2021 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

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2021 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams8
Finals site
Champions Wisconsin Badgers  (6th title)
Runner-up Northeastern Huskies  (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Mark Johnson  (6th title)
MOPMakenna Webster (Wisconsin)
Attendance3,016, 778 for Championship Game

The 2021 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eight schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals were played at the Erie Insurance Arena on March 15 and 16, 2021, with the Frozen Four played on March 18 and 20, 2021 at Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania. Daryl Watts of the Wisconsin Badgers scored the tournament winning goal in a 2–1 overtime win against the Northeastern Huskies. [1]

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Qualifying teams

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Northeastern
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Wisconsin
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Ohio State
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Colgate
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Minnesota Duluth
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Boston College
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Providence
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Robert Morris
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2021 Qualifying Teams
ButtonRed.svg WCHA, ButtonBlue.svg ECAC, ButtonBlack.svg Hockey East, ButtonGreen.svg CHA

In the sixth 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.

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 Northeastern Hockey East 20–1–1Tournament champion5th2020
2 Wisconsin WCHA 12–3–1Tournament champion15th2020
3 Ohio State WCHA12–6At-large bid3rd2020
4 Colgate ECAC 15–6–1Tournament champion2nd2018
Minnesota Duluth WCHA11–6At-large bid12th2019
Boston College Hockey East14–5At-large bid12th2019
Providence Hockey East12–7–1At-large bid2nd2005
Robert Morris CHA 16–7–1Tournament champion2nd2017

Bracket

National Quarterfinals
March 15 & March 16 [2]
NCAA.com 		National Semifinals
March 18
ESPN3/ESPNU 		National Championship
March 20
ESPNU
         
1 Northeastern5
8 Robert Morris 1
1 Northeastern3*
5 Minnesota Duluth 2
4 Colgate 0
5 Minnesota Duluth1*
1 Northeastern 1
2Wisconsin2*
3 Ohio State3
6 Boston College 1
3 Ohio State 2
2 Wisconsin4
2 Wisconsin3
7 Providence 0

Note: each * denotes one overtime period

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Northeastern vs. Robert Morris

March 15
2:00		 Robert Morris 1–5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–2)		 Northeastern Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 378
Game reference
Raygan Kirk Goalies Aerin Frankel Referees:
Sarma Ozmen
Mike Kaehler
Linesmen:
Ron Laturi
Glen Hagberg
0–17:57 – Aurard (Müller)
0–228:18 – Fontaine (Aurard)
Curlett (Harley, Templeman) – pp – 39:031–2
1–339:56 – Müller (Fontaine, Murphy)
1–447:11 – Cipra
1–554:09 – Fontaine (Knoll, Renner)
2 minPenalties4 min
21Shots46

(2) Wisconsin vs. Providence

March 16
2:00		 Providence 0–3
0–1 / 0–0 / 0–2		 Wisconsin Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 217
Game reference
Sandra Abstreiter Goalies Kennedy Blair Referees:
James Visconte
Todd Plouffe
Linesmen:
Brian Kimmins
Michael Bontatibus
0–112:54 – Pettet (Bowlby, Curl)
0–243:35 – Shirley (Curl)
0–358:23 – pp, en – Shirley (Watts)
8 minPenalties2 min
12Shots44

(3) Ohio State vs. Boston College

March 16
7:00		 Ohio State 3–1
(0–1, 2–0, 1–0)		 Boston College Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 478
Game reference
Andrea Brändli Goalies Abbey Levy Referees:
Katy Guay
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Coby Mason
Ryan Chauvin
0–19:15 – Norcross (Bilka, Browne
Buglioni (Schepers, Skaggs) – pp – 36:331–1
Bink (Levis, Bizal) – 39:232–1
Rosenthal (Skaggs, Maltais) – 53:303–1
8 minPenalties8 min
13Shots48

(4) Colgate vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 15
7:00		 Minnesota Duluth 1–0 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 Colgate Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 487
Game reference
Emma Söderberg Goalies Kayle Osborne Referees:
Chelsea Rapin
Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Steven Saul
Evan Cook
66:39 – Bell 1–0
2 minPenalties
30Shots30

National Semifinals

(1) Northeastern vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 18 Minnesota Duluth 2–3 (OT)
(0–0, 2–0, 0–2, 0–1)		 Northeastern Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 299
Game reference
Emma Söderberg Goalies Aerin Frankel Referees:
Katie Guay
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Coby Munson
Ryan Chauvin
McMahon (Skinner, Van Wieren) – 30:031–0
Anderson (Klein, Flaherty) – 35:302–0
2–140:42 – pp – Murphy (Fontaine, Hobson)
2–245:30 – Knoll (Renner, Pettey)
2–379:33 – Fontaine
6 minPenalties2 min
28Shots47

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Ohio St.

March 18
12:00		 Ohio State 2–4
(0–1, 1–2, 1–1)		 Wisconsin Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 379
Game reference
Andrea Brändli Goalies Kennedy Blair Referees:
Chelsea Rapin
Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Steven Saul
Evan Cooke
0–101:19 – Webster – (O'Brien, Schneider)
0–201:58 – O'Brien (Schneider)
0–308:21 – Schneider (O'Brien, Webster)
Rosenthal (Brengman, Bizal) – 14:001–3
Säkkinen (Levis, Bink) – 07:552–3
2–419:46.1 – en – Watts
2 minPenalties6 min
39Shots23

National Championship

trophy received by Wisconsin 2021 NCAA women's ice hockey championship trophy IMG 6725.jpg
trophy received by Wisconsin

(1) Northeastern vs. (2) Wisconsin

March 20
7:30		 Wisconsin 2–1 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 Northeastern Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 778
Game reference
Kennedy Blair Goalies Aerin Frankel Referees:
Katie Guay
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Coby Munson
Ryan Chauvin
Webster (O'Brien) – 11:001–0
1–111:39 – Aurard (Müller, Hobson)
Watts (LaMantia) – 03:162–1
10 minPenalties2 min
37Shots25

Media

Television

ESPN had US television rights to the semifinals and national championship after entering into a multi-year contract to carry the event. [3] The Quarterfinals were streamed on ncaa.com while ESPNU and ESPN3 carried the Women's Frozen Four and Championship. [4]

Broadcast assignments

Quarterfinals

  • Scott Sudikoff and Kelly Schultz

Women's Frozen Four and Championship

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "N.S. player captains Wisconsin to NCAA women's hockey title". cbc.ca. March 20, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  3. ↑ Dilks, Chris (February 23, 2021). "ESPNU to Televise Women's Frozen Four". SB Nation. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ Skarka, Michael (February 23, 2021). "ESPN to Present the 2021 NCAA Women's Frozen Four Beginning March 18 as Part of New, Multi-Year Agreement". ESPN. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  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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