The 2020 Patty Kazmaier Award winner will be revealed on Friday, March 27th. The announcement will come at 1:30 pm on USA Hockey’s Facebook and YouTube channels. It will be done with the “premiere feature”. Highlights of the top ten finalists will be shown and the winner will be unveiled, per USCHO. The formal Award…
Conference tournaments wrapped up on Sunday with some surprises and some expected outcomes. Northeastern rolled over UConn 9-1 to win their third Hockey East title in a row, while Ohio State shocked Wisconsin in overtime to win their first ever WCHA Championship. Both of those teams, thanks to their conference championships, are into the dance….
The Wisconsin Badgers received eight of 15 first place votes, edging their rivals from Minnesota and taking the top spot in women’s college hockey. The Badgers swept the ‘Country Classic’ in Nashville last weekend, clobbering Harvard and then knocking off Boston College. The Golden Gophers, who also beat Harvard but tied BC, got the other…
First and foremost, we hope you all had a terrific Thanksgiving weekend! Now that you are back to the grind, we’re sure that you’ll be looking to kill a little company time on this first morning back in the office. Luckily, we have just the thing for you! It was a wild weekend in college…
There is a new top ten in the women’s hockey world. The weekly USCHO poll came out yesterday evening and it featured some major changes. Gone from the top ten is Harvard, who is mired in a slump following their weekend loss to UNH. Replacing them is Boston University, who rejoins the top ten. The…
The Minnesota Golden Gophers are number one. In the latest USCHO poll, the Gophers received 14 of 15 first place votes to officially jump the Wisconsin Badgers. The Badgers, who are now 10-1-1 on the season, received one vote. Minnesota defeated Wisconsin twice over the weekend, taking five of a possible six points in their…
Will there be a new number one in the NCAA when the rankings come out later this week? The Minnesota Golden Gophers have made their case to jump ahead of the Wisconsin Badgers after they swept the defending National Champions this past weekend. Minnesota got a bit of revenge for last spring, when the Badgers…
Women’s college hockey season is in full swing. A number of non-conference battles will take place this weekend as teams get ready for conference play. Among the interesting matchups, the defending Hockey East Champion Northeastern Huskies pay a visit to Syracuse to battle the Orange. It is the only matchup between teams that made the…
College hockey season is right around the corner. Exhibition games are slated to start in the coming weeks, while the regular season is right behind. On Monday, the first NCAA rankings of the season were released, and the defending champions are once again leading the way. The Wisconsin Badgers will enter the season as the…
Congratulations to Annie Pankowski of the University of Wisconsin, who is the lone ice hockey player in the NCAA to be named to the final 30 for the NCAA’s Woman of the Year Award. The top 30 honorees were chosen from a pool of 151 conference nominees, according to an official release. Pankowski won the…