It’s been a special season for the Boston Pride, and Kaleigh Fratkin hopes it isn’t over. The 2019-20 National Women’s Hockey League Defender of the Year, who has been with the Pride since 2017 and in the pro women’s hockey league since 2015, is in a holding pattern. Boston finished the regular … [Read more...]
Women’s: Northeastern riding big-time momentum
Of course the path TO Northeastern’s first Women’s Beanpot championship in seven years would involve overtime. The Huskies had played four other overtimes this season, including the Battle at the Burgh Tournament during the first week of 2020, where they played back-to-back overtime games against … [Read more...]
Senior Cook stirring the pot for the Terriers
When Abby Cook and her Boston University women’s hockey team won their first Beanpot as a varsity program last February, it wasn’t just her teammates she was focused on. It was the Terriers’ fans. The Terriers have won titles before. In their 11 years of full-fledged NCAA Division 1 status, they … [Read more...]
NWHL leading scorer Dempsey living the hockey dream
When Jillian Dempsey was growing up in Winthrop, Mass., she set goals for her dream hockey career: play for her dream school, Harvard, and represent the U.S. in international competition. There were no professional hockey opportunities available to women, so the very idea of playing hockey for money … [Read more...]
High school girls: Red Raiders up for repeat challenge
Women’s hockey: Suffolk starts believin’
There was a moment during the Suffolk University women’s hockey team’s first-ever game last fall when Taylor Wasylk knew coaching the team was going to be special. “I was a complete nut case in that game — I was so overly emotional and overexcited,” said Wasylk a year later. “The emotions were all … [Read more...]