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
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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 – sh – Jenner
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 – pp – Ammerman (Decker, Duggan)
Bolden – pp – 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 – pp – Ammerman (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

  1. ↑ "Hockey news". Archived from the original on September 22, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  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.
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