Women’s D-I in general
One was a surprise, the other expected to be there, but now the question facing both the Minnesota and St. Lawrence hockey programs is can they get back to the Frozen Four again. Both teams have been among the sport’s elite since the first NCAA-sponsored national championship in 2001. The Saints have made four of … Read more
Commissioners from the nation’s four Division I women’s ice hockey conferences have announced a 24-game series to be played among the conferences throughout the 2006-2007 season. The first annual Women’s Commissioners’ Cup Series faces off with the University of New Hampshire visiting the University of Minnesota on Saturday, Oct. 7. Each conference participates in 12 … Read more
With opening weekend just days away, Christine Patno was named assistant women’s hockey coach today at Niagara University. “We are very pleased to have Christine join our Purple Eagle staff,” said head women’s hockey coach Margot Page. “To be able to get someone of her coaching caliber at this point in the season is a … Read more
Defending NCAA champion Wisconsin dominated the 2006-07 Preseason D-I Women’s All-USCHO selections by placing three players on the First Team, while Minnesota-Duluth led the Preseason All-USCHO Rookie Team with two selections. 2006 Patty Kazmaier winner Sara Bauer, defenseman Bobbi-Jo Slusar, and 2006 Frozen Four MVP Jesse Vetter were Wisconsin’s First Team selections. The forward line … Read more
There were no surprises in the WCHA women’s preseason poll released on Wednesday, as defending NCAA champion Wisconsin took the No. 1 spot. Wisconsin senior Sara Bauer, last season’s Patty Kazmaier winner, was named WCHA Preseason Player of the Year for the second straight season. Traditional powers Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth took the 2nd and 3rd … Read more
Defending Hockey East champion New Hampshire took the top spot in the league’s preseason poll for good reason. The Wildcats graduated just three seniors from last year’s squad, which was the first from Hockey East to reach the Frozen Four. They return Player of the Year Sadie Wright-Ward, Rookie of the Year Samantha Faber, Coach … Read more
Mark Johnson can’t believe it, but it’s not even October yet and the puck is already set to drop for the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team.
According to this year’s preseason coaches and media polls, the race for the top spot among the ECAC Hockey League’s women will be a tight one, with just a handful of points separating first through third place. Dartmouth tops the coaches’ list, while Harvard has the media’s attention. Both Harvard and Dartmouth finished out of … Read more
Beginning September 30, USCHO will present the third 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 audio feeds through the broadcast schedule linked from the USCHO women’s page. Videocasts of select games will also be available beginning with … Read more
Michele Amidon, a former U.S. Women’s National Team player who has spent the last eight seasons of her professional career as the highly successful head coach of the Bowdoin College women’s ice hockey team, has been named USA Hockey’s first-ever Director of Women’s Hockey. Amidon has resigned her post at Bowdoin and a search has … Read more
Russell Jaslow reflects on Laura Hurd’s career and all the lives she touched before her untimely death.
St. Cloud State University Director of Athletics Dr. Morris Kurtz has announced the appointment of Jeff Giesen as the head women’s hockey coach. A native of Blaine, Minn., Giesen becomes the third head coach since the inception of the women’s program in 1998. He replaces Jason Lesteberg, who served as head coach at SCSU from … Read more
Vermont has named Tim Bothwell, an assistant on the Canadian Women’s Olympic Team that won a gold medal this past winter at the 2006 Olympics, as its new head women’s hockey coach. “We are very fortunate to have attracted a coach as accomplished as Tim Bothwell to UVM,” said UVM Athletic Director Robert Corran. “His … Read more
NBC has announced that 2004 Patty Kazmaier winner and Harvard graduate Angela Ruggiero will join 17 other candidates selected to compete on season six of “The Apprentice.” The season will begin in January and will be filmed entirely in Southern California. Last February, Mark Burnett, creator and executive producer, allowed viewers to choose one of … Read more
Bemidji State announced the hiring of Steve Sertich as the fourth head women’s ice hockey coach in the eight-year history of the BSU program. “Steve comes from a long line of successful hockey,” Director of Athletics Dr. Steve Goeb said. “He was an Olympian and was an enormous talent as a player. He’s reached that … Read more
Women’s hockey should receive a big boost in the state of Wisconsin following the school’s matching NCAA titles.
St. Cloud State will not renew the contract of women’s head coach Jason Lesteberg, according to the St. Cloud Times. Lesteberg’s departure comes despite his team’s 15-8 finish after a 3-10-1 start. The finish included wins over Frozen Four teams St. Lawrence and Wisconsin (both teams were ranked No. 1 at the time), the program’s … Read more
In the seasons culminating in 2004 and 2005, Minnesota claimed the WCHA regular season and tournament championships, and the NCAA crown. In 2006, all three of those honors went to the Wisconsin Badgers. One huge reason was the success that the Badger power play had against the Gophers.
Defense Wins Titles Wisconsin’s defense was not only the best of this NCAA tournament, but perhaps the best ever. The Badgers allowed just one goal in three games played. The only goal scored against Wisconsin came from the stick of Mercyhurst’s Julia Colizza, who scored shorthanded in the first period of a double overtime game. … Read more
Some trivia questions have surprising answers. Who is the only player to score at even strength in both of the Gophers’ NCAA playoff wins? The answer is not WCHA top scorer Erica McKenzie, WCHA Rookie of the Year Gigi Marvin, or NCAA semifinal star Bobbi Ross. The answer is none other than junior Becky Wacker, … Read more