and … Read more
Robert Morris held a special ceremony to honor former Colonials women’s hockey goaltender and United States Olympian Brianne McLaughlin Saturday evening at the RMU Island Sports Center. The ceremony included remarks from Robert Morris president Dr. Gregory Dell’Omo, Robert Morris athletic director Dr. Craig Coleman and Robert Morris associate athletic director Marty Galosi that highlighted … Read more
Niagara has announced the hiring of Allysen Weidner as an assistant coach for the Purple Eagles’ women’s hockey team. “We are excited to have Allysen coming to us from Hamilton College,” NU head coach Josh Sciba said in a press release. “She’s a young coach with a great passion for the game. We’ll look for … Read more