Teams | 8 |
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Finals site | |
Champions | Clarkson Golden Knights (3rd title) |
Runner-up | Colgate Raiders (1st title game) |
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Matt Desrosiers (3rd title) |
MOP | Shea Tiley (Clarkson) |
Attendance | 6,361 |
The 2018 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involves eight schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals will be played at the campuses of the seeded teams on Saturday, March 10, 2018. The Frozen Four will be played on March 16 and 18, 2018 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The University of Minnesota will host the tournament. This will be the fourth time that Ridder Arena will host the Frozen Four and the sixth time it has been played in Minneapolis. This will be the second year that the Big Ten Network will air the Championship Game live and the first year the semifinals will be aired live on BTN.
In the fourth 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. [1]
Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
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1 | Clarkson | ECAC | 33–4–1 | Tournament champion | 7th | 2017 |
2 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 30–4–2 | At-large bid | 12th | 2017 |
3 | Colgate | ECAC | 32–5–1 | At-large bid | 1st | Never |
4 | Boston College | Hockey East | 30–4–3 | At-large bid | 10th | 2017 |
Minnesota | WCHA | 24–10–3 | Tournament champion | 16th | 2017 | |
Ohio State | WCHA | 23–10–4 | At-large bid | 1st | Never | |
Northeastern | Hockey East | 19–16–3 | Tournament champion | 2nd | 2016 | |
Mercyhurst | CHA | 18–14–4 | Tournament champion | 12th | 2016 |
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Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams
National Quarterfinals March 10 | National Semifinals March 16 | National Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||
1 | Clarkson | 2* | ||||||||||||
Mercyhurst | 1 | |||||||||||||
1 | Clarkson | 1* | ||||||||||||
Ohio State | 0 | |||||||||||||
4 | Boston College | 0 | ||||||||||||
Ohio State | 2 | |||||||||||||
1 | Clarkson | 2* | ||||||||||||
3 | Colgate | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Wisconsin | 4 | ||||||||||||
Minnesota | 0 | |||||||||||||
2 | Wisconsin | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Colgate | 4** | ||||||||||||
3 | Colgate | 3 | ||||||||||||
Northeastern | 1 |
Championship Game Officials: Referee Scott Roth, Shane Paskey Linesmen: Mike Mueller, Glendon Seal
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
March 10 2:00 | Mercyhurst | 1–2 (OT) (0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–1) | Clarkson | Cheel Arena Attendance: 1,383 |
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Kennedy Blair | Goalies | Shea Tiley | Referees: Christopher Leavitt MacKenzie Williams Linesmen: John Mulroy Timothy Daley | ||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
28 | Shots | 32 |
March 10 2:00 | Ohio State | 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) | Boston College | Conte Forum Attendance: 796 |
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Kassidy Sauvé | Goalies | Kaitlin Burt | Referees: Katie Guay Derek Zuckerman Linesmen: Ryan Belhumeur Ryan Chauvin | |||||
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10 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||
41 | Shots | 38 |
March 10 2:07 | Minnesota | 0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1) | Wisconsin | LaBahn Arena Attendance: 2,423 |
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Sidney Peters | Goalies | Kristen Campbell | Referees: Scott Roth Robert Ludwig Linesmen: Glendon Seal Mike Mueller | |||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||
12 | Shots | 39 |
March 10 3:05 | Northeastern | 1–3 (0–0, 1–1, 0–2) | Colgate | Class of 1965 Arena Attendance: 1,373 |
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Aerin Frankel | Goalies | Julia Vandyk | Referees: Chris Katyl Todd Plouffe Linesmen: Jodi Place Mike Bontatibus | |||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 36 |
March 16 4:03 | Ohio State | 0–1 (OT) (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) | Clarkson | Ridder Arena |
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Kassidy Sauvé | Goalies | Shea Tiley | Referees: Chris Katyl Todd Plouffe Linesmen: Mike Bontatibus Jodi Price | ||
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8 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||
41 | Shots | 34 |
March 16 7:51 | Colgate | 4–3 (2OT) (1–0, 1–1, 1–2, 0–0, 1–0) | Wisconsin | Ridder Arena Attendance: 3,369 |
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Julia Vandyk | Goalies | Kristen Campbell | Referees: Chris Leavitt MacKenzie Williams Linesmen: Timothy Daley John Mulroy | ||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
March 18 2:03 | Colgate | 1–2 (OT) (0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1) | Clarkson | Ridder Arena Attendance: 2,992 |
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Julia Vandyk | Goalies | Shea Tiley | Referees: Scott Roth Robert Ludwig Linesmen: Mike Mueller Glendon Seal | ||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
28 | Shots | 37 |
Big Ten Network televised the semifinals and championship during their multi-year contract to carry the event. [3]
Women's Frozen Four and Championship
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