Women’s D-I in general
The USA Hockey Foundation Monday announced 10 candidates for the 2008 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, presented annually to the most outstanding player in women’s college hockey. The 10 candidates represent eight different schools, as No. 1 Harvard and No. 2 New Hampshire each have two candidates. The WCHA and ECACHL are the most represented conferences … Read more
The Final Weekend Believe it or not, this weekend marks the end of the 2007-2008 Division III women’s hockey regular season. It seems like just yesterday players across the country were throwing on the practice jerseys and lacing up the skates for the first day of tryouts eager to hit the ice for the first … Read more
New school. Old school. In either case it’s still in session in the world-wide classroom encased in ice. As the U.S. hockey community celebrates the 10-year anniversary of striking of the first women’s Olympic gold medal, a select group of 27 of today’s best players have been tabbed to take steps toward repeating the feat … Read more
Okay. By now last week’s bench clearing brawl involving the RIT and Canisius College mens teams have made the YouTube rounds. One clip has had nearly 19,000 viewings to date (and rising daily). But last week’s women’s action produced a few YouTube-worthy clips of its own. Take the goal scored by North Dakota junior Casie … Read more
The old saying goes, don’t count your chickens before they hatch. Well, I was guilty of this last weekend when I had all but penciled in Stevens Point as the NCHA champions and top team in the West. The Pointers were unbeaten at 17-0-2 and coming off a huge 3-2 victory over Gustavus Adolphus on … Read more
Puck-et List KENNEBUNK, Maine — If you were to check back through the last few months of ramblings in the space, there’s one word in particular that is used very sparingly. I. It is not the most desirable of words, and although it does have its place in such a setting as this, it’s best … Read more
Western Champs? The Stevens Point Pointers now officially have a stranglehold on the top position in the western region after defeating chief challenger Gustavus Adolphus on Tuesday night 3-2. With the win, Stevens Point stayed unbeaten and improved to 17-0-2 on the season. Gustavus Adolphus, who has only lost twice this year and came into … Read more
A chance meeting between a young Caitlin Cahow and the sport of hockey led to big things, including a berth in the Olympics and a Harvard co-captaincy. Mike Scandura reports.
View from the Middle If you want to get the scoop on what makes a baseball team click, as a catcher. He sees it all. Likewise, if you want to know what makes a hockey line click, ask the gal in the middle. The good ones seem to have eyes in the back of their … Read more
Big things were expected of Mercyhurst’s Meghan Agosta, but the sophomore has risen to a still-unexpected level in just her second year of college. Terese Karmel reports.
With the end of January upon us, the beginning of February signals the start of the home stretch run in Division III women’s hockey. For teams like Elmira, Amherst, Trinity, Superior, RIT, and St. Thomas it’s time to make their best pitch for an NCAA tournament bid if they fail to win an automatic bid. … Read more
Victory at Last The Chatham Cougars have been playing Division III women’s hockey for six seasons now. Their record before Sunday’s game against Oswego State was 0-96-1. Then, even if only for a brief moment, Chatham was at the center of the women’s hockey world. Head coach Phoebe Manchester and her team were sitting in … Read more
Assumptions? You know the old chestnut concerning assumptions. “When you assume, you make an…†Yeah, yeah, yeah. And yet coming into the current season, and perhaps even halfway through it there were reasonable assumptions to be made concerning the eight teams that will make up this year’s NCAA tournament. That seven spots will come from … Read more
[EDITOR’S NOTE: We apologize for the significant tardiness with which the column was posted. The delay was due to a combination of technical and human error.] Separation Weekend In college basketball they have Separation Saturday. This weekend, Division-III women’s hockey will have their version of the popular ESPN-promoted day of games with three important series … Read more
[EDITOR’S NOTE: We apologize for the significant tardiness with which the column was posted. The delay was a combination of technical and human error.] Sure, the price of gasoline is headed towards $4 per gallon, which in these parts will almost buy you a gallon of milk. And sure, jumping on an airplane these days … Read more
The late, great Harry Nilsson once wrote a tune about “one” being the loneliest number. Applied to women’s hockey (and what a leap that is), that number would be four. As in the small number of programs that make up College Hockey America. It begs such musical questions as, “When is a League Not a … Read more
Division-III women’s hockey was back in full force this past week with most of the teams returning to action to kick off the 2008 portions of their schedules. Some of the highlights of the first week of hockey in the new year were Bowdoin turning things around and getting their first win of the season … Read more
NESCAC/ECAC West Face-Off This weekend, RIT and Utica will kick-off the 2008 portions of their seasons on the road against some very stiff competition. The teams? Oh, you know, just two of last year’s Frozen Four competitors in Amherst and Middlebury. Saturday, the fourth-ranked Amherst Lady Jeffs will host the Utica Pioneers and third-ranked Middlebury … Read more
As the days now accumulate in 2008 and a second chance and fresh start arrives for some of the D-III teams, lets take a look back at the 2007 portion of this season and relive some of the memories from a great semester of women’s hockey. The season started out innocently enough with traditional powers … Read more
Hockey, perhaps more than any other sport, has always been a family affair. For as long as dads have been constructing backyard rinks, and moms have been trudging through the frozen tundra to haul carloads of kids to 4 a.m. practices, hockey has been a centerpiece of the family experience. Through the ages, sibling rivalries … Read more