Women’s D-I in general
The CHA announced Saturday that Syracuse forward Jessica Sibley has been suspended for today’s game against Mercyhurst. The play in question was not called on the ice, but was put under review following yesterday’s contest. After review of the play, the CHA determined that a major penalty for contact to the head and a game … Read more
Last year was a breakout season for the Colgate Raiders. They won 22 games and made it to the ECAC tournament semifinals. It was an incredible turnaround from the 2014-15 season, where the team finished 7-25-2. The Raiders weren’t done. This season, they are thus far undefeated and are currently ranked fifth in the D-I … Read more
The nomination process is underway for the 2017 Hockey Humanitarian Award. Being presented this season for the 22nd time, the Humanitarian recognizes college’s hockey’s finest citizen, a men’s or women’s player from any division who has demonstrated a selfless commitment of time and leadership to community service. Information on nominating a player can be found … Read more
Candace and Nicole take a look at Ann-Renee Desbiens setting a new shutout record, the strengths of Wisconsin and Minnesota, what the Boston College-Boston University split portends in Hockey East, St. Lawrence’s continued early success, and the parity in the CHA.
ECAC Hockey announced Tuesday that Colgate sophomore defender Olivia Zafuto has been assessed a one-game suspension as the result of her actions in the Colgate-RIT game from Saturday, Nov. 5. The league action was taken after review of a contact to the head incident that occurred in the game. Based upon the league’s action, Zafuto … Read more
It’s been a surprising and prolific start to the season for the St. Lawrence Saints. One of just four undefeated teams left, they’ve started the season 7-0-1. They are near the top in both team offense and team defense and junior Kennedy Marchment is the number two scorer in the country with six goals and … Read more
Candace and Arlan look at Holy Cross moving up and compare the Crusaders to previous teams that have moved up to D-I, try to make sense of the many contenders in the ECAC, look at whether Boston College is the favorite in Hockey East, ponder whether North Dakota or Minnesota-Duluth has an edge in the at-large bid battle, and also debate the strengths and weaknesses of teams in the CHA.
The WCHA women’s league announced Tuesday a one-game suspension for Minnesota State junior defenseman Anna Keys, effective for the Mavericks’ next NCAA Division I game. The suspension is a result of Keys’ goaltender interference penalty, which came at the 19:47 mark of the third period in Minnesota State’s game on Saturday, Oct. 29, against Wisconsin. … Read more
The Holy Cross women’s hockey program has existed in an interesting state of limbo since it was started for the 1999-2000 season. Though Holy Cross is officially a Division I school, and the men’s team has in the last 10 years had great success, up to and including two appearances in the NCAA tournament and … Read more
With a school schedule that start weeks later than anyone else, the Ivy League schools are always the last ones to take the ice during the women’s hockey season. A full month after Wisconsin and St. Cloud State opened play, the Ivies hit the ice and gave us our first full look at the full … Read more
Providence announced Wednesday that Kyle Murphy has been promoted to the position of associate athletic director for men’s and women’s hockey/Schneider Arena. It also was announced that Theresa Feaster has been hired as the coordinator of men’s hockey operations. Murphy replaces Nick Reggio, who resigned earlier in the month, and Feaster fills the void created … Read more
Arlan Marttila returns to discuss the early-season records with Nicole Haase, as well as the jumbled state of the ever-competitive WCHA and the early Patty Kazmaier Award favorites.
The Mercyhurst Lakers have one of the most consistent and impressive resumes in women’s college hockey. They earned an NCAA at-large tournament bid for 10 consecutive seasons, starting in the 2004-2005 season and ending in 2013-2014. They’ve won the CHA regular season title all but one year since its inception and the CHA tournament title … Read more
Candace returns to Wednesday Women, and she and Nicole look at last week’s tough wins by Wisconsin and Minnesota, Maine’s upset of BC, the races in the CHA and ECAC, and what players have impressed them so far in this young season.
When the Union Dutchwomen left the ice on Saturday afternoon, it was as winners for the first time since December 12, 2014. The first win in 56 games was a big moment for the players and the program, but new coach Josh Sciba has never highlighted “win games” as a goal for the team or … Read more
In the first Wednesday Women column of the year, former USCHO women’s columnist Arlan Marrtila discusses the surprises out West with our new columnist, Nicole Haase. They also look at St. Lawrence, preview this weekend’s big games, and discuss scoring. Arlan will periodically appear going forward, as will women’s editor Candace Horgan.
Moving from Boston to Duluth, Minnesota, to take over a storied women’s hockey program that had gone through some turmoil was a daunting task for Maura Crowell. The former associate head coach at Harvard is just the second head coach in Bulldogs women’s hockey history, taking the reins after the university did not renew the … Read more
The Boston College Eagles are starting anew after the graduation of the two top scorers in program history. Multisport athlete Kenzie Kent will be one of the players leading the charge.
The WCHA announced Friday that it will bestow the Otto Breitenbach WCHA Distinguished Service Award to longtime conference office employee Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt and the late Oliver “Butch” Mousseau, a former on-ice official. The honor is presented to individuals who have rendered extraordinary service to the WCHA. Award recipients, who are nominated and voted upon by … Read more
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gillian Apps has joined the Boston College women’s team as an assistant coach and will work with the Eagles’ forwards and also handle many of the team’s administrative duties. Apps joins associate head coach Courtney Kennedy and volunteer assistant coach Alison Quandt on head coach Katie Crowley’s staff. “We’re very excited … Read more