The PodKaz: USCHO Women's Hockey
Hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski talk about NCAA women's hockey with insight gained from covering the sport for USCHO.com and the Wisconsin State Journal.
Episodes
October 21, 2025 • 38 mins
This week's edition of the PodKaz from USCHO.com starts with an unusual occurrence: The end of a series split between Minnesota and Ohio State in Minneapolis on Sunday brought game disqualifications and additional suspensions because of a post-buzzer tussle.
Minnesota will be without defenders Gracie Graham and Chloe Primerano for the opener of its series at Minnesota Duluth, while Ohio State's Kassidy Carmichael and Jordyn Petrie w...
Minnesota will be without defenders Gracie Graham and Chloe Primerano for the opener of its series at Minnesota Duluth, while Ohio State's Kassidy Carmichael and Jordyn Petrie w...
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October 16, 2025 • 33 mins
The second weekend of October in NCAA women's hockey provided a first look at how players who are spending one week a month at national team camps in preparation for the Olympics are returning to their teams. That's where this week's episode of the PodKaz from USCHO.com starts, with hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski discussing the results.
No. 1 Wisconsin had to score twice in the final 21 seconds to escape with a victory in the ...
No. 1 Wisconsin had to score twice in the final 21 seconds to escape with a victory in the ...
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October 8, 2025 • 39 mins
In this week's edition of the PodKaz, a weekly look at NCAA women's hockey from USCHO.com, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski discuss a change to the IIHF calendar. The Women's World Championship is moving from April to November during the 2026-27 season, so players could be pulled away from their college teams for national team duty.
Nicole and Todd discuss whether enough consideration was given for the developmental path in maki...
Nicole and Todd discuss whether enough consideration was given for the developmental path in maki...
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October 1, 2025 • 30 mins
This edition of the PodKaz, the weekly look at NCAA women's hockey from USCHO.com, has hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski looking back at an upset by Merrimack against Clarkson and weighing the ramifications.
Then we reflect on Penn State's sweep of St. Lawrence and a split between UConn and St. Cloud State in matchups between ranked teams. The result of a series between Minnesota and Boston College opened some eyes.
The weekend ah...
Then we reflect on Penn State's sweep of St. Lawrence and a split between UConn and St. Cloud State in matchups between ranked teams. The result of a series between Minnesota and Boston College opened some eyes.
The weekend ah...
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September 24, 2025 • 46 mins
This week's edition of the PodKaz from USCHO.com features the last two segments as hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look around at each of the five NCAA women's hockey conference at the start of the 2025-26 season.
Defending NCAA champion Wisconsin is the coaches' favorite in the WCHA, but how much with absences for the Olympics mean to the Badgers' chase of a repeat?
In NEWHA, Sacred Heart was picked to finish first after it won...
Defending NCAA champion Wisconsin is the coaches' favorite in the WCHA, but how much with absences for the Olympics mean to the Badgers' chase of a repeat?
In NEWHA, Sacred Heart was picked to finish first after it won...
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September 19, 2025 • 35 mins
Conference season previews continue on this episode of the PodKaz. Hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski take a glance at the stories ahead in the 2025-26 season for Hockey East and Atlantic Hockey.
UConn is looking to return to the top of the Hockey East standings a year after beating Boston University by one point.
Penn State ran away with the Atlantic Hockey title in 2024-25 and the Nittany Lions are in position to repeat behind fo...
UConn is looking to return to the top of the Hockey East standings a year after beating Boston University by one point.
Penn State ran away with the Atlantic Hockey title in 2024-25 and the Nittany Lions are in position to repeat behind fo...
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September 17, 2025 • 35 mins
On the first episode of the PodKaz for the 2025-26 season, Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com discuss how preparations for the Olympics could impact the NCAA hockey landscape. It's a season unlike any others before because of the lack of centralization for the U.S. and Canadian national teams.
Changes to the NCAA tournament selection process and an experimental rule also are new this season, and we touch on those.
Then we ...
Changes to the NCAA tournament selection process and an experimental rule also are new this season, and we touch on those.
Then we ...
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May 28, 2025 • 30 mins
What does it take to start a new NCAA Division I women's hockey program from scratch? Coach Allison Coomey is getting that experience at Delaware, which will field a varsity team for the first time in 2025-26.
Coomey joined an offseason episode of the PodKaz with Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski of USCHO.com to discuss how she has built a staff, assembled a roster and crafted a schedule for the inaugural season.
The PodKaz is a product...
Coomey joined an offseason episode of the PodKaz with Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski of USCHO.com to discuss how she has built a staff, assembled a roster and crafted a schedule for the inaugural season.
The PodKaz is a product...
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Natálie Mlýnková, who recently wrapped up her NCAA hockey career, joins Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski for an offseason edition of the PodKaz.
Mlýnková played four seasons at Vermont and one at Minnesota, finishing at the Frozen Four in Minneapolis in March. She looks back on moving to North America from Czechia at 16 to play hockey and how the women's game is evolving in her home country.
That was evident in April when Czechia set a...
Mlýnková played four seasons at Vermont and one at Minnesota, finishing at the Frozen Four in Minneapolis in March. She looks back on moving to North America from Czechia at 16 to play hockey and how the women's game is evolving in her home country.
That was evident in April when Czechia set a...
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April 30, 2025 • 33 mins
The offseason series of PodKaz interview episodes begins with a discussion with Wisconsin-River Falls coach Joe Cranston. It took Cranston 25 seasons to win a Division III NCAA championship with the Falcons, but his team did it in style in 2023-24 with a 31-0 record. They went back to back in 2025, with both championship victories coming at home.
Cranston discusses his journey as a coach, his influences and how he has recruited and ...
Cranston discusses his journey as a coach, his influences and how he has recruited and ...
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April 4, 2025 • 69 mins
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com wrap up the 2024-25 NCAA women's hockey season on this episode of the PodKaz.
The All-USCHO teams and individual awards are out, and Nicole explains the process and how this year's winners were chosen.
Then we take a look back at some big storylines from the season, including Wisconsin winning its eighth NCAA championship, Boston University going from unranked at the start of the season t...
The All-USCHO teams and individual awards are out, and Nicole explains the process and how this year's winners were chosen.
Then we take a look back at some big storylines from the season, including Wisconsin winning its eighth NCAA championship, Boston University going from unranked at the start of the season t...
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March 26, 2025 • 75 mins
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com are back from the Frozen Four in Minneapolis, where Wisconsin won its eighth NCAA championship with a last-minute rally to force overtime and a 4-3 win over Ohio State.
The show looks back at Friday's semifinal games, where Ohio State defeated Cornell and Wisconsin ousted host Minnesota.
Then we have some thoughts on the presentation of the Patty Kazmaier Award on Saturday, won by Badgers...
The show looks back at Friday's semifinal games, where Ohio State defeated Cornell and Wisconsin ousted host Minnesota.
Then we have some thoughts on the presentation of the Patty Kazmaier Award on Saturday, won by Badgers...
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March 22, 2025 • 5 mins
On a bonus episode of the PodKaz from the Frozen Four in Minneapolis, Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com chat with 2025 Patty Kazmaier Award winner Casey O'Brien from Wisconsin.
The PodKaz is a production of USCHO.com. Have a question for our mailbag? Reach out to Nicole (@NicoleHaase) or Todd (@ToddMilewski) on social media or email todd.milewski@uscho.com.
The PodKaz is a production of USCHO.com. Have a question for our mailbag? Reach out to Nicole (@NicoleHaase) or Todd (@ToddMilewski) on social media or email todd.milewski@uscho.com.
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March 20, 2025 • 22 mins
On a bonus episode of the PodKaz from the Frozen Four in Minneapolis, Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com chat with players from three of the four teams.
Ohio State junior defender Emma Peschel discusses the Buckeyes' search for a second consecutive NCAA championship.
Ashley Messier, a senior defender, talks about Cornell returning to the Frozen Four for the first time since 2019.
And Minnesota freshman defender Chloe Primer...
Ohio State junior defender Emma Peschel discusses the Buckeyes' search for a second consecutive NCAA championship.
Ashley Messier, a senior defender, talks about Cornell returning to the Frozen Four for the first time since 2019.
And Minnesota freshman defender Chloe Primer...
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March 18, 2025 • 72 mins
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com have a look at the 2025 Frozen Four in this edition of the PodKaz. But first, they take a look back at the NCAA regionals and opening-night wins by St. Lawrence, Minnesota Duluth and Clarkson.
But home ice held in the regional finals, where Wisconsin, Minnesota, Cornell and Ohio State advanced to the Frozen Four in Minneapolis.
The Patty Kazmaier Award will be presented on Saturday, and N...
But home ice held in the regional finals, where Wisconsin, Minnesota, Cornell and Ohio State advanced to the Frozen Four in Minneapolis.
The Patty Kazmaier Award will be presented on Saturday, and N...
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March 11, 2025 • 70 mins
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com start this edition of the PodKaz with a look back on the five conference championships, won by Penn State, Cornell, Boston University, Sacred Heart and Wisconsin.
The NCAA tournament bracket was unveiled Sunday morning but the production left a lot to be desired.
And the show concludes with a discussion of each of the four NCAA regionals, hosted by Wisconsin, Ohio State, Cornell and Minne...
The NCAA tournament bracket was unveiled Sunday morning but the production left a lot to be desired.
And the show concludes with a discussion of each of the four NCAA regionals, hosted by Wisconsin, Ohio State, Cornell and Minne...
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March 6, 2025 • 63 mins
OT drama in Hockey East leads into conference championship weekend
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February 26, 2025 • 52 mins
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com take a look at the first weekend of the postseason in ECAC Hockey and Atlantic Hockey but first give a glance at the finish in Hockey East, where UConn swiped the regular-season title away from Boston University on the final day.
Janine Oman, the senior deputy athletic director at Ohio State and chair of the NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey committee, joins the show to talk ab...
Janine Oman, the senior deputy athletic director at Ohio State and chair of the NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey committee, joins the show to talk ab...
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February 19, 2025 • 72 mins
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com look around NCAA women's hockey as the regular season ends and the playoffs begin. Cornell wrapped up the ECAC Hockey championship, leaving Boston University and UConn to battle for the Hockey East crown and Long Island and Sacred Heart to chase the NEWHA title.
The PairWise Rankings look a little different this week, and that has changed some potential NCAA tournament matchups.
Nicole an...
The PairWise Rankings look a little different this week, and that has changed some potential NCAA tournament matchups.
Nicole an...
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February 12, 2025 • 74 mins
Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com dive into the races for conference titles on this week's edition of the PodKaz. Penn State and Wisconsin wrapped up the Atlantic Hockey and WCHA championships, respectively, last week, and the ECAC Hockey title will be decided on the final weekend.
UConn narrowed Boston University's lead in Hockey East, and St. Michael's played spoiler against a NEWHA leader again.
This week's look at Bra...
UConn narrowed Boston University's lead in Hockey East, and St. Michael's played spoiler against a NEWHA leader again.
This week's look at Bra...
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