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 and Todd weigh in on the question of whether the Women's Frozen Four should be held in NHL arenas. Read Nicole's column on the subject here.

The five conference tournaments all have different formats and dates. Read up on those here.

The show wraps up with a look at the first weekend of the Atlantic Hockey America and ECAC Hockey tournaments and the final weekend of the regular season for Hockey East, NEWHA and the WCHA.

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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 Bracketology wonders about a potential site switch for Penn State at the bottom of the group of No. 2 seeds for the NCAA tournament.

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Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com recap last week's contentious series between Ohio State and Minnesota and look at the games that made a change at the top of ECAC Hockey.

Boston University moved four points ahead of UConn atop the Hockey East standings with an overtime win over Northeastern on Tuesday, and the Terriers and UConn meet on Friday.

Michigan's feasibility study was reported on this week by mlive.com, and Nicole and Todd share their thoughts on the results.

This week's Bracketology has some changes, and we wrap up with a look ahead at this week's games.

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Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com take a look at the last full weekend in January, when St. Lawrence and Clarkson couldn't decide anything in a rivalry series, Long Island and Sacred Heart couldn't decide anything at the top of NEWHA and St. Thomas removed the interim tag from coach Bethany Brausen after a program first.

The women's goalie of the year award will be narrowed to 10 finalists soon, and we look at some of the top candidates and discuss how much the games played column matters.

This week's Bracketology has a new look and a couple teams who might get on a bus rather than a plane.

And the look ahead to this weekend's games starts with a series between No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Minnesota in Minneapolis.

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Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com look ahead to Tuesday's Beanpot championship game between Boston University and Northeastern, who won semifinals last week but then dropped games over the weekend.

A look back to last week's results includes overtime wins by Brown and a pair of losses by Clarkson in ECAC Hockey and an Ohio State sweep at Minnesota Duluth.

The final segment has a look at how the NCAA tournament bracket might look as of today. Check out Nicole's story from 2023 on the selection process.

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The first edition of the PodKaz, USCHO.com's look at NCAA women's hockey, for 2025 has Nicole Haase in Finland covering the IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship and Todd Milewski back from Chicago, where No. 1 Wisconsin and No. 2 Ohio State played at Wrigley Field.

Nicole offers insight into what she has seen at the tournament, which features more than 40 players who are committed to NCAA schools and more that will be college players in a few years. Check out Nicole's list of commitments here.

The series between the top two teams in the rankings was a highlight of the first weekend of 2025 but there was more movement among national contenders to talk about.

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On the final edition of the PodKaz before the winter break, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look back at surprising results from last weekend, including Holy Cross' overtime win over Boston College and Post shutting out Sacred Heart. The weekend results also included Minnesota Duluth getting five of six points against St. Cloud State and Princeton rallying past Quinnipiac in overtime.

Then it's time for the first in-depth discussion of the PairWise Rankings this season, with a look at the tiers that have developed. Make sure to check out an explanation of the NPI and Nicole's take on the shortsighted nature of the NCAA tournament expanding to 11 teams.

The show wraps up with a look at college players in the Six Nations Tournament and a discussion of what surprises may lie ahead in the second half of the NCAA season.

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The Dec. 5, 2024, episode of the PodKaz takes a look at a week in which Princeton outscored opponents 25-2 over three games, with Issy Wunder capping it off with a five-goal performance. Other results last weekend included Clarkson and Yale winning Thanksgiving weekend tournaments and Brown winning the Mayor's Cup.

Ohio State forward Makenna Webster joins the show to talk about the challenges in playing both ice hockey and field hockey for the Buckeyes.

And we wrap up the show with a look ahead to a series between Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State plus other matchups to watch.

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The Nov. 27, 2024, edition of USCHO.com's PodKaz features hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski looking back at split series between No. 2 Ohio State and Minnesota State, No. 3 Minnesota and No. 10 St. Cloud State and No. 11 Boston College and No. 14 UConn.

The second segment is a rundown of upcoming international play, including the Six Nations Tournament in Finland with U.S. and Canada rosters made up of college players.

And the final part of the show covers what's coming on Thanksgiving weekend, with a number of East-West matchups and two tournaments, plus the start of the PWHL season.

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The Nov. 20, 2024, edition of USCHO.com's PodKaz features Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski giving their thoughts on news that emerged this week at St. Thomas, where coach Joel Johnson resigned days after he wasn't on the bench for the second game of a WCHA series at Bemidji State.

No. 1 Wisconsin and No. 2 Ohio State split their series in Columbus, and the hosts weigh in on that series as well as No. 3 Minnesota's road sweep of No. 4 Minnesota Duluth.

Longtime Sacred Heart coach Thomas O'Malley joins the show to talk about his team's 9-3 overall start and first-place standing in the NEWHA.

And Nicole and Todd react to some PWHL news and look ahead to this week's NCAA women's hockey games.

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