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She engineered the best single-season turnaround in Minnesota Duluth history, returning the Bulldogs to the NCAA tournament and almost getting them to the Frozen Four. Maura Crowell is our women’s D-I coach of the year.
Clarkson’s Cayley Mercer was a Patty Kazmaier Award top-three finalist, and while the award was captured by Ann-Renée Desbiens, Mercer led her team to victory over Desbiens’ in the national championship game. Her clutch play has earned her USCHO player of the year.,
Heading into the women’s Frozen Four, much of the focus around the country centered around the season-long excellence of Wisconsin goalie and 2017 Patty Kazmaier award winner Ann-Renée Desbiens. In the championship game, however, it was the play of another goaltender that stole all the headlines: Clarkson’s Shea Tiley.
Wisconsin senior goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens has been awarded the 2017 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The honors were presented to Desbiens Saturday afternoon at the Foundry Art Centre as part of the women’s Frozen Four weekend hosted by Lindenwood University. The award, which is in its 20th year, is presented annually to the top player in … Read more
The Clarkson women’s team returns to the national championship game for the first time since their historic 2014 win. Just five players on the current roster were a part of that win. But Genevieve Bannon isn’t sure there’s much she and her fellow seniors learned that year that will be relevant to their experience on Sunday.
All season long, the goal for Wisconsin women’s hockey senior class has been simple: get to the championship game no matter what it takes. As it turned out, a pair of those seniors willed their team to that goal, although only one of the efforts would have been predicted before the evening began.
For leading Minnesota Duluth to a 25-7-5 record and into the 2017 NCAA tournament, Maura Crowell has been named the CCM/AHCA Division I women’s Coach of the Year. Crowell, in just her second year as a Division I head coach, led UMD into the WCHA championship game before bowing 4-1 to Wisconsin. Her squad reached … Read more
The American Hockey Coaches Association announced its two women’s All-America teams on Thursday night. Boston College junior defenseman Megan Keller and Wisconsin senior goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens are the two repeat choices on the First Team. First Team All-America Second Team All-America
This weekend’s Frozen Four has the same teams as last year’s, but the path back hasn’t been smooth for any of them. Injuries are inevitable through the long college season, but each of the four teams suffered setbacks that had the opportunity to end their hopes for a national championship. Overcoming adversity, proving people wrong, … Read more
According to various published reports Wednesday, the U.S. Women’s National Team will reportedly boycott the upcoming Women’s World Championships, which are slated to start March 31 at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Mich. Reasons for the boycott, according to reports, are unfair wages and lack of marketing, among others. Team USA captain Hilary Knight released … Read more
Candace and Nicole discuss what the repeat Frozen Four and consistent presence of the same teams means for the depth of the game, analyze the results from the quarters, and look ahead to this weekend’s Frozen Four and Patty Kazaier Award ceremony.
It was a very different trip to the WCHA Final Face-Off championship game for the two teams involved.Wisconsin has been the top team in the country all year. Fans had been looking to this season as the one that could be “it” based on recruits and personnel. The pressure and the expectations have been on … Read more
ECAC Hockey on Tuesday announced that Cornell freshman forward Kristin O’Neill has been assessed a one-game suspension as the result of her actions in the Cornell-Clarkson game from Sunday, March 5. The league action was taken after review of an incident that occurred at the 18:40 mark of the third period of the game where … Read more
Minnesota Duluth sophomore goalie Maddie Rooney became the first player from the losing side to be named tournament MVP at Sunday’s WCHA Final Face-Off.
Wisconsin, Clarkson, Minnesota Duluth and Boston College earned home games in the first round of the Division I women’s NCAA tournament.
ECAC Hockey announced Friday night the recipients of the league’s annual postseason awards at its banquet held as part of the 2017 ECAC Women’s Hockey Championship weekend held at the CAMP Atrium on the campus of Clarkson University. Clarkson senior Cayley Mercer took home both the Best Forward and the league’s Player of the Year … Read more
Hockey East announced Friday night that Boston College junior defenseman Megan Keller has been awarded the 2017 Cammi Granato Award as the Women’s Hockey East Player of the Year. The award was presented as part of the 15th Annual Women’s Hockey East championship awards banquet at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, Mass. Alongside Keller, … Read more
Wisconsin senior goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens has been named the Women’s Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Division I Player of the Month for February 2017, while Robert Morris forward Jaycee Gebhard is the WHCA National Rookie of the Month. Desbiens earns the honor after leading the country with a 0.61 GAA, a .973 save percentage and four … Read more
The College Hockey America regular-season award winners were announced Wednesday night during the league’s annual tournament banquet. The CHA All-Rookie and All-Conference teams were also announced. Taking home Player of the Year honors for the 2016-17 season was redshirt junior Brittany Howard from Robert Morris. Howard led the conference with 48 points on 18 goals … Read more
Senior goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens (Wisconsin), senior forward Cayley Mercer (Clarkson), and senior forward Lara Stalder (Minnesota Duluth) have been named the top three finalists for the 2017 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The award will be presented at a brunch ceremony at the Foundry Arts Centre in St. Charles, Mo., on Saturday, March 18, as part … Read more