Plays Of The Week: Poulin, Howard battle for top spot - The Ice Garden
Individual effort, milestone games highlight top plays this week

Sledge Hockey

Norway to host Women’s World Ice Sledge Hockey Festival
The event will take place between 20-22 October in Fritidspark, Skien, Norway, with Canada, USA and team Europe competing.

Jessica Matassa finds new outlet in sledge hockey | Windsor Star
The 30-year-old won a bronze medal in the women’s T54 800-metre wheelchair race at the 2004 Summer Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.

Team USA to participate in Women’s World Ice Sledge Hockey Festival - Raw Charge
Team USA, Team Canada, and Team Europe will participate in this weekend’s Women’s World Ice Sledge Hockey Festival to help develop the game around the world.

Women’s ice sledge hockey players impress | Paralympics.org
Results from the weekend tournament.


U Sports
CIS becomes U Sports | The Journal
After 15 years, Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) is getting a facelift.

Checking In With the Canada West Conference - The Ice Garden
The last two weeks in the Canada West Conference have been full of surprises

Pandas hockey head coach Howie Draper approaching 500th win of his career
When you take a moment to chat with University of Alberta Pandas head coach Howie Draper about some of his favourite moments over his 20 years behind the bench, he can’t just pick one — but that’s understandable when you’ve accomplished as much as he has in the two decades as the only head coach the Pandas hockey program has ever known.

Bisons women’s hockey team introduces new team captain, three new assistants | The Manitoban
The Bisons women’s hockey team will have a new leader this year, with defenseman Caitlin Fyten being introduced as the new captain.

NCAA

Week 4 Div I Polls: USCHO | Ice Garden

Weekend wrap: Oct. 23 :: USCHO.com Blogs :: D-I Women's Hockey Blog :: U.S. College Hockey Online

Women’s College Hockey: NWHL Prospect Report - The Ice Garden
The Ice Garden’s weekly update on the NWHL’s 2016 draftees

No. 1 Badgers record first sweep over No. 9 North Dakota since 2010 · The Badger Herald
Saturday's 2-0 win leaves Ann-Renée Desbiens two shutouts away from tying Noora Räty's NCAA career record.

Gophers Win 2-1 Over Buckeyes :: University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site :: Women's Ice Hockey
Sarah Potomak scored her 4th-straight game-winning goal, and coach Brad Frost collected his 300th win.

College women’s hockey: It’s getting harder and harder to overlook Bulldogs’ Stalder | Duluth News Tribune
"I think she is one of the top two or three in our whole league," Minnesota coach Brad Frost told the media in Minneapolis a week ago following a pair one-goal wins for his team over the Bulldogs.

Q&A: BU hockey players Sammy Davis & Samantha Sutherland
BU's Sammy Davis and Sam Sutherland started the season racking up the points. They talked their season, Boston, and pastry choices in the North End.

Wisconsin’s Sarah Nurse Joins Elite Company - The Ice Garden
Boston Pride prospect has 4 goal game, 5 goal series

Boston College Tops Quinnipiac on the Road - The Ice Garden
Boston College’s goaltending and freshman talent prove difficult to beat for Quinnipiac.

Dartmouth Falls to Harvard in First Game of the Season - ECAC Hockey
Harvard won 5-1 behind a Sydney Daniels hat trick.


CWHL

Game Recaps

Marie-Philip Poulin leads Les Canadiennes to victory over Toronto - Eyes On The Prize
The Montreal captain scores both goals in a 2-1 victory

Katia Clement-Heydra shines in Canadiennes win - Eyes On The Prize
Montreal’s second line instrumental in sweep of Toronto

News

CWHL Players To Earn Money For Jerseys Sold
The CWHL may not yet pay its players but it continues to make strides in that direction.

Marie-Philip Poulin’s Top Career Highlights - The Ice Garden
Canada’s golden girl has made history....again

Marie-Philip Poulin et les Canadiennes visent la Coupe Clarkson | Michel Marois | Hockey
Année après année, le niveau progresse dans la Ligue canadienne de hockey féminin (CWHL) et l'équipe des Canadiennes de Montréal est toujours parmi les meilleures...

Early Losses Are Small Potatoes For Toronto Furies
Although the CWHL's Toronto Furies lost their third and fourth tilts of the season to Les Canadiennes de Montreal, dropping the team from its 2-0...

Iya Gavrilova ready to start new chapter in CWHL - The Ice Garden
Reunited with CIS teammate Hayley Wickenheiser, Gavrilova hopes to find her place on the Inferno.

Emerance Maschmeyer back on the farm with CWHL Inferno | SI.com
Emerance Maschmeyer is thrilled to be right back where she started her hockey career, taking the next step—and beyond—with the CWHL’s Calgary Inferno.

Thunder Coach Tyler Fines Maintains Positive Outlook

The Brampton Thunder have begun the CWHL’s 10th anniversary season with four straight losses.


NWHL

Game Recaps

NWHL: Beauts Rally Back, Fall to Whale
The NWHL's Buffalo Beauts, ever the comeback kids, rallied from an early four-goal deficit but eventually fell by a score of 7-5 to the Connecticut Whale.

NWHL: Boston Pride Easily Improve to 4-0 on the Season
The Boston Pride haven't kicked their habit of slow starts, but it didn't matter, since they eventually trounced the New York Riveters by a score of 5-1 on Saturday night at the Warrior Ice Arena in Allston, Massachusetts.

News

What it's like being the 1st openly transgender player in National Women's Hockey League - Toronto - CBC News
Harrison Browne, a professional hockey player who once represented Canada on the international stage, has taken the bold step to change his name and listed gender in the league he plays for.

Amanda Pelkey Takes NWHL's Player Of The Week Honors
Thursday the NWHL announced Boston Pride player Amanda Pelkey had earned the league's second Player of the Week award of the second season...

Where In The World Is Hilary Knight? - The Ice Garden
With Four Nations looming, can we expect to see Knight on the ice?

New York Riveters Rookies Make Early Impact - Blueshirt Banter
The Riveters lost a heartbreaking home opener 4-2 to the Connecticut Whale on Sunday evening.

Alexa Gruschow Is The Epitome Of New York Riveters Hockey
Alexa Gruschow is quietly bringing stability to a team that had major concerns at the center position in the offseason.

New York Riveters: A Tale of Two Goalies - The Ice Garden
Assessing Sojung Shin and Katie Fitzgerald so far

Lady Ducks product Johnson leaves mark on NCAA, NWHL next
Much is made, and rightfully so, of players like Auston Matthews and Todd Burgess coming out of Arizona and moving on to the NHL and NCAA ranks. Chandler native Kaliya Johnson is certainly doing her part as a high-end women’s player.

From Bobcats to the Whale: Connecticut’s Quinnipiac Connection - The Ice Garden
Quinnipiac alum have found a home in the Connecticut Whale


IIHF

NMJ // Four Nations 1.-5.11.2016 on Livestream
Watch Leijonat's NMJ // Four Nations 1.-5.11.2016 on Livestream.com. Marraskuun maaottelutauko tuo naisjääkiekon kärkimaat Suomeen. Järvenpäässä, Keravalla ja Vierumäellä pelattavissa otteluissa nähdään Naisleijonien lisäksi Kanadan, USA:n ja Ruotsin naisten maajoukkueet. Leijonat-live näyttää kaikki Suomen ottelut, sekä perjantaina USA-Kanada -ottelun sekä lauantain finaalipäivän molemmat ottelut.

Noora Räty Named To Team Finland’s Four Nations Cup Roster - The Ice Garden
First time Räty has been named to international roster since 2014 Olympics

Injury Thwarts Amanda Kessel's Return to Team USA - The Ice Garden
Last-minute announcement that Kessel is out of the Four Nations Cup raises questions about her future with Team USA and her NWHL team

Maschmeyer returning to Four Nations | Fort Saskatchewan Record
Emerance Maschmeyer is ready to put on the maple leaf once more for her third journey to the Four Nations Cup next month.

Dreams of 2018 – and 2022
Chinese women hit Vancouver for exhibition games


Universiade
Shelley Looney To Coach US Women's National University Team
U.S. Olympian and former Buffalo Beauts head coach Shelley Looney was announced as head coach of the U.S. women's national university team by USA Hockey...


International Leagues

A couple of hat-tricks in the Russian Women’s Hockey League
A couple of hat-tricks in the Russian Women’s Hockey League yesterday!


Men's Hockey

BREAKING: Shannon Szabados Cut From Peoria Rivermen - The Ice Garden
Szabados cut from new SPHL team two games into the season