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A good way to not get your comment approved
by The First Line
posted March 23, 2011 at 11:06pm

These examples come from the NHL for broader reach, but they apply equally to what a commenter might say about players in the women’s game. An opinion with which reasonable people may agree or disagree: Alex Ovechkin sometimes seems to have little rega...more

Big names support Saint Mary's University women's hockey team
by Women in Sport International
posted March 23, 2011 at 5:43pm

The list of names in support fo the Saint Mary's Women's Hockey team continues to grow. Based on various news outlets across Canada, the following have expressed their support of the team to SMU: University of PEI Women's Hockey Team (a division rival)Ha...more

Saint Mary's University postpones decision on women's hockey
by Women in Sport International
posted March 23, 2011 at 11:30am

The Canadian Press is reporting that Saint Mary's University is reconsidering its decision to cut the women's hockey team after "university officials received a large number of letters and emails expressing support for the program."The university board o...more

Kazmaier award and other hockey news
by The First Line
posted March 21, 2011 at 10:39pm

Meghan Duggan captured a much-deserved Kazmaier award. I had an inkling that whichever finalist made it farthest into the tournament was going to win, and Duggan’s leadership was certainly a large part of Wisconsin’s success. St. Mary’s Univers...more

Women's Hockey cut at Saint Mary's University: Stronger "business case" for men's hockey and football
by Women in Sport International
posted March 21, 2011 at 8:59pm

Saint Mary's University in Halifax Nova Scotia has decided to cut its women's hockey program and its $120,000 price tag from the Varsity Sport Program. Rachel Brady of the Globe and Mail reported that: Women’s hockey was the school’s third priciest v...more

Relentless Badgers win National Championship
by The First Line
posted March 21, 2011 at 3:15pm

Kerrin Sperry held them at bay as long as she could, and Marie-Philip Poulin put on a display of individual virtuosity, but in the end the Badger onslaught was simply too powerful. Caroline Prevost scored twice for Wisconsin, and Brooke Ammerman and Mal...more

Women's Frozen Four
by After Atalanta
posted March 20, 2011 at 10:11am

This weekend is the NCAA DI Women's Frozen Four. The tournament is in Erie, PA this year and features two fairly new teams: Boston College (which isn't that new anymore but certainly not a team with any kind of storied history) and Boston University--whic...more

Frozen Four: Women's Hockey Semifinal Highlights
by mhueter
posted March 19, 2011 at 12:04pm

Check out some highlights of the "Frozen Four," the women's ice hockey college championships. We're down to the championship game: Wisconsin will play Boston U. at 2pm ET in Erie, PA on Sunday, 3/20. You can watch the full game on NCAA.com. Check out the...more

NCAA Ice Hockey Semifinals: Wisconsin 3, Boston College 2
by The First Line
posted March 19, 2011 at 11:27am

This basically shook out as I expected. Molly Schaus was the central figure for BC. She made many acrobatic saves that kept her team in the game. The two times she lost track of rebounds, Wisconsin scored. Her defense didn’t help her very much, ...more

Your Division I Hockey All-Americans
by The First Line
posted March 19, 2011 at 11:02am

Interesting that this set of honors names players in a typical game formation (ie, they need two defenders) while the Kazmaier tends to focus on players from the offense. 2011 DIVISION I REEBOK WOMEN’S HOCKEY ALL-AMERICAN FIRST TEAM Name Year Positi...more

Sarah Dagg is Hurd Award Winner (Plus your Division III All-Americans)
by The First Line
posted March 18, 2011 at 4:56pm

The RIT senior has been honored with Division III’s version of the Kaz, the Laura Hurd Award, signifying that she is the best college hockey player in the nation. Dagg has been the RIT captain for three years and has scored 41 points in 28 games this ...more

All seeds advance as Hockey East proves its mettle
by The First Line
posted March 13, 2011 at 2:28pm

Well, that was a day of hockey. The terrible planning that had games starting while the previous game was still in progress (one, two, and three p.m. starts for the East Coast quarterfinals) worked out fine, since the the first period was the only one w...more

5 Things All Hockey Forwards & Defense Must Do Well
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 11, 2011 at 9:56am

In order to be an elite level hockey player, you’ve got to be able to skate, shoot, pass, stickhandle and check effectively at high speeds. (Sorry goalies - I’m not going to pretend that I know exactly what you need to do to play at the elite level. B...more

Seniors rule in final Kazmaier cut
by The First Line
posted March 10, 2011 at 9:39pm

Well, I guess that answers that question. The committee wants to give this award to a woman in her last year of college, and they are sticking with the idea that it’s important to have balance among the conferences. Agosta, Duggan, and BC’s Kelli ...more

Tune In For The CWHL Playoffs
by The First Line
posted March 10, 2011 at 3:28pm

Having stormed through the inaugural season, the Montreal Stars gained home ice for a three-game playoff against Brampton. The winner of this series gets the top seed in the Clarkson Cup Championship, which will feature three CWHL teams and the winner o...more

Every day is International Women’s Day
by The First Line
posted March 9, 2011 at 10:35pm

By making it a one-off event, it seems like we can care about women’s accomplishments for twenty-four hours and then forget again (see: Black History Month, etc). On the contrary! The histories of marginalized groups are not a separate entity, but p...more

Hockey: Canada Announces Selection Camp Roster
by The First Line
posted March 8, 2011 at 11:18pm

Goalies: Liz Knox Charline Labonte Kim St-Pierre Shannon Szabados Defenders Courtney Bourchard Tessa Bonhomme Delaney Collins Laura Fortino Jocelyne Larocque Stefanie McKeough Meaghan Mikkelson Lauriane Rougeau Bobbi-Jo Slusar Britni Smith Catherine...more

D-III Women's Hockey Tournament Field
by The First Line
posted March 7, 2011 at 6:58pm

It must feel awful to be the eighth best team in the country if you play in Division III. The conference tournaments really are it in terms of making the NCAA field. As expected, UWRF got one at-large bid, and Norwich picked up the other after falling...more

NCAA Hockey Field Is Out! Quick Thoughts
by The First Line
posted March 7, 2011 at 10:31am

NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Field Announced First, congratulations to all the teams that made it in. This is the most exciting time of the season, and everyone has worked hard to be here. These are all teams of great talent and it should make ...more

Adrian Grabs NCHA Automatic Bid
by The First Line
posted March 7, 2011 at 9:47am

In a surprise from the Div-III ranks, Adrian defeated previously unbeaten River Falls in the finals of the NCHA tournament to take the automatic NCAA berth reserved for conference titleholders. There is no chance that UWRF won’t get one of the at larg...more

Badgers roar back to WCHA title
by The First Line
posted March 6, 2011 at 1:53pm

“Siiiick nasty win over minnesota in OT kelly nash with a sick snipe to win it. Awesome! Bus back to wi now “ -Hilary Knight It took me a few seconds to figure out what she was saying in that second clause. Stands to reason if there is something c...more

Women's hockey:Trunzo, Dumais lead Dartmouth over Harvard
by The First Line
posted March 4, 2011 at 9:20pm

If the question was which Dartmouth team would show up at Thursday night’s ECAC semifinal, the one that shocked Cornell or the one that needed three games to overcome Clarkson in the opening round, the answer came in the second period. Dartmouth score...more

Women's hockey: Six overtimes!
by The First Line
posted March 4, 2011 at 5:50pm

You thought last year’s NCAA final was crazy? A CIS playoff game between Guelph and Queen’s on Wednesday lasted for 167 minutes, 14 seconds. That’s five hours and fifteen minutes of total time, as Queen’s finally prevailed 2-1 in the sixth ove...more

Duggan As Contender, And Other Kazmaier Thoughts
by The First Line
posted March 4, 2011 at 3:02pm

Commenter “D” is never going to believe I came up with this before he left his latest set of remarks, but I also noticed that Meghan Duggan had won player of the year in the WCHA. This bolsters D’s case that the committee is going to take her seri...more

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