Hannah Brandt is a three-time World Champion, an Olympic Gold Medalist, a U18 World Champion, a World Championship Silver Medalist, a three-time NCAA National Champion and an Isobel Cup Champion. Yet, somehow, she still is one of the most underrated, undervalued players in the sport today. Brandt has done nothing but produce, win, lead and…
The IIHF is ready to resume business in 2021. After the 2020 schedule was ravaged by the COVID-19 outbreak around the globe, the organization is preparing for a return to normal. That’s great news for fans of the sport. On Monday, the IIHF released a number of details regarding their 2021 schedule. A number of…
Kali Flanagan, Cayla Barnes and Megan Keller dominated at the 2018 Winter Olympics for Team USA en route to a gold medal victroy over Canada. In just four days, both Flanagan and Keller will take the ice at Cyclones Arena in Hudson, New Hampshire. The Elite Women’s Summer Hockey League (EWSHL) will kick off play…
On Friday, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced the 2020 Women’s World Rankings. Per the IIHF, the annual rankings are based on the results in the World Championships and Olympic Winter Games (including Olympic Qualification) of the last four years. The 2020 edition is used for the seeding for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games….
Last week, NHL Network presented a full day of women’s hockey featuring Team USA. Sportsnet is joining the party in an effort to promote women’s hockey on television as they will be showing old CWHL games six times in the next two weeks. The best players in the world used to call this league home…
Lisa Chesson is heading back to Buffalo. The former Olympian, Isobel Cup Champion and US Women’s National Team member has agreed to a contract with the Buffalo Beauts for the 2020-21 season. It will be her fourth campaign in the NWHL. Chesson finished the 2019-20 season with a NWHL career-high nine points (1-8-9) in 16…
This week should have been the start of the 2020 IIHF Women’s World Hockey Championship. However, that event was cancelled back in March because of the coronavirus outbreak. Ever since the NHL paused their season, networks have been showing replays of hockey games, mostly NHL and men’s Olympics. We wondered, through over two weeks, if…
Following up on last week’s story about how the time is right to grow women’s hockey on television, it appears NBC is taking a step in the right direction to help promote the game of women’s hockey. As the sports world remains on pause, NBC and NBCSN are extending “Hockey Week in America” through the…
With the sport of women’s hockey gaining so much traction over the past year, we can’t let these players fade from our minds. It is a shame that this year’s IIHF Women’s World Championships got cancelled because of the coronavirus. The stage was set for another classic tournament featuring Team USA and Canada. The only…
The hockey world could have its first casualty as the growing fear of the Coronavirus spreads. According to a new report coming from TSN’s Darren Dreger, the International Ice Hockey Federation are making plans to cancel the 2020 Women’s World Hockey Championships later this month taking place in Halifax and Turo Nova Scotia The IIHF…