Women’s D-I in general
Vermont announced Sunday evening that it will delay the start of competition in men’s and women’s hockey and basketball until December 18. “After discussions with President Garimella and the Vermont Department of Health, it became clear that delaying the start of our seasons was the most responsible course of action,” said UVM director of athletics … Read more
St. Cloud State has paused all women’s hockey team activities for at least the week of Nov. 15 due to several positive COVID-19 tests within the Huskies’ program, the university announced Sunday. As a result of the pause, St. Cloud State’s season-opening home series with Bemidji State set for Nov. 20-21 has been postponed. No … Read more
Hockey East announced Friday the results of the coaches polls for both the men’s and women’s conferences. MEN’S POLL Points, with first-place votes in parentheses 1. Boston College, 95 (8) 2. Massachusetts, 87 (2) 3. Providence, 77 4. UMass Lowell, 71 (1) 5. Northeastern, 68 6. Boston University, 55 7. UConn, 48 8. New Hampshire, … Read more
The AHL’s Hershey Bears announced Thursday that the team has hired Emily Engel-Natzke as video coach. Engel-Natzke joins the Bears from Wisconsin where she served as the assistant director of operations/video coordinator. With the Badgers, she worked with both the men’s and women’s hockey teams from 2015 to 2017, and exclusively with the men’s team … Read more
The Ivy League released an announcement Thursday evening cancelling the hockey seasons for men’s and women’s hockey. Consistent with its commitment to safeguard the health and wellbeing of student-athletes, the greater campus community and general public, the Ivy League Council of Presidents has decided that league schools will not conduct intercollegiate athletics competition in winter … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation has announced that the nomination period for 26th annual Hockey Humanitarian Award is now open (photo: Jim Stankiewicz).
Wisconsin men’s and women’s hockey home games will be played this season without fans in the stands for an indefinite period of time, the school announced Wednesday. Similar to the approach Wisconsin Athletics is taking with Camp Randall Stadium, fans will not be allowed into the Kohl Center for basketball or LaBahn Arena for hockey … Read more
Hockey East announced today details for its return to play plan for the 2020-21 season, including composite league schedules, featuring a double round-robin format. League play will begin on Friday, Nov. 20 for both the men’s and women’s leagues. Hockey East also announced its NESN schedule through Jan. 1 and news that other games streamed … Read more
Yale announced on Tuesday the passing of longtime administrator Wayne Dean, who passed on Sunday, Nov. 8. He was 65. No cause of death was disclosed. Dean served the Bulldogs since 1986 and recently retired this past July from his role as deputy athletic director. Dean had served as the NCAA Hockey Committee chair as … Read more
The women’s WCHA were the first DI conference to announce a schedule that puts their teams back on the ice. The partial schedule covers five weeks, but Commissioner Jennifer Flowers hopes to have a full slate of games set before the holiday break.
With seven first-place votes, Wisconsin is the No. 1 team in the preseason USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Also with seven first-place votes is No. 2 Cornell, which finished last season No. 1 in the USCHO.com rankings. Third-ranked Northeastern garnered the other first-place vote. In order, the rest of the top 10 are Minnesota, Ohio … Read more
The WCHA women’s conference will start the 2020-21 schedule the weekend of Nov. 20-22. WCHA schools will play eight league games from November 20 to December 19 before breaking for the holidays. League play will resume as early as Jan. 1. The post-holiday schedule will be released in the coming weeks. “We look forward to … Read more
Lindenwood announced the addition of assistant coach Mike Venezia to the women’s hockey coaching staff for the 2020-21 season (photo: Castleton Athletics).
The NCAA on Wednesday announced regional and Frozen Four locations for men’s national hockey tournaments from 2022 through 2026.
Bemidji State has announced the hiring of Emma Terres as an assistant coach for the Beavers’ women’s hockey team (photo: BSU Photo Services).
Holy Cross has announced the hiring of Devan Taylor as an assistant coach for the women’s hockey team.
The IIHF has voted to cancel several tournaments for the coming season, with one exception being the 2021 World Junior Championship.
This year’s World Junior event is scheduled to run December 26, 2020 to January 5, 2021, in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta.
College hockey icons Dean Blais, Tony Granato, Jenny Potter and Jerry York will make up the United States Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2020.
The Hockey Commissioners Association announced today that the start of the 2020-21 NCAA season will be delayed due to the impact of COVID-19 (photo: Tealin Robinson/Wisconsin Athletics).
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA has adjusted several rules that may impact current and prospective student-athletes.