Women’s D-I in general
ECAC West Preview When it comes to the ECAC West, you usually always immediately think the power trio of Elmira, Plattsburgh, and R.I.T. Once again, these three programs are at the top of the league’s pre-season rankings and are the odds on favorites to win the conference crown. However, the gap between this trio and … Read more
Don’t look now, but … What’s up with the CHA, anyway? Syracuse is suddenly respectable. Wayne State is, as we all know, still unpredictable. And Mercyhurst, is, well, still the top-ranked team in the land. Let’s start with the Orange. The second-year program appears to be making great strides under head coach Paul Flanagan. Syracuse … Read more
Goal-goal-goal-goal-hanchuk The week past sure gave us some eye-popping performances, n’est ce pas? Lets begin with BU sophomore Jenelle Kohanchuk’s enormous four-goal eruption against Wayne State on Saturday. Such four-spots don’t occur every day … certainly not at BU, where it had never happened, and where only three Terriers had ever registered hat tricks. None … Read more
NCAA President Myles Brand died Wednesday at his Indianapolis home following a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer, the national body announced. He was 67. After serving as president at Indiana and Oregon, Brand took his position atop the NCAA in January 2003. Last December, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and later said the long-term … Read more
Beginning September 25, USCHO will present the sixth 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 and archived video and audio feeds available through the USCHO women’s page. The 2009-10 broadcast schedule will feature premier Division I and … Read more
Three-time Olympians Jenny Potter and Angela Ruggiero were announced Monday as part of the 23-player United States Women’s National Team roster. PICTORIAL: The U.S. Women’s National Team The team, based in the Minneapolis area, will take part in a 10-game, nine-city national tour ahead of the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. Twenty-one players will make … Read more
Hockey East on Thursday announced what surely will be the coolest game in league history — a doubleheader of outdoor college hockey action at Boston’s hallowed Fenway Park on Friday, Jan. 8. At 4 p.m., Northeastern will face New Hampshire in what is believed to be the first outdoor women’s hockey game in the sport’s … Read more
A pair of former men’s college stars are among those set to be inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. Tony Amonte, who put up 126 points in two seasons at Boston University, and former Vermont standout John LeClair were among four individuals announced Monday as part of the Class of 2009. The 1998 … Read more
Jim Plumer, who led Amherst College to the school’s first Women’s NCAA Division III Ice Hockey Championship, has been voted by his peers as the Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year for the 2008-2009 season. The Jeffs went 24-5-0, defeating the three schools who had won all seven previous NCAA Division III … Read more
Local Women Make Good Wisconsin featured three key players from New England, each playing in front of family and friends in Boston’s Agganis Arena. All three had an outstanding pair of games. Meghan Duggan, from Danvers, Mass., finished the weekend with one goal and four assists, Hanover, New Hampshire’s Hilary Knight had three goals and … Read more
Mercyhurst may have broken the WCHA’s three-year grip on the NCAA women’s hockey final this season, but a tougher barrier still lies ahead: cracking the schedules of women’s hockey’s best. Mercyhurst still has six games open for its 2009-10 schedule. “We’ll play anyone,” said Mercyhurst coach Mike Sisti “I’d like to see more crossover games. … Read more
Wisconsin goaltender Jessie Vetter might need to make a shopping trip before leaving Boston after her Badgers team captured the National Championship with a 5-0 victory over Mercyhurst on Sunday. With all the hardware she’s taken from this trip, she’ll probably need a new suitcase to carry it back to Madison. Vetter, who on Saturday … Read more
Jessie Vetter, a senior goaltender from Wisconsin, is the 2009 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner. In its 12th year, the award is presented annually by The USA Hockey Foundation to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey. Vetter received the award in Boston Saturday at a brunch ceremony at the Royal Sonesta … Read more
The 2009 RBK Division III Women’s Ice Hockey All American’s were announced today by the American Hockey Coaches Association. The Eastern region’s first team consisted of the 2009 Laura Hurd award winner Kayla Coady (Elmira), along with 2008 Hurd Award winner Danielle Blanchard (Plattsburgh). Elmira goaltender Allison Cubberley was chosen as the top netminder in … Read more
All the snakelike turns that this hockey season has taken, all the regular season upsets, all the walk-ons who earned their letters (and maybe even scholarships), all the wrenched knees and bruised feelings, all the sacrifices … all of it led to this weekend. Frozen Four weekend. A few more days and one team, one … Read more
For the first time in the eight year history of the NCAA Women’s Division III Tournament, only one team will be returning from last year’s Championship weekend. Elmira is the lone team from last year’s tournament in Plattsburgh that will be heading to Middlebury this weekend for the fight for No. 1. Joining Elmira will … Read more
Well the NCAA Tournament bracket has been released and I think it’s safe to say there were a few head scratches for some of the women’s Division III hockey faithful. Middlebury garnered the top overall seed, hosting rights to the Frozen Four, and most importantly, a bye through the first round of the seven-team NCAA … Read more
For all the talk of parity, and the wide-open Women’s Frozen Four championship possibilities presented to any of two dozen Division-I programs, five furious months of hockey have proven this much. The past and present are pretty much the same. In the past year, we seen a change in regimes (good), and a change in … Read more
With Selection Monday just three days away, there is still a lot of hockey left to be played this weekend to determine the final five spots for the 2009 NCAA Division III women’s hockey tournament. Out west, River Falls and Gustavus Adolphus have already punched their tickets to the big dance by winning their respective … Read more
Women have been playing college hockey in Mankato for a dozen years but they had never once won a playoff game. That is until last week. And since the Mavericks of Minnesota State hadn’t won once, they certainly hadn’t won any playoff series. That is until last weekend, when the Mavs, seeded No. 5, bounced … Read more