Posts About "WCHA"
Lisa Marvin's Perseverance and Hard Work Pays Off
October 6th, 2016 On Nov. 17, 2014, tragedy struck University of North Dakota forward Lisa Marvin. Her pickup had run out of gas on Gateway Drive in Grand Forks, ND. While Marvin was refueling her vehicle, she was rear-ended by a Chevy Cavalier driven by Tristan Johnson of Arvilla, N.D. Marvin was hit by Johnson’s vehicle and thrown violently into the...
UAA Assistant Coach Josh Ciocco Takes Job at Brown
September 20th, 2016 Last month, it was announced that Alaska’s two division I hockey programs could be on the chopping block due to budget issues. This put athletic programs at both universities under extra scrutiny. Now, assistant coach Jose Ciocco has left Alaska Anchorage to become an assistant coach at Brown University, the school announced last...
The WCHA Adopts 3-On-3 OT, Adds Shootout
August 23rd, 2016 Starting in 2016-17, Western Collegiate Hockey Association league games will no longer end in a tie. On Tuesday, the league announced that the WCHA had adopted the 3-on-3 overtime format. This season, each conference game will have a winner and a loser. Like the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, if the game is tied after a...
WCHA Moves Conference Playoffs to On-Campus Sites
May 19th, 2016 On Monday, the Western Collegiate Hockey Conference Association announced that they were changing their playoff format for their conference playoffs. Starting in 2017, the WCHA will move away from neutral sites for their conference playoffs. The WCHA will hold their entire conference championship at on-campus sites. Per WCHA release --...
NCHC and WCHA Not Combining Conference Tourneys
May 13th, 2015 Things never stay the same, they evolve over time. Sometimes change isn't always for the better. For the most part, human beings are resistant to change because they're afraid of the unknown. With the conference realignment, some issues have emerged. After two years of watching their conference tourneys, National Collegiate Hockey...
WCHA Hockey: Five Must-See Non-Conference Series
August 13th, 2014 As we make our way through a very slow off-season, you can start to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The 2014-15 division I hockey season is slowly approaching, and there are roughly 52 days until the season begins. Looking at the composite Western Collegiate Hockey Association schedule, I’ve selected five WCHA must-see...
WCHA Women’s Hockey: League in Good Hands with Aaron Kemp
July 2nd, 2014 This past week, WCHA Women's Hockey Commissioner, Aaron Kemp, visited the University of North Dakota campus. Kemp was in town to tour the Ralph Engelstad Arena, and met with the UND administration about the upcoming WCHA Final Face-Off. North Dakota is set to host the Woman’s WCHA Final Face-Off on March 7-8, 2015, at the Ralph...
NCAA Women’s Hockey: Is It Time to Tweak the Pairwise Rankings?
March 13th, 2014 This season, the University of North Dakota women’s team finished the season with a record of 20-12-4 (.611). You would think that record would be good enough to make the NCAA tourney. Not so. The UND women’s hockey season is over – finished – there will be no more games this season. Coming into the WCHA Final...
NCHC Hockey: No Second Thoughts or Regrets
December 31st, 2013 The more I read this article, “Second Thought”, the more I take issue with it. I am sure fans of the Big Ten or the NCHC might as well. One should not, however, mistake the history of specific hockey clubs — say, what Minnesota brings to the Big Ten, or Denver to the NCHC — with the history of the conferences themselves. The...
NCHC Hockey: 10 Must Follow Twitter Accounts
October 11th, 2013 Since 2013-14 is the inaugural season for the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, I thought I would give you my top 10 Twitter accounts from the NCHC. From this blogger’s perspective, these are the top 10 Twitter accounts that will give you the up to date coverage of what's going on in the NCHC. National Collegiate Hockey...
WCHA Hockey: League Partners with American One to Showcase League Play
September 26th, 2013 Today, I was able to listen to the WCHA’s preseason media teleconference with the men’s head coaches and league officials. There were a few issues from the conference call that I found to be newsworthy and interesting for college hockey fans. One of the issues discussed is how the WCHA is going to market and showcase the...
Most Anticipated NCHC Game: North Dakota vs. Miami
July 25th, 2013 It’s really no mystery; the National Collegiate Hockey Conference has made a few stumbles coming out of the starting blocks during its two-year formation period. First, there were the “original” six like-minded teams that broke away from the CCHA and the WCHA to form the NCHC. This move caused a major rift in the college...
Top 10 Best Developmental Ice Hockey Leagues (North America)
July 10th, 2013 Over the last few decades, the hockey world has been blessed to see some of the best talent compete on ice surfaces throughout North America. While the NHL is the destination that talented hockey players aspire to reach one day, most hockey players usually improve their skill sets by playing in various developmental leagues. Honing...
