2021 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

2021 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	8
Finals site	Erie Insurance Arena; Erie, Pennsylvania;
Champions	Wisconsin Badgers (6th title)
Runner-up	Northeastern Huskies (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Ohio State Buckeyes (2nd Frozen Four); Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (9th Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Mark Johnson (6th title)
MOP	Makenna Webster (Wisconsin)
	← 2020 ; NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments; 2022 →;

The 2021 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eight schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals were played at the Erie Insurance Arena on March 15 and 16, 2021, with the Frozen Four played on March 18 and 20, 2021 at Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania. Daryl Watts of the Wisconsin Badgers scored the tournament winning goal in a 2–1 overtime win against the Northeastern Huskies.^[1]

Qualifying teams

Northeastern

Wisconsin

Ohio State

Colgate

Minnesota Duluth

Boston College

Providence

Robert Morris

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2021 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

In the sixth 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.

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Northeastern	Hockey East	20–1–1	Tournament champion	5th	2020
2	Wisconsin	WCHA	12–3–1	Tournament champion	15th	2020
3	Ohio State	WCHA	12–6	At-large bid	3rd	2020
4	Colgate	ECAC	15–6–1	Tournament champion	2nd	2018
	Minnesota Duluth	WCHA	11–6	At-large bid	12th	2019
	Boston College	Hockey East	14–5	At-large bid	12th	2019
	Providence	Hockey East	12–7–1	At-large bid	2nd	2005
	Robert Morris	CHA	16–7–1	Tournament champion	2nd	2017

Bracket

National Quarterfinals March 15 & March 16^[2] NCAA.com			National Semifinals March 18 ESPN3/ESPNU			National Championship March 20 ESPNU

1	Northeastern	5

8	Robert Morris	1
			1	Northeastern	3*

			5	Minnesota Duluth	2
4	Colgate	0

5	Minnesota Duluth	1*
						1	Northeastern	1

						2	Wisconsin	2*
3	Ohio State	3

6	Boston College	1
			3	Ohio State	2

			2	Wisconsin	4
2	Wisconsin	3

7	Providence	0

Note: each * denotes one overtime period

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Northeastern vs. Robert Morris

March 15
2:00

Robert Morris

1–5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Northeastern

Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 378

Game reference

Raygan Kirk

Goalies

Aerin Frankel

Referees:
Sarma Ozmen
Mike Kaehler
Linesmen:
Ron Laturi
Glen Hagberg

	0–1	7:57 – Aurard (Müller)
	0–2	28:18 – Fontaine (Aurard)
Curlett (Harley, Templeman) – pp – 39:03	1–2
	1–3	39:56 – Müller (Fontaine, Murphy)
	1–4	47:11 – Cipra
	1–5	54:09 – Fontaine (Knoll, Renner)

2 min

Penalties

4 min

21

Shots

46

(2) Wisconsin vs. Providence

March 16
2:00

Providence

0–3
0–1 / 0–0 / 0–2

Wisconsin

Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 217

Game reference

Sandra Abstreiter

Goalies

Kennedy Blair

Referees:
James Visconte
Todd Plouffe
Linesmen:
Brian Kimmins
Michael Bontatibus

	0–1	12:54 – Pettet (Bowlby, Curl)
	0–2	43:35 – Shirley (Curl)
	0–3	58:23 – pp, en – Shirley (Watts)

8 min

Penalties

2 min

12

Shots

44

(3) Ohio State vs. Boston College

March 16
7:00

Ohio State

3–1
(0–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Boston College

Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 478

Game reference

Andrea Brändli

Goalies

Abbey Levy

Referees:
Katy Guay
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Coby Mason
Ryan Chauvin

	0–1	9:15 – Norcross (Bilka, Browne
Buglioni (Schepers, Skaggs) – pp – 36:33	1–1
Bink (Levis, Bizal) – 39:23	2–1
Rosenthal (Skaggs, Maltais) – 53:30	3–1

8 min

Penalties

8 min

13

Shots

48

(4) Colgate vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 15
7:00

Minnesota Duluth

1–0 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Colgate

Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 487

Game reference

Emma Söderberg

Goalies

Kayle Osborne

Referees:
Chelsea Rapin
Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Steven Saul
Evan Cook

66:39 – Bell

1–0

2 min

Penalties

30

Shots

30

National Semifinals

(1) Northeastern vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 18

Minnesota Duluth

2–3 (OT)
(0–0, 2–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Northeastern

Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 299

Game reference

Emma Söderberg

Goalies

Aerin Frankel

Referees:
Katie Guay
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Coby Munson
Ryan Chauvin

McMahon (Skinner, Van Wieren) – 30:03	1–0
Anderson (Klein, Flaherty) – 35:30	2–0
	2–1	40:42 – pp – Murphy (Fontaine, Hobson)
	2–2	45:30 – Knoll (Renner, Pettey)
	2–3	79:33 – Fontaine

6 min

Penalties

2 min

28

Shots

47

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Ohio St.

March 18
12:00

Ohio State

2–4
(0–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Wisconsin

Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 379

Game reference

Andrea Brändli

Goalies

Kennedy Blair

Referees:
Chelsea Rapin
Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Steven Saul
Evan Cooke

	0–1	01:19 – Webster – (O'Brien, Schneider)
	0–2	01:58 – O'Brien (Schneider)
	0–3	08:21 – Schneider (O'Brien, Webster)
Rosenthal (Brengman, Bizal) – 14:00	1–3
Säkkinen (Levis, Bink) – 07:55	2–3
	2–4	19:46.1 – en – Watts

2 min

Penalties

6 min

39

Shots

23

National Championship

(1) Northeastern vs. (2) Wisconsin

March 20
7:30

Wisconsin

2–1 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Northeastern

Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 778

Game reference

Kennedy Blair

Goalies

Aerin Frankel

Referees:
Katie Guay
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Coby Munson
Ryan Chauvin

Webster (O'Brien) – 11:00	1–0
	1–1	11:39 – Aurard (Müller, Hobson)
Watts (LaMantia) – 03:16	2–1

10 min

Penalties

2 min

37

Shots

25

Media

Television

ESPN had US television rights to the semifinals and national championship after entering into a multi-year contract to carry the event.^[3] The Quarterfinals were streamed on ncaa.com while ESPNU and ESPN3 carried the Women's Frozen Four and Championship.^[4]

Broadcast assignments

Quarterfinals

Scott Sudikoff and Kelly Schultz

Women's Frozen Four and Championship

Clay Matvick and A. J. Mleczko

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

G: Aerin Frankel, Northeastern
D: Ashton Bell, Minnesota Duluth
D: Skylar Fontaine, Northeastern
F: Alina Müller, Northeastern
F: Caitlin Schneider, Wisconsin
F: Makenna Webster*, Wisconsin

* Most Outstanding Player^[5]

References

^ "N.S. player captains Wisconsin to NCAA women's hockey title". cbc.ca. March 20, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
^ "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
^ Dilks, Chris (February 23, 2021). "ESPNU to Televise Women's Frozen Four". SB Nation. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ Skarka, Michael (February 23, 2021). "ESPN to Present the 2021 NCAA Women's Frozen Four Beginning March 18 as Part of New, Multi-Year Agreement". ESPN. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "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.

[1] "N.S. player captains Wisconsin to NCAA women's hockey title". cbc.ca. March 20, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.

[bracket-2] "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 12, 2021.

[3] Dilks, Chris (February 23, 2021). "ESPNU to Televise Women's Frozen Four". SB Nation. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[4] Skarka, Michael (February 23, 2021). "ESPN to Present the 2021 NCAA Women's Frozen Four Beginning March 18 as Part of New, Multi-Year Agreement". ESPN. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[5] "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.

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Qualifying teams

Bracket

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Northeastern vs. Robert Morris

(2) Wisconsin vs. Providence

(3) Ohio State vs. Boston College

(4) Colgate vs. Minnesota Duluth

National Semifinals

(1) Northeastern vs. Minnesota Duluth

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Ohio St.

National Championship

(1) Northeastern vs. (2) Wisconsin

Media

Television

Broadcast assignments

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

See also

References