Women’s D-I in general
Wisconsin is still the top-ranked team in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. The Badgers received 12 first place votes with No. 2 Cornell getting the other three. Boston University stayed in the No. 3 spot, while Mercyhurst jumped up one notch to No. 4. Minnesota, up two to No. 5, finished out the … Read more
It takes a lot of guts to step in front of an opponent’s slap shot, just like it does to ask for the privilege of doing so. Melissa Perry knows that as well as anyone. Perry, a junior defenseman at Quinnipiac, has gone from being a walk-on hopeful to being a key member of the … Read more
Wisconsin remains the No. 1 team in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. The next eight spots are also the same as last week, with Cornell sitting No. 2, Boston University at No. 3, Minnesota-Duluth in the fourth slot and Mercyhurst rounding out the top five. Boston College (No. 6), Minnesota (No. 7), North … Read more
A more positive thinker in college hockey than Sacred Heart coach Tom O’Malley, you’re just not gonna find. Rain pours in through a leaky roof, and he’s likely to collect the drips to water the office plants. That wellspring of optimism has carried him well through his coaching career, which is a darned good thing. … Read more
Wisconsin received 10 of 15 first place votes and is the new top team in the country in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Former No. 1 Cornell falls to No. 2, while Boston University keeps a firm grip on the third spot. Minnesota-Duluth jumps one notch to No. 4, flip-flopping with Mercyhurst to round … Read more
According to a press release sent out today by Yale University, after results of a recent biopsy indicated that her cancer has returned, Mandi Schwartz has begun additional chemotherapy in an effort to get back into remission. Mandi has started the treatment under the supervision of doctors at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in … Read more
The competition level of women’s D-I hockey has never been fiercer. Women’s editor Candace Horgan takes a look at the first half of the season.
Jocelyne Lamoureux and Monique Lamoureux-Kolls have helped coach Brian Idalski turn the Fighting Sioux into a top-10 team. Jason Karnosky reports.
Again by the slimmest of margins, Cornell takes the No. 1 ranking in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Cornell received eight first place votes and 143 total points. No. 2 Wisconsin had seven first place nods and 140 points. Boston University climbs to No. 3 from No. 5, jumping over Mercyhurst, now at … Read more
It wasn’t exactly freshman orientation, not the sort that all newcomers to Northeastern University undergo, anyway. It was more of a reorientation for NU coach Dave Flint. After all, a season away to help guide Team USA at the Vancouver Olympics did net Flint a silver medal, but it also left him feeling a little … Read more
Amanda Kessel is off to a strong start in her freshman year at Minnesota. Arlan Marttila reports.
The top seven teams in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll remain the same. At the top, Cornell barely remains the No. 1-ranked team in the country as it received 142 points and eight first place votes. No. 2 Wisconsin tallied 139 points and seven first place nods. Mercyhurst, Minnesota-Duluth, Boston University, Boston College … Read more
She was grafted by the marriage of her brother into North Dakota hockey royalty. Even so, there were still a few family secrets that Madison Kolls was not yet privy to. Such as the traditional games of shinny fought out by the six hockey-playing Lamoureux siblings out on the frozen pit behind the house in … Read more
By one point, Cornell has replaced Wisconsin at the top of the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll this week. Cornell received 139 votes, including seven first place votes, to Wisconsin’s 138 votes and eight first place nods. Mercyhurst remains at No. 3, while Nos. 4-8 also remain the same with Minnesota-Duluth, Boston University, Boston College, … Read more
UMaine may have polished off one of the most significant wins in its history on Tuesday, a 4-1 upset of New Hampshire. But there was little time to savor it. The Black Bears were back on skates and on the ice early (if not bright) on Wednesday. Still, there wasn’t a grumble to be heard, … Read more
Another week and another No. 1 ranking for the Wisconsin Badgers in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. The Badgers’ 11 wins are tops amongst all D-I women’s teams and they received all 15 first place votes this week. Cornell remains at No. 2, while Mercyhurst is up a spot to No. 3, switching places … Read more
Hard to believe it, but we’re nearly two months into the 2010-11 season. That’s more than enough time to assess the impact of returning Olympians on their college teams, don’t you think? At first blush, it would appear to be enormous. After a year-long Olympic layoff, Canadian Meghan Agosta is again filling the nets with … Read more
There is not much change in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll as the top five teams remain the same as last week, with Wisconsin on top having garnered all 15 first place votes. Cornell, Minnesota-Duluth, Mercyhurst and Boston University round out the top five in that order. Minnesota, up a notch to No. … Read more
Before there was the Frozen Four and the Kazmaier Award, and before there was the Women’s Hockey East and the NCAA (and even the AWCHA), even before the full kick in of Title IX, and the quadrennial chasing of Gold Medals, there was one towering figure on skates (but not on figure skates). That would … Read more
Not much change in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll as Wisconsin is still perched atop the poll and the next five spots remain the same as last week. At the bottom, Minnesota jumps from No. 8 to No. 7, North Dakota flip-flops with Minnesota and Ohio State stays in the ninth spot. Harvard … Read more