2011 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

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2011 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams8
Finals site
Champions Wisconsin Badgers  (4th title)
Runner-up Boston University Terriers  (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Mark Johnson  (4th title)
MOP(Tie) Meghan Duggan [1] and Hilary Knight (Wisconsin Badgers)
Attendance17,850, 3,965 for Championship Game

The 2011 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play that determined the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The Frozen Four was hosted by Mercyhurst College at Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania. [2]

Contents

Qualifying teams

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Wisconsin
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Cornell
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Boston University
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Boston College
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Minnesota
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Mercyhurst
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Dartmouth
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Minnesota Duluth
2011 Qualifying Teams
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The winners of the ECAC, WCHA, and Hockey East tournaments all received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other five teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 Wisconsin WCHA 34–2–2Tournament champion6th2009
2 Cornell ECAC 30–2–1Tournament champion2nd2010
3 Boston University Hockey East 25–6–4At-large bid2nd2010
4 Boston College Hockey East 23–6–6Tournament champion3rd2009
Minnesota WCHA26–9–2At-large bid9th2010
Mercyhurst CHA 29–5–0At-large bid7th2010
Dartmouth ECAC22–11–0At-large bid8th2009
Minnesota Duluth WCHA22–7–3At-large bid10th2010

Bracket

Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals
March 12
National Semifinals
March 19
National Championship
March 20
         
1 Wisconsin2
Minnesota–Duluth 1
1 Wisconsin3
4 Boston College 2
4 Boston College4
Minnesota 1
1 Wisconsin4
3 Boston University 1
2 Cornell7
Dartmouth 1
2 Cornell 1
3 Boston University4
3 Boston University4
Mercyhurst 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 12 Minnesota Duluth 1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)
Wisconsin Kohl Center
Attendance: 4,006
Game reference
Kim Martin Goalies Alex Rigsby
Wong (Irwin, Fridfinnson) – 19:311–0
1–13:06 – Knight (McKeough, Ammerman)
1–27:34 – Duggan (Knight, Decker)
6 minPenalties6 min
30Shots40

(4) Boston College vs. Minnesota

March 12
1:00
Minnesota 1–4
(0–4, 1–0, 0–0)
Boston College Conte Forum
Attendance: 583
Game reference
Noora Räty Goalies Molly Schaus
0–10:24 – Motherwell (Kurth)
0–22:45 – Bizzari (Restuccia)
0–38:16 – Stack (Motherwell, Bolden)
0–413:50 – Stack (Motherwell, Welch)
Erickson (Kessel, Bozek)pp – 51:451–4
8 minPenalties2 min
32Shots28

(2) Cornell vs. Dartmouth

Mar 12
2:00
Dartmouth 1–7
(1–2, 0–2, 0–3)
Cornell Lynah Rink
Attendance: 1,565
Game reference
Lindsay Holdcroft Goalies Amanda Mazzotta Referees:
Dan Murphy
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Andrew DiFusco
Stephan Drain
0–114:15 – shJenner
Dumais (Sharp, Kliman)pp – 15:271–1
1–215:58 – Ogilvie (Overguard)
1–327:09 – White (Hughes, Young)
1–429:14 – Fortino (White, Karpenko)
1–544:01 – Karpenko (Johnston, White)
1–647:53 – pp – Karpenko (Fortino, Rougeau)
1–755:02 – pp – Johnston (Overguard, Jenner)
10 minPenalties8 min
21Shots26

(3) Boston University vs. Mercyhurst

March 12
3:00
Mercyhurst 2–4
(1–1, 0–1, 1–2)
Boston University Walter Brown Arena
Attendance: 718
Game reference
Hillary Pattenden Goalies Kerrin Sperry Referees:
Bill Doiron
Julie Piacentini
Linesmen:
Chris Leavitt
Tim Kerrigan
0–111:52 – Wakefield (Kirchner, Boucher)
Agosta (Scanzano, Watt) – 16:031–1
1–228:16 – Poulin (Kohanchu, Cardella)
Agosta – pp – 49:062–2
2–350:56 – Cardella (Watchorn, Miller)
2–459:48 – en – Wakefield
2 minPenalties6 min
32Shots22

National Semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College

March 18
4:00
Boston College 2–3
(0–2, 1–0, 1–1)
Wisconsin Tullio Arena
Attendance: 3,482
Game reference
Molly Schaus Goalies Alex Rigsby Referee:
Dan Murphy
Linesmen:
Derek Zuckerman
Andrew DiFusco
0–14:23 – Duggan (Knight, Deluce)
0–211:58 – ppAmmerman (Decker, Duggan)
Boldenpp – 28:391–2
Wasylk – 51:232–2
2–359:12 – Decker (Duggan, Knight)
14 minPenalties10 min
25Shots46

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Boston University

March 18
8:00
Boston University 4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)
Cornell Tullio Arena
Attendance: 3,531
Game reference
Kerrin Sperry Goalies Amanda Mazzotta Referees:
Dan Lick
Chris Perrault
Linesmen:
Tom Jerome
Dave Spivey
0–15:29 – Overguard (Johnston, Young)
Ward (Poulin, Miller) – 10:371–1
Kirchner (Miller, Holze) – 37:472–1
Kohanchuk (Wakefield) – 38:373–1
Lorms (Kohanchuk, Boucher)en – 57:204–1
6 minPenalties6 min
31Shots15

National Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (3) Boston University

March 20
2:00
Boston University 1–4
(0–0, 1–2, 0–2)
Wisconsin Tullio Arena
Attendance: 3,965
Game reference
Kerrin Sperry Goalies Alex Rigsby Referee:
Julie Piacentini
Linesmen:
Dan Lick
Tim Kerrigan
0–122:25 – Prevost (Kelter, McKeough)
0–235:36 – ppAmmerman (Decker, Duggan)
Poulin – 36:001–2
1–356:37 – Deluce (Knight)
1–459:42 – en – Prevost
6 minPenalties2 min
16Shots36

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s) [5]

References

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  2. "Championship Sites For 2010 And 2011 Released". NCAA. Retrieved April 1, 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "No. 3 Terriers Fall to No. 1 Wisconsin, 4-1, in National Championship Game - Official Website of the Boston University Department of Athletics". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  4. "National champion Badgers bring home fourth crown! - UWBadgers.com - The Official Web Site of the Wisconsin Badgers". Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  5. "NCAA Women's Frozen Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. March 19, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.