Women’s D-I in general
University of Minnesota women’s hockey coach Brad Frost has announced that former Gopher great and two-time United States Olympian Natalie Darwitz has been named an assistant coach of the Golden Gopher program. Darwitz, who helped lead Minnesota to back-to-back national championships, will begin her coaching responsibilities August 25th. “We are very pleased to have Natalie … Read more
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse University head coach Paul Flanagan has taken another step in building the Orange women’s ice hockey program, naming his coaching staff on Thursday. Graham Thomas a former professional player, and Erin O’Brien a two-time All-American at Plattsburgh State, will serve as assistant coaches, working with all phases of the program. “I’m … Read more
Dave Flint has been named head coach of the Northeastern University women’s ice hockey team, Athletics Director Peter Roby announced on Monday, June 23, 2008. Flint most recently was the head women’s ice hockey coach at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., and is the current goaltending coach for all the women’s elite and national … Read more
R.H. “Bob” Peters has announced his retirement as commissioner of College Hockey America effective June 30, 2008, a position he has held for seven years. “Coach Peters is one of the pillars of college hockey and a hall of fame human being,” said Niagara director of athletics Ed McLaughlin, chairman of the CHA Men’s Executive … Read more
University of Minnesota director of athletics Joel Maturi has announced that Brad Frost has been named the head coach of the Golden Gophers’ women’s hockey program. Frost served as the interim head coach during the 2007-08 season after former head coach Laura Halldorson retired in August. “Brad did an excellent job as the interim head … Read more
The NCAA has announced that a possible split of Division III into two levels, or the creation of a “Division IV” does not find favor among member institutions. Nearly 82 percent of NCAA Division III member schools support or strongly support the current Division III structure instead of the creation of a new division or … Read more
Clarkson has named Shannon and Matt Desrosiers as the new co-head coaches of the Golden Knights Women’s Hockey team as Rick Seeley announced his departure for Quinnipiac on Tuesday. Shannon Desrosiers completed her fifth season as an assistant coach at Clarkson, while Matt Desrosiers has been on the Knights’ coaching staff the past two seasons. … Read more
Quinnipiac named Rick Seeley as the third head coach in the history of its women’s ice hockey program. Seeley joins Quinnipiac while continuing a stellar coaching career in women’s collegiate ice hockey, most recently as head coach of fellow ECAC Hockey member Clarkson. Last season Clarkson advanced to the ECAC Hockey Tournament Semifinals and finished … Read more
Harvard junior Sarah Vaillancourt became the 11th winner of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Saturday night at the Radisson Hotel Duluth Harborview. Vaillancourt beat out sophomore forward Meghan Agosta of Mercyhurst and sophomore goalie Kim Martin of Minnesota-Duluth to claim the honor. Six of the 11 Kazmaier Awards have gone to five Harvard players. Former … Read more
Frozen Four Preview For the third straight year, Plattsburgh and the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena will play host to the NCAA D-III Women’s Frozen Four. Last year, Plattsburgh completed an unbeaten season with wins against Amherst and then beating Middlebury in the finals to halt the Panthers three straight National Championship streak. This year, … Read more
For many, the Frozen Four is the women’s college hockey season. It certainly is for the players and coaches who define their lives (the hockey part of it anyway) by how close they come to winning the National Championship, and for the partisans who live and die with the rising and falling (and for one … Read more
When Wisconsin’s Jessie Vetter is in net, the puck stops here — with “here” being about three feet in front of the goal line. Mike Scandura profiles the Badgers’ record-breaker.
So what did you think of the tourney selections? Any of the eight teams selected by the NCAA to vie for the Fro4 title cause any head scratching? Perhaps not. In fact the only the thing surprising about this year’s tourney field is that there are no surprises. Nada. Seven schools return from last season’s … Read more
And Then There Were Seven Last weekend certainly had its surprises including both Middlebury and Plattsburgh losing in their respective conference tournaments. Fourth-seeded Colby provided the biggest shock of the weekend downing the top-seed and host Middlebury Panthers 3-2 in overtime in the NESCAC semifinals. The Elmira College Soaring Eagles also staved off elimination from … Read more
Traditional rivals in women’s college hockey are hard to come by, but the enmity between Providence College and New Hampshire goes back as far as any of them. It predates the six-year existence of the Women’s Hockey East Association. And stretching, as it does, all the way back to 1977, it predates the births of … Read more
Do you believe in miracles? … YES!!!!! So, we know that anything can happen in a hockey tournament. We always knew that thanks to a little Olympic moment that occurred in Lake Placid, back in 1980. So as the conference tournament action heats up in earnest, it’s not a bad idea to assess each school’s … Read more
Streaks All coaches say that they want to see their teams playing their best hockey at the end of the season. Well, two teams have taken that message to heart and have saved their best for the second half of the season to surge to the top of their respective conferences. Amherst currently holds the … Read more
Playoff Fever! With Salve Regina’s 3-1 win over MIT on Tuesday night, the 2007-08 Women’s D-III regular season officially came to a close. Now, quoting Friday Night Lights, “Pass out the ammunition, we’re going to war,†as the second season is finally upon us. For everyone not in the NCHA (no auto-bid), the slates are … Read more
Courtney Olson didn’t expect to end up playing college hockey. Then again, the Clarkson freshman probably didn’t anticipate roping cattle in Alberta, either. Mike Scandura reports.
The call came regarding Denver, Thursday, and it the message it contained left Laura Fast feeling “Mile High†in St. Cloud. Fast, a senior captain at SCSU, was one of a select group of exceedingly talented women to get those calls, inviting them to take part in the NCAA’s Frozen Four Skills Challenge, to be … Read more