2024 WCHA women's ice hockey tournament

2024 WCHA Women's ice hockey tournament
2024 WCHA Women's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 1 – March 9, 2024
Teams	8
Finals site	Ridder Arena; Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions	Wisconsin (10th title)
Winning coach	Mark Johnson (10th title)
MVP	Casey O'Brien (Wisconsin)
	WCHA Women's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 WCHA Ice Hockey Tournament was the 25th edition of the WCHA Tournament. It was played between March 1 and March 9, 2024. It was hosted by the University of Minnesota at Ridder Arena. As the tournament winner, Wisconsin earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament.

Format

The tournament includes all eight teams in the conference. Teams are ranked according to their finish in the conference standings. All quarterfinal games are best two of three and are played at the highest seed's home sites, and starting with the semifinals, single-elimination played at Ridder Arena. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament.^[1]

Standings

2023–24 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference										Overall
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SOW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Ohio State †	28	26	2	0	2	0	0	78	140	37	39	35	4	0	201	51
#2 Wisconsin *	28	23	5	0	2	1	0	69	124	43	41	35	6	0	205	62
#5 Minnesota	28	19	7	1	1	2	2	62	92	60	39	27	10	2	135	80
#7 Minnesota Duluth	28	15	11	2	0	0	0	47	64	47	39	21	14	4	89	66
#10 St. Cloud State	28	12	14	2	0	1	0	40	60	59	34	17	17	2	78	69
Minnesota State	28	6	22	0	1	2	0	19	52	94	38	13	25	0	97	120
St. Thomas	28	4	23	1	0	0	1	11	39	120	37	10	26	1	74	150
Bemidji State	28	3	24	1	0	0	0	10	33	144	36	4	30	2	42	181
Championship: March 9, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 24, 2023

Bracket

Quarterfinals March 1-3					Semifinals March 8			Championship March 9

8	Bemidji State	1	0	—

1	Ohio State	10	8	—
					1	Ohio State	6

					4	Minnesota Duluth	0
5	St. Cloud State	0	0	—

4	Minnesota Duluth	5	2	—
								1	Ohio State	3

								2	Wisconsin	6
7	St. Thomas	2	1	—

2	Wisconsin	4	9	—
					2	Wisconsin	4

					3	Minnesota	3
6	Minnesota State	5	1	0

3	Minnesota	4	7	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Quarterfinals

(8) Bemidji State at (1) Ohio State

March 1, 2024
5:00 PM

Bemidji State

1–10
(0–3, 1–4, 0–3)

Ohio State

Ohio State University Ice Rink, Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 709

Game reference

Eva Filippova

Goalies

Raygan Kirk

Referees:
Gui Bradshaw
Craig Hedlud
Linesmen:
Tyler Iffland
Tim Katrinak

	0–1	3:39 – Barnes (Markowski, Bilka)
	0–2	5:44 – Dunne (Mobley, Matthews)
	0–3	5:48 – Baxter
Dronen – 24:27	1–3
	1–4	25:33 – Hartmetz
	1–5	28:38 – Buglioni (Peschel)
	1–6	35:08 – Bilka (Hartmetz, Barnes)
	1–7	35:40 – Amos (Markowski, Webster)
	1–8	40:51 – Gardiner
	1–9	44:23 – Buglioni (Zanon, Gardiner)
	1–10	51:35 – Barnes (Markowski, Matthews)

2 min

Penalties

4 min

13

Shots

62

March 2, 2024
2:00 PM

Bemidji State

0–8
(0–3, 0–3, 0–2)

Ohio State

Ohio State University Ice Rink, Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 714

Game reference

Abbie Thompson

Goalies

Raygan Kirk

Referees:
Gui Bradshaw
Craig Hedlud
Linesmen:
Tyler Iffland
Tim Katrinak

	0–1	1:13 – Gardiner (Zanon)
	0–2	3:49 – Bernard (Zanon, Buglioni)
	0–3	11:23 – pp – Buglioni (Barnes, Zanon)
	0–4	32:15 – Matthews (Dunne, Webster)
	0–5	33:10 – Dunne (Mobley, Bernard)
	0–6	34:46 – pp – Baxter (Dunne, Gardiner)
	0–7	46:09 – Bilka (Webster)
	0–8	57:16 – Gardiner (Hartmetz)

8 min

Penalties

2 min

9

Shots

62

(7) St. Thomas at (2) Wisconsin

March 1, 2024
6:00 PM

St. Thomas

2–4
(0–0, 1–2, 1–2)

Wisconsin

LaBahn Arena, Madison, Wisconsin
Attendance: 2,192

Game reference

Calla Frank

Goalies

Jane Gervais

Referees:
Sarma Pone
Chris Brinkley
Linesmen:
Dan Kassis
Brenda Reinen

	0–1	0:49 – Simms (O'Brien, Harvey)
	0–2	11:43 – Eden (Potter, Curl)
Stenslie – 33:15	1–2
	1–3	50:05 – Simms (Wilgren, Curl)
Stenslie (Parent) – 53:00	2–3
	2–4	53:45 – Curl (Simms, O'Brien)

0 min

Penalties

4 min

13

Shots

31

March 2, 2024
4:00 PM

St. Thomas

1–9
(0–1, 0–4, 1–4)

Wisconsin

LaBahn Arena, Madison, Wisconsin
Attendance: 2,273

Game reference

Olivia King

Goalies

Ava McNaughton

Referees:
Sarma Pone
Chris Brinkley
Linesmen:
Dan Kassi
Brenda Reinen

	0–1	10:41 – Curl (Simms, O'Brien)
	0–2	21:35 – Eden (L. Edwards, C. Edwards)
	0–3	25:34 – O'Brien (Simms)
	0–4	26:58 – Wilgren (C. Edwards, Eden)
	0–5	28:49 – Jungels (Curl, O'Brien)
	0–6	40:06 – Curl
Jurgensen (Zavoral, Cooper) – 44:40	1–6
	1–7	48:25 – L. Edwards (Harvey, Gorbatenko)
	1–8	55:43 – Kotlowski (Wheeler, Picard)
	1–9	56:41 – O'Brien (Curl, Simms)

0 min

Penalties

0 min

14

Shots

60

(6) Minnesota State at (3) Minnesota

March 1, 2024
6:00 PM

Minnesota State

5–4
(0–1, 2–1, 3–2)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 1,069

Game reference

Hailey Hansen

Goalies

Skylar Vetter

Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Mike Kaehler
Linesmen:
Doug Durgin
Sam Jerome

	0–1	4:57 – O'Hara (M. Wethington, A. Wethington)
	0–2	11:00 – Huber (Wethington, Bouveng)
Bobyck (Paddington, Vekich) – 31:17	1–2
Nelson (Van Batavia, Vekich) – 38:13	2–2
Mashuga – 42:20	3–2
	3–3	45:31 – Huber (Bouveng, Murphy)
Nelson (Mashuga) – 49:04	4–3
	4–4	53:21 – Huber (Murphy)
Van Batavia (Akervik, Nelson) – 58:22	5–4

2 min

Penalties

4 min

28

Shots

29

March 2, 2024
3:00 PM

Minnesota State

1–7
(1–5, 0–2, 0–0)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 1,226

Game reference

Hailey Hansen

Goalies

Lucy Morgan

Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Mike Kaehler
Linesmen:
Doug Durgin
Sam Jerome

	0–1	4:24 – Bouveng (Huber)
	0–2	9:12 – Huber (Murphy, Stewart)
	0–3	11:02 – Bouveng (Murphy)
Langseth (Tuttle, Otremba) – pp – 14:14	1–3
	1–4	15:40 – M. Wethington (Huber, Bouveng)
	1–5	17:24 – pp – Murphy (Bouveng, Hemp)
	1–6	20:18 – Murphy (Bouveng, M. Wethington)
	1–7	36:03 – Kaiser (M. Wethington, Stewart)

14 min

Penalties

9 min

18

Shots

39

March 3, 2024
3:00 PM

Minnesota State

0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 1,106

Game reference

Suzette Faucher

Goalies

Lucy Morgan

Referees:
Mike Kaehler
Robert Ludwig
Linesmen:
Doug Durgin
Sam Jerome

	0–1	2:33 – Huber (Bouveng, Murphy)
	0–2	54:58 – Bouveng (Kaiser, Murphy)
	0–3	57:00 – Bouveng (Laitinen)

4 min

Penalties

0 min

11

Shots

36

(5) St. Cloud State at (4) Minnesota-Duluth

March 1, 2024
4:00 PM

St. Cloud State

0–5
(0–0, 0–2, 0–3)

Minnesota-Duluth

AMSOIL Arena, Duluth, Minnesota
Attendance: 527

Game reference

Sanni Ahola

Goalies

Hailey MacLeod

Referees:
Scott Roth
Duncan Ryhorchuk
Linesmen:
Glendon Seal
Aaron Neville

	0–1	22:38 – Hunt (Baskin, Wallin)
	0–2	29:53 – pp – O'Brien (McMahon, Hunt)
	0–3	44:30 – pp – Van Wieren (Hunt, McMahon)
	0–4	54:04 – Wallin (Hunt, Henderson)
	0–5	57:28 – Karlsson (Hunt, Van Wieren)

6 min

Penalties

6 min

20

Shots

39

March 2, 2024
3:00 PM

St. Cloud State

0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Minnesota-Duluth

AMSOIL Arena, Duluth, Minnesota
Attendance: 1,113

Game reference

Jojo Chobak

Goalies

Ève Gascon

Referees:
Scott Roth
Duncan Ryhorchuk
Linesmen:
Glendon Seal
Aaron Neville

	0–1	36:15 – McMahon (Sadura, Bergström)
	0–2	40:25 – McMahon (Sadura)

2 min

Penalties

6 min

27

Shots

23

Tournament Awards

All-Tournament Team

F: Casey O'Brien* (Wisconsin)^[2]
F: Laila Edwards (Wisconsin)
F: Kirsten Simms (Wisconsin)
D: Caroline Harvey (Wisconsin)
D: Emma Peschel (Ohio State)
G: Ava McNaughton (Wisconsin)

* Most Outstanding Player

References

^ "WCHA Notebook: First round of WCHA playoffs set for Mar. 1–3". WCHA.com. February 28, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
^ "2024 Kwik Trip WCHA Final Faceoff All-Tournament Team". WCHA.com. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2024.

[1] "WCHA Notebook: First round of WCHA playoffs set for Mar. 1–3". WCHA.com. February 28, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.

[2] "2024 Kwik Trip WCHA Final Faceoff All-Tournament Team". WCHA.com. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2024.

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