2018 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament
 2018 Women's Frozen Four logo | |
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Clarkson Golden Knights (3rd title) |
| Runner-up | Colgate Raiders (1st title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Matt Desrosiers (3rd title) |
| MOP | Shea Tiley (Clarkson) |
| Attendance | 6,361 |
The 2018 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involves eight schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals will be played at the campuses of the seeded teams on Saturday, March 10, 2018. The Frozen Four will be played on March 16 and 18, 2018 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The University of Minnesota will host the tournament. This will be the fourth time that Ridder Arena will host the Frozen Four and the sixth time it has been played in Minneapolis. This will be the second year that the Big Ten Network will air the Championship Game live and the first year the semifinals will be aired live on BTN.
Qualifying teams
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In the fourth 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]
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clarkson | ECAC | 33–4–1 | Tournament champion | 7th | 2017 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 30–4–2 | At-large bid | 12th | 2017 |
| 3 | Colgate | ECAC | 32–5–1 | At-large bid | 1st | Never |
| 4 | Boston College | Hockey East | 30–4–3 | At-large bid | 10th | 2017 |
| Minnesota | WCHA | 24–10–3 | Tournament champion | 16th | 2017 | |
| Ohio State | WCHA | 23–10–4 | At-large bid | 1st | Never | |
| Northeastern | Hockey East | 19–16–3 | Tournament champion | 2nd | 2016 | |
| Mercyhurst | CHA | 18–14–4 | Tournament champion | 12th | 2016 |
Bracket
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Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams
| National Quarterfinals March 10 | National Semifinals March 16 | National Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Clarkson | 2* | ||||||||||||
| Mercyhurst | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Clarkson | 1* | ||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Boston College | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Clarkson | 2* | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Colgate | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Colgate | 4** | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Colgate | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 1 | |||||||||||||
Championship Game Officials: Referee Scott Roth, Shane Paskey Linesmen: Mike Mueller, Glendon Seal
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
[edit]National Quarterfinals
[edit](1) Clarkson vs. Mercyhurst
[edit]| March 10 2:00 | Mercyhurst | 1–2 (OT) (0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–1) | Clarkson | Cheel Arena Attendance: 1,383 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||
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| Kennedy Blair | Goalies | Shea Tiley | Referees: Christopher Leavitt MacKenzie Williams Linesmen: John Mulroy Timothy Daley | ||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
| 28 | Shots | 32 | |||||||||
(4) Boston College vs. Ohio State
[edit]| March 10 2:00 | Ohio State | 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) | Boston College | Conte Forum Attendance: 796 |
| Game reference | ||||||||
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| Kassidy Sauvé | Goalies | Kaitlin Burt | Referees: Katie Guay Derek Zuckerman Linesmen: Ryan Belhumeur Ryan Chauvin | |||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||
| 41 | Shots | 38 | ||||||
(2) Wisconsin vs. Minnesota
[edit]| March 10 2:07 | Minnesota | 0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1) | Wisconsin | LaBahn Arena Attendance: 2,423 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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| Sidney Peters | Goalies | Kristen Campbell | Referees: Scott Roth Robert Ludwig Linesmen: Glendon Seal Mike Mueller | |||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Shots | 39 | ||||||||||||
(3) Colgate vs. Northeastern
[edit]| March 10 3:05 | Northeastern | 1–3 (0–0, 1–1, 0–2) | Colgate | Class of 1965 Arena Attendance: 1,373 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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| Aerin Frankel | Goalies | Julia Vandyk | Referees: Chris Katyl Todd Plouffe Linesmen: Jodi Place Mike Bontatibus | |||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Shots | 36 | ||||||||||||
National Semifinals
[edit](1) Clarkson vs. Ohio State
[edit]| March 16 4:03 | Ohio State | 0–1 (OT) (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) | Clarkson | Ridder Arena |
| Game reference | |||||
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| Kassidy Sauvé | Goalies | Shea Tiley | Referees: Chris Katyl Todd Plouffe Linesmen: Mike Bontatibus Jodi Price | ||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||
| 41 | Shots | 34 | |||
(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Colgate
[edit]| March 16 7:51 | Colgate | 4–3 (2OT) (1–0, 1–1, 1–2, 0–0, 1–0) | Wisconsin | Ridder Arena Attendance: 3,369 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Julia Vandyk | Goalies | Kristen Campbell | Referees: Chris Leavitt MacKenzie Williams Linesmen: Timothy Daley John Mulroy | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Shots | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||
National Championship
[edit](1) Clarkson vs. (3) Colgate
[edit]| March 18 2:03 | Colgate | 1–2 (OT) (0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1) | Clarkson | Ridder Arena Attendance: 2,992 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||
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| Julia Vandyk | Goalies | Shea Tiley | Referees: Scott Roth Robert Ludwig Linesmen: Mike Mueller Glendon Seal | ||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
| 28 | Shots | 37 | |||||||||
Media
[edit]Television
[edit]Big Ten Network televised the semifinals and championship during their multi-year contract to carry the event.[3]
Broadcast assignments
[edit]Women's Frozen Four and Championship
- Dan Kelly, Sonny Watrous, and Allison Hayes (BTN)
Tournament awards
[edit]- G: Shea Tiley*, Clarkson
- D: Savannah Harmon, Clarkson
- D: Olivia Zafuto, Colgate
- F: Loren Gabel, Clarkson
- F: Élizabeth Giguère, Clarkson
- F: Breanne Wilson-Bennett, Colgate
References
[edit]- ^ "Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ "College hockey: Women's Frozen Four to air on Big Ten Network". NCAA.com. NCAA. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "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.