Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Women’s Notes: ECAC Hockey Race Tightens Up

Princeton Riding 11-Game Win Streak

The No. 9 Princeton Tigers are riding a nation-leading 11-game winning streak, propelling them to the top of the ECAC Hockey standings. Just seven points separate the top seven teams in the conference, setting up an exciting run to the conference tournament.

The Tigers are led by senior forward Issy Wunder (Toronto, Ontario), a 2025 Patty Kazmaier Top 10 finalist, and sophomore forward Mackenzie Alexander (Etobicoke, Ontario). The duo ranks second and third in ECAC scoring, trailing only Quinnipiac junior forward Kahlen Lamarche (Sudbury, Ontario).

In second place, just four points back, is No. 13 Yale, which is riding a six-game winning streak that includes an upset of No. 6 Northeastern. Senior forward Carina DiAntonio leads the Bulldogs with 29 points and is on pace to surpass her career-high 34 points from last season. Senior forward Jordan Ray (Viera, Fla.) is close behind with 26 points and recently surpassed the 100-point mark for her career.

In third, Quinnipiac sophomore goaltender Felicia Frank (Gävle, Sweden) leads the conference with 17 wins. Her .943 save percentage and 1.38 goals-against average top the ECAC among goaltenders with more than 10 games played this season. The Bobcats trail Yale by a half point in the standings.

In fact, just a half point separates Yale and Quinnipiac, Quinnipiac and Brown, and Brown from Colgate and Cornell, which are tied with 22.5 points. Clarkson sits a point-and-a-half back with 21.

With about 10 games remaining in the regular season, the ECAC race is just getting started. Playoffs begin Feb. 20 or 21 with a single-elimination first round, as seeds five through eight host seeds nine through 12. The winners advance to the league’s best-of-three quarterfinals, hosted Feb. 27–March 1 by the highest remaining seeds.

Beginning this season, championship weekend will be held in Lake Placid, N.Y., with the semifinals scheduled for March 6 and the championship game on March 7.

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Must Read:

Boston Globe: After Belfast Battle, BU and Harvard women set for Beanpot final

NCAA: From campus to Milano-Cortina: The NCAA roots behind Team USA women’s hockey

The Hockey News: All Eyes On TD Garden As The 47th Women’s Beanpot Returns

The Hockey News: Abbey Murphy’s Ridiculous Assist Has The Hockey World In Awe

The Hockey News: Daley Scores Three Consecutive Hat Tricks As Another American Star Is Born

The Hockey News: Consistency And Chemistry Help Drive Success For Canada At The U-18 Worlds

The Ice Garden: 2026 U18 Women’s Worlds Check-In: Group Stage Recap

The Ice Garden: AHA Monthly Recap: December 2025

The Ice Garden: WCHA Monthly Recap: November and December 2025

The Ice Garden: Q&A with Robert Morris University Women’s Hockey Assistant Coach Keri Clougherty

The PWHL: Weekly Notebook: Jan. 12, 2026

Sports Illustrated: What a Women’s Beanpot Championship Would Mean for Each School

USA Today: NCAA women’s hockey power rankings: Abbey Murphy makes dazzling play

Must Hear & See:

Breaking the Glass: Episode #26: Talking Beanpot with Northeastern’s Holly Abela

Our Girls Play Hockey: How the NIHL Built One of the Largest Girls Leagues in America with Bob Apter

Our Kids Play Hockey: Are We Developing Stars or Teams? With Matt Dumouchelle

Rinkside Rundown: From Toledo to Triumph: Peyton Tully’s journey in Women’s Hockey

Century Club:

Last weekend, college hockey welcomed three more players to the century club. Saint Anselm senior forward Brooklyn Schneiderhan (Helena, Mont.), Ohio State junior forward Jocelyn Amos (Ailsa Craig, Ontario), and Quinnipiac junior forward Kahlen Lamarche (Sudbury, Ontario) all surpassed the 99-point mark.

There are 18 active players with 100 or more career points, including three who have eclipsed the 200-point mark. An additional seven players are within 10 points of joining the list.

Abbey Murphy, Minnesota – 245 points
Kirsten Simms, Wisconsin – 215 points
Lacey Eden, Wisconsin – 207 points
Tessa Janecke, Penn State – 185 points
Laila Edwards, Wisconsin – 183 points
Caroline Harvey, Minnesota – 181 points
Elyssa Biederman, Colgate – 171 points
Joy Dunne, Ohio State – 139 points
Issy Wunder, Princeton – 133 points
Josefin Bouveng, Minnesota – 132 points
Jamie Nelson, Minnesota – 126 points
Alexis Petford, Colgate – 125 points
Jordan Ray, Yale – 121 points
Thea Johansson, Minnesota Duluth – 113 points
Carina DiAntonio, Yale – 111 points
Brooklyn Schnedierhan, Saint Anselm – 104 points
Kahlen Lamarch, Quinnipiac – 103 points
Jocelyn Amos, Ohio State – 100 points

Zablocki Strykes Again:

Freshman forward Stryker Zablocki (Prince Albert, Saskatchewan) powered No. 7 Northeastern to a 5-2 win over Providence on Friday, recording the first four-point game of her career and her second hat trick of the season.

She became the first Husky rookie to post a four-point outing since Katy Knoll in 2019-20 and the first Northeastern player to record multiple hat tricks in a season since Alina Mueller and Maureen Murphy in 2022-23. Zablocki is tied for fourth nationally among all freshmen with 25 points this season.

Déjà vu at the Beanpot:

The 47th annual Women’s Beanpot is underway, with the title round set to be played at TD Garden for the third consecutive year. The 2025 Women’s Beanpot championship game drew an attendance of 13,279, the largest crowd in the tournament’s 46-year history.

On Tuesday, Harvard defeated Boston College, while Boston University upset Northeastern to advance to the championship game. Following the third-place game, Boston University and Harvard will meet for the title in a rematch of their recent series in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Stacking the Stats:

There are 13 goaltenders who have recorded an assist this season, including two with multiple helpers: Providence graduate Hope Walinski (Lincoln, R.I.) and Colgate sophomore Farah Walker (Calgary, Alberta), who each have two.

Since 2020, 76 different goaltenders have recorded at least one career assist. Former college netminders Aerin Frankel (Northeastern ’22) and Amanda Thiele (Ohio State ’25) lead the group with five career assists apiece. UConn’s graduate Tia Chan (Hamilton, Ontario) leads all active goalies with three.

Notebook Quotebook:

“I think right from the very get go, I thought our team was playing with confidence. Playing connected especially like we were not afraid to play in our defensive zone. That’s obviously a really talented team, and our structure was awesome, right? Right from the drop of the pock from the beginning of the game, all the way through to the end. So that was a really fun game for me as a coach to watch them execute like that. I think that was like one of the most complete games that we’ve played so far.”

— Minnesota Duluth head coach Laura Schuler (Northeastern ’94) praised her team’s effort against No. 1 Wisconsin after the Bulldogs skated to a 1-1 tie and earned the extra point in the shootout. It marked UMD’s first tie against a No. 1 team since a 2-2 draw with Minnesota in November 2019.

PWHL Note of the Week:

The Montreal Victoire defeated the Ottawa Charge on Tuesday to snap the league-best six-game winning streak. The Charge had defeated the Boston Fleet 2–1 in a shootout Sunday afternoon before a sold-out crowd of 10,452 at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax as part of the PWHL Takeover Tour.

The Victoire remain unbeaten at home, improving to 3-1-0-0. Shiann Darkangelo (Quinnipiac ’15) recorded a goal and an assist in the win.

Fries at the Bottom of the Bag:

On Friday, Vermont junior forward Lauren O’Hara (Blaine, Minn.) notched an assist in her 100th career game, and sophomore teammate Oona Havana (Turku, Finland) recorded the first multi-point game of her career in the Catamounts’ 4-1 win over Merrimack … Penn State freshman goalie Maddy Campbell recorded her third shutout of the season on Friday, tying the Nittany Lions’ freshman record … Yale freshman goalie Samson Frey (Northport, N.Y.) posted two wins last weekend to improve to 6-0 to start her career, including three shutouts … St. Thomas swept Bemidji State to surpass the program record for most wins in a season in the Division I era … Wisconsin graduate Lacey Eden (Annapolis, Md.) leads the nation in plus-minus at plus-38 … Mercyhurst sophomore goalie Magdalena Luggin (Vienna, Austria) made 36 saves in the Lakers’ overtime upset of No. 4 Penn State on Friday … Holy Cross leads the nation in penalty-kill percentage at 92.5% … Colgate senior forward Elyssa Biederman (Franklin, Mich.) recorded a nine-point weekend with four goals and five assists and scored the GWG in both wins over Clarkson and St. Lawrence.

Longest Active Team Winning Streaks:

11 games, Princeton (began Nov. 14, 2025)
6 games, Yale (began Dec. 7, 2025)
6 games, Minnesota (began Dec. 5, 2025)
5 games, UConn (began Dec. 6, 2025)
5 games, RIT (began Nov. 29, 2025)

Longest Active Point Streaks:

21 games, Josefin Bouveng, Minnesota
- 11G, 22A (began Sep. 26, 2025)
19 games, Caroline Harvey, Wisconsin
- 13G, 27A (began Oct. 4, 2025)
13 games, Abbey Murphy, Minnesota
- 16G, 14A (began Oct. 25, 2025)
9 games, Issy Wunder, Princeton
- 16G, 9A (began Nov. 14, 2025)
9 games, Mackenzie Alexander, Princeton
- 12G, 11A (Began Nov. 14, 2025)

Longest Active Goal Streaks:

6 games, Abbey Murphy, Minnesota (began Dec. 5, 2025)
5 games, Issy Wunder, Princeton (began Dec. 6, 2025)
5 games, Sara Manness, Clarkson (began Dec. 6, 2025)

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