2024 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament

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2024 NCAA National Collegiate Women's
ice hockey tournament
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Teams11
Finals site
Champions Ohio State Buckeyes  (2nd title)
Runner-up Wisconsin Badgers  (11th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Nadine Muzerall  (2nd title)
MOPRaygan Kirk (Ohio State)

The 2024 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 was the third year the tournament features an expanded field of 11 teams. [1] The first round and quarterfinals were played on the campuses of the top 4 seeded teams on March 14 and 16, 2024, while the Frozen Four was played on March 22 and 24, 2024 at the Whittemore Center in Durham, New Hampshire. [2] The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 1–0 to claim their 2nd national championship. [3]

Contents

Qualifying teams

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Ohio State
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Wisconsin
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Colgate
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Clarkson
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Minnesota
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Cornell
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St. Lawrence
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Minnesota Duluth
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Connecticut
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Penn State
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Stonehill
2024 Qualifying Teams
ButtonRed.svg WCHA, ButtonBlue.svg ECAC, ButtonBlack.svg Hockey East, ButtonGreen.svg CHA, ButtonOrange.svg NEWHA

In the third year under this qualification format, the winners of all five Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other six teams were selected at-large.The top five teams are seeded. [4]

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 Ohio State WCHA 32–4–0At-large bid6th2023
2 Wisconsin WCHA33–5–0Tournament champion18th2023
3 Colgate ECAC 31–6–1Tournament champion5th2023
4 Clarkson ECAC32–4–2At-large bid12th2023
5 Minnesota WCHA27–9–2At-large bid21st2023
Cornell ECAC24–7–1At-large bid9th2020
St. Lawrence ECAC27–10–0At-large bid10th2017
Minnesota Duluth WCHA20–13–4At-large bid15th2023
Connecticut Hockey East 25–7–5Tournament champion1stNever
Penn State CHA 22–12–3Tournament champion2nd2023
Stonehill NEWHA 20–15–2Tournament champion1stNever

Bids by state

BidsState(s)Schools
4New YorkClarkson, Colgate, Cornell, St. Lawrence
2MinnesotaMinnesota, Minnesota-Duluth
1ConnecticutConnecticut
MassachusettsStonehill
OhioOhio State
PennsylvaniaPenn State
WisconsinWisconsin

Bracket

First Round
March 14 [5]
National Quarterfinals
March 16
National Semifinals
March 22
National Championship
March 24
8 Minnesota-Duluth 0
9 Connecticut 0 1Ohio State9
8Minnesota-Duluth1**1Ohio State4
4 Clarkson 1
5 Minnesota 2
4Clarkson3****
1Ohio State1
2 Wisconsin 0
6 Cornell 1
11 Stonehill 1 3Colgate3
6Cornell73 Colgate 1
2Wisconsin3
7 St. Lawrence 0
10 Penn State 0 2Wisconsin4
7St. Lawrence1*

Note: each * denotes one overtime period

Results

First Round

Connecticut vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 14, 2024
7:01 pm
Connecticut 0–1 2OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Minnesota Duluth The Ohio State University Ice Rink
Attendance: 314
Game reference
Tia Chan Goalies Ève Gascon Referees:
Amanda Tassoni
Paul Maciejewski
Linesmen:
Michael Roberts
Coby Munson
0–197:13 – Mannon McMahon (Wallin, Jobst-Smith)
4 minPenalties6 min
33Shots49

Stonehill vs. Cornell

March 14, 2024
7:00 pm
Stonehill 1–7
(0–1, 1–5, 0–1)
Cornell Class of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 215
Game reference
Eve Stone Goalies Annelies Bergmann Referees:
Nathan Shemo
Mackenzie McGuire
Linesmen:
Jodi Price
Mike Bontatibus
0–118:49 – Rud (Yu)
Petford (Feeney, Parker) – 25:401–1
1–226:21 – ppDwyer (Daniel)
1–330:01 – Regalado(Jockims)
1–433:10 – Guilday (MacEachern, Schiff)
1–533:37 – Daniel (Delianedis, MacEachern)
1–639:39 – Guilday (Daniel, Regalado)
1–740:41 – Van Gelder (Daniel, Prefontaine)
2 minPenalties0 min
12Shots55

Penn State vs. St. Lawrence

March 14, 2024 (2024-03-14)
7:00 pm
Penn State 0 – 1 OT
(0 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 1)
St. Lawrence LaBahn Arena
Attendance: 701
Game reference
Katie DeSa Goalies Emma-Sofie Nordstrøm Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Mike Kaehler
Linesmen:
Aaron Neville
Glendon Seal
0 – 169:35 – Bahl (Duscio, Segedi)
4 minPenalties2 min
36Shots44

Quarterfinals

(5) Minnesota vs. (4) Clarkson

March 16, 2024 (2024-03-16)
2:00 pm
Minnesota 2 – 3 4OT
(2–1, 0–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Clarkson Cheel Arena
Attendance: 2,041
Game reference
Lucy Morgan Goalies Michelle Pasiechnyk Referees:
Kelly Cooke
Courtney Drennon
Linesmen:
Evan Cooke
Laura Schmidlein
Bouveng(Murphy, Wethington) – 7:261–0
Huber(Bouveng, Murphy) – 8:472–0
2–116:27 – ppWinn(Guay, Gosling)
2–258:09 – Petrie(Guay, Winn)
2–3125:44 – pp – Petrie – (Gosling, Winn)
8 minPenalties8 min
63Shots56

Cornell vs. (3) Colgate

March 16, 2024 (2024-03-16)
2:00 pm
Cornell 1–3
(0–1, 1–0, 0–2)
Colgate Class of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 1,102
Game reference
Annelies Bergmann Goalies Kayle Osborne Referees:
Sarma Pone
Gui Bradshaw
Linesmen:
Doug Durgin
Sam Jerome
0–116:33 – Kaltounková – (Biederman)
1–1
1–255:49 – Simpson – (Biederman)
1–359:59 – en – Biederman
4 minPenalties2 min
20Shots34

St. Lawrence vs. (2) Wisconsin

March 16
2:00 pm
St. Lawrence 0–4
(0–1, 0–0, 0–3)
Wisconsin LaBahn Arena
Attendance: 2,273
Game reference
Emma-Sofie Nordstrøm Goalies Ava McNaughton Referees:
Chelsea Rapin
Dmitrii Antipin
Linesmen:
Kaitlin Hayes
Andrew Kirk
0–10:16 – O'Brien(Simms, Edwards)
0–244:24 – Wozniewicz(Potter, Picard)
0–347:52 – Edwards – (Simms, Potter)
0–450:54 – Edwards – (O'Brien, Simms)
6 minPenalties8 min
25Shots47

Minnesota Duluth vs. (1) Ohio State

March 16
4:01 pm
Minnesota Duluth 0–9
(0–3, 0–4, 0–2)
Ohio State Ohio State University Ice Rink
Attendance: 795
Game reference
Ève Gascon Goalies Raygan Kirk Referees:
Scott Prim
Alex Bergeron
Linesmen:
Jenny Cameron
Alex Walsh
0–10:22 – Amos(Markowski)
0–213:25 – Mobley(Bernard, Brengman)
0–315:53 – Bilka
0–420:29 – Bilka – (Dunne, Amos)
0–531:57 – ppHartmetz(Webster, Peschel)
0–632:48 – Baxter(Mobley, Barnes)
0–736:44 – Mobley – (Baxter)
0–844:29 – pp – Dunne – (Amos, Zanon)
0–954:46 – King(Barnes, Markowski)
5 minPenalties3 min
16Shots39

Semifinals

(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Ohio State

March 22
4:00 pm
Clarkson 1–4
(1–1, 0–0, 0–3)
Ohio State Whittemore Center
Game reference
Michelle Pasiechnyk Goalies Raygan Kirk Referees:
Kelly Cooke
Dmitrii Antpin
Linesmen:
Kaitlyn Hayes
Andrew Kirk
Cherkowski (McQuigge, Guay) – 2:251–0
1–113:53 – Webster (Buglioni)
1–253:12 – Matthews (Brengman, Webster))
1–357:00 – Dunne (Barnes, Gardiner)
1–458:06 – enHartmetz
2 minPenalties0 min
18Shots53

(3) Colgate vs. (2) Wisconsin

March 22
7:30
Colgate 1–3
(0–1, 0–0, 1–2)
Wisconsin Whittemore Center
Attendance: 3,553
Game reference
Kayle Osborne Goalies Ava McNaughton Referees:
Chelsea Rapin
Courtney Drennon
Linesmen:
Evan Cooke
Laura Schmidlein
0–111:00 – Simms(O'Brien, Edwards)
0–251:29 – Jungels(Curl, O'Brien)
Kaltounková(Brick, Greig) – 57:501–2
1–359:48 – en – Edwards
8 minPenalties10 min
26Shots21

Championship

(2) Wisconsin vs. (1) Ohio State

March 24
4:00
Wisconsin 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Ohio State Whittemore Center
Attendance: 4,378
Game reference
Ava McNaughton Goalies Raygan Kirk Referees:
Sarma Pone
Gui Bradshaw
Linesmen:
Glendon Seal
Aaron Neville
0–152:48 – Dunne(Bilka, Barnes)
0 minPenalties0 min
26Shots28

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player [3]

See also

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