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2019 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

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2019 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsWisconsin Badgers (5th title)
Runner-upMinnesota Golden Gophers (9th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMark Johnson (5th title)
MOPKristen Campbell (Wisconsin)

The 2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals was played at the campuses of the seeded teams on Saturday, March 16, 2019. The Frozen Four was played on March 22 and 24, 2019 at People's United Center in Hamden, Connecticut. Quinnipiac University hosted the tournament, the second time that it and People's United Center hosted the Frozen Four. It was the third year that the Big Ten Network aired the championship game live and the second year the semifinals was aired live on BTN.

Qualifying teams

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2019 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament is located in USA Midwest and Northeast
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Minnesota
Northeastern
Northeastern
Clarkson
Clarkson
Boston College
Boston College
Cornell
Cornell
Princeton
Princeton
Syracuse
Syracuse
2019 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

In the fifth 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 Wisconsin WCHA 32–4–2 Tournament champion 13th 2018
2 Minnesota WCHA 30–5–1 At-large bid 17th 2018
3 Northeastern Hockey East 27–5–5 Tournament champion 3rd 2018
4 Clarkson ECAC 29–7–2 Tournament champion 8th 2018
Boston College Hockey East 26–11–1 At-large bid 11th 2018
Cornell ECAC 23–5–6 At-large bid 7th 2017
Princeton ECAC 20–7–5 At-large bid 3rd 2016
Syracuse CHA 13–21–3 Tournament champion 1st Never

Bracket

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[2]
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals
March 16
National Semifinals
March 22
National Championship
March 24
         
1 Wisconsin 4
Syracuse 0
1 Wisconsin 5
4 Clarkson 0
4 Clarkson 2*
Boston College 1
1 Wisconsin 2
2 Minnesota 0
2 Minnesota 5
Princeton 2
2 Minnesota 2
Cornell 0
3 Northeastern 2
Cornell 3*

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

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National Quarterfinals

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Syracuse vs. (1) Wisconsin

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March 16
2:07
Syracuse0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)
WisconsinLaBahn Arena
Attendance: 2,423
Game reference
Ady CohenGoaliesKristen CampbellReferees:
Katie Guay
Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Delaney Harrop
Amanda Frederickson
0–122:33 – Pankowski (Clark, Mauermann)
0–232:19 – Pankowski (Clark)
0–342:16 – Roque
0–452:19 – Norby (Shaver, Rowe)
2 minPenalties6 min
15Shots47

Boston College vs. (4) Clarkson

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March 16
3:00
Boston College1–2 (OT)
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
ClarksonCheel Arena
Attendance: 977
Game reference
Maddy MCArthurGoaliesKassidy SauvéReferees:
Todd Plouffe
CJ Hallman
Linesmen:
Brian Kimmins
Kyle Walsh
Watts (Sommerfield) – 13:241–0
1–156:57 – Pozzebon (Vinkle)
1–274:38 – Giguère (Pejzlová, Keenan)
6 minPenalties2 min
36Shots30

Princeton vs. (2) Minnesota

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March 16Princeton2–5
(1–2, 1–0, 0–3)
MinnesotaRidder Arena
Attendance: 2,079
Game reference
Stephanie NeatbyGoaliesSydney Scobee
Fillier (Connors) – 5:261–0
1–17:12 – S. Potomak (A. Potomak, Pannek)
1–218:05 – A. Potomak (Pannek, S. Potomak)
Fillier (Bullock, Keopple) – 22:432–2
2–351:47 – Pannek (S. Potomak)
2–458:54 – S. Potomak
2–559:46 – Schammel (Williamson)
0 minPenalties2 min
26Shots39

Cornell vs. (3) Northeastern

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March 16
1:00
Cornell3–2 (OT)
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2, 1–0)
NortheasternMatthews Arena
Attendance: 1,401
Game reference
Marlène BoissonnaultGoaliesAerin FrankelReferees:
Tom Quinn
Mackenzie Welter
Linesmen:
John Mulroy
Timothy Daley
Curlew (O'Neill, Graham) – 13:281–0
Graham (Facchinato, Slobodzian)pp – 19:282–0
2–149:32 – Pettey (Renner)
2–254:31 – Fontaine (Sullivan, Hobson)
Frechette (Buckley, Facchinato)3–2
10 minPenalties4 min
28Shots24

National Semifinals

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Cornell vs. (2) Minnesota

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March 22
4:01
Cornell0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
MinnesotaPeople's United Center
Attendance: 3,241
Game reference
Marlène BoissonnaultGoaliesAlex GulsteneReferees:
Todd Plouffe
CJ Hallman
Linesmen:
Kyle Walsh
Brian Kimmins
0–132:09 – ppSchammel (Oden, Knowles)
0–259:27 – Potomak
4 minPenalties4 min
15Shots27

(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Wisconsin

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March 22
7:08
Clarkson0–5
(0–0, 0–1, 0–4)
WisconsinPeople's United Center
Attendance: 3,241
Game reference
Kassidy SauvéGoaliesKristen CampbellReferee:
Tom Quinn
Linesmen:
MacKenzie Welter
John Mulroy
0–129:29 – Roque (Curl, Buchbinder)
0–250:52 – Cogan (Gardner, Clark)
0–353:47 – Pankowski (Cogan)
0–458:40 – Pankowski (Cogan)
0–559:05 – Norby (Shaver, Schneider)
2 minPenalties8 min
14Shots40

National Championship

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(2) Minnesota vs. (1) Wisconsin

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March 24
2:31
Minnesota0–2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)
WisconsinPeople's United Center
Attendance: 3,423
Game reference
Alex GulsteneGoaliesKristen CampbellReferees:
Katie Guay
Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Amanda Tassoni
Delaney Harrop
0–110:20 – Shaver (Norby, LaMantia)
0–229:15 – Pankowski (Roque)
2 minPenalties4 min
27Shots32

Media

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Television

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Big Ten Network televised the semifinals and championship during their multi-year contract to carry the event.[3] It would end up being the last time they carried the event as the 2020 tournament would go on to be canceled, and ESPN would purchase the rights beginning with 2021.

Broadcast assignments

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Women's Frozen Four and Championship

  • Chris Vosters, Sonny Watrous, and Margaux Farrell (BTN)

Tournament awards

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* Most Outstanding Player[4]

References

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  1. ^ "NC women's hockey championship bracket revealed, Wisconsin earns No. 1 seed in 2019 tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "College hockey: Women's Frozen Four to air on Big Ten Network". NCAA.com. NCAA. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  4. ^ "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.