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Canada lost the Maple Leaf and two stars, and won by four anyway
Jessie Eldridge scored twice on the top line as Canada beat Sweden 5-1 in plain IIHF sweaters, and the U.S. blanked Switzerland 7-0.
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The PWHL's best new rule lets you bat the puck out of the air
Mandatory neck guards, legal high sticks, a defined checking rule and a penalty-shot overtime test headline the 2026-27 rulebook.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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UMass has a Hockey East seat waiting and no women's team to fill it
Hockey East would waive the entry fee, Lowell has a feasibility study done, and Amherst says a women's team isn't in the plan.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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The Sirens made the safe pick official, and Emma Peschel is worth it
New York's seventh overall pick signs through 2028-29, joining Webster and Nylén Persson on the same timeline as camp opens Nov. 18.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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Lisa Jönsson is why Northeastern hasn't blinked
Northeastern's junior goalie made her senior debut for Sweden this fall, and the Huskies take a 4-0-0 Hockey East record to Vermont.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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Detroit loses its best signing before it plays a game
Britta Curl-Salemme, third in PWHL scoring last season, will miss Detroit's first season after announcing she is expecting her first child.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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Around the W: the Worlds field shows up missing pieces
Fillier's shoulder scare, Finland's new crease, Czechia's missing pros and Japan's teenagers: five notes before the Women's Worlds open Friday in Denmark.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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Around the W: Lopušanová ties Hilary Knight with five in St. Cloud
Wisconsin's freshman scored five as the Badgers swept the WCHA's last unbeaten team, and Northeastern outshot BU 53-21 in an 8-1 rout.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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Team USA ran back its Olympic room, and left college home
USA Hockey's 25 for Denmark has 20 Olympic champions, 24 PWHL players and one college kid, Ohio State forward Joy Dunne.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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The Americans answer Windsor with a 4-0 shutout of Canada
Janecke, Dunne, Simms and Bilka scored, Philips stopped all 13 shots, and Canada's power play went 0-for-6 a week before Denmark.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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Adrianna Milani, 17, leads the country and carries Minnesota into Duluth
The Gophers lose three players to the worlds this weekend, and their freshman with 10 goals in eight games is the answer.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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The IIHF picked the worst week for a jersey fight
Canada and the U.S. could open the women's worlds in Denmark in generic sweaters, because the IIHF wants the jersey money.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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Canada's kids end the U.S. streak a game early
Rosalie Tremblay and Caitlin Kraemer scored their first senior goals as Canada beat the Americans 5-3 in Windsor to snap eight straight losses.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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Northeastern visits BU with the top of Hockey East on the line
The No. 4 Huskies swept RIT by a combined 13-1, and the Terriers are better than their 2-5-1 record says.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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The Women's Room: USA has won eight straight. The rivalry is fine
Canada leads the all-time series 106-88-1 and has lost eight straight, both medal games in overtime. Denmark tells us whether that's a cycle or a changing of the guard.
Meg Halloran · 7 min read
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Switzerland loses Stalder, and its Worlds shrink to one game
The Swiss captain hurt her knee playing for EV Zug and will miss the Nov. 6-16 Worlds in Denmark, where Switzerland opens against the USA.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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Around the W: Hockey East goes 10-4-2 against everybody else
UNH stacks shutouts, Clarkson buries Providence, BC and Cornell split, and Ohio State gives unbeaten Colgate an 11-0 weekend.
Meg Halloran · 4 min read
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Mark Walter is selling teams. The PWHL deserves one sentence
The Sparks are on the market after the Lakers and Chelsea sales, and Walter's group still hasn't said a word about the league he owns outright.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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Around the W: BC shuts out Cornell, and Hockey East still trails
Avah Sedore made 39 saves, Yale spoiled BU's Ice Breaker, and Ohio State held Colgate to nine shots in Friday's women's college results.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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USA keeps Wroblewski through 2030, and Canada should be nervous
The coach who won Olympic gold in Milan is signed through the French Alps Games, two weeks before a Worlds where Canada goes young.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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Colgate's two straight shutouts meet Ohio State's 37 shots a night
No. 8 Colgate brings a 6-0 start to Columbus for a two-game series with No. 1 Ohio State, starting Friday at 6.
Meg Halloran · 4 min read
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Sweden's Worlds roster bets on Ohio State and the PWHL
New coach Erika Holst left Olympic assistant captain Hanna Olsson home and brought five first-timers to Denmark, where Canada comes first.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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The W: The Ivies arrived 10-0, and Hockey East gets them first
Princeton and Cornell swept ranked teams in their openers; now Cornell visits BC, Yale opens at BU, and the PWHL waits on the Worlds.
Meg Halloran · 5 min read
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Around the W: Northeastern climbs to No. 4, and Hockey East gets a rematch
The Huskies are Hockey East's lone top-five team, four league teams see the ECAC again this weekend, and Colgate's unbeaten start goes to Ohio State.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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Canada gets younger for the Worlds, and Denmark will test it
Six Worlds debutants, no Poulin, and an average age down to 25.8 from 29.2 at the Olympics, with Team USA waiting.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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Hockey East met the ECAC this weekend and lost the argument
Seven Hockey East women's teams played ECAC opponents and went 3-9-1, with BU outshot 86-42 by No. 9 Colgate.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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Team USA brings its gold-medal group to the last Worlds camp
Callie Shanahan is in as a fourth goalie, Grace Dwyer is out, and the real fight is for a couple of forward spots.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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Around the W: Colgate at BU is the series to watch
No. 1 Ohio State visits No. 3 Minnesota, but unbeaten Colgate at Hockey East's scrappiest team says more about October.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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Around the W: Brendan Shanahan's real job is minding the money
A Hall of Famer joins the PWHL's Canadian investor, Toronto locks up Kirsten Simms, and San Jose sweats out a goalie injury.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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The W: Colgate crashed the top 10 the hard way
Two goalies and three first career goals swept No. 8 St. Cloud State, Providence answered in overtime at BC, and Ohio State visits Minnesota.
Meg Halloran · 5 min read
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Around the W: Northeastern kills penalties by scoring, takes Hockey East lead
Stryker Zablocki's two shorthanded goals, a Providence overtime win at Conte, Tara Watchorn's 50th and Vermont's sweep lead the women's college weekend.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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Ohio State sweeps Wisconsin and owns the third period
The Buckeyes beat the two-time champions 2-1 and 5-3 in Columbus, outscoring them 4-0 after the second intermission.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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Northeastern needs Stryker Zablocki to finish what it starts
The reigning Hockey East player of the year opens league play at Providence after a 42-shot overtime loss at RPI.
Meg Halloran · 1 min read
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Nurse out, Aubin in, and Canada's Worlds camp is wide open
Sarah Nurse declined her selection-camp invite, Colgate junior Alexia Aubin takes the spot, and Canada has room for a lot of new names.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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San Jose wins PWHL jersey day, and Vegas walked into Boston's green
The four expansion clubs unveiled their first sweaters with city names stitched across the chest; names and logos don't hit the ice until 2027-28.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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The W: Hockey East's real season starts Friday in Providence
Hockey East went 3-4 against top-10 teams before playing a league game, and PWHL camp lists show which expansion team is still holding auditions.
Meg Halloran · 4 min read
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Wisconsin at Ohio State is a title rematch in October
The two-time defending champions visit the team they beat in March's final, with both programs 4-0 and 12 poll points apart.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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Around the W: Vegas signs Eden, Hamilton builds from the back
Five PWHL signings in two days, from Lacey Eden's two years in Vegas to Nelli Laitinen's three in Hamilton, and what each term says.
Meg Halloran · 4 min read
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The NCAA's fifth year just sent the PWHL shopping in Europe
A new eligibility rule keeps top college seniors in school, and Brynäs, Frölunda and Linköping are ready to fill the 2027 draft board.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read
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Around the W: UConn sweeps Clarkson, RPI stuns Northeastern
The first real weekend shook the women's poll, and No. 1 Wisconsin visits No. 2 Ohio State on Friday.
Meg Halloran · 2 min read