Women’s D-I: Women's D-I

With only one month remaining in the regular season, parity has run rampant amongst the D-III women’s ranks. Sure you have Amherst leading the NESCAC and Plattsburgh leading the ECAC West, which are no real surprises. On the other hand, Lake Forest leading the NCHA and St. Catherine and St. Thomas currently ahead of Gustavus … Read more

By chance is Tae Kwan part of your training regimen? If not, you might consider giving it a whirl. After all, it hasn’t hurt Carolyne Prevost any. In fact, Wisconsin’s sophomore forward credits that Korean martial art – which is loosely analogous to kick boxing – with helping her become a better hockey player. Not … Read more

Been scanning around the world of women’s pucks, finding things to catch my eye. One doesn’t have to look far at all. Camp Randall Shinny For starters, I noticed that the process of laying down the outdoor rink at Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium is in preparation for the coed (men’s and women’s) college double-dip is … Read more

At first glance, Middlebury’s 7-4-1 record jumps off the page at you and screams; ‘What the heck is going on over there in Panther country?’ I mean this is the same Middlebury team that has never lost more than four games in a season during the nine years of NCAA sponsored D-III women’s ice hockey … Read more

Holy Trinity! The Trinity Bantams have been turning heads recently with their seven-game winning streak. They are a quiet 10-1-2 on the season with their only loss coming at the hands of the defending national champions, Amherst, 3-2. “We haven’t really thought much about the winning streak,” Trinity coach Andrew McPhee said. “I know its … Read more

Time flies. Or maybe one’s sense of it changes with age. So it is with women’s hockey. The fight to bring the sport under the NCAA umbrella is still fresh in mind, but it’s been 10 years since that battle was won. And now we’re about to witness women’s hockey make its fourth appearance in … Read more

Change of guard in the MIAC? The Gustavus Adolphus Gusties have been the premier team in the MIAC ever since the NCAA started sponsoring a Division III women’s ice hockey championship for the 2001-2002 season. The Gusties have won every MIAC Tournament since 2004 and a majority of the regular season crowns as well. However, … Read more

Up in Orono, you use your snow tires for most of the hockey season because traction is always such a problem. Or at least it has been over the years for the UMaine women’s team. The Black Bears have been hard pressed to make the WHEA playoffs throughout their previous seven years in the league, … Read more

It seems to be the Golden Age of the young goalie. You’ve got Minnesota freshman Noora Raty, to whom every incoming puck must seem like a beach ball, because she’s stopping virtually every last one of them. And you’ve got sophomore Hillary Pattenden, whose parsimonious netminding (that means she’s really stingy) is a big reason … Read more

ECAC West Rivals Heading In Separate Directions? Two weeks ago, Elmira and Plattsburgh met for their annual ECAC West conference games at the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena in Plattsburgh. Although both games were tightly contested, Plattsburgh walked away with a sweep and four crucial ECAC West points against its arch-rival. On the first night, … Read more

It’s not often that a spirited, high-octane hockey tilt leaves everybody feeling groovy (if not warm and fuzzy). That’s one thing that made Sunday’s exhibition featuring the U.S. National Team and a squad of WHEA All-Stars, staged at UNH, stand out: there were no bad guys. Only good guys. Which gave the vocal Whittemore Center … Read more

The Champs are Back in Town It’s been a long seven-and-a-half-month wait for Jim Plumer and the Amherst Lady Jeffs after winning last year’s NCAA championship in thrilling fashion with a 4-3 overtime victory over Elmira. However, this Saturday the wait is finally over as the Lady Jeffs hit the ice for the first time … Read more

Ragging the puck while waiting for the Qwest Tour to hit the Granite State … Ten Years of Title-hunting Taking note that Minnesota-Duluth will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in womens’ hockey this weekend – “A Decade of Dominance” – when Minnesota State hits the Iron Range. Talk about an illustrious program. What Shannon Miller … Read more

When you head west and pull off one big upset, it may be dismissed as a fluke. However, when you pull off a second such stunner, you begin to gain a reputation as a giant-killer … which is how the hockey world can now regard Robert Morris. Last weekend, the Colonials motored out to Madison … Read more

Used to play “I spy with my wandering eye” with my kids, when both they (all six of them) and I were a lot younger. Found myself doing so again this week as I perused the D-I landscape. What Caught my Eye: WCHA Da Badgers. Just when you think you’ve got Wisconsin figured out, the … Read more