The PodKaz: USCHO Women's Hockey

Whose depth players will step up when the WCHA returns from a week off with two series between ranked teams? Hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski get into that in this episode of The PodKaz.No. 11 Minnesota Duluth plays at No. 1 Ohio State and No. 9 St. Cloud State is at No. 2 Minnesota this weekend, with all four teams impacted by having players at the World Championship in Denmark.Other featured matchups include Penn State at Mercyhurst in Atlantic Hockey America, a home-and-home series between Assumption and Franklin Pierce in NEWHA and No. 13 Yale at No. 10 Clarkson in ECAC Hockey.The PodKaz is a production of USCHO.com. Have a question for us? Reach out to Nicole (@NicoleHaase) or Todd (@ToddMilewski) on social media or email [email protected].

A pair of victories over ranked teams for both Princeton and Quinnipiac have established them as the teams to beat in ECAC Hockey.Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski take a look at the wins over Colgate and Cornell for the Tigers and the Bobcats to start this episode of The PodKaz. There's some concern for Colgate after the Raiders allowed five goals in each of their losses last weekend.There also were upsets in ECAC play last week, with Rensselaer beating Clarkson and Harvard blanking Yale.A pair of close games between Assumption and Long Island led to a series split as they both chase Franklin Pierce for the top spot in the NEWHA.Also discussed: Vermont tying Northeastern and winning a shootout point; UConn sweeping Boston College; and Mercyhurst winning a pair against Delaware with vastly different scorelines.Nicole also gives an update on how college players have done in the first four days of group play at the World Championship.The PodKaz is a production of USCHO.com. Have a question for us? Reach out to Nicole (@NicoleHaase) or Todd (@ToddMilewski) on social media or email [email protected].

The first Women's World Championship under a new schedule starts Friday, and Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski discuss it and its impact on the NCAA level in this edition of The PodKaz.The tournament used to be in April, well clear of the NCAA schedule. But it moved to November to fall before the PWHL season, and that will have an impact on the tournament. Most non-collegiate players aren't in game shape yet.On the college side, losing players over the first weeks of the season has disrupted team building processes, and coaches have been critical of not having a voice in the decision-making process that came to the November schedule for the World Championship.This week's NCAA games to watch include Princeton and Quinnipiac hosting Colgate and Cornell, a home-and-home series between UConn and Boston College and Assumption playing at LIU.The PodKaz is a production of USCHO.com. Have a question for us? Reach out to Nicole (@NicoleHaase) or Todd (@ToddMilewski) on social media or email [email protected].

Princeton is 6-0 for the first time in program history, and that's where Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski start this week's recap edition of The PodKaz. The Tigers defeated Brown 3-1 and Yale 2-1 last week.Other results of note last week included Minnesota winning a pair of one-goal games against Minnesota Duluth, UConn and Holy Cross combining for one goal in two games and some upsets in ECAC Hockey.Wisconsin's Nela Lopušanová tied an NCAA rookie record with five goals against St. Cloud State on Saturday as the Badgers completed a sweep.Nicole highlighted two pieces of NCAA women's hockey history: Cornell honoring its 1975-76 Ivy League title team and a Brown history podcast, "Pandas on Ice."The PodKaz is a production of USCHO.com. Have a question for us? Reach out to Nicole (@NicoleHaase) or Todd (@ToddMilewski) on social media or email [email protected].

International absences are back in NCAA women's hockey, and Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski discuss the impact on this episode of The PodKaz.USA Hockey training camp and exhibition games against Canada and a Women's Euro Hockey Tour stop in Sweden will have some players missing from this week's games.The first November edition of the World Championship in the first year of the Olympic quad, pro players being in offseason form, opportunities to evaluate young talent and U.S. coach John Wroblewski's extension through the next Olympics are topics.This week's games to watch include Wisconsin at St. Cloud State; Minnesota at Minnesota Duluth; Yale at Quinnipiac and Princeton; Clarkson at Harvard; Vermont at Boston College and and Robert Morris at Lindenwood in Atlantic Hockey.The PodKaz is a production of USCHO.com. Have a question for us? Reach out to Nicole (@NicoleHaase) or Todd (@ToddMilewski) on social media or email [email protected].