I want to preface this by saying Cornell forward Izzy Daniel is a great hockey player. Phenomenal, even. Nothing I am about to say is an indictment of her as a player or person.
With that said, what just happened in Durham, New Hampshire this afternoon was a first-degree robbery.
The USA Hockey Foundation presented the 2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award for the best women’s collegiate hockey player on Saturday. Sitting in the Whittemore Center Lobby at the University of New Hampshire were three finalists: Wisconsin’s Kirsten Simms (So.) and Casey O’Brien (Sr.), and Cornell’s Izzy Daniel (Sr.