As part of a recent settlement agreement, the NCAA will be expanding scholarships across all sports, replacing previous scholarship restrictions with roster size limits. This
Labor Day weekend tournaments can be a bit of a conundrum for aspiring women’s college hockey players. On one hand, these events, such as the
! Insights on Preparing for the USA Hockey Girls 15’s and 16/17’s Camps. Expectations on what to expect and what’s important at development camp.
There have been 8 NCAA DI women’s hockey head coaching changes so far this off-season. We look at the impact this has on current and future commits & players.
An analysis breaking down commits from the U.S., Canada and Europe. It also provides insight into relatively how good a player needs to be within their country at their position.
If your choice is between going to a NEWHA team and a top-rated DIII team, you should seriously weigh a number of factors into your decision rather than just being able to say “I play DI hockey”.
How many players are in the NCAA Women’s DI Hockey transfer portal? Why do players enter the portal? What are the implications for potential recruits?
Guide on the various copilot resources available with Champs App
Introducing the Champs App Messaging tool! Champs App Messaging is the fast, easy way to send error-free messages to coaches.
Learn the details about how the Champs App Messaging tool works and how to get the most out of using it.
Part II of III analyzing the teams selected to the 2024 USA Hockey Tier I Girls National playoffs. This post focuses on the 16U team selections and seedings.
Part III of III analyzing the teams selected to the 2024 USA Hockey Tier I Girls National playoffs. This post focuses on the 19U team selections and seedings.
Part I of III analyzing the teams selected to the 2024 USA Hockey Tier I Girls National playoffs. This post focuses on the 14U team selections and seedings.
Did the 2024 DI Women’s College Hockey at-large bids make sense? How different is the level of competition between conferences?
As a parent, I have now gone through multiple “hockey recruiting” processes. I thought I would codify my Top 5 life skills kids can learn from the recruiting process.
Over the past three years, there has been a significant increase in female head coaches within NCAA DI women’s hockey. See the trends for NCAA and U Sports coaches from 2020 until now.
How important is team experience to success on the ice in Women’s DI College Hockey? We compare the current rankings to the years of experience on each team.
While analyzing all of the DI Women’s Hockey Rosters, I had several different observations about the recruiting process that I thought were worth sharing.
This is the Q4 update which tracks the number of publicly announced commitments in DI women’s college hockey.
This is the third of 3 posts about where things stand for each position – Goalies, Forwards and Defense – for the incoming Division 1 classes of 2024 and 2025. Learn about how many defense spots are likely still open for incoming classes of 2024 and 2025
This is the second of 3 posts about where things stand for each position – Goalies, Forwards and Defense – for the incoming Division 1 classes of 2024 and 2025. Learn about how many forward spots are likely still open for incoming classes of 2024 and 2025
This is the first of 3 posts about where things stand for each position – Goalies, Forwards and Defense – for the incoming Division 1 classes of 2024 and 2025. Learn about how many goalie spots are likely still open for incoming classes of 2024 and 2025
Over the course of the NIT Girls Hockey Tournament I had multiple conversations with several DI & DIII coaches and I thought I would share my observations as they relate to the recruiting process:
This is an update in our series tracking the number of publicly announced commitments in women’s college hockey. For 2024, the commitment rate continues to lag all previous recruiting years.
If I was to do it all over again, what path would I recommend a young girl follow if she wanted to play college hockey?
This is the second analysis I have done about the selections for the USA Hockey Girls U18 Camp which took place last week.
I had the opportunity to ask a non-Top 10 DI Head Coach a bunch of Class of 2025 recruiting questions.
More Thoughts on the 2023 USA Hockey 16/17 Girls Development Camp. Here are some additional thoughts that I compiled during my time in Oxford
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Summer Hockey Development Plans – How I helped create a summer training plan for my kids
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A key ingredient in OSU’s ability to compete for a National Championship these last few years has been to add high-end, experienced talent from other schools via the transfer portal. We discuss this strategy and implications for potential high school recruits.
This is an update to a previous post from December, 2022 and is the Q1 2023 DI Women’s College Hockey Commitment Rate Update”.
This is a list of the NCAA College Hockey coaches working the NGHL NCAA EXPOSURE CAMP in May 2023
How to Create a Beautiful Hockey Profile That Gets Noticed. Creating your Champs App athletic profile typically takes about 20 – 40 minutes
Champs App lets you create a free, beautiful hockey resume and helps players, parents and coaches connect to facilitate the hockey recruiting process.
A couple of weeks ago I attended my first USA Hockey National Championship. Here are a few things I learned while I was there – mostly from my time in Dallas.
The Current State of Recruiting for DI Women’s College Hockey Defense. THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL POST DETAILING THE CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR POTENTIAL FEMALE HOCKEY RECRUITS AT DI SCHOOLS
Creating Player Videos: Where to Post Your Recruiting Highlight Reels. This is the last post on creating recruiting videos and it focuses on where to upload your video to share with coaches
Creating Player Videos: How to Edit Video for Recruiting Highlight Reels. This is the fourth post in a series on creating player videos college coaches want to see from potential recruits.
This is an update to a previous post from September, 2022 on “Q3 2022 DI Women’s College Hockey Commitment Rate Update”.
Now that you decided you want to create videos for your player the first step is to get raw game footage you can use to create the three different types of highlight reels coaches want to see.
This is the second Post diving into detail on the current opportunities for potential female Hockey recruits at DI Schools
This is the second post in a series about how to create hockey highlight videos to help with your player’s recruiting process.
Recently I compiled all the information from current DI women’s hockey team websites and combined them with the latest public women’s college hockey commitment data to try and makes sense of what and why it seems so tough for goalies right now.
Today’s Champs Coach of the Day is Mike Sisti, Head Coach with the Mercyhurst women’s ice hockey program. The Lakers are 6-6 so far this season and host a pair of games against Syracuse this weekend.
This is the first post in a series about how to create hockey highlight videos to help with your player’s recruiting process.
Today’s Champs Coach of the Day is Tara Connolly – Assistant Coach with the RPI Engineers women’s ice hockey team. This weekend the Engineers are hosting the RIT Tigers for a pair of games.
Today’s Champs Coach of the Day is Kerstin Matthews – Associate Head Coach with the Boston University women’s ice hockey program. The Terriers won their last game against Merrimack and plays a home-and-home with Providence this coming weekend.
Today’s Champs Coach of the Day is Josh Sciba – Head Coach with the Union College women’s ice hockey program. The team is now 3-5 with a big win recently at Boston University.
One of my biggest frustrations over the last 18 months or so has been about providing feedback to players. Across many different playing environments I have been consistently disappointed in the lack of sophistication and priority on giving insightful, actionable feedback to players. This post discusses the good and bad of hockey coach feedback to players.
Today’s Champs Coach of the Day is Tara Connolly – Assistant Coach with the RPI Engineers women’s ice hockey team. This weekend the Engineers are hosting the RIT Tigers for a pair of games.
Today’s Champs Coach of the Day is David Stockdale – Head Coach of the Franklin Pierce women’s ice hockey team. The Ravens are in Happy Valley this weekend to play two games against Penn State.
Today’s Champs Coach of the Day is Katelyn Parker. Katelyn is the Youth Player Development Coach with the Seattle Kraken organization.
Today’s Champs Coach of the Day is Laura Bellamy – Associate Head Coach of the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs
Today’s Champs Coach of the Day is Matt Desrosiers. Matt is the Head Coach of the Clarkson Women’s Ice Hockey team and two-time national champion. The Golden Knights were recently ranked at #10 in the pre-season polls.
Today’s Champs Coach of the Day is Allison Coomey. Allison is the Associate Head Coach of the Penn State Women’s Ice Hockey team. The Nittany Lions were just ranked #14 in the pre-season polls.
Today’s Coach of the Day is Vermont Head Coach Jim Plumer. This week, the UVM Women’s Hockey Team was ranked #13 in the USCHO women’s ice hockey preseason poll. Check out Jim Plumer’s Champs App profile.
This is an update to a previous post from April, 2022 on “Q1 2022 Women’s College Hockey Commitment Rate Update”. The 2024 commits have started to be announced.
This is a list of the NCAA College Hockey coaches with Champs App profiles.
Our first Coach of the Day is Alyssa Gagliardi. Alyssa is the Director of Women’s Student-Athlete Advancement with the Carolina Junior Hurricanes Girls program.
I’ve been asked a few times recently about which showcases to attend in 2022. While I am not the expert on all showcases and which ones to attend, here are a variety of thoughts I have on the subject…
As of March 31st, 2022, only 97 commits have been made for DI programs compared to 163 (2021) and 139 (2022) at the equivalent time before starting for those grade years.
This is an update to a previous post from October, 2021 on “How Does the Number of 2023 Women’s College Hockey Commits Compare to Previous
Last weekend I was asked by one of the DI women’s college hockey teams to share the Close the Gap graphic on our social media accounts. However, when it comes to this kind of stuff, I like to be educated on the topic.
I decided to analyze the commitment dates by DI college start year for those student-athletes starting in 2021 vs. 2022 and 2023.
This post serves as a general framework on defining the women’s college hockey athlete recruiting process. In addition, it attempts to provide context on tracking the process.
This is the third and final post focusing on the college recruiting process based on my experience as a parent at the USA Hockey Girls Camp that took place in St Cloud Minnesota from July 10-15, 2021.
