Women’s D-I in general
Given the position’s importance, championship teams will almost always have one of the best goalies, or at least a goaltender that is playing very well. At the other end of the spectrum, top goalies will also be found on the weakest teams. A prime example is Lindenwood’s Nicole Hensley. Only Brown has fewer wins than … Read more
Julie Chu will be making her fourth Olympic appearance for the United States national women’s team as USA Hockey announced Wednesday its 21-player roster for the 2014 Winter Olympics that start next month in Sochi, Russia. All 21 members of the squad have college ties and every player has competed in an IIHF Women’s World … Read more
Many players say that they would like to get into coaching some day. Many will perform the job at a youth level, and others will coach a prep or high school team. A relative few will get the chance to make it a full-time job and coach at the college level. To paraphrase Notorious B.I.G., … Read more
The Associated Press has reported that a former unnamed Connecticut women’s hockey player was kicked off the team in 2011 after reporting that she was raped by a player on the UConn men’s team. The plaintiff has joined a federal civil rights lawsuit that alleges the school mishandled allegations of sexual assaults on campus. According … Read more
CHA linesman Laura Johnson has been named to the women’s hockey officiating staff for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, according to a recent announcement by the IIHF. “Laura is one of our finest linesman,” said CHA commissioner Bob DeGregorio in a statement. “She has definitely earned this opportunity. We are proud to have … Read more
With the first half in the books, Minnesota will head to 2014 as the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll as the Gophers again garnered all 15 first-place votes this week. The rest of the poll is the exact same as the Dec. 9 poll. Wisconsin sits second, Cornell third, North Dakota … Read more
To some degree, Marie-Philip Poulin has been the face of Boston University hockey for the past three years, and the team has gone as she’s gone. The Terriers finished first in Hockey East and reached the NCAA Championship game in both 2011 and 2013. When she was injured during the 2011-12 season and missed a … Read more
Candace and Arlan look at some of the crucial PairWise series from last weekend, ponder the competitiveness of the CHA, and offer some early predictions on the Patty Kazmaier Award.
As it has all season long, Minnesota is the top-ranked team in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Minnesota garnered all 15 first-place votes this week. The next five spots mirror those of last week as Wisconsin sits No. 2, followed by Cornell, North Dakota, Harvard and Clarkson. Boston College, tied with Clarkson in … Read more
USA Hockey announced Tuesday that executive director Dave Ogrean has received a four-year contract extension through 2018.
According to a news release issued Thursday evening, New Hampshire women’s head coach Brian McCloskey “is no longer employed by the university as of Dec. 5, 2013.” This decision comes on the heels of an investigation into an incident of inappropriate physical contact with a player on the bench at the team’s home game on … Read more
There wasn’t much separating Rensselaer from Princeton in the 2012-13 season. The Engineers were two games and four points better in the standings for ECAC Hockey, but overall, the Tigers won more games and had the better winning percentage. Yet as in most sports, a season is judged by a team’s postseason, and Princeton didn’t … Read more
Candace and Arlan look at Vermont, Ohio State breaking its winless streak, Wisconsin’s team defense, and preview important nonconference series this weekend.
Not much changed in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll as only one spots is different than the poll from Nov. 25. Minnesota had all 15 first-place votes this week and is again the No. 1 team in the country. Wisconsin stays No. 2, Cornell No. 3, North Dakota No. 4 and Harvard coming … Read more
As the saying goes, records are made to be broken, like the number of helpings of stuffing eaten at a single Thanksgiving feast. Some marks are just established to a point that they will be more difficult to reach, let alone improve upon. Minnesota’s team record for consecutive wins received more attention than usual for … Read more
Candace and Arlan check out the volatile CHA, ponder where Quinnipiac goes from here, if any team can threaten the WCHA big three, and look at top offenses and defenses.
Minnesota remains the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll, garnering all 15 first-place votes this week from the poll voters. After seeing its winning streak end at 62 games two weekends ago, the Gophers started a new streak with two wins last weekend on the road at Yale. The next three spots … Read more
Consider recent years, as far back as the 2010-11 season when North Dakota first rose to become a perennial top-10 team. What UND players come to mind? Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux, of course. Michelle Karvinen. Josefine Jakobsen. Meghan Dufault. All forwards. And if you kept going, you’d probably come up with names like Alyssa Wiebe … Read more
Its record now reads 13-1-0, but Minnesota remains the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. The Gophers, who lost 3-2 to North Dakota on Sunday, gained 14 first-place votes this week, with No. 3 Cornell getting the other first-place nod. Wisconsin stays No. 2, as does Cornell at No. 3, while North … Read more
Any College Hockey America team with championship aspirations must first topple Mercyhurst from its pinnacle. Robert Morris did just that two years ago in the CHA Tournament, and there is a gap in the banner collection in Erie, Pa., to prove it. Junior forward Rebecca Vint was a rookie on that Colonials squad, sharing the … Read more