Women’s D-I in general
Sara Bauer, junior forward from the University of Wisconsin, has been named the 2006 recipient of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given annually to collegiate ice hockey’s most outstanding female athlete. Sara Bauer “I’m very honored to be receiving this award, being mentioned with the other nominees, past winners, and of course with Patty Kazmaier … Read more
No. 2 seed Wisconsin’s NCAA final opponent Minnesota fell to the Badgers four of five times in the regular season en route to the WCHA regular season and postseason titles so the Badgers would seem to be a strong favorite for the Sunday 3 p.m. CT contest. Yet Minnesota’s chances are better than those results … Read more
Much discussion through the week focused on whether or not other sporting events would attract most of the local sports fans and leave few for the women’s Frozen Four. An NCAA men’s basketball regional at the Metrodome, the state boy’s high school basketball tournament, and a Gopher men’s hockey regional game in Grand Forks, N.D. … Read more
When she leaves the rink, Wisconsin’s Bobbi-Jo Slusar takes on a different set of responsibilities working with autistic and other special-needs children. Dave Starman can relate.
For the first time ever, no seniors were among the selections for First Team AHCA All-Americans and all 12 were first-time selections. Only three honorees came from the United States. Eight came from Canada and one from Switzerland. Five selections came from Hockey East, four from the WCHA, and three from the ECACHL. The All-American … Read more
Bobbi Ross provided one of the greatest individual efforts in NCAA Women’s Frozen Four history during Minnesota’s 5-4 upset of No. 1 UNH Friday night.
You Again Minnesota celebrates its NCAA semifinal win over New Hampshire. (Photo: Ryan Coleman) Sunday’s national championship tilt between Wisconsin and Minnesota will be the sixth time the WCHA rivals have faced off this season. The Badgers hold a 4-1 advantage in the season series. If familiarity breeds contempt, then the Minnesota-Wisconsin series is truly … Read more
As Wisconsin’s 10th-leading scorer, Tia Hanson was an unlikely candidate to produce the game-winners in both Badger NCAA tournament games en route to the final. She has provided yet another testament to the depth that Coach Mark Johnson has brought to the program.
It’s an obvious choice — when a team reaches its first Frozen Four, look to a senior with 68 career starts and 48 wins between the pipes, rather than starting a freshman goalie with only 11 college games under her belt. Maybe not, if that freshman is Jessie Vetter. Goalie Jessie Vetter remains amidst the … Read more
Ice Sheet One of the bigger factors in the game was the larger dimensions of the ice sheet in Mariucci Arena. Wisconsin had played a handful of games on a larger ice surface while facing WCHA opponents, but St. Lawrence had not played even a minute on the Olympic-sized surface. Jess Moffat stops UW’s Jinelle … Read more
Below are the transcripts of the pre-semifinal Thursday press conferences from the 2006 Women’s Frozen Four. Wisconsin-SLU Press Conference Participants Mark Johnson (Head Coach, University of Wisconsin) Sharon Cole (Player, University of Wisconsin) Kate Michael (Player, St. Lawrence University) Paul Flanagan (Head Coach, St. Lawrence University) Wisconsin-SLU Opening Comments Johnson: First of all, I’d like … Read more
Wisconsin and St. Lawrence shared top billing in the USCHO preseason poll, so conventional wisdom had these teams meeting this Sunday in Minneapolis, not this Friday as will be the case. The Saints have the edge in Frozen Four experience, this being their third straight appearance and fourth overall, but they have not been to … Read more
First-time Frozen Four qualifiers New Hampshire and Wisconsin dominated USCHO’s list of 2005-06 D-I Women’s Year-End Honorees. Sara Bauer, the assistant captain and top scorer for Wisconsin, was named the USCHO Player of the Year. A native of St. Catherines, Ont., Bauer scored overtime game-winning goals against Minnesota-Duluth and Ohio State. She was unstoppable during … Read more
Whitt White Out New Hampshire filled most of the longer edges of the Whittemore Center with a 2,061-strong crowd — a new NCAA quarterfinal record, surpassing the 1,619 at Dartmouth a year ago. Jennifer Hitchcock, who scored the goal, looked at the crowd as a source of momentum. “We really fed off the energy of … Read more
CHA champion Mercyhurst and WCHA champion Wisconsin both seek their first Frozen Four berth in Saturday’s 7 p.m. CT NCAA quarterfinal broadcast.
The final three for the Patty Kazmaier Award has an exclusively international flavor for the first time ever. Wisconsin junior forward Sara Bauer (St. Catharines, Ont.), St. Lawrence sophomore forward Sabrina Harbec and Minnesota-Duluth junior goaltender Riitta Schaublin (Basel, Switzerland) were named the three finalists for the 2006 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award by USA Hockey … Read more
David De Remer offers his thoughts on the NCAA’s second year of selections for the eight-team National Collegiate Women’s Tournament.
David De Remer observes that Saturday’s results in the WCHA and ECACHL tournaments have made the selection committee’s job relatively straightforward.
Sophomore forward Sabrina Harbec has been named the ECAC Hockey League’s Player of the Year, it was announced earlier at Thursday’s annual league banquet. Harbec and several other student-athletes were honored at the event, which marks the start of the women’s championship weekend. Joining Harbec as a first-team selection was defensive teammate Annie Guay, who, … Read more
Wisconsin has made off with a grand haul in the WCHA awards department so far with Sara Bauer (Player of the Year), Bobbi-Jo Slusar (Defensive Player of the Year), and Mark Johnson (Coach of the Year) all having been rewarded for leading the Badgers to their first-ever first-place finish. The WCHA Championship, however, remains unclaimed, … Read more