2018–19 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season

The 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began in September 2018 and ended with the 2019 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament's championship game on March 24, 2019.

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
NCAA tournament	2019
National championship	People's United Center Hamden, Connecticut
NCAA champion	Wisconsin
Patty Kazmaier Award	Loren Gabel (Clarkson)
NCAA Division I women's ice hockey seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Polls

Main article: 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey rankings

Regular season

Standings

2018–19 College Hockey America standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Robert Morris†	20	13	4	3	29	61	35		36	16	14	6	92	87
Mercyhurst	20	12	6	2	26	54	46		34	15	14	5	88	96
Syracuse*	20	10	8	2	22	55	54		38	13	22	3	89	126
Penn State	20	6	9	5	17	36	43		36	13	14	9	73	72
RIT	20	8	11	1	17	40	46		35	12	18	5	67	84
Lindenwood	20	3	14	3	9	43	65		33	7	22	4	75	93
Championship: March 8, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com

2018–19 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Cornell†	22	17	3	2	36	75	32		36	24	6	6	114	61
#10 Colgate	22	15	4	3	33	83	49		38	23	10	5	133	96
#3 Clarkson*	22	16	5	1	33	81	36		40	30	8	2	143	73
#7 Princeton	22	15	4	3	33	83	40		33	20	8	5	116	68
St. Lawrence	22	9	7	6	24	51	46		36	14	15	7	76	87
Quinnipiac	22	9	9	4	22	52	40		36	12	18	6	73	73
Harvard	22	9	9	4	22	46	41		32	12	15	5	74	68
RPI	22	10	11	1	21	33	57		37	14	18	5	50	88
Yale	22	7	12	3	17	49	61		29	8	18	3	62	87
Dartmouth	22	4	16	2	10	30	66		29	5	21	3	39	88
Brown	22	2	16	4	8	32	88		29	5	20	4	47	109
Union	22	2	19	1	5	27	86		34	4	28	2	43	129
Championship: March 10, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com

2018–19 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference									Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Minnesota†	24	19	4	1	0	58	95	48		39	32	6	1	160	69
#1 Wisconsin*	24	18	4	2	0	56	78	26		41	35	4	2	155	43
#9 Ohio State	24	12	10	2	2	40	57	58		35	20	13	2	95	82
Minnesota-Duluth	35	24	9	11	4	35	63	69		35	15	16	4	92	99
Bemidji State	24	10	12	2	0	32	49	67		36	13	21	2	75	103
Minnesota State	24	3	16	5	2	16	41	71		35	9	19	7	64	91
St. Cloud State	24	5	19	0	0	15	38	82		37	10	25	2	66	119
Championship: March 10, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com

2018–19 WHEA standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#5 Northeastern†*	27	21	3	3	45	98	50		38	27	6	5	131	75
#6 Boston College	27	19	7	1	39	98	53		39	26	12	1	132	78
#8 Boston University	27	15	6	6	36	86	53		37	21	8	8	118	70
Providence	27	16	9	2	34	72	53		37	24	11	2	104	70
Merrimack	27	12	10	5	29	80	64		36	16	13	7	97	77
New Hampshire	27	10	14	3	'23	61	69		36	13	17	6	77	86
Connecticut	27	9	14	4	22	54	74		36	14	18	4	82	96
Vermont	27	8	15	4	20	50	73		36	10	20	6	70	101
Maine	27	7	15	5	19	51	66		34	14	15	5	82	70
Holy Cross	27	1	25	1	3	28	123		33	1	29	3	34	141
Championship: March 10, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com

2018–19 NEWHA standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
St. Anselm†*	16	15	0	1	31	91	19		22	21	0	1	114	21
Sacred Heart	16	9	4	3	21	58	26		26	15	8	3	90	51
Franklin Pierce	16	8	7	1	17	56	34		24	14	9	1	85	49
Saint Michael's	16	4	11	1	9	27	52		22	7	14	1	40	73
Post	16	1	15	0	2	5	106		29	5	24	0	24	169
Championship: March 8, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com

Player stats

Scoring leaders

The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on March 23, 2019.^[1]

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Élizabeth Giguère	Sophomore	Clarkson	40	26	47	73
Loren Gabel	Senior	Clarkson	38	40	29	69
Jesse Compher	Sophomore	Boston University	37	17	44	61
Sarah Fillier	Freshman	Princeton	29	22	35	57
Michaela Pejzlová	Junior	Clarkson	40	19	36	55
Jessie Eldridge	Senior	Colgate	38	30	24	54
Sammy Davis	Senior	Boston University	37	25	27	52
Alina Mueller	Freshman	Northeastern	37	21	30	51
Jaycee Gebhard	Junior	Robert Morris	41	15	38	53
Annie Pankowski	Senior	Wisconsin	38	27	22	49

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average.^[1]
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Kristen Campbell	Junior	Wisconsin	40	2324:51	34	4	2	41	10	.937	1.06
Maddie Scavotto	Senior	Saint Anselm	17	995:14	14	2	1	20	5	.937	1.21
Emme Ostrander	Freshman	Franklin Pierce	21	1219:27	13	6	1	29	8	.938	1.43
Marlene Boissonnault	Senior	Cornell	30	1753:21	20	5	4	48	6	.918	1.64
Alex Gulstene	Sophomore	Minnesota	22	1326:16	20	2	0	37	3	.920	1.67

Awards

WCHA Award^[2] Recipient Player of the Year Annie Pankowski, Wisconsin Defensive Player of the Year Jincy Dunne, Ohio State Rookie of the Year Sophie Shirley, Wisconsin Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year Corbin Boyd, Minnesota Scoring Champion Nicole Schammel, Minnesota Emma Maltais, Ohio State Goaltending Champion Kristen Campbell, Wisconsin Coach of the Year Mark Johnson, Wisconsin All-WCHA Teams^[3] First Team   Position   Second Team Kristen Campbell, Wisconsin G Abigail Levy, Minnesota Jincy Dunne, Ohio State D Emily Brown, Minnesota Mekenzie Steffen, Wisconsin D Maddie Rolfes, Wisconsin Emma Maltais, Ohio State F Abby Roque, Wisconsin Annie Pankowski, Wisconsin F Nicole Schammel, Minnesota Grace Zumwinkle, Minnesota F Sophie Shirley, Wisconsin Third Team   Position   Rookie Team Lauren Bench, Bemidji State G Abigail Levy, Minnesota Mak Langei, Bemidji State D Maggie Flaherty, Minnesota–Duluth Patti Marshall, Minnesota D Sophie Jaques, Ohio State – D Anna Wilgren, Minnesota Gabbie Hughes, Minnesota–Duluth F Britta Curl, Wisconsin Kelly Pannek, Minnesota F Taylor Heise, Minnesota Naomi Rogge, Minnesota–Duluth F Gabbie Hughes, Minnesota–Duluth – F Sophie Shirley, Wisconsin

CHA Award^[4] Recipient Player of the Year Terra Lanteigne, RIT Rookie of the Year Lauren Bellefontaine, Syracuse Defenseman of the Year Allie Munroe, Syracuse Defensive Forward of the Year Sarah Hine, Mercyhurst Sportsmanship Award Maggie LaGue, Robert Morris Coach of the Year Chad Davis, RIT CHA All-Conference Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Terra Lanteigne, RIT G Jenna Brenneman, Penn State Maggie LaGue, Robert Morris D Kelsey Crow, Penn State Allie Munroe, Syracuse D Emily Curlett, Robert Morris Jaycee Gebhard, Robert Morris F Sierra Burt, Lindenwood Natalie Heising, Penn State F Emma Polaski, Syracuse Emma Nuutinen, Mercyhurst F Lexi Templeman, Robert Morris Rookie Team   Position   – Sophie Wolf, Lindenwood G – Jessica Adolfsson, Penn State D – Taylor Kirwan, Lindenwood D – Lauren Bellefontaine, Syracuse F – Jada Burke, Lindenwood F – Abby Moloughney, Syracuse F –

WHEA Award^[5] Recipient Cami Granato Award (Player of the Year) Megan Keller, Boston College Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Year Alina Müller, Northeastern Hockey East Coach of the Year Dave Flint, Northeastern Best Defensive Forward Makenna Newkirk, Boston College Best Defenseman Megan Keller, Boston College Sportmanship Award Marie-Jo Pelletier, New Hampshire Army ROTC Three Stars Award Megan Keller, Boston College Scoring Champion Jesse Compher, Boston University Women's Hockey East All-Star Teams^[6]^[7] First Team   Position   Second Team Aerin Frankel, Northeastern G Samantha Ridgewell, Merrimack Skylar Fontaine, Northeastern D Abby Cook, Boston University Megan Keller, Boston College D Brooke Hobson, Northeastern Jesse Compher, Boston University F Samantha Davis, Boston University Alina Müller, Northeastern F Maureen Murphy, Providence Katelyn Rae, Merrimack F Daryl Watts, Boston College Third Team   Position   Rookie Team Corinne Schroeder, Boston University G – Cayla Barnes, Boston College D Cayla Barnes, Boston College Kali Flanagan, Boston College D – Dominique Kremer, Merrimack D – Kasidy Anderson, Northeastern F Chloe Aurard, Northeastern Caitrin Lonergan, Boston College F Kelly Browne, Boston College Taylor Wenczkowski, New Hampshire F Sara Hjalmarsson, Providence – F Alina Müller, Northeastern – F Mackenna Parker, Boston University

ECAC Award^[8] Recipient Player of the Year Loren Gabel, Clarkson Best Forward Loren Gabel, Clarkson Best Defenseman Jaime Bourbonnais, Cornell Rookie of the Year Sarah Fillier, Princeton Goaltender of the Year Lovisa Selander, RPI Mandi Schwartz Student-Athlete of the Year Mackenzie Lancaster, Quinnipiac Coach of the Year Doug Derraugh, Cornell All-ECAC Teams^[9] First Team   Position   Second Team Lovisa Selander, RPI G Lindsay Reed, Harvard Jaime Bourbonnais, Cornell D Ella Shelton, Clarkson Claire Thompson, Princeton D Olivia Zafuto, Colgate Jessie Eldridge, Colgate F Maggie Connors, Princeton Sarah Fillier, Princeton F Élizabeth Giguère, Clarkson Loren Gabel, Clarkson F Kristin O'Neill, Cornell Third Team   Position   Rookie Team Kassidy Sauvé, Clarkson G Lindsay Reed, Harvard Josiane Pozzebon, Clarkson D Tanner Gates, Colgate Micah Zandee-Hart, Cornell D Mariah Keopple, Princeton Carly Bullock, Princeton F Maggie Connors, Princeton Shae Labbe, Colgate F Sarah Fillier, Princeton Michaela Pejzlová, Clarkson F Rebecca Vanstone, Yale

Patty Kazmaier Award Patty Kazmaier Award Finalists^[10] Player Position School Loren Gabel Forward Clarkson Megan Keller Defense Boston College Top Three Annie Pankowski Forward Wisconsin Top Three Jesse Compher Forward Boston University Jessie Eldridge Forward Colgate Sarah Fillier Forward Princeton Élizabeth Giguère Forward Clarkson Alina Mueller Forward Northeastern Nicole Schammel Forward Minnesota Lovisa Selander Goaltender RPI

AHCA Coach of the Year AHCA Coach of the Year Finalists^[11]^[12] Coach School Doug Derraugh Cornell Chad Davis RIT Matt Desrosiers Clarkson Dave Flint Northeastern Brad Frost Minnesota Mark Johnson Wisconsin Kerstin Matthews Saint Anselm

Women's Hockey Commissioners Association

• Grace Harrison: Women's Hockey Commissioners Association Division I Goaltender of the Month for January 2019^[13]

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