Hensley helps lay a foundation at Lindenwood

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

Eleven returnees highlight U.S. women’s Olympic team

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

Like parenting, coaching is a full-time job

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

CHA, WCHA both have linesmen selected to officiate women’s games at Olympics

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

Minnesota retains top spot in D-I women’s poll

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

Wrecking records

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

Krzyzaniak and Hirschy help transform North Dakota blue line from weakness to strength

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

Vint’s play, leadership instrumental at Robert Morris

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