Five years removed from its last NCAA national championship – at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, no less – the University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey team is the NCAA champions once more.

The Bulldogs dominated the University of Wisconsin, who they faced just one year ago in the 2007 title game, 4-0 to earn UMD’s fourth NCAA championship in only the eighth year of NCAA women’s hockey existence.

For full report see: http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=154158

The top-ranked Plattsburgh State Cardinals defeated No. 10 Manhattanville, 3-2, to claim the 2008 NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship, at Stafford Ice Arena on Saturday night.  The title is the second consecutive for the Cardinals, who defeated Middlebury at Stafford last season.

For a full report see:  http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-womens/article.aspx?id=154842

Harvard finish number 1 in the NCAA women's hockey division 1 rankings

A recent article provides insight to the upsides and downsides to aspiring to playing women's hockey at college:

NY Times Article