This Week In Women’s Hockey: Dec. 13, 2000
Dartmouth proves why it’s the number-one team in the nation, and Harvard prepares to brave the frozen tundra … of Duluth, home of the nation’s newest national power. Zevi Gutfreund rounds up the action.
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Future in Doubt for Gophers’ Petersen Following Concussion
Minnesota freshman defenseman Bethany Petersen is awaiting word from doctors about her hockey future following a scary incident in Saturday’s loss to No. 1 Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H.
UConn, Quinnipiac to Join ECAC Women’s League
Connecticut and Quinnipiac have been awarded membership into the newly-restructured ECAC Women’s League for 2001-2002 season.
This Week In Women’s Hockey: Dec. 7, 2000
Harvard sticks its head into the national picture again, and a top-two battle in Hanover highlights the calendar. Zevi Gutfreund reports.
This Week In Women’s Hockey: Nov. 29, 2000
No. 8 New Hampshire could be doing more than rebuilding this season; Ohio State and Northeastern see sparks fly; and ECAC powerhouses match up. Zevi Gutfreund reports.
This Week In Women’s Hockey
Another week, another week at No. 1 for Dartmouth; also, the WCHA features its freshman snipers. Zevi Gutfreund reports.
This Week In Women’s Hockey: Nov. 15, 2000
Under other circumstances, this would be a great week to explore the individual performances of players like Ambria Thomas of Minnesota or Tara Dunn of Harvard, each of whom recorded a hat trick last weekend. In a different week, two-goal games by players like Dartmouth’s Carrie Sekela, Minnesota’s La Toya Clarke and Nadine Muzerall, Harvard’s … Read more
Women’s Column: Nov. 9, 2000
After much talk about the rise of the WCHA, the ECAC is showing that maybe so much hasn’t changed after all. Zevi Gutfreund catalogues the return of the East, and previews a banner matchup in Minneapolis.
Minnesota Women Win After Zamboni Postponement At Harvard
Monday at Bright Hockey Center, Minnesota beat Harvard 3-2 in a contest delayed one day by equipment difficulties of an unusual sort. Sunday’s women’s game between the No. 2 Gophers and the No. 5 Crimson was postponed after two different Zamboni ice resurfacing machines stopped working at the arena. Attempts were made to find a … Read more
Women’s Column: Nov. 2, 2000
With college hockey depleted by graduation and the U.S. National Team, rookies are playing a bigger role this year than ever. Zevi Gutfreund spotlights key performers.
Gopher Women Suspend Two
Minnesota women’s hockey coach Laura Halldorson has suspended seniors Nadine Muzerall and Betsey Kukowski for this weekend’s series at MSU-Mankato due to an unspecified violation of team rules. Muzerall is the team’s all-time leading scorer and led the nation with 49 goals last season. She missed last weekend’s series with Ohio State due to a … Read more
2000-01 WCHA Women’s Season Preview
No longer the weak sister, in just its second year of existence the WCHA could challenge the ECAC for dominance of women’s hockey. Zevi Gutfreund weaves a tale of two conferences.
WCHA Column
It’s not just a two-team race in the WCHA, it seems, as upstarts Ohio State and Wisconsin lifted eyebrows last weekend with upsets of powerhouses Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth. Zevi Gutfreund lifts some more.
2000-01 ECAC Women’s Season Preview
With several traditional powers losing key players, Dartmouth enters the 2000-01 season as the favorite in the ECAC women’s race. Don’t expect a walkover for the Big Green, however, as there’s still plenty left in the tank elsewhere. Zevi Gutfreund profiles the new year.
Dartmouth to Host ECAC Women’s Championships
Dartmouth College has been named the host of the 2001 ECAC Division I Women’s Ice Hockey Championship, to be held March 17-18. Dartmouth was selected by the ECAC Division I Women’s Ice Hockey Executive Committee. This is the first time Dartmouth will be hosting the Championship. Brown hosted the first-ever championships in 1994, then again … Read more
Utica, Neumann to Join ECAC West in 2001-2002
ECAC West athletic directors have accepted the applications of both Utica College and Neumann College for admission into the league, at league meetings being held on Cape Cod this week.
ECAC Coaches Tab Dartmouth
The Big Green of Dartmouth, the ECAC runner-up and AWCHA Women’s Championship participant last season, gathered nine of the 12 first-place votes in the ECAC Division I Women’s Coaches Poll. The Big Green lost four times to ECAC champion Brown last season, including the ECAC championship game, and finished third in the AWCHA National Championship. … Read more
Mariucci to Host Women’s Frozen Four
The NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Committee has selected Mariucci Arena, home of the Minnesota Golden Gophers, as the site for the 2001 Women’s Frozen Four. The inaugural event will be held March 23 and 25.
Gophers Lose Brodt to National Team
Winny Brodt, the WCHA Defensive Player of the Year in 1999-2000, has left the Minnesota women’s team to accept an invitation to train with the U.S. National Program.
Linstad Jumps to UConn
Heather Linstad, head coach of the Northeastern women’s program for the past eight season, has been tabbed by Connecticut to lead its fledgling program. Linstad, who had a 161-71-27 record at Northeastern, including four Beanpot titles and a 1997 ECAC Championship, will lead UConn into its first year of varsity play, where it will compete … Read more