 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
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
[2]
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
National Quarterfinals
(1) Clarkson vs. Mercyhurst
| March 10 | Mercyhurst | 1 – 2 | OT | Clarkson | Cheel Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:39 – Brooke Hartwick – (Molly Blasen, Emma Nuutinen) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 5:30 – Michaela Pejzlova – (Savannah Harmon, Loren Gabel) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 16:52 – Elizabeth Giguere – (Michaela Pejzlova, Savannah Harmon) | ||||||
| Kennedy Blair (30 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Shea Tiley (27 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
(4) Boston College vs. Ohio State
| March 10 | Ohio State | 2 – 0 | Boston College | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 10:12 – Lauren Boyle – (Julianna Iafallo, Dani Sadek) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 15:43 – Maddy Field – (Julianna Iafallo) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kassidy Sauvé (38 saves / 38 shots) | Goalie stats | Katie Burt (39 saves / 41 shots) | ||||||
(2) Wisconsin vs. Minnesota
| March 10 | Minnesota | 0 – 4 | Wisconsin | LaBahn Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 10:08 – Presley Norby | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 6:20 – Abby Roque – (Maddie Rowe, Baylee Wellhausen) 6:39 – Abby Roque | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:09 – Claudia Kepler – (Abby Roque, Sam Cogan) | ||||||
| Sidney Peters (35 saves / 39 shots) | Goalie stats | Kristen Campbell (12 saves / 12 shots) | ||||||
(3) Colgate vs. Northeastern
| March 10 | Northeastern | 1 – 3 | Colgate | Class of 1965 Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 11:24 – Andrea Renner – (Lauren Kelly, Maddie Hartman) | Second period | 9:07 – Breanne Wilson Bennett– (Olivia Zafuto, Jessie Eldridge) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 1:37 – Olivia Zafuto – (Shelby Perry) 19:10 – Bailey Larson | ||||||
| Aerin Frankel (33 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Julia Vandyk (23 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
National Semifinals
(1) Clarkson vs. Ohio State
| March 16 | Ohio State | 0 – 1 | OT | Clarkson | Ridder Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 16:12 – Loren Gabel – (Michaela Pejzlova, Elizabeth Giguere) | ||||||
| Kassidy Sauvé (33 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Shea Tiley (41 saves / 41 shots) | ||||||
(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Colgate
| March 16 | Colgate | 4 – 3 | 2OT | Wisconsin | Ridder Arena | Recap | ||
| 16:43 – Breanne Wilson-Bennett – (Olivia Zafuto, Megan Sullivan) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:30 – Breanne Wilson-Bennett – (Megan Sullivan, Jessie Eldridge) | Second period | 6:22 – Baylee Wellhausen– (Abby Roque) | ||||||
| 14:13 – Jessie Eldridge– (Breanne Wilson-Bennett, Olivia Zafuto) | Third period | 6:37 – Claudia Kepler– (Maddie Rolfes, Sam Cogan) 16:36 – Mekenzie Steffen – (Grace Bowlby, Presley Norby) | ||||||
| 16:03 – Breanne Wilson-Bennett – (Shelby Perry, Lauren Wildfang) | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Julia Vandyk (45 saves / 48 shots) | Goalie stats | Kristen Campbell (20 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
National Championship
(1) Clarkson vs. (3) Colgate
| March 18 | Colgate | 1 – 2 | OT | Clarkson | Ridder Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 16:29 – Cassidy Vinkle – (Kelly Mariani) | ||||||
| 2:27 – Malia Schneider – (Olivia Zafuto, Breanne Wilson-Bennett) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 7:55 – Elizabeth Giguere | ||||||
| Julia Vandyk (35 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Shea Tiley (27 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
Media
Television
Big Ten Network televised the semifinals and championship during their multi-year contract to carry the event.[3]
Broadcast assignments
Women's Frozen Four and Championship
- Dan Kelly, Sonny Watrous, and Allison Hayes (BTN)
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- 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
- ↑ "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.