http://www.ncaa.comNCAA.com: Women's Ice Hockeyen-us http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=289724 Twelve games against teams that ended last season ranked in the top 10 or receiving votes, including five at Ingalls Rink, highlight the 2008-09 Yale women's ice hockey schedule. The Bulldogs, who are looking to make their eighth straight ECAC Hockey playoff appearance, open the regular season Oct. 25 at NCAA Frozen Four participant New Hampshire. Yale hosts St. Lawrence Nov. 7 in the home opener, which will be fans' first chance to see the ongoing renovations to Ingalls. 2008-07-18 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=289724 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=289000 Hockey Canada announced earlier this week that Wayne State University women's hockey head coach Jim Fetter will serve as an assistant coach of Canada's National Women's Under-22 team for the 2008-09 season. 2008-07-17 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=289000 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=287942 Yale head coach Hilary Witt announced two changes to her staff Wednesday. Kim Mathias, who has been with the Bulldogs since 2003 as an assistant coach, has been promoted to associate head coach. Paul Nemetz-Carlson, who helped revitalize the program as an assistant coach in 2002-03 before spending the last five seasons as head coach at Elmira, has returned to the Yale bench as an assistant coach. 2008-07-16 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=287942 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=288070 2008-09 Schedule | Season Tickets | 2009 Frozen FourThe Boston University women's ice hockey team and head coach Brian Durocher are excited to announce the program's 2008-09 schedule, which features contests against half of the eight squads that qualified for the 2008 NCAA tournament. The Terriers, who will play a 34-game regular-season slate, open the year on Friday, Oct. 3, at Union. 2008-07-16 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=288070 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=287724 Ohio State's Liana Bonanno has turned in her face mask for a lab coat this summer as she assists in the biophysics lab. 2008-07-16 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=287724 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=287054 Providence College Associate Vice President/Athletics Director Robert G. Driscoll, Jr. announced that Head Women's Ice Hockey Coach Bob Deraney has signed a multi-year contract extension to remain with the Friars through 2013. Driscoll made the announcement on Tuesday, July 15. 2008-07-15 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=287054 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=287056 Providence College Associate Vice President/Athletics Director Robert G. Driscoll, Jr. announced that Head Women's Ice Hockey Coach Bob Deraney has signed a multi-year contract extension to remain with the Friars through 2013. Driscoll made the announcement on Tuesday, July 15. 2008-07-15 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=287056 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=287128 Former Yale women's ice hockey goaltender Nicolette Franck '04 won silver with Team Canada at the International Federation of Roller Sports (FIRS) Inline Hockey World Championship last Saturday in Dusseldorf, Germany. 2008-07-15 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=287128 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=286078 Wayne State University women's ice hockey assistant coach Nicolette Franck earned her second silver medal as a member of Team Canada at the 2008 FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships, held July 6-12 in Dusseldorf, Germany. 2008-07-14 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=286078 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=283054 Wayne State University women's hockey head coach Jim Fetter has announced the schedule for the upcoming 2008-09 season, which will commence Oct. 3-4 with a home series against Bemidji State at City Sports Center Arena. 2008-07-10 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=283054 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=281602 Boston College senior Meghan Fardelmann and juniors Molly Schaus and Kelli Stack have all been named to the 22-player roster for the U.S. Women's Under-22 National Hockey Team. 2008-07-08 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=281602 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=280740 USA Hockey announced that women's ice hockey player Amber Yung (Rockville, Va.) has been chosen for the U.S. Women's Under-22 Select Team. During June 24-July 1 in Lake Placid, N.Y. Yung was one of 34 players to participate in the U.S. Women's Under-22 camp. From that camp only 22 players were selcted for the roster of the U.S. Women's Under-22 Select Team. 2008-07-07 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=280740 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=279252 Rising senior forward Crysti Howser (Wilmette, Ill.) was named to USA Hockey's Women's Under-22 Select Team Thursday morning. Howser earned a spot on the roster following a week-long camp at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid. The 22 players chosen to the U.S. Under-22 Select Team will go back to Lake Placid Aug. 12 for the USA Hockey Women's National Festival, then will play for the U.S. in the Under-22 Series against Canada in Pierrefonds, Que., Aug. 20-23. 2008-07-03 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=279252 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=279522 2008-07-03 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=279522 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=278322 Former Yale women's ice hockey goaltender Nicolette Franck '04 will play for Team Canada at the upcoming International Federation of Roller Sports (FIRS) Inline Hockey World Championship in Dusseldorf and Ratingen, Germany. Canada's first game is July 7 vs. the Czech Republic. 2008-07-02 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=278322 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=276758 Phase I of the multi-million dollar renovation of Ingalls Rink is in progress, with substantial completion of the phase expected in time for hockey season this fall. 2008-06-30 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=276758 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=273484 Team USA's Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y., has some extra Blue to go along with the Red and White this week. A pair of Bulldogs -- rising senior forward Crysti Howser (Wilmette, Ill.) and rising sophomore goaltender Jackee Snikeris (Downingtown, Pa.) -- are taking part in USA Hockey's Under-22 camp. Also in town is Yale head coach Hilary Witt, who is serving as an assistant coach at USA Hockey's Girls' Select 17 player development camp. 2008-06-25 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=273484 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=273664 The top 10 of The Terrier Twelve kicks off with sophomore Melissa Anderson's hat trick in the women's ice hockey team's 4-1 road victory over rival Boston College on Feb. 23 to take over the fourth and final playoff spot in the Hockey East standings. Anderson scored BU's first three goals before assisting on the fourth. 2008-06-25 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=273664 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=273758 Seniors Gina Arnone (Bridgewater, NJ) and Whitney Dziama (Walpole, MA) have been named captains of the Sacred Heart women's ice hockey team for the 2008-09 season. Classmates Kristina Feltz (Edison, NJ) and Jaclyn Rideout (Wilmington, MA) will serve as the assistant captains for the Pioneers. 2008-06-25 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=273758 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=273028 Forward Micheline Frappier, a native of Val Caron, Ontario, recently became the fifth prospective student-athlete to sign a National Letter of Intent to enroll at WSU in the fall of 2008 and join the women's hockey team. 2008-06-24 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=273028 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=265922 After reaching the Hockey East playoffs for the first time in program history last season, the Terriers will add four incoming freshmen to the 2008-09 roster, including three defensemen and a forward. Carly Warren, Tara Watchorn and Kasey Boucher will be brought in to help tighten the blue line, while Jenelle Kohanchuk hopes to add some punch to the Boston University offense. 2008-06-13 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=265922 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=265266 Coming off its seventh straight ECAC Hockey playoff appearance, Yale returns 17 players -- all but one skater and one goaltender -- for the 2008-09 season. The Bulldogs will add five players to the mix in the Class of 2012, which was announced Thursday. The incoming class includes three forwards, one defenseman and one goaltender. 2008-06-12 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=265266 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=262486 Women's ice hockey head coach Bob Deraney and his coaching staff have announced the signing of four more student-athletes to attend Providence College and join the women's ice hockey program in the fall of 2008. The four new additions are Lauren Covell (Akron, Ohio), Christie Jensen (Delta, British Columbia), Arianna Rigano (Malden, Mass.) and Breanna Schwarz (Portland, Ore.). About the four recruits, Coach Deraney said, "We're very excited to add these four terrific student-athletes to our program. All four of them are very different players and each brings very valuable assets to our program. They also solidify what we feel is one of the best recruiting classes in the nation. We are very excited to not only add them, but also their families, to the Providence College women's ice hockey program." 2008-06-09 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=262486 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=260572 Twenty-one student-athletes -- 13 females and eight males -- have earned 2007-08 Hockey East All-Academic Team recognition, according to a league announcement. 2008-06-06 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=260572 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=260612 The NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee today proposed several changes during its annual meeting intended to allow student-athletes to use their speed and skill to create scoring opportunities. To aid in the implementation of these new rules, the committee approved a two-referee, two-linesman system - which was added as an approved system in 2006 - as the only officiating system for all levels of college hockey. The proposal postpones implementation for Division III institutions until the 2009-10 season. All rules proposals must be approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which meets July 2 via conference call. 2008-06-06 http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=260612