2019_NCAA_National_Collegiate_women's_ice_hockey_tournament
2019 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament
NCAA women's ice hockey postseason tournament
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.
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Wisconsin Badgers (5th title) |
| Runner-up | Minnesota Golden Gophers (9th title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Mark Johnson (5th title) |
| MOP | Kristen Campbell (Wisconsin) |
WCHA, 
ECAC, 
Hockey East, 
CHAIn 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 |
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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)
National Quarterfinals
Syracuse vs. (1) Wisconsin
| March 16 2:07 | Syracuse | 0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2) | Wisconsin | LaBahn Arena Attendance: 2,423 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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| Ady Cohen | Goalies | Kristen Campbell | Referees: Katie Guay Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Delaney Harrop Amanda Frederickson | |||||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Shots | 47 | ||||||||||||
Boston College vs. (4) Clarkson
| March 16 3:00 | Boston College | 1–2 (OT) (1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 0–1) | Clarkson | Cheel Arena Attendance: 977 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||
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| Maddy MCArthur | Goalies | Kassidy Sauvé | Referees: Todd Plouffe CJ Hallman Linesmen: Brian Kimmins Kyle Walsh | ||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
| 36 | Shots | 30 | |||||||||
Princeton vs. (2) Minnesota
| March 16 | Princeton | 2–5 (1–2, 1–0, 0–3) | Minnesota | Ridder Arena Attendance: 2,079 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stephanie Neatby | Goalies | Sydney Scobee | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 0 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Shots | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell vs. (3) Northeastern
| March 16 1:00 | Cornell | 3–2 (OT) (2–0, 0–0, 0–2, 1–0) | Northeastern | Matthews Arena Attendance: 1,401 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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| Marlène Boissonnault | Goalies | Aerin Frankel | Referees: Tom Quinn Mackenzie Welter Linesmen: John Mulroy Timothy Daley | ||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||
| 28 | Shots | 24 | |||||||||||||||
National Semifinals
Cornell vs. (2) Minnesota
| March 22 4:01 | Cornell | 0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1) | Minnesota | People's United Center Attendance: 3,241 |
| Game reference | ||||||||
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| Marlène Boissonnault | Goalies | Alex Gulstene | Referees: Todd Plouffe CJ Hallman Linesmen: Kyle Walsh Brian Kimmins | |||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||
| 15 | Shots | 27 | ||||||
(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Wisconsin
| March 22 7:08 | Clarkson | 0–5 (0–0, 0–1, 0–4) | Wisconsin | People's United Center Attendance: 3,241 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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| Kassidy Sauvé | Goalies | Kristen Campbell | Referee: Tom Quinn Linesmen: MacKenzie Welter John Mulroy | ||||||||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | Shots | 40 | |||||||||||||||
National Championship
(2) Minnesota vs. (1) Wisconsin
| March 24 2:31 | Minnesota | 0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0) | Wisconsin | People's United Center Attendance: 3,423 |
| Game reference | ||||||||
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| Alex Gulstene | Goalies | Kristen Campbell | Referees: Katie Guay Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Amanda Tassoni Delaney Harrop | |||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||
| 27 | Shots | 32 | ||||||
Television
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
Women's Frozen Four and Championship
- Chris Vosters, Sonny Watrous, and Margaux Farrell (BTN)
All-Tournament Team
- G: Kristen Campbell*, Wisconsin
- D: Maddie Rolfes, Wisconsin
- D: Mekenzie Steffen, Wisconsin
- F: Annie Pankowski, Wisconsin
- F: Abby Roque, Wisconsin
- F: Nicole Schammel, Minnesota
- "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.
- "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
- "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.