2012 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament
Appearance
(Redirected from 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament)
Teams | 8 |
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Finals site | |
Champions | Minnesota Golden Gophers (3rd title) |
Runner-up | Wisconsin Badgers (6th title game) |
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Brad Frost (1st title) |
MOP | Noora Räty (Minnesota) |
The 2012 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play that determined the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The Frozen Four were hosted by the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minnesota.
Qualifying teams
[edit]The winners of the ECAC, WCHA, and Hockey East tournaments all received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other five teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.
Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
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1 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 31–4–2 | At-large bid | 7th | 2011 |
2 | Minnesota | WCHA | 31–5–2 | Tournament champion | 11th | 2011 |
3 | Cornell | ECAC | 29–4–0 | At-large bid | 2nd | 2011 |
4 | Boston College | Hockey East | 23–9–3 | At-large bid | 4th | 2011 |
St. Lawrence | ECAC | 24–9–4 | Tournament champion | 8th | 2009 | |
Boston University | Hockey East | 27–7–3 | Tournament champion | 3rd | 2011 | |
North Dakota | WCHA | 22–10–3 | At-large bid | 1st | ||
Mercyhurst | CHA | 23–7–3 | At-large bid | 8th | 2011 |
Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams
National Quarterfinals[1] March 10 | National Semifinals[1] March 16 | National Championship[1] March 18 | ||||||||||||
1 | Wisconsin | 3 | ||||||||||||
Mercyhurst | 1 | |||||||||||||
1 | Wisconsin | 6 | ||||||||||||
4 | Boston College | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Boston College | 6 | ||||||||||||
St. Lawrence | 3 | |||||||||||||
1 | Wisconsin | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 5 | ||||||||||||
North Dakota | 1 | |||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Cornell | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Cornell | 8*** | ||||||||||||
Boston University | 7 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
[edit]National Quarterfinals
[edit](1) Wisconsin vs. Mercyhurst
[edit]March 10 7:07 | Mercyhurst | 1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2) | Wisconsin | Kohl Center Attendance: 2,946 |
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Hillary Pattenden | Goalies | Alex Rigsby | Referee: Dan Lick Linesmen: Dave Lick Dan Fitzsimons | |||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 42 |
(4) Boston College vs. St. Lawrence
[edit]March 10 2:00 | St. Lawrence | 3–6 (0–1, 3–2, 0–3) | Boston College | Kelley Rink Attendance: 827 |
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Carmen MacDonald | Goalies | Corinne Boyles | Referee: Bill Doiron Linesmen: Julie Piacentini Chris Leavitt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 39 |
(2) Minnesota vs. North Dakota
[edit]March 10 4:00 | North Dakota | 1–5 (0–1, 0–3, 1–1) | Minnesota | Ridder Arena Attendance: 1,630 |
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Jorid Dagfinrud | Goalies | Noora Räty | Referees: Jay Mendel Robert Ludwig Linesmen: Dave Spivey Tom Jerome | |||||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 28 |
(3) Cornell vs. Boston University
[edit]March 10 2:00 | Boston University | 7–8 (3OT) (3–1, 1–4, 3–2, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) | Cornell | Lynah Rink Attendance: 2,143 |
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Kerrin Sperry | Goalies | Lauren Slebodnick | Referee: Bryan Hicks Linesmen: Cameron Lynch Andrew DiFusco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Shots | 66 |
National Semifinals
[edit](1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College
[edit]March 16 5:07 | Boston College | 2–6 (1–2, 0–2, 1–2) | Wisconsin | AMSOIL Arena Attendance: 1,388 |
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Corinne Boyles | Goalies | Alex Rigsby | Referees: Lynch/Hicks Lou DiFusco Linesman: Harrop | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 38 |
(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Cornell
[edit]March 16 8:07 | Cornell | 1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1) | Minnesota | AMSOIL Arena Attendance: 2,052 |
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Amanda Mazzotta | Goalies | Noora Räty | Referees: Doran/Diacentini Chris Leavitt Linesman: Briget Watkins | |||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 41 |
National Championship
[edit](1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota
[edit]March 18 3:07 | Minnesota | 4–2 (3–2, 0–0, 1–0) | Wisconsin | AMSOIL Arena Attendance: 2,439 |
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Noora Räty | Goalies | Alex Rigsby | Referees: Mendel/Luwig Tom Jerome Linesman: Dave Spivey | |||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 44 |
Tournament awards
[edit]- G: Noora Räty*, Minnesota,
- D: Megan Bozek, Minnesota,
- F: Sarah Erickson, Minnesota
- F: Amanda Kessel, Minnesota
- F: Carolyne Prévost, Wisconsin
- F: Brooke Ammerman, Wisconsin
See also
[edit]- 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
- 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
- 2012 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "2012 Women's Ice Hockey Tournament". NCAA. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ^ "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.