Wisconsin and Ohio State have faced off for the past two national titles with each team winning one. The two teams seem destined for a crash course of a rematch, but several ECAC teams as well as Minnesota right here in their own conference hope to have a say in the matter. The Buckeyes had a large fifth-year class graduate, but bring in a number of internationally experienced rookies. Wisconsin and Minnesota have largely intact squads while adding some of the best freshmen in the world. UMD looks for a way to break into the top three while the bottom half of the standings work to figure out how to shake up the conference hierarchy. Their are three new head coaches, though each was already an assistant on the team they’re taking over.<\/p>\n
Last season<\/b><\/p>\n
4-30-2, 3-24-1 (eighth). Lost to Ohio State in the WCHA quarterfinals.<\/span><\/p>\n Key Returners<\/b><\/p>\n Sophomores Hailey Armstrong and Riley Reeves<\/span><\/p>\n Key Departures<\/b><\/p>\n Khloe Lund (graduation)<\/span><\/p>\n Most intriguing newcomers<\/b><\/p>\n Head coach Amber Fryklund, freshman Julia Zielinska<\/span><\/p>\n Prediction<\/b><\/p>\n Eighth<\/span><\/p>\n Last Season<\/b><\/p>\n 27-10-2, 19-7-2 (third). Lost to Clarkson in 4 OT in the NCAA quarterfinals.<\/span><\/p>\n Key Returners<\/b><\/p>\n Redshirt senior Abbey Murphy, junior Josefin Bouveng<\/span><\/p>\n Key Departures<\/b><\/p>\n Madeline Wethington (graduation)<\/span><\/p>\n Most intriguing newcomers<\/b><\/p>\n Freshman Chloe Primerano, fifth-year Nat\u00e1lie Ml\u00fdnkov\u00e1 (Vermont)<\/span><\/p>\n Prediction<\/b><\/p>\n Third<\/span><\/p>\n Last Season<\/b><\/p>\n 21-14-4, 15-11-2 (fourth). Lost to Ohio State in the NCAA quarterfinal.<\/span><\/p>\n Key Returners<\/b><\/p>\n Fifth-year Nina Jobst-Smith, sophomore goalie \u00c8ve Gascon<\/span><\/p>\n Key Departures<\/b><\/p>\n Coach Maura Crowell, goalie Hailey MacLeod (Ohio State), Mannon McMahon (graduation)<\/span><\/p>\n Most intriguing newcomer<\/b><\/p>\n Freshman Caitlin Kraemer<\/span><\/p>\n Prediction<\/b><\/p>\n Fourth<\/span><\/p>\n Last Season<\/b><\/p>\n 13-25, 6-22 (sixth). Lost to Minnesota in the WCHA quarterfinals.<\/span><\/p>\n Key Returners<\/b><\/p>\n Fifth-year Sydney Langseth, fifth-year Jamie Nelson<\/span><\/p>\n Key Departures<\/b><\/p>\n Charlotte Akervik (graduation)<\/span><\/p>\n Most intriguing newcomer<\/b><\/p>\n Head coach Shari Dickerman, Fifth-year Jessie MacPherson (Vermont)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Prediction<\/b><\/p>\n Sixth<\/span><\/p>\n Last Season<\/b><\/p>\n 35-4, 26-2 (first). Won their second National Championship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Key Returners<\/b><\/p>\n Fifth-year Makenna Webster, sophomore Joy Dunne<\/span><\/p>\n Key Departures<\/b><\/p>\n Fifth-years Cayla Barnes and\u00a0 goalie Raygan Kirk (graduation)<\/span><\/p>\n Most intriguing newcomer<\/b><\/p>\n Freshmen Josie St. Martin and Mira Jung\u00e5ker<\/span><\/p>\n Prediction<\/b><\/p>\n First<\/span><\/p>\n Last Season<\/b><\/p>\n 17-17-2, 12-14-2 (fifth). Lost to Minnesota Duluth in the WCHA quarterfinals.<\/span><\/p>\n Key Returners<\/b><\/p>\n Fifth-year goalies Sanni Ahola and Jojo Chobak<\/span><\/p>\n Key Departures<\/b><\/p>\n Kl\u00e1ra Hyml\u00e1rov\u00e1 (graduation)<\/span><\/p>\n Most intriguing newcomer<\/b><\/p>\n Freshman Siiri Yrj\u00f6l\u00e4<\/span><\/p>\n Prediction<\/b><\/p>\n Fifth<\/span><\/p>\n Last Season<\/b><\/p>\n 10-26-1, 4-23-1 (seventh). Lost to Wisconsin in the WCHA quarterfinals.<\/span><\/p>\n Key Returners<\/b><\/p>\n Sophomores Ella Boerger and Rylee Bartz\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Key Departures<\/b><\/p>\n Abby Promersberger and Breja Parent (St. Cloud State)<\/span><\/p>\n Most intriguing newcomer<\/b><\/p>\n Freshman Nora Sauer<\/span><\/p>\n Prediction<\/b><\/p>\n Seventh<\/span><\/p>\n Last Season<\/b><\/p>\n 35-6, 23-5 (second). Lost to Ohio State in the National Championship game.<\/span><\/p>\n Key Returners<\/b><\/p>\n Juniors KK Harvey and Laila Edwards<\/span><\/p>\n Key Departures<\/b><\/p>\n Maddi Wheeler (Ohio State), Chayla Edwards (graduation)<\/span><\/p>\n Most intriguing newcomers<\/b><\/p>\n Freshmen Emma Venusio and Maggie Scannell<\/span><\/p>\n Prediction<\/b><\/p>\n Second<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wisconsin and Ohio State have faced off for the past two national titles with each team winning one. The two teams seem destined for a crash course of a rematch, but several ECAC teams as well as Minnesota right here in their own conference hope to have a say in the matter. The Buckeyes had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":148848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[322],"tags":[819],"coauthors":[823],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMinnesota<\/b><\/h3>\n
Minnesota Duluth<\/b><\/h3>\n
Minnesota State<\/b><\/h3>\n
Ohio State<\/b><\/h3>\n
St. Cloud State<\/b><\/h3>\n
St. Thomas<\/b><\/h3>\n
Wisconsin<\/b><\/h3>\n