Women’s Commissioners’ Cup Series Launched

Women's Commissioners' Cup Series Launched

Commissioners from the nation's four Division I women's ice hockey conferences have announced a 24-game series to be played among the conferences throughout the 2006-2007 season. The first-ever Women's Commissioners' Cup Series faces off with the University of New Hampshire visiting the University of Minnesota on Saturday, October 7, matching the #2 (UNH) and #3 (MN) ranked teams in the country.

Each conference participates in 12 designated contests, each league playing six home games and six away games. Commissioners' Cup standings will be maintained with two points awarded for each victory and a point for a tie. The conference who amasses the most points through its twelve games will be presented with the Commissioners' Cup at its conference championship weekend.

"This is a little late in coming together but we are happy to provide the women with this opportunity," said Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna. "There are some pretty big games in this schedule matching nationally ranked teams."

The 24-game schedule includes 30 of the 32 schools who participate in the four Division I women's ice hockey conferences. All ten schools currently ranked nationally are included and there are six games matching those ten powerhouses.

The four competing conferences are:
College Hockey America (CHA)
ECAC Hockey League (ECACHL)
Hockey East Association (HEA)
Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA)

The 2006-07 Cup Schedule:

OCTOBER
Saturday, October 7
New Hampshire (Hockey East) at Minnesota (WCHA)
Friday, October 20
Wayne State (CHA) at Rensselaer (ECACHL)
Saturday, October 21
Niagara (CHA) at Cornell (ECACHL)
Yale (ECACHL) at Boston College (Hockey East)
Sunday, October 22
Dartmouth (ECACHL) at Mercyhurst (CHA)
Friday, October 27
Niagara (CHA) at Bemidji State (WCHA)

NOVEMBER
Friday, November 3
North Dakota (WCHA) at Maine (Hockey East)
St. Cloud (WCHA) at Vermont (Hockey East)
Saturday, November 4
Northeastern (Hockey East) at Niagara (CHA)
Connecticut (Hockey East) at Ohio State (WCHA)
Thursday, November 9
Brown (ECACHL) at Boston College (Hockey East)
Friday, November 10
Robert Morris (CHA) at Clarkson (ECACHL)
Saturday, November 11
Minnesota State (WCHA) at Wayne State (CHA)
Friday, November 17
Merychurst (CHA) at St. Lawrence (ECACHL)
Saturday, November 18
Robert Morris (CHA) at Vermont (Hockey East)

DECEMBER
Friday, December 1
Princeton (ECACHL) at Merychurst (CHA)
Saturday, December 2
Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA) at Harvard (ECACHL)
North Dakota (WCHA) at Niagara (CHA)
Sunday, December 3
Quinnipiac (ECACHL) at Robert Morris (CHA)
Sunday, December 10
Dartmouth (ECACHL) at New Hampshire (Hockey East)
Sunday, December 31
Vermont (Hockey East) at Minnesota State (WCHA)
Ohio State (WCHA) at Princeton (ECACHL)

JANUARY
Saturday, January 6
Boston University (Hockey East) at St. Cloud State (WCHA)
Saturday, January 13
Providence (Hockey East) at Wisconsin (WCHA)