2025–26 WCHA women's ice hockey season

2025–26 WCHA women's season
Season2025–26
ConferenceWCHA
DivisionDivision I
Sportwomen's ice hockey
DurationSeptember 19, 2025–
February 21, 2026
Number of teams8
Regular Season
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The 2025–26 WCHA women's ice hockey season is the 27th season of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and is taking place during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The regular season began on September 19, 2025, and will end on February 21, 2026.[1]

Standings

2025–26 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T OTW OTL SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#2 Wisconsin † 28 23 3 2 1 1 1 72 138 45 41 35 4 2 213 60
#1 Ohio State * 28 24 4 0 2 0 0 70 117 50 41 36 5 0 181 66
#4 Minnesota 28 18 9 1 1 2 1 57 115 70 39 26 12 1 173 86
#10 Minnesota Duluth 28 15 10 3 2 0 2 48 69 59 38 20 15 3 93 76
#13 Minnesota State 28 9 17 2 2 1 1 29 55 95 38 17 19 2 86 113
St. Cloud State 28 7 19 2 1 4 1 27 74 103 37 12 23 2 83 120
St. Thomas 28 7 20 1 3 5 0 24 49 95 36 12 23 1 81 117
Bemidji State 28 3 24 1 1 0 0 9 38 138 36 6 27 3 58 161
Championship: March 7, 2026
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 22, 2026

Awards

Players of the Month

As of January 10, 2026.
Date Forward of the Month Defender of the Month Goaltender of the Month Rookie of the Month
September 2025[2][3][4] Abbey Murphy (Minnesota) Sydney Morrow (Minnesota) Hailey Hansen (Minnesota State) Bella Fanale (Minnesota)
October 2025[5][6][7][8] Hilda Svensson (Ohio State) Caroline Harvey (Wisconsin) Hannah Clark (Minnesota) Hilda Svensson (Ohio State)
November 2025[9][10][11][12] Joy Dunne (Ohio State) Caroline Harvey (Wisconsin) Hailey Hansen (Minnesota State) Hilda Svensson (Ohio State)
December 2025[13][14][15][16] Jamie Nelson (Minnesota) Caroline Harvey (Wisconsin) Ava McNaughton (Wisconsin) Maria Mikaelyan (St. Cloud State)

Players of the Week

Source[17]

As of January 10, 2026.
Date Forward of the Week Defender of the Week Goaltender of the Week Rookie of the Week
September 22, 2025[18][19][20][21] Rylee Bartz (St. Thomas) Siiri Yrjölä (St. Cloud State) Hailey Hansen (Minnesota State) Zoe Lopez (Minnesota State)
September 27, 2025[22][23][24] Abbey Murphy (Minnesota) Sydney Morrow (Minnesota) Ève Gascon (Minnesota Duluth) Bella Fanale (Minnesota)
October 6, 2025[25][26][27][28] Abbey Murphy (Minnesota) Laila Edwards (Wisconsin) Ava McNaughton (Wisconsin) Hilda Svensson (Ohio State)
October 13, 2025[29][30][31][32] Kirsten Simms (Wisconsin) Caroline Harvey (Wisconsin) Hannah Clark (Minnesota) Maria Mikaelyan (St. Cloud State)
October 20, 2025[33][34][35][36] Alice Sauriol (St. Cloud State) Ellah Hause (St. Thomas) Ève Gascon (Minnesota Duluth) Rae Mayer (Minnesota Duluth)
October 27, 2025[37][38][39][40] Claire Enright (Wisconsin) Emma Peschel (Ohio State) Hannah Clark (Minnesota) Hilda Svensson (Ohio State)
November 3, 2025[41][42][43][44] Joy Dunne (Ohio State) Caroline Harvey (Wisconsin) Taylor Kressin (Ohio State) Sophia Villanueva (Minnesota Duluth)
November 10, 2025[45][46][47] Rylee Bartz (St. Thomas) Jenessa Gazdik (St. Thomas) Kaitlin Groess (Bemidji State) –
November 17, 2025[48][49][50][51] Kirsten Simms (Wisconsin) Sara Swiderski (Ohio State) Ève Gascon (Minnesota Duluth) Hilda Svensson (Ohio State)
November 24, 2025[52][53][54][55] Joy Dunne (Ohio State) Caroline Harvey (Wisconsin) Hailey Hansen (Minnesota State) Mercury Bischoff (Minnesota State)
December 1, 2025[56][57][58][59] Lacey Eden (Wisconsin) Caroline Harvey (Wisconsin) Emilia Kyrkkö (St. Cloud State) Hilda Svensson (Ohio State)
December 8, 2025[60][61][62][63] Jamie Nelson (Minnesota) Caroline Harvey (Wisconsin) Ava McNaughton (Wisconsin) Maria Mikaelyan (St. Cloud State)

References

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