Women’s D-I in general
Mercyhurst might be a small Catholic liberal arts college of 3,157 students in women’s hockey’s smallest conference, but the school is now a big-time NCAA contender behind the efforts of Mike Sisti, who was named the AHCA Women’s D-I Coach of the Year on Monday. Despite playing in the CHA without the benefit of an … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth senior Caroline Ouellette earned Player of the Game honors for Canada and Harvard junior Julie Chu earned the same for the U.S. in their respective teams’ second wins of round-robin competition at the World Women’s Championships in Sweden. Current U.S. collegians have won every such award so far for the U.S. and Canada in … Read more
Exactly one week after losing the NCAA final, Harvard forwards Julie Chu and Sarah Vaillancourt led their respective national teams in scoring on their first day of competition at the World Women’s Championships in Sweden. Chu had a goal and two assists in the United States’ 8-2 win over China, and Vaillancourt had two goals … Read more
Just Like Last Year This year’s NCAA field and match-ups — Minnesota vs. Dartmouth and Harvard vs. St. Lawrence in the semifinals — were the exact same as the 2004 tournament. Moreover, the outcomes of all four games followed the same script as the year before — Minnesota defeated Dartmouth and Harvard downed St. Lawrence … Read more
The 2005 winner of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the year’s most outstanding women’s college ice hockey player by the USA Hockey Foundation, is junior forward Krissy Wendell from the University of Minnesota. Wendell, who beat out linemate Natalie Darwitz and rival forward Caroline Ouellette from Minnesota-Duluth in the award’s final tally, finished … Read more
Minnesota topped Harvard 6-2 in the 2004 NCAA final, but in this year’s title rematch, Harvard hopes its top line can match up against the Gophers’.
Do I Know You? St. Lawrence and Harvard met twice during the regular season. The first, coming back in November, resulted in a 5-1 win for Harvard at home in Cambridge. The second, on the Saints’ home ice, was a 4-4 tie. The two teams also met in last year’s NCAA semifinal, a 2-1 Harvard … Read more
Record Book With this being just the fifth season of the Women’s Ice Hockey NCAA Tournament, new records are commonplace. Minnesota’s Natalie Darwitz scored just 13 seconds into the game, marking the fastest opening goal in the tournament. However, Darwitz did not break the record for fastest goal to start a period, as that record … Read more
Tough Matchups So how will Dartmouth stop Minnesota’s top line and power play unit? Dartmouth coach Mark Hudak said he would try to keep his freshmen off the ice against them, although he feels pretty good about how his team’s veteran pair of lines matches up. Said Hudak: “Our kids know their kids, their kids … Read more
In the 2005 Women’s Frozen Four, broadcast live through USCHO, Minnesota looks to repeat, but three ECACHL teams also making the return trip seek a different ending.
To close out last December, Dartmouth and Minnesota played a rivetting two-game series at Thompson Arena that was packed with offense and one comeback after another. There was a feeling that day the teams would meet again in the Frozen Four, and here they are, although they are not meeting in the final as many … Read more
Minnesota forward Krissy Wendell, Connecticut forward Jaclyn Hawkins and Harvard coach Katey Stone top the list of USCHO.com’s 2004-05 D-I Women’s Year-End Honorees. KRISSY WENDELL Wendell, the co-captain and leading goal-scorer of defending champion Minnesota, was named the USCHO.com Player of the Year. A native of Brooklyn Park, Minn., Wendell netted the game-winners in both … Read more
Saying Goodbye Is Hard To Do As the National Anthem was about to be played, the Plattsburgh players all moved together on the blueline and wrapped their arms around each other, knowing that for many it was their last game together. The Plattsburgh players unite during the National Anthem. (Photos: Angelo Lisuzzo) The spur of … Read more
Two Dynasties As far as bringing home the hardware, there are no other teams in Division III women’s hockey that can compare to either Middlebury or Elmira. Middlebury won the titles in 2000 and 2001 that were held by the AWHCA. Elmira took the first two championships sponsored by the NCAA in 2002 and 2003. … Read more
Eleven players competing for an NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship in Elmira, NY, this weekend have been honored as CCM All-Americans for 2004-05. NCAA semifinalists Elmira, Middlebury and Plattsburgh each had three selections. The other semifinalist, Gustavus Adolphus, had two honorees. Elmira senior forward Laura Hurd became the first four-time First Team All … Read more
Battle of All-Americans and Seniors Elmira and Plattsburgh each had several players selected to the AHCA All-American teams announced at the tournament banquet on Thursday evening. There were three Soaring Eagles selected to the First Team — Edith Racine in goal, defender LeAnne Denman and forward Laura Hurd. Hurd also nabbed the AHCA Player of … Read more
The Female Bobby Orr Andrea Peterson of Gustavus Adolphus has very impressive stats – 31 goals and 29 assists for 60 points. Impressive enough to be the nation’s leading scorer in goals and points coming into the championship weekend. She also has eight power play goals. Andrea Peterson finished as the nation’s leading scorer. (Photo: … Read more
In the first eight-team D-I women’s hockey tournament, Wisconsin at Dartmouth promises to be the marquee quarterfinal. The puck drops at 7 p.m. ET Saturday.
After a one year hiatus, the Division III Women’s championship returns to its unofficial home, the Murray Athletic Center in Elmira. This was the site of the first two years the NCAA sanctioned a national championship for women and is now the host for the third time in four years. Elmira won the national championship … Read more
The long wait for the eight-team Division One NCAA women’s hockey tournament finally comes to an end this weekend. A tournament once limited to just the Frozen Four host site every year will finally be spread to four campus sites on Friday and Saturday this weekend, for what is sure to be an electric atmosphere … Read more