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She scored the goal in overtime that lifted Minnesota over arch-rival Wisconsin in the first game of the Frozen Four, and then struck against Boston College in the championship. game. Those were two of many goals USCHO rookie of the year Sarah Potomak scored this season.
She smashed every goaltending record in the NCAA book, and followed it with one of the best postseasons ever. For that, Wisconsin junior Ann-Renée Desbiens has been named USCHO’s player of the year.
In a statement, the NCAA called it “inadvertent” but something that should have been caught before the hats were handed out.
Facing BC’s top offense, Minnesota knew if needed defense from not just its goalies and defensemen, but the forwards as well for a complete team win.
Kendall Coyne capped her record-setting career at Northeastern by winning the 2016 Patty Kazmaier Award, becoming the second Northeastern player to win it.
Kendall Coyne of Northeastern. (Melissa Wade) Kendall Coyne (Palos Heights, Ill.), a senior from Northeastern University who played on the 2014 U.S. Olympic team, was named the 2016 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The award, which is in its 19th year, is presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey by … Read more
DURHAM, N.H. — Minnesota’s list of seniors touts some of the biggest names in the college hockey world, with players like Amanda Leveille, Hannah Brandt and Amanda Kessel. But passing on the torch on from the winningest class in program history has been near seamless for the gold and maroon. On the biggest stage of … Read more
DURHAM, N.H. — Boston College has advanced to the Frozen Four five of the past six years, but the Eagles have never made it past the semifinal round. Their detractors say that the Eagles don’t know how to handle adversity. Before Friday’s game, they’d never ended a period trailing. For the seniors, advancing to the … Read more
The American Hockey Coaches Association announced this week finalists for four major awards – Women’s Division I Coach of the Year, Women’s Division III Coach of the Year, the Laura Hurd Award and the Sid Watson Award. The Laura Hurd Award is given to the top D-III women’s player, while the Sid Watson Award goes … Read more
It is said that even the longest journey starts with a single step. For the four teams looking to complete their journey this weekend, the final two steps can seem the longest. Minnesota knows this better than anyone, as outside of those in their first year as Gophers and Amanda Kessel, whose career started way … Read more
Candace and Arlan look at the results from the NCAA quarterfinals, preview the Frozen Four semifinal matchups and what each team needs to do to win, and give their best guess on who might be the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player, depending on which team wins.
Top-seeded Boston College is only three wins shy of a perfect season as it searches for its first national title. The Eagles hope to reach the Frozen Four and get their first win there; they’ve been stopped in the semifinals five previous times. Also representing Hockey East is Northeastern. After coming up just short in … Read more
Candace and Arlan discuss the NCAA Selection Committee’s puzzling pairings in the NCAA tournament, the results of the conference tournaments, the possibilities for upsets in the first round of the NCAA tournament, and the three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award.
The eight women’s teams in the NCAA tournament have been revealed. The top four seeds – No. 1 Boston College, No. 2 Wisconsin, No. 3 Minnesota and No. 4 Quinnipiac – will host quarterfinal matchups on home ice March 11-12. BC hosts Northeastern, Wisconsin hosts Mercyhurst, Princeton travels to Minnesota and Quinnipiac will host Clarkson … Read more
ECAC Hockey announced the recipients of the league’s annual postseason awards at its banquet Friday night as part of the 2016 ECAC Women’s Hockey Championship weekend held at Quinnipiac. The conference also released its three All-League Teams and All-Rookie Team. Quinnipiac’s Taylar Cianfarano earned both the league’s Best Forward and Player of the Year Awards. … Read more
College Hockey America announced its 2015-16 regular-season awards Thursday night, in addition to a pair of All-Conference Teams and an All-Rookie Team. Player of the Year honors went to Syracuse senior forward Melissa Piacentini, who tallied 18 points in conference play and a school-record 112 points entering the CHA tournament. Mercyhurst forward Rachael Smith is … Read more
Seven individual awards, three All-WCHA Teams and an All-Rookie Team were announced on Thursday by the WCHA women’s conference. Wisconsin junior goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens is the Player of the Year and Goaltending Champion after posting 18 shutouts, the all-time NCAA single-season record (women or men) and leading the nation with a .958 save percentage and … Read more
The top three finalists for the 2016 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award were announced Thursday. Boston College senior forward Alex Carpenter, Northeastern senior forward Kendall Coyne and Wisconsin junior goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens have made the final cut. Carpenter, BC’s captain, is looking to become the first back-to-back recipient of the award, and only the second player … Read more
People often struggle to correctly apply facts that seem to be saying conflicting things. Take global warming. How can we take global warming seriously when we encounter days where the temperature doesn’t even reach zero degrees Fahrenheit? The polar ice caps are disappearing, but there are weeks where it seems like new glaciers are ready … Read more
Candace and Arlan look at where upset winners might come from in the conference tournament semifinals and finals, look at possible NCAA matchups,, and debate the 10 finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award and who is likely to finish in the top three.