Women’s D-I in general
BOSTON — Boston University announced today that Brian Durocher, the current associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for the men’s hockey team, has been hired as the first head coach for the new women’s varsity team, which is scheduled to begin play in 2005-06 with a Division I schedule and a slot in Hockey East. … Read more
Quinnipiac women’s coach Michael Barrett has agreed to a four-year contract extension that will run through the 2007-2008 season. Earlier this week, men’s coach Rand Pecknold received a similar deal. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. In his first two years as head coach, Barrett has increased the win totals in each season, including … Read more
Brian Durocher, the long-time assistant coach with the Boston University men’s program, has been picked to be the first coach of the school’s new women’s program, according to a report at USHR.com. The Terriers women’s program is set to begin play in 2005-06. USHR also reports that former BU skater David Quinn is the likely … Read more
Northeastern coach Joy Woog — last season’s Hockey East Coach of the Year — has resigned, effective last Thursday. The resignation came following several complaints to the athletic department about Woog’s conduct, according to members of the 2003-04 team. In meetings with athletic director Dave O’Brien, players claimed Woog’s coaching style centered on psychological abuse, … Read more
Northeastern goalie Chanda Gunn, winner of the 2004 Hockey Humanitarian Award, is also this year’s winner of the Honda Inspiration Award. Gunn overcame epilepsy to become one of the nation’s top female collegiate hockey stars. She is a member of the Team USA and recently played in the Women’s International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship … Read more
Union has hired Tim Gerrish as the new head women’s coach. Gerrish was earlier reported to be the frontrunner by USCHO.com. Gerrish comes to Union from Middlebury, where he was an assistant to men’s coach Bill Beaney and helped guide the Panthers to a 27-3 record and the NCAA Division III Men’s Championship. Currently, Gerrish … Read more
Tim Gerrish is the leading candidate to fill the women’s head coaching vacancy at Union, according to sources. Gerrish spent the past season as an assistant coach with the Middlebury men, helping guide the Panthers to the NCAA Division III title. Gerrish was the head coach of North Country Community College’s men’s team for 24 … Read more
Robert Morris’ women’s program, which will begin Division I play in 2005-06, has accepted an invitation to join College Hockey America. CHA athletic directors voted unanimously to accept RMU’s application at the league meeting in Naples, Fla., making the Colonials the fifth member of the conference. Robert Morris will join current members Mercyhurst, Niagara, Quinnipiac … Read more
Northeastern coach Joy Woog says what impresses her most about Chanda Gunn is her humbleness, which she maintains despite all she’s accomplished. The only hockey player ever to be honored as Humanitarian winner and first-team All-American in the same season, Gunn is always searching for improvement. That showed even in her reflections in her Humanitarian … Read more
Laura Halldorson, who led Minnesota team to a 30-4-2 record and the NCAA championship, was named the Women’s Division I Coach of the Year Wednesday by the American Hockey Coaches Association. This marks the third time in the seven-year history of the award that the Princeton graduate has been honored. In seven years as coach … Read more
Books Lose Out to Hot Tub With 10 U.S. players and four Canadian players still in U.S. colleges, it raises the obvious question, what happens with academics during the two to three weeks of preparation and competition? Not much. “It kind of takes a back seat in tournament like this,” said Dartmouth sophomore Gillian Apps. … Read more
The names Cherie Piper and Gillian Apps didn’t show up in the scoring summary of the gold medal game, but the Dartmouth sophomores did everything but score in lifting Canada to a 2-0 win over the U.S. to win their first World Championships in front of a sellout crowd of 10,508 at the Halifax Metro … Read more
The U.S. has had nothing but positive results on the ice so far. The only catch is the team is starting to run out of bodies at the forward position as it approaches Tuesday night’s gold-medal game with Canada. Captain Cammi Granato returned from her injury to take a few shifts in the 9-2 U.S. … Read more
Despite much-noted inexperience on the blue line, the U.S. women’s team handed Team Canada its first-ever loss at a World Championship.
After her Gophers’ 6-2 NCAA final win over Harvard, Minnesota coach Laura Halldorson said that she hadn’t found a team yet that could stop her top line of Krissy Wendell, Natalie Darwitz and Kelly Stephens. This Saturday, she might find one — the Canadian national team. Though the triumphant trio is now wearing red, white, … Read more
Robert Morris, whose men’s program will begin play next fall, is adding women’s hockey for 2005-06, it was announced today. The school is also starting men’s and women’s lacrosse and women’s field hockey next fall. “Women’s ice hockey is the logical next step in the development of RMU’s athletics program,” RMU athletic director Susan Hofacre … Read more
Maine has fired women’s coach Rick Filighera, the only coach the program has known since its inception in 1997-98. “We have spent a great deal of time this past year evaluating our women’s ice hockey program and considering its potential for further growth,” said Maine athletic director Patrick Nero. “The results of this evaluation have … Read more
The Frozen Four MOP Krissy Wendell had a weekend like no other
Five players from teams involved in the women’s Frozen Four in [nl]Providence, R.I., were named All-Americans, along with eight other student athletes, as chosen by the American Hockey Coaches Association. Harvard’s Angela Ruggiero, a four-time First Team All-American with this selection, is also nominated for the Patty Kazmaier Award. Ruggiero’s teammate, forward Nicole Corriero, received … Read more
Sunday will mark the first-ever national championship game in women’s college hockey between two teams playing each other for the first time during the regular season. Championship games in women’s hockey have always been exciting, but this element of unfamiliarity adds intrigue to this game unlike any other. The Minnesota-Harvard matchup raises obvious questions. For … Read more