2017 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

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2017 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
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2017 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams8
Finals site
Champions Clarkson Golden Knights  (2nd title)
Runner-up Wisconsin Badgers  (7th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Matt Desrosiers  (2nd title)
MOP Cayley Mercer (Clarkson)
Attendance5,778, 3,016 for Championship Game

The 2017 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey.

Contents

The quarterfinals were contested at the campuses of the seeded teams on March 11, 2017. The Frozen Four was played on March 17 and 19, 2017 at Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri with Lindenwood University as the host. [1]

The tournament was won by Clarkson with a 3–0 win over Wisconsin , giving the Golden Knights their second title in program history.

Qualifying teams

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Wisconsin
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Clarkson
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Minnesota Duluth
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Boston College
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St. Lawrence
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Minnesota
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Cornell
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Robert Morris
2017 Qualifying Teams
ButtonRed.svg WCHA, ButtonBlue.svg ECAC, ButtonBlack.svg Hockey East, ButtonGreen.svg CHA

In the third year under this qualification format, the winners of all four Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament.

The other four teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals. [2]

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 Wisconsin WCHA 31–2–4Tournament champion11th2016
2 Clarkson ECAC 29–4–5Tournament champion6th2016
3 Minnesota Duluth WCHA25–6–5At-large bid11th2011
4 Boston College Hockey East 27–5–5Tournament champion9th2016
St. Lawrence ECAC26–5–4At-large bid9th2012
Minnesota WCHA25–7–5At-large bid15th2016
Cornell ECAC20–8–5At-large bid6th2014
Robert Morris CHA 24–4–6Tournament champion1stNever

Bracket

[1]
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals
March 11
National Semifinals
March 17
National Championship
March 19
         
1 Wisconsin7
Robert Morris 0
1 Wisconsin1
4 Boston College 0
4 Boston College6
St. Lawrence 0
1 Wisconsin 0
2 Clarkson3
2 Clarkson3
Cornell 1
2 Clarkson4
Minnesota 3
3 Minnesota–Duluth 0
Minnesota1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Robert Morris

March 11
2:07
Robert Morris 0–7
(0–2, 0–4, 0–1)
Wisconsin LaBahn Arena
Attendance: 2,423
Game reference
Jessica Dodds
Lauren Bailey
Goalies Ann-Renée Desbiens Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Shaqne Paskey
Linesmen:
Ron Laituri
Josh Brown
0–11:48 – Steffen (Wellhausen, Williams)
0–213:43 – Nurse (Pankowski, Ryan)
0–327:26 – Wellhausen (Shaver, Steffen)
0–428:34 – Rolfes (Nurse)
0–533:27 – pp –Pankowski – (Nurse, Steffen)
0–638:16 – Clark
0–756:35 – Clark – (Norby)
8 minPenalties8 min
22Shots49

(4) Boston College vs. St. Lawrence

March 11
1:00
St. Lawrence 0–6
(0–1, 0–4, 0–1)
Boston College Conte Forum
Attendance: 674
Game reference
Grace Harrison
Sonjia Shelly
Goalies Kaitlin Burt Referees:
Katie Guay
William Harrup
Linesmen:
Peter Terreri
James Curtin
0–118:36 – Kent (Newkirk, Flanagan)
0–221:51 – Capizzano (Lonergan, Belinskas)
0–325:56 – Anastos (Kent, Flanagan)
0–434:54 – McLean (Little)
0–539:58 – Keller (McLean)
0–649:49 – Newkirk (Kent, Anastos)
10 minPenalties6 min
24Shots28

(2) Clarkson vs. Cornell

March 11
3:00
Cornell 1–3
(0–1, 0–0, 1–2)
Clarkson Cheel Arena
Attendance: 1,266
Game reference
Paula Voorheis Goalies Shea Tiley Referees:
Tom Quinn
Rick Santilli
Linesmen:
Paul Sacco
Tim Daly
0–112:25 – ppGabel (Shelton, Harmon)
0–258:21 – Gabel (Mercer, Bannon)
Serdar (Bourbonnais, Bunton) – 58:331–2
1–359:32 – Gabel (Bannon, Shelton)
12 minPenalties2 min
23Shots37

(3) Minnesota-Duluth vs. Minnesota

March 11
2:30
Minnesota 1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Minnesota Duluth AMSOIL Arena
Attendance: 1,549
Game reference
Sidney Peters Goalies Maddie Rooney Referees:
Scott Roth
Casey Enge
Linesmen:
Mike Kaehler
Glendon Seal
47:54 – Marshall (Pannek, Potomak)1–0
2 minPenalties4 min
29Shots25

National Semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College

March 17
5:00
Boston College 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Wisconsin Family Arena
Game reference
Kaitlin Burt Goalies Ann-Renée Desbiens Referees:
Katie Guay
Will Harrop
Linesmen:
Jim Curtin
Brandon Vigorito
0–119:43 – Channell (Pankowski, Roque)
8 minPenalties6 min
22Shots36

(2) Clarkson vs. Minnesota

March 17
8:05
Minnesota 3–4
(1–1, 1–1, 1–2)
Clarkson Family Arena
Attendance: 2,762
Game reference
Sidney Peters Goalies Shea Tiley Referees:
Tom Quinn
Rick Santilli
Linesmen:
Paul Sacco
Tim Daley
0–112:55 – Bannon (Harmon, Shelton)
Schipper (Reilly) – 17:541–1
1–231:21 – Gabel (Bannon, Mercer)
Potomak (Pannek, Baldwin) – 39:002–2
2–344:58 – Harmon (McGill, Titus)
Skarzynski (Agnew) – 54:573–3
3–458:29 – McGill (Mercer, Bannon)
2 minPenalties0 min
31Shots25

National Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Clarkson

March 19
2:03
Clarkson 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
Wisconsin Family Arena
Attendance: 3,016
Game reference
Shea Tiley Goalies Ann-Renée Desbiens Referees:
Tom Quinn
Rick Santilli
Linesmen:
Tim Daley
Paul Sacco
Harmon (Bannon, Shelton)pp – 20:271–0
Mercer (Gabel, Bannon) – 56:562–0
Mercer – 59:163–0
4 minPenalties6 min
20Shots41

Media

Television

An agreement with the Big Ten Network resulted in the championship game being televised for the first time since 2010. [3] [4] [5]

Broadcast assignments

Women's Frozen Four

  • Scott Sudikoff (NCAA.com)

Championship

  • Dan Kelly, Sonny Watrous, and Sara Dayley (BTN)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  2. "Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  3. "College hockey: Women's Frozen Four to air on Big Ten Network". NCAA.com. NCAA. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  4. "White's OT Gamewinner Propels Cornell Into National Title Game". CornellBigRed.com. Cornell Athletics. March 19, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  5. "Duggan leads Badgers to 3-2 win over Eagles, national title game Sunday". UWBaders.com. Wisconsin Athletics. March 18, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  6. "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.