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)
Attendance17,750, 3,940 for Championship Game

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
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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
Quinnipiac 2
Penn State 2 1Ohio State5
Quinnipiac3***1Ohio State3
5 Northeastern 0
5Northeastern4
4 Yale 1
1 Ohio State 0
Wisconsin1
Minnesota Duluth 0
Clarkson 0 2Minnesota3
Minnesota Duluth22 Minnesota 2
Wisconsin3*
Wisconsin4
LIU 1 3 Colgate 2
Wisconsin9

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 1]
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 2]
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 – pp – Wheeler – (Harvey, Shirley)
1–535:46 – O'Brien – (Wheeler, Shirley)
1–638:47 – pp – Edwards – (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 3]
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 4]
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 5]
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 6]
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 7]
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 – pp – Rosenthal
1–236:00 – Bernard
1–348:08 – Peschel (Maltais, Levis)
1–454:45 – pp – Jaques (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 8]
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 9]
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

Trophy awarded to Wisconsin 2023 NCAA women's hockey trophy IMG 6723 (1).jpg
Trophy awarded to Wisconsin
March 19
3:00 pm		 Wisconsin 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 Ohio State AMSOIL Arena
Attendance: 3,940
[Game reference 10]
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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Haase, Nicole (December 16, 2021). "Division I Women's Hockey: NCAA approves immediate expansion of bracket; 11 teams to compete in 2022 National Championship tournament". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2024. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ "NCAA announces host site selections from 2022-23 to 2025-26". NCAA.com. October 19, 2020. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ "The NC women's hockey championship selection process, explained". NCAA.com. February 23, 2023. Archived from the original on March 1, 2024. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  4. ↑ "2023 NC Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  5. ↑ Stewart, Mark (March 20, 2023). "Wisconsin women's hockey blanks Ohio State to win its 7th national title". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Retrieved April 5, 2023.

Game references

  1. ↑ "Penn State Nittany Lions @ Quinnipiac Bobcats". GoBobcats.com. Quinnipiac University. March 9, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Wisconsin Badgers @ LIU Sharks". UWBadgers.com. University of Wisconsin–Madison. March 9, 2023. Archived from the original on December 27, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Clarkson Golden Knights @ Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs". ClarksonAthletics.com. Clarkson University. March 9, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Wisconsin Badgers @ Clarkson Golden Knights". UWBadgers.com. University of Wisconsin–Madison. March 11, 2023. Archived from the original on December 26, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs @ Minnesota Golden Gophers". GopherSports.com. University of Minnesota Athletics. March 11, 2023. Archived from the original on December 28, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Northeastern Huskies @ Yale Bulldogs". NUHuskies.com. Northeastern University. March 11, 2023. Archived from the original on December 27, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Quinnipiac Bobcats @ Ohio State Buckeyes". OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Ohio State University. March 11, 2023. Archived from the original on December 27, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Northeastern Huskies @ Ohio State Buckeyes". OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Ohio State University. March 17, 2023. Archived from the original on December 26, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Wisconsin Badgers @ Minnesota Golden Gophers". UWBadgers.com. University of Wisconsin–Madison. March 17, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Wisconsin Badgers @ Ohio State Buckeyes". UWBadgers.com. University of Wisconsin–Madison. March 19, 2023. Archived from the original on December 26, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
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