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Top 3 of the Past 4 Years
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted September 13, 2012 at 9:21pm

7 Skills Every Player Must Work On (and Why) [Originally sent of January 21st, 2010]   This past weekend I was at a tournament in Duluth, Minnesota where I had the opportunity to watch two of the best women’s college hockey teams in the State...more

Talent-Rich Draft Makes For Exciting Changes In CWHL
by The First Line
posted July 19, 2012 at 3:57pm

There was an exceptional class emerging from the NCAA this year, and that means that each team in the nascent CWHL had an embarrassment of riches to choose from.  It also means I can at long last stop marveling (= complaining) about how Montreal mana...more

"While the men watch": ESPN meets "Sex & the City"
by The Rabbit Hole
posted May 25, 2012 at 1:35am

Photo from the Winnipeg Free Press.Cross posted on Hockey in Society.The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company) has come up with a, shall we say, intriguing gimmick for the Stanley Cup finals this year.  It will be introducing While the Men Wa...more

Women's Hockey Worlds
by After Atalanta
posted April 22, 2012 at 10:53pm

Two weekends ago I headed north to Burlington, Vermont for a quick, last-minute getaway that happened to coincide with the IIHF Women's Hockey World Championships. (Timing is everything!) Here is what I observed: Nothing indicated as we drove into Burlin...more

Hockey Worlds: Oh, Canada, What The Hell Happened Out There? U.S. hands Canada its worst loss ever
by The First Line
posted April 9, 2012 at 11:17am

Editor's note: the 14th Annual International Ice Hockey Federation's Women's World Championships are taking place April 7-14, 2012, at the University of Vermont's Gutterson Fieldhouse. On day 1 of the tournament, 2010 Olympic Champs Canada lost to the Uni...more

NCAA Hockey Championships: Gophers Bring Home The Gold
by The First Line
posted March 20, 2012 at 12:40pm

Photo: Marlin Levison | Associated Press As the cliche goes, much of life is simply showing up.  The Badgers vacated the building after Emily West’s penalty shot goal, with their first line unable to capitalize on some good chances (elevate th...more

Top 4 Rules for Selecting a Girls Hockey Team for Your Child
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 18, 2012 at 4:28pm

When it comes to deciding where you should play next season, the most critical factor is coaching.   Sure, many girls hockey players want to play with their friends, they want to have fun, and the logistics of getting to and from practices and games ...more

NCAA Hockey Frozen Four: After A Wild Weekend, On To The Semis
by The First Line
posted March 13, 2012 at 11:05am

BC versus Wisconsin- The major upside to the Frozen Four’s being played in Duluth is that we won’t have to listen to the BC announcer, as he gets more nervous, use the phrase “nothing doing” with increasing frequency until it&rsquo...;more

Culture vultures and violent male athletes
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted March 11, 2012 at 12:42pm

Sexual assault charges against two members of Boston University’s wildly successful ice hockey team have prompted the usual media hand-wringing on the meaning of it all in a societal context. So naturally, we must have a quote like this one in The ...more

Bracketology: the Women's Frozen Four
by The First Line
posted March 6, 2012 at 10:42am

People.  I think we can all agree that if the field for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament goes up every year, to the extent that one day every Division I team in the country will get a berth, the women’s hockey tournament might be allo...more

2012 Kazmaier Talk, Pre-Conference Tournament Edition
by The First Line
posted February 18, 2012 at 10:47pm

Things one should not try to do at the same time: A. finish a dissertation, B. look for a job, and C. write a blog about an in-season sport.  We’re already at the last weekend of the regular season!  This means normally Kazmaier selection ...more

Commentary on Gender Equity in Sports
by One Sport Voice
posted January 19, 2012 at 7:05pm

Based on my previous blog about hockey injuries, checking, and unequal media coverage of two Minnesota hockey players who were recently severely injured, I was asked to write a commentary for Minnesota Public Radio (@MPR) You can read the commentary on t...more

Jablonski v. Privette: Gender Equity Fails Again
by One Sport Voice
posted January 11, 2012 at 12:27pm

In my last blog, following severe injuries of two MN high school hockey players, I argued checking should be banned at all levels and for all hockey players. Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist Rachel Blount wrote a piece title “Despite tragedies, ho...more

Ban Checking in Male Hockey
by One Sport Voice
posted January 8, 2012 at 12:59am

It is time to ban checking in boy’s and men’s hockey, not just raise the checking age, but get rid of it altogether. I know this won’t be a popular idea. Raising the checking age in boys’ hockey hasn’t been popular either, b...more

Changing My Mind About Checking
by The First Line
posted January 2, 2012 at 7:33pm

Even six months ago it seemed impossible that this day would come.  I have always been a staunch supporter of checking as an essential part of the game.  I have written at length (some would say ad nauseum) about the double standard that prevail...more

Is Hockey Player Alex Carpenter A ‘Weapon’?
by The First Line
posted January 2, 2012 at 7:04pm

When I said BC was without a “huge weapon,” aside from repeating the word ‘huge’ twice in two sentences and thus being in need of a thesaurus, was I being inaccurate?  After all, freshman phenom Carpenter is in the top 25 in s...more

World Women's U18 Championship To Start Tomorrow
by The First Line
posted December 30, 2011 at 2:45pm

The opening day schedule is Czech Republic/Sweden, Canada/Switzerland, USA/Russia, and Finland/Germany.  I think the spread is probably ten goals on the Canada match.  Not that I condone betting or even think it exists for women’s youth ho...more

Retirement for Ruggiero
by After Atalanta
posted December 30, 2011 at 12:23pm

I was just thinking about Angela Ruggiero the other day while I was cleaning out my email contacts. (I decided I probably didn't need her email anymore if the one I had was even still valid.) And then I read that she's retiring. Interesting timing. The na...more

For Angela Ruggiero, hockey is not just a vocation but a means of communication
by The First Line
posted December 30, 2011 at 10:46am

Photo: Getty Images For many athletes, the news that their playing days are over is sad or even tragic.  It means that the most important and productive part of their lives, too, is over. Athletes, especially male athletes, are often trained to do...more

Video: Angela Ruggiero announces retirement, reflects on 16 years with USA Hockey
by anngaff
posted December 29, 2011 at 1:54pm

Angela Ruggiero announces her retirement from the U.S. Women's National Team today. Ruggeiro made her first appearance with USA in 1998. She's helped her country win 4 olympic medals (gold in '98, bronze in '06 and silver in '08 and '10). In 2004, Rug...more

Where We Stand After The First Half of the Season: College Hockey Rankings
by The First Line
posted December 26, 2011 at 11:41am

By way of the USCHO poll: Wisconsin.  This team seems marginally more vulnerable than last year’s, but that isn’t saying much.  It’s not actually leading the nation in any offensive or defensive category.  Yet put all it...more

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