2023 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament

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2023 NCAA National Collegiate Women's
ice hockey tournament
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2023 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams11
Finals site
Champions Wisconsin Badgers  (7th title)
Runner-up Ohio State Buckeyes  (2nd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Mark Johnson  (7th title)
MOP Cami Kronish (Wisconsin)

The 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. This is the second year the tournament features an expanded field of 11 teams. [1] The first round and quarterfinals were played on the campuses of seeded teams on March 9 and 11, 2023, while the Frozen Four was played on March 17 and 19, 2023 at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minnesota. [2] The Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 1–0 to win their 7th national championship.

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Qualifying teams

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Ohio State
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Minnesota
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Colgate
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Yale
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Northeastern
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Quinnipiac
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Penn State
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Wisconsin
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LIU
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Minnesota Duluth
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Clarkson
2023 Qualifying Teams
ButtonRed.svg WCHA, ButtonBlue.svg ECAC, ButtonBlack.svg Hockey East, ButtonGreen.svg CHA, ButtonOrange.svg NEWHA

In the second year under this qualification format, the winners of all five Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. This is the first year the NEWHA received an automatic bid. The other six teams were selected at-large. The top five teams are then seeded. [3]

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 Ohio State WCHA 31–5–2At-large bid5th2022
2 Minnesota WCHA 29–5–3Tournament champion20th2022
3 Colgate ECAC 32–5–2Tournament champion4th2022
4 Yale ECAC 28–3–1At-large bid2nd2022
5 Northeastern Hockey East 33–2–1Tournament champion7th2022
Quinnipiac ECAC 29–9–0At-large bid4th2022
Penn State CHA 27–8–2Tournament champion1stNever
Wisconsin WCHA 25–10–2At-large bid17th2022
LIU NEWHA 20–13–3Tournament champion1stNever
Minnesota Duluth WCHA 25–9–3At-large bid14th2022
Clarkson ECAC 29–10–2At-large bid11th2022

Bids by state

BidsState(s)Schools
3New YorkClarkson, Colgate, LIU
2ConnecticutQuinnipiac, Yale
MinnesotaMinnesota, Minnesota Duluth
1MassachusettsNortheastern
OhioOhio State
PennsylvaniaPenn State
WisconsinWisconsin

Bracket

First Round
March 9 [4]
National Quarterfinals
March 11
National Semifinals
March 17
National Championship
March 19
8 Quinnipiac 2
10 Penn State 2 1Ohio State5
8Quinnipiac3***1Ohio State3
5 Northeastern 0
5Northeastern4
4 Yale 1
1 Ohio State 0
6Wisconsin1
7 Minnesota Duluth 0
9 Clarkson 0 2Minnesota3
7Minnesota Duluth22 Minnesota 2
6Wisconsin3*
6Wisconsin4
11 LIU 1 3 Colgate 2
6Wisconsin9

Note: each * denotes one overtime period

Results

First Round

Penn State vs. Quinnipiac

March 9
6:01 pm
Penn State 2–3 3OT
(0–1, 2–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Quinnipiac Ohio State University Ice Rink
Attendance: 402
Game reference
Josie Bothun Goalies Logan Angers Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Michael Kaehler
Linesmen:
Aaron Neville
Glendon Seal
0–14:57 – Maloney
Zanon(Wallin) – 33:311–1
Wallin – (Correia, MacKay)pp – 35:482–1
2–253:16 – Reilly(Cooper, Mobley)
2–3109:37 – Chantler(Mobley, Maloney)
6 minPenalties4 min
52Shots58

LIU vs. Wisconsin

March 9
6:00 pm
LIU 1–9
(0–3, 1–3, 0–3)
Wisconsin Class of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 227
Game reference
Tindra Holm Goalies Cami Kronish Referees:
Katie Guay
Laura White
Linesmen:
Michael Roberts
Colby Munson
0–113:17 – Harvey(Compher, Curl)
0–216:24 – Curl – (Compher, Jungels)
0–319:48 – Simms(Eden)
Rourke(Culp) – 23:081–3
1–428:13 – ppWheeler(Harvey, Shirley)
1–535:46 – O'Brien(Wheeler, Shirley)
1–638:47 – ppEdwards(Curl, Eden)
1–744:23 – Edwards – (Curl, O'Brien)
1–846:25 – pp – Jungels – (Harvey, Simms)
1–948:05 – Compher – (Edwards, Curl)
6 minPenalties2 min
7Shots59

Clarkson vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 10
6:00 pm
Clarkson 0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)
Minnesota Duluth Ridder Arena
Attendance: 342
Game reference
Michelle Pasiechnyk Goalies Emma Söderberg Referees:
Kelly Cooke
Chelsea Rapin
Linesmen:
Kaitlin Hayes
Laura Schmidlein
0–15:59 – Stewart(Krause, Hanley)
0–243:23 – pp – Stewart – (Anderson, Fuhrman)
24 minPenalties2 min
16Shots27

Quarterfinals

Wisconsin vs. (3) Colgate

March 11
3:00 pm
Wisconsin 4–2
(1–0, 1–1, 2–1)
Colgate Class of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 1,349
Game reference
Cami Kronish Goalies Hannah Murphy Referees:
Katie Guay
Laura White
Linesmen:
Michael Roberts
Coby Munson
LaMantia (Kronish) – 7:011–0
1–120:32 – Simpson (Brick, Gates)
O'Brien (Wheeler, Curl)pp – 35:312–1
Jungels (O'Brien) – 51:573–1
Edwards en – 58:164–1
4–259:50.3 – Kaltounková (Serdachny, Stewart)
10 minPenalties6 min
35Shots15

Minnesota Duluth vs. (2) Minnesota

March 11
2:00
Minnesota Duluth 0–3
(0–0, 0–1, 0–2)
Minnesota Ridder Arena
Attendance: 2,328
Game reference
Emma Söderberg Goalies Skylar Vetter Referees:
Kelly Cooke
Chelsea Rapin
Linesmen:
Kaitlin Hayes
Laura Schmidlein
0–130:39 – Wethington
0–243:22 – Murphy (Oden, Zumwinkle)
0–350:18 – Skaja (Wethington)
2 minPenalties0 min
30Shots30

(5) Northeastern vs. (4) Yale

March 11
3:00 pm
Northeastern 4–1
(0–0, 1–0, 3–1)
Yale Ingalls Rink
Attendance: 1,544
Game reference
Gwyneth Philips Goalies Pia Dukaric Referees:
William Jacques
Todd Plouffe
Linesmen:
Joshua Berenson
James Rogowski
Shannon (Irving) – 24:221–0
Aurard(Carter, Müller) – 2:272–0
Müller – (Aurard, Murphy) – 9:373–0
3–155:22 – Bargman (Ray, Hartje)
Murphy – sh, en – 19:20.64–1
4 minPenalties2 min
30Shots39

Quinnipiac vs. (1) Ohio State

March 11
5:01 pm
Quinnipiac 2–5
(1–0, 0–2, 1–3)
Ohio State Ohio State University Ice Rink
Attendance: 750
Game reference
Logan Angers Goalies Amanda Thiele Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Michael Kaehler
Linesmen:
Aaron Neville
Glendon Seal
Cooper (Mobley, Samoskevich)pp – 18:581–0
1–132:12 – ppRosenthal
1–236:00 – Bernard
1–348:08 – Peschel (Maltais, Levis)
1–454:45 – ppJaques (Webster, Gardiner)
Samoskevich (Cooper, Steigauf) – 56:242–4
2–559:31.2 – en – Jaques – (Gardiner)
6 minPenalties4 min
23Shots44

Semifinals

(5) Northeastern vs. (1) Ohio State

March 17
2:30 pm
Northeastern 0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)
Ohio State AMSOIL Arena
Attendance: 3,443
Game reference
Gwyneth Philips Goalies Amanda Thiele Referees:
Katie Guay
Laura White
Linesmen:
Colby Monsun
Michael Roberts
0–11:16 – Matthews(Hauswirth)
0–231:18 – Webster(Gardiner, Rosenthal)
0–338:44 – Hartmetz(Maltais, Levis)
2 minPenalties8 min
15Shots53

Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota

March 17
6:00 pm
Wisconsin 3–2 OT
(0–1, 0–0, 2–1, 1–0)
Minnesota AMSOIL Arena
Attendance: 3,425
Game reference
Cami Kronish Goalies Skylar Vetter Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Michael Kaehler
Linesmen:
Glendon Seal
Aaron Neville
0–13:23 – Heise (Oden, Boreen)
Edwards (Compher) – 6:321–1
Shirley (Wheeler) – 7:252–1
2–258:49 – Zumwinkle (Wethington, Heise)
Harvey (Compher, Curl) – 76:473–2
6 minPenalties4 min
38Shots39

Championship

Wisconsin vs. (1) Ohio State

March 19
3:00 pm
Wisconsin 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
Ohio State AMSOIL Arena
Attendance: 3,940
Game reference
Cami Kronish Goalies Amanda Thiele Referees:
Kelly Cooke
Chelsea Rapin
Linesmen:
Laura Schmidlein
Kaitlin Hayes
Simms (Enright) – 13:281–0
2 minPenalties6 min
22Shots31

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player [5]

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