Western Collegiate Hockey Association
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Sep 29, 2026
Todd MilewskiHOST
A great start for St.
Todd MilewskiHOST
Cloud, a team we've talked about a lot in previous years of, you know, being ready to take a step and just needing to find what that next step is in some ways, because in the WCHA, it's so hard that we've talked about it over and over again of getting into that top four when no one's taking a step back, really.
Todd MilewskiHOST
I mean, they were
Nicole HaaseHOST
picked sixth in the WCHA, you know, like...
Todd MilewskiHOST
Yeah, there's still a lot of...
Todd MilewskiHOST
Yeah, it still feels like there's a lot of unknowns with the program and the direction.
Nicole HaaseHOST
But like UConn's proved over the past couple of years that they are going to push them and can and will stay with them.
Nicole HaaseHOST
And yeah, it's not great to be the number two team.
Paul HornsteinHOST
Same diff
Scott StrandyHOST
... around here in Minnesota are talking about it as the old days, back in the old WCHA when they used to both battle for championships.
Scott StrandyHOST
Um-
Paul HornsteinHOST
Oh, sure
JossieHOST
Yeah.
JossieHOST
Any other coaching changes in the WCHA program?
Peter OdneyHOST
In the WCHA, yes, but not any Minnesota schools.
JossieHOST
No? Okay.
JossieHOST
Nope.
Peter OdneyHOST
Very busy.
JossieHOST
One trend I noticed in women's hockey in the transfer portal, what happens is there's usually a flow.
JossieHOST
Kids go from the WCHA to Hockey East and ECAC.
Jared RubadoHOST
I mean, he's, Ben Bemidji State's head coach for almost the entirety of their Division I existence.
Jared RubadoHOST
He brought them to a Frozen Four in 2009, a handful of CHA, WCHA, and then CCHA conference titles, tournament titles.
Jared RubadoHOST
They've been to a handful of NCAA tournaments.
Jared RubadoHOST
They would have had one more if not for the COVID year in 2020.
Zach SchneiderHOST
They should.
Zach SchneiderHOST
I mean, even if you start 7-1, but anything 6-2 and under, and you start wondering what happens when you get into the bulk of the WCHA season.
Zach SchneiderHOST
Last year, they had to start their league schedule with Wisconsin and Minnesota, two of the first three series.
Zach SchneiderHOST
Now they get...
Matt WellensHOST
Like it can't just be Caitlin.
Matt WellensHOST
Caitlin Kramer can have a dynamite year, but if no one else is scoring, they're still going to be in trouble.
Matt WellensHOST
So at WCHA Media Day, Paulina Salonen from Finland was one of the players that was brought up as someone who can score.
Matt WellensHOST
She's going to be a 20-year-old freshman, the last of the 20-year-old freshmen, probably, with the new eligibility rules.
Tristan ThompsonGUEST
So I have that big time experience.
Tristan ThompsonGUEST
And then I feel like you see this all the time, but defenders in WCHA are so important.
Tristan ThompsonGUEST
And big defenders in the WCHA are so important.
Tristan ThompsonGUEST
So through the coaching staff and their support, I'm hoping to make an impact as soon as I step on the ice.
Chris SinclairHOST
Absolutely.
Rick ZomboGUEST
So me and Art would have, you know, been there at the same time.
Rick ZomboGUEST
Um, but I knew I was gonna be in the WCHA, and North Dakota produced pros.
Brett HullHOST
That's, yeah, 'cause that was the best league at the time, for sure.
Rick ZomboGUEST
Oh, man, and produced pros.
Brett HullHOST
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Brett HullHOST
Kelly Chase and Rick Zombo.
Brett HullHOST
Uh, do you remember when the greatest player in WCHA history came on a recruiting trip to North Dakota?
Rick ZomboGUEST
Yeah.
Caitlin KraemerGUEST
They play like they've been here for a couple years, and I think it's going to show right off the get-go.
Bruce CiskieHOST
How much better a player are you right now after two years of playing in the WCHA, which I think is the second-best women's hockey league in the world behind the P-Dub?
Caitlin KraemerGUEST
Oh, yeah.
Caitlin KraemerGUEST
I feel like just with the way the coaches, Laura, Liv, Brick, they teach so well and just teach you how to amplify the attributes you already have.
Nicole HaaseHOST
after sort of the the career that you had up until this point you're in a new league now sort of just a different style of play you know east coast sort of the the refs we know call things a little different in the aha how are you sort of approaching it and how have you looked at it in terms of like what how it might be different than your previous time um as a collegiate coach
Brian IdalskiGUEST
yeah i nicole i tried not to prejudge too much till we get going obviously i think it's a different uh feel when you're you're coming out here and playing from the WCHA and expectations and reffing.
Brian IdalskiGUEST
And so there was a little bit of a change, but I also think The NCAA and the reffing community has worked really hard to try to make sure that that standard is being upheld across the board and that there's more consistency to the physicality and how it's being called.
Brian IdalskiGUEST
And so I'm hopeful that that's not a thing and that we're going to be able to play and compete and play hard.
Vee WeirHOST
She was the first indigenous person to play for the United States women's national ice hockey team, making her Olympic debut in 2022.
Vee WeirHOST
She attended the University of Wisconsin and was named the WCHA Offensive Player of the Year.
Vee WeirHOST
She was also named the WCHA Rookie of the Year.
Vee WeirHOST
In 2019, she scored the game-winning goal in the semifinals as the university won the NCAA championship.
Vee WeirHOST
She was named USCHO Division I Women's Player of the Year and USA Hockey's Women's Player of the Year in 2020, as well as being a top three finalist for the 2020 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.
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