2023 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament

The 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. This is the second year the tournament features an expanded field of 11 teams.[1] The first round and quarterfinals were played on the campuses of seeded teams on March 9 and 11, 2023, while the Frozen Four was be played on March 17 and 19, 2023 at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minnesota.[2] The Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 1–0 to win their 7th national championship.

2023 NCAA Women's National Collegiate
ice hockey tournament
2023 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams11
Finals site
ChampionsWisconsin Badgers (7th title)
Runner-upOhio State Buckeyes (2nd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMark Johnson (7th title)
MOPCami Kronish (Wisconsin)

Qualifying teams

In the second year under this qualification format, the winners of all five Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. This is the first year the NEWHA received an automatic bid. The other six teams were selected at-large. The top five teams are then seeded.[3]

Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Ohio State WCHA 31–5–2 At-large bid 5th 2022
2 Minnesota WCHA 29–5–3 Tournament champion 20th 2022
3 Colgate ECAC 32–5–2 Tournament champion 4th 2022
4 Yale ECAC 28–3–1 At-large bid 2nd 2022
5 Northeastern Hockey East 33–2–1 Tournament champion 7th 2022
Quinnipiac ECAC 29–9–0 At-large bid 4th 2022
Penn State CHA 27–8–2 Tournament champion 1st Never
Wisconsin WCHA 25–10–2 At-large bid 17th 2022
LIU NEWHA 20–13–3 Tournament champion 1st Never
Minnesota Duluth WCHA 25–9–3 At-large bid 14th 2022
Clarkson ECAC 29–10–2 At-large bid 11th 2022

Bids by state

Bids State(s) Schools
3 New York Clarkson, Colgate, LIU
2 Connecticut Quinnipiac, Yale
Minnesota Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth
1 Massachusetts Northeastern
Ohio Ohio State
Pennsylvania Penn State
Wisconsin Wisconsin

Bracket

First Round
March 9[4]
National Quarterfinals
March 11
National Semifinals
March 17
National Championship
March 19
8 Quinnipiac 2
10 Penn State 2 1 Ohio State 5
8 Quinnipiac 3*** 1 Ohio State 3
5 Northeastern 0
5 Northeastern 4
4 Yale 1
1 Ohio State 0
6 Wisconsin 1
7 Minnesota Duluth 0
9 Clarkson 0 2 Minnesota 3
7 Minnesota Duluth 2 2 Minnesota 2
6 Wisconsin 3*
6 Wisconsin 4
11 LIU 1 3 Colgate 2
6 Wisconsin 9

Note: each * denotes one overtime period

Results

Penn State vs. Quinnipiac

March 9 Penn State 2 – 3 3OT Quinnipiac The Ohio State University Ice Rink Recap  
No scoring First period 4:57 – Shay Maloney – (Unassisted)
Kiara Zanon(Olivia Wallin) – 13:31
Olivia Wallin – (Courtney Correia, Eleri MacKay)pp – 15:48
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 13:16 – Kate Reilly – (Kendall Cooper, Olivia Mobley)
No scoring Third overtime period 9:37 – Madison Chantler – (Olivia Mobley, Shay Maloney)
Josie Bothun (55 saves / 58 shots) Goalie stats Logan Angers (50 saves / 52 shots)

LIU vs. Wisconsin

March 9 LIU 1 – 9 Wisconsin Class of 1965 Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 13:17 – Caroline Harvey(Jesse Compher, Britta Curl)
16:24 – Britta Curl – (Jesse Compher, Vivian Jungels)
19:48 – Kirsten Simms – (Lacey Eden)
Sarah Rourke – (Maggie Culp) – 3:08 Second period 8:13 – pp – Maddi Wheeler – (Caroline Harvey, Sophie Shirley)
15:46 – Casey O'Brien – (Maddi Wheeler, Sophie Shirley)
18:47 – pp – Lalia Edwards – (Britta Curl, Lacey Eden)
No scoring Third period 4:23 – Lalia Edwards – (Britta Curl, Casey O'Brien)
6:25 – pp – Vivian Jungels – (Caroline Harvey, Kirsten Simms)
8:05 – Jesse Compher – (Laila Edwards, Britta Curl)
Tindra Holm (50 saves / 59 shots) Goalie stats Cami Kronish (6 saves / 7 shots)

Clarkson vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 10 Clarkson 0 – 2 Minnesota Duluth AMSOIL Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 5:59 – Taylor Stewart – (Gabby Krause, Kylie Hanley)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 3:23 – pp – Taylor Stewart – (Taylor Anderson, Brenna Fuhrman)
Michelle Pasiechnyk (25 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Emma Söderberg (16 saves / 16 shots)

Wisconsin vs. (3) Colgate

March 11 Wisconsin 4 – 2 Colgate Class of 1965 Arena Recap  
Nicole LaMantia – (Cami Kronish) – 7:01 First period No scoring
Casey O'Brien – (Maddi Wheeler, Britta Curl)pp – 15:31 Second period 0:32 – Allyson Simpson – (Neena Brick, Tanner Gates)
Vivian Jungels – (Casey O'Brien) – 11:57
Laila Edwards – en – 18:16
Third period 19:50.3 – Kristýna Kaltounková – (Danielle Serdachny, Sara Stewart)
Cami Kronish (13 saves / 13 shots) Goalie stats Hannah Murphy (31 saves / 35 shots)

Minnesota Duluth vs. (2) Minnesota

March 11 Minnesota Duluth 0 – 3 Minnesota Ridder Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 9:21 – Madeline Wethington
No scoring Third period 3:22 – Abbey Murphy(Emily Oden, Grace Zumwinkle)
10:18 – Catie Skaja– (Madeline Wethington)
Emma Söderberg (27 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Skylar Vetter (30 saves / 30 shots)

(5) Northeastern vs. (4) Yale

March 11 Northeastern 4 – 1 Yale Ingalls Rink Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Lily Shannon – (Skylar Irving) – 4:22 Second period No scoring
Chloe Aurard(Megan Carter, Alina Mueller) – 2:27
Alina Mueller – (Chloe Aurard, Maureen Murphy) – 9:37
Maureen Murphy – sh, en – 19:20.6
Third period 15:22 – Anna Bargman – (Jordan Ray, Elle Hartje)
Gwyneth Philips (38 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Pia Dukarič (26 saves / 30 shots)

Quinnipiac vs. (1) Ohio State

March 11 Quinnipiac 2 – 5 Ohio State The Ohio State University Ice Rink Recap  
Kendall Cooper – (Olivia Mobley, Maddy Samoskevich) – "pp" – 18:58 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 12:12 – "pp" – Gabby Rosenthal
16:00 – Lauren Bernard
Maddy Samoskevich – (Kendall Cooper, Nina Steigauf) – 16:24 Third period 8:08 – Emma Peschel – (Emma Maltais, Paetyn Levis)
14:45 – "pp" – Sophie Jaques(Makenna Webster, Jennifer Gardiner)
19:31.2 – "en" – Sophie Jaques – (Jennifer Gardiner)
Logan Angers (39 saves / 44 shots) Goalie stats Amanda Thiele (21 saves / 23 shots)

(5) Northeastern vs. (1) Ohio State

March 17 Northeastern 0 – 3 Ohio State AMSOIL Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 1:16 – Sloane Matthews – (Kenzie Hauswirth)
No scoring Second period 11:18 – Makenna Webster – (Jennifer Gardiner, Gabby Rosenthal)
18:44 – Hadley Hartmetz – (Emma Maltais, Paetyn Levis)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Gwyneth Philips (50 saves / 53 shots) Goalie stats Amanda Thiele (15 saves / 15 shots)

Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota

March 17 Wisconsin 3 – 2 OT Minnesota AMSOIL Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 3:23 – Taylor Heise(Emily Oden, Abigail Boreen)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Laila Edwards – (Jesse Compher) – 6:32
Sophie Shirley(Maddi Wheeler) – 7:25
Third period 18:49 – Grace Zumwinkle(Madeline Wethington, Taylor Heise)
Caroline Harvey(Jesse Compher, Britta Curl) – 16:47 First overtime period No scoring
Cami Kronish (37 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Skylar Vetter (35 saves / 38 shots)

Wisconsin vs. (1) Ohio State

March 19 Wisconsin 1 – 0 Ohio State AMSOIL Arena  
Kirsten Simms – (Claire Enright) – 13:28 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Cami Kronish (31 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Amanda Thiele (21 saves / 22 shots)

See also

References

  1. Haase, Nicole (December 16, 2021). "Division I Women's Hockey: NCAA approves immediate expansion of bracket; 11 teams to compete in 2022 National Championship tournament". USCHO.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. "NCAA announces host site selections from 2022-23 to 2025-26". NCAA.com. October 19, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  3. "The NC women's hockey championship selection process, explained". NCAA.com. February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  4. "2023 NC Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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