Fifth-year senior defenseman Maggie Flaherty scored two goals and freshman goaltender Hailey MacLeod made 18 saves in Minnesota Duluth's 5-1 victory over the Huskies.
No. 7/8 Bulldogs score twice in the first period on way to 2-0 win. Hughes, a Patty Kazmaier top-three finalist last season, was injured in the first period.
The WCHA will wait until at least spring 2023 to hire a permanent commissioner with the NCAA's transformation committee considering radical changes to the future of college athletics. For now, former Bemidji State athletic director Tracy Dill will serve as the replacement for Jennifer Flowers.
Advocating that college hockey proceed with "urgency and patience" new NCHC commissioner Heather Weems talked about her background, the tough decisions of the past and the opportunities of the future at her introductory press conference.
