2018 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

2018 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
2018 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsClarkson Golden Knights (3rd title)
Runner-upColgate Raiders (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMatt Desrosiers (3rd title)
MOPShea Tiley (Clarkson)
Attendance6,361

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

2018 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament is located in USA Midwest and Northeast
Clarkson
Clarkson
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Colgate
Colgate
Boston College
Boston College
Minnesota
Minnesota
Ohio State
Ohio State
Northeastern
Northeastern
Mercyhurst
Mercyhurst
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2018 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

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
2:00		Mercyhurst1–2 (OT)
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–1)		ClarksonCheel Arena
Attendance: 1,383
Game reference
Kennedy BlairGoaliesShea TileyReferees:
Christopher Leavitt
MacKenzie Williams
Linesmen:
John Mulroy
Timothy Daley
Hartwick (Blasen, Nuutinen) – 39:391–0
1–145:30 – pp – Pejzlová (Harmon, Gabel)
1–276:52 – Giguère (Pejzlova, Harmon)
10 minPenalties6 min
28Shots32

(4) Boston College vs. Ohio State

March 10
2:00		Ohio State2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		Boston CollegeConte Forum
Attendance: 796
Game reference
Kassidy SauvéGoaliesKaitlin BurtReferees:
Katie Guay
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Ryan Belhumeur
Ryan Chauvin
Boyle (Iafallo, Sadek) – pp – 30:121–0
Field (Iafallo) – 55:432–0
10 minPenalties10 min
41Shots38

(2) Wisconsin vs. Minnesota

March 10
2:07		Minnesota0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)		WisconsinLaBahn Arena
Attendance: 2,423
Game reference
Sidney PetersGoaliesKristen CampbellReferees:
Scott Roth
Robert Ludwig
Linesmen:
Glendon Seal
Mike Mueller
0–110:08 – Norby
0–226:20 – Roque (Rowe, Wellhausen)
0–326:36 – Roque
0–418:09 – pp – Kepler (Roque, Cogan)
8 minPenalties4 min
12Shots39

(3) Colgate vs. Northeastern

March 10
3:05		Northeastern1–3
(0–0, 1–1, 0–2)		ColgateClass of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 1,373
Game reference
Aerin FrankelGoaliesJulia VandykReferees:
Chris Katyl
Todd Plouffe
Linesmen:
Jodi Place
Mike Bontatibus
0–129:07 – pp – Wilson-Bennett (Zafuto, Eldridge)
Renner (Kelly, Hartman) – 31:241–1
1–241:37 – Zafuto (Perry)
1–359:10 – Larson
12 minPenalties6 min
24Shots36

National Semifinals

(1) Clarkson vs. Ohio State

March 16
4:03		Ohio State0–1 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		ClarksonRidder Arena
Game reference
Kassidy SauvéGoaliesShea TileyReferees:
Chris Katyl
Todd Plouffe
Linesmen:
Mike Bontatibus
Jodi Price
0–176:12 – Gabel (Giguère, Pejzliva)
8 minPenalties4 min
41Shots34

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Colgate

March 16
7:51		Colgate4–3 (2OT)
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2, 0–0, 1–0)		WisconsinRidder Arena
Attendance: 3,369
Game reference
Julia VandykGoaliesKristen CampbellReferees:
Chris Leavitt
MacKenzie Williams
Linesmen:
Timothy Daley
John Mulroy
Wilson-Bennett (Zafuto, Sullivan) – 16:431–0
1–126:22 Wellhausen (Roque)
Wilson-Bennett (Sullivan, Eldridge) – pp – 39:302–1
2–246:37 – pp – Kepler (Rolfes, Cogan)
Eldridge (Wilson-Bennett, Zafuto) – pp – 54:133–2
3–356:36 – Steffen (Bowlby, Norby)
Wilson-Bennett (Perry, Wildfang) – pp – 96:034–3
8 minPenalties6 min
24Shots48

National Championship

(1) Clarkson vs. (3) Colgate

March 18
2:03		Colgate1–2 (OT)
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)		ClarksonRidder Arena
Attendance: 2,992
Game reference
Julia VandykGoaliesShea TileyReferees:
Scott Roth
Robert Ludwig
Linesmen:
Mike Mueller
Glendon Seal
0–116:29 – Vinkle (Mariani)
Schneider (Zafuto, Wilson-Bennett)1–1
1–267:55 – Giguère
8 minPenalties6 min
28Shots37

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

* Most Outstanding Player[4]

References

  1. ^ "Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  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.