2019 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

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2019 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams8
Finals site
Champions Wisconsin Badgers  (5th title)
Runner-up Minnesota Golden Gophers  (9th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Mark Johnson  (5th title)
MOP Kristen Campbell (Wisconsin)
Attendance6,664, 3,423 for Championship Game

The 2019 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. The quarterfinals was played at the campuses of the seeded teams on Saturday, March 16, 2019. The Frozen Four was played on March 22 and 24, 2019 at People's United Center in Hamden, Connecticut. Quinnipiac University hosted the tournament, the second time that it and People's United Center hosted the Frozen Four. It was the third year that the Big Ten Network aired the championship game live and the second year the semifinals was aired live on BTN.

Contents

Qualifying teams

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Wisconsin
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Minnesota
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Northeastern
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Clarkson
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Boston College
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Cornell
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Princeton
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Syracuse
2019 Qualifying Teams
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In the fifth 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]

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 Wisconsin WCHA 32–4–2Tournament champion13th2018
2 Minnesota WCHA30–5–1At-large bid17th2018
3 Northeastern Hockey East 27–5–5Tournament champion3rd2018
4 Clarkson ECAC 29–7–2Tournament champion8th2018
Boston College Hockey East26–11–1At-large bid11th2018
Cornell ECAC23–5–6At-large bid7th2017
Princeton ECAC20–7–5At-large bid3rd2016
Syracuse CHA 13–21–3Tournament champion1stNever

Bracket

[2]
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals
March 16
National Semifinals
March 22
National Championship
March 24
         
1 Wisconsin4
Syracuse 0
1 Wisconsin5
4 Clarkson 0
4 Clarkson2*
Boston College 1
1 Wisconsin2
2 Minnesota 0
2 Minnesota5
Princeton 2
2 Minnesota2
Cornell 0
3 Northeastern 2
Cornell3*

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

Syracuse vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 16
2:07
Syracuse 0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)
Wisconsin LaBahn Arena
Attendance: 2,423
Game reference
Ady Cohen Goalies Kristen Campbell Referees:
Katie Guay
Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Delaney Harrop
Amanda Frederickson
0–122:33 – Pankowski (Clark, Mauermann)
0–232:19 – Pankowski (Clark)
0–342:16 – Roque
0–452:19 – Norby (Shaver, Rowe)
2 minPenalties6 min
15Shots47

Boston College vs. (4) Clarkson

March 16
3:00
Boston College 1–2 (OT)
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
Clarkson Cheel Arena
Attendance: 977
Game reference
Maddy MCArthur Goalies Kassidy Sauvé Referees:
Todd Plouffe
CJ Hallman
Linesmen:
Brian Kimmins
Kyle Walsh
Watts (Sommerfield) – 13:241–0
1–156:57 – Pozzebon (Vinkle)
1–274:38 – Giguère (Pejzlová, Keenan)
6 minPenalties2 min
36Shots30

Princeton vs. (2) Minnesota

March 16 Princeton 2–5
(1–2, 1–0, 0–3)
Minnesota Ridder Arena
Attendance: 2,079
Game reference
Stephanie Neatby Goalies Sydney Scobee
Fillier (Connors) – 5:261–0
1–17:12 – S. Potomak (A. Potomak, Pannek)
1–218:05 – A. Potomak (Pannek, S. Potomak)
Fillier (Bullock, Keopple) – 22:432–2
2–351:47 – Pannek (S. Potomak)
2–458:54 – S. Potomak
2–559:46 – Schammel (Williamson)
0 minPenalties2 min
26Shots39

Cornell vs. (3) Northeastern

March 16
1:00
Cornell 3–2 (OT)
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2, 1–0)
Northeastern Matthews Arena
Attendance: 1,401
Game reference
Marlène Boissonnault Goalies Aerin Frankel Referees:
Tom Quinn
Mackenzie Welter
Linesmen:
John Mulroy
Timothy Daley
Curlew (O'Neill, Graham) – 13:281–0
Graham (Facchinato, Slobodzian)pp – 19:282–0
2–149:32 – Pettey (Renner)
2–254:31 – Fontaine (Sullivan, Hobson)
Frechette (Buckley, Facchinato)3–2
10 minPenalties4 min
28Shots24

National Semifinals

Cornell vs. (2) Minnesota

March 22
4:01
Cornell 0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
Minnesota People's United Center
Attendance: 3,241
Game reference
Marlène Boissonnault Goalies Alex Gulstene Referees:
Todd Plouffe
CJ Hallman
Linesmen:
Kyle Walsh
Brian Kimmins
0–132:09 – ppSchammel (Oden, Knowles)
0–259:27 – Potomak
4 minPenalties4 min
15Shots27

(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 22
7:08
Clarkson 0–5
(0–0, 0–1, 0–4)
Wisconsin People's United Center
Attendance: 3,241
Game reference
Kassidy Sauvé Goalies Kristen Campbell Referee:
Tom Quinn
Linesmen:
MacKenzie Welter
John Mulroy
0–129:29 – Roque (Curl, Buchbinder)
0–250:52 – Cogan (Gardner, Clark)
0–353:47 – Pankowski (Cogan)
0–458:40 – Pankowski (Cogan)
0–559:05 – Norby (Shaver, Schneider)
2 minPenalties8 min
14Shots40

National Championship

(2) Minnesota vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 24
2:31
Minnesota 0–2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)
Wisconsin People's United Center
Attendance: 3,423
Game reference
Alex Gulstene Goalies Kristen Campbell Referees:
Katie Guay
Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Amanda Tassoni
Delaney Harrop
0–110:20 – Shaver (Norby, LaMantia)
0–229:15 – Pankowski (Roque)
2 minPenalties4 min
27Shots32

Media

Television

Big Ten Network televised the semifinals and championship during their multi-year contract to carry the event. [3] It would end up being the last time they carried the event as the 2020 tournament would go on to be canceled, and ESPN would purchase the rights beginning with 2021.

Broadcast assignments

Women's Frozen Four and Championship

  • Chris Vosters, Sonny Watrous, and Margaux Farrell (BTN)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player [4]

References

  1. "NC women's hockey championship bracket revealed, Wisconsin earns No. 1 seed in 2019 tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  3. "College hockey: Women's Frozen Four to air on Big Ten Network". NCAA.com. NCAA. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  4. "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.