2012 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

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2012 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams8
Finals site
Champions Minnesota Golden Gophers  (3rd title)
Runner-up Wisconsin Badgers  (6th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Brad Frost  (1st title)
MOP Noora Räty (Minnesota)
Attendance13,425, 2,439 for Championship Game

The 2012 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 were hosted by the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minnesota.

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Qualifying teams

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Wisconsin
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Minnesota
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Cornell
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Boston College
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St. Lawrence
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Boston University
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North Dakota
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Mercyhurst
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2012 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 31–4–2At-large bid7th2011
2 Minnesota WCHA31–5–2Tournament champion11th2011
3 Cornell ECAC 29–4–0At-large bid2nd2011
4 Boston College Hockey East 23–9–3At-large bid4th2011
St. Lawrence ECAC24–9–4Tournament champion8th2009
Boston University Hockey East27–7–3Tournament champion3rd2011
North Dakota WCHA22–10–3At-large bid1st
Mercyhurst CHA 23–7–3At-large bid8th2011

Bracket

Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals [1]
March 10 		National Semifinals [1]
March 16 		National Championship [1]
March 18
         
1 Wisconsin3
Mercyhurst 1
1 Wisconsin6
4 Boston College 2
4 Boston College6
St. Lawrence 3
1 Wisconsin 2
2 Minnesota4
2 Minnesota5
North Dakota 1
2 Minnesota3
3 Cornell 1
3 Cornell8***
Boston University 7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Mercyhurst

March 10
7:07		 Mercyhurst 1–3
(0–1, 1–0, 0–2)		 Wisconsin Kohl Center
Attendance: 2,946
Game reference
Hillary Pattenden Goalies Alex Rigsby Referee:
Dan Lick
Linesmen:
Dave Lick
Dan Fitzsimons
0–111:48 – Prevost (Decker)
Steadman (Zgoda, Cicero) – 39:201–1
1–251:18 – sh – Knight (Prevost)
1–358:45 – en – Decker (Haverstock)
10 minPenalties10 min
29Shots42

(4) Boston College vs. St. Lawrence

March 10
2:00		 St. Lawrence 3–6
(0–1, 3–2, 0–3)		 Boston College Kelley Rink
Attendance: 827
Game reference
Carmen MacDonald Goalies Corinne Boyles Referee:
Bill Doiron
Linesmen:
Julie Piacentini
Chris Leavitt
0–116:30 – sh – Carpenter (Field)
Emard (Smith, Sabatine) – 20:201–1
Ng (Emond) – 20:402–1
Williams (Habscheid, Desrochers) – pp – 23:333–1
3–231:00 – pp – Field (Mangene, Burns)
3–339:49 – Bolden (Restuccia)
3–442:23 – Welch
3–555:47 – Wasylk (Motherwell, Restuccia)
3–659:28 – en – Motherwell (Bolden)
8 minPenalties6 min
31Shots39

(2) Minnesota vs. North Dakota

March 10
4:00		 North Dakota 1–5
(0–1, 0–3, 1–1)		 Minnesota Ridder Arena
Attendance: 1,630
Game reference
Jorid Dagfinrud Goalies Noora Räty Referees:
Jay Mendel
Robert Ludwig
Linesmen:
Dave Spivey
Tom Jerome
0–11:28 – West (Davis)
0–223:44 – Davis (Erickson, Seeler)
0–330:06 – sh – Kessel
0–436:40 – pp – Erickson (Kessel, Schoullis)
0–543:40 – Schoullis (Erickson, West)
Karvinen (Jakobsen, Lamoureux-Kolls) – pp – 46:071–5
16 minPenalties16 min
29Shots28

(3) Cornell vs. Boston University

March 10
2:00		 Boston University 7–8 (3OT)
(3–1, 1–4, 3–2, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 Cornell Lynah Rink
Attendance: 2,143
Game reference
Kerrin Sperry Goalies Lauren Slebodnick Referee:
Bryan Hicks
Linesmen:
Cameron Lynch
Andrew DiFusco
Poulin (Menard, Tutino) – 4:351–0
Tutino (Wakefield, Cardella) – 5:092–0
Boucher (Poulin, Tutino) – 16:453–0
3–119:15 – Campbell
3–220:10 – pp – Johnston (Saulnier, Jenner)
3–323:31 – Johnston (Saulnier, Gagliardi)
3–424:14 – Fortino (Saulnier, Jenner)
Poulin (Warren) – 35:014–4
4–536:08 – Jenner (Johnston, Young)
4–640:18 – Johnston
4–746:19 – pp – Jenner (Johnston, Young)
Menard (Watchorn, Wakefield) – pp – 49:125–7
Wakefield (Watchorn, Menard) – pp – 51:066–7
Tutino (Watchorn, Poulin) – pp – 58:037–7
7–8119:50 – Rougeau (Campbell)
20 minPenalties16 min
47Shots66

National Semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College

March 16
5:07		 Boston College 2–6
(1–2, 0–2, 1–2)		 Wisconsin AMSOIL Arena
Attendance: 1,388
Game reference
Corinne Boyles Goalies Alex Rigsby Referees:
Lynch/Hicks
Lou DiFusco
Linesman:
Harrop
Field (Bolden) – 0:571–0
1–16:44 – Ammerman (Packer, Brickner)
1–213:47 – sh – Prevost
1–321:34 – Knight (Packer, Kelter)
1–437:21 – Ammerman (Jaminski, Rigsby)
1–547:46 – Ammerman (Prevost, Decker)
Carpenter (Restuccia, Bolden) – pp – 49:542–5
2–656:23 – pp – Knight (Decker)
14 minPenalties14 min
24Shots38

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Cornell

March 16
8:07		 Cornell 1–3
(0–2, 1–0, 0–1)		 Minnesota AMSOIL Arena
Attendance: 2,052
Game reference
Amanda Mazzotta Goalies Noora Räty Referees:
Doran/Diacentini
Chris Leavitt
Linesman:
Briget Watkins
0–117:16 – pp – Kessel (Erickson, Schleper)
0–218:29 – pp – Bozek (Schoullis, Kessel)
Gagliardi (Saulnier) – pp – 31:401–2
1–359:26 – en – West (Kessel, Ramsey)
12 minPenalties6 min
21Shots41

National Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota

March 18
3:07		 Minnesota 4–2
(3–2, 0–0, 1–0)		 Wisconsin AMSOIL Arena
Attendance: 2,439
Game reference
Noora Räty Goalies Alex Rigsby Referees:
Mendel/Luwig
Tom Jerome
Linesman:
Dave Spivey
Kessel (Gillanders) – 8:451–0
Erickson (Davis, West) – 11:232–0
2–114:03 – pp – McKeough (Knight, Ammerman)
2–215:43 – Ammerman (Prevost)
West – 18:283–2
Erickson (Seeler) – 43:574–2
10 minPenalties4 min
25Shots44

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player [2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2012 Women's Ice Hockey Tournament". NCAA. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ "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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