2008 Woodie Awards
Countdown to Ice Time: Women's Hockey
Staff Reports
Issue date: 9/28/07 Section: Sports
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The University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team garnered 131 points to rank third in the inaugural USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll of the 2007-08 season, which was released Tuesday.
UNH, which advanced to the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championships for the second consecutive year in 2007, placed behind University of Wisconsin, which received all 19 first-place votes and 190 points, and Mercyhurst College (165 points).
The Wildcats, selected atop the Women's Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll, are joined in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll by league rival Boston College; the Eagles received 75 points to place eighth.
New Hampshire opens the season with a two-game road series against fourth-ranked St. Lawrence University on Oct. 5-6. The Wildcats' home opener is Oct. 14 at 1 p.m. against Colgate University. Tickets for all home games are available online (www.unhwildcats.com) or by calling 1-866-WILDCAT; home games will also be video-streamed online at UNHwildcats.tv.
WILDCATS TOP PICK IN HOCKEY EAST POLL
The University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team, which has won four consecutive Hockey East regular-season titles as well as tournament championships each of the last two years, has been selected as the preseason favorite in 2008 according to the Preseason Coaches Poll that was released at the league's Media Day on Tuesday. This marks the fourth straight year that UNH tops the Hockey East preseason poll.
UNH (28-4-5 overall, 18-1-2 Hockey East) garnered six first-place votes and a total of 55 points to edge out Boston College (51 points; two first-place votes), last year's regular-season runner-up.
The University of Connecticut, which finished fifth in the 2007 standings, placed third in the '08 poll with 41 points. UConn was followed by Boston University (38 points), Providence College (35), Northeastern University (24), University of Vermont (20) and University of Maine (16).
UNH returns 16 letter-winners, including 2007 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top 10 Finalist Martine Garland (Toronto, Ontario). The senior defenseman and 2008 captain also garnered 2006 All-America honors, as did senior forwards Jennifer Hitchcock (LaSalle, Ontario) and Sadie Wright-Ward (Durham, N.H.).
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