2023 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament

The 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. This is the second year the tournament features an expanded field of 11 teams.^[1] The first round and quarterfinals were played on the campuses of seeded teams on March 9 and 11, 2023, while the Frozen Four was played on March 17 and 19, 2023 at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minnesota.^[2] The Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 1–0 to win their 7th national championship.

2023 NCAA National Collegiate Women's
ice hockey tournament

2023 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams	11
Finals site	AMSOIL Arena Duluth, Minnesota
Champions	Wisconsin Badgers (7th title)
Runner-up	Ohio State Buckeyes (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Northeastern Huskies (3rd Frozen Four) Minnesota Golden Gophers (14th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Mark Johnson (7th title)
MOP	Cami Kronish (Wisconsin)
← 2022  NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments 2024 →

Qualifying teams

In the second year under this qualification format, the winners of all five Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. This is the first year the NEWHA received an automatic bid. The other six teams were selected at-large. The top five teams are then seeded.^[3]

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Ohio State	WCHA	31–5–2	At-large bid	5th	2022
2	Minnesota	WCHA	29–5–3	Tournament champion	20th	2022
3	Colgate	ECAC	32–5–2	Tournament champion	4th	2022
4	Yale	ECAC	28–3–1	At-large bid	2nd	2022
5	Northeastern	Hockey East	33–2–1	Tournament champion	7th	2022
	Quinnipiac	ECAC	29–9–0	At-large bid	4th	2022
	Penn State	CHA	27–8–2	Tournament champion	1st	Never
	Wisconsin	WCHA	25–10–2	At-large bid	17th	2022
	LIU	NEWHA	20–13–3	Tournament champion	1st	Never
	Minnesota Duluth	WCHA	25–9–3	At-large bid	14th	2022
	Clarkson	ECAC	29–10–2	At-large bid	11th	2022

Bids by state

Bids	State(s)	Schools
3	New York	Clarkson, Colgate, LIU
2	Connecticut	Quinnipiac, Yale
	Minnesota	Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth
1	Massachusetts	Northeastern
	Ohio	Ohio State
	Pennsylvania	Penn State
	Wisconsin	Wisconsin

Bracket

	First Round March 9^[4]					National Quarterfinals March 11					National Semifinals March 17					National Championship March 19
						8	Quinnipiac	2
	10	Penn State	2			1	Ohio State	5
	8	Quinnipiac	3***								1	Ohio State	3
											5	Northeastern	0
						5	Northeastern	4
						4	Yale	1
																1	Ohio State	0
																6	Wisconsin	1
						7	Minnesota Duluth	0
	9	Clarkson	0			2	Minnesota	3
	7	Minnesota Duluth	2								2	Minnesota	2
											6	Wisconsin	3*
						6	Wisconsin	4
	11	LIU	1			3	Colgate	2
	6	Wisconsin	9

Note: each * denotes one overtime period

Results

First Round

Penn State vs. Quinnipiac

March 9 6:01 pm

Penn State

2–3 3OT (0–1, 2–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Quinnipiac

Ohio State University Ice Rink Attendance: 402

Game reference
	Josie Bothun	Goalies	Logan Angers	Referees: Robert Ludwig Michael Kaehler Linesmen: Aaron Neville Glendon Seal
	0–1 4:57 – Maloney Zanon – (Wallin) – 33:31 1–1 Wallin – (Correia, MacKay) – pp – 35:48 2–1 2–2 53:16 – Reilly – (Cooper, Mobley) 2–3 109:37 – Chantler – (Mobley, Maloney)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	52	Shots	58

LIU vs. Wisconsin

March 9 6:00 pm

LIU

1–9 (0–3, 1–3, 0–3)

Wisconsin

Class of 1965 Arena Attendance: 227

Game reference
	Tindra Holm	Goalies	Cami Kronish	Referees: Katie Guay Laura White Linesmen: Michael Roberts Colby Munson
	0–1 13:17 – Harvey – (Compher, Curl) 0–2 16:24 – Curl – (Compher, Jungels) 0–3 19:48 – Simms – (Eden) Rourke – (Culp) – 23:08 1–3 1–4 28:13 – pp – Wheeler – (Harvey, Shirley) 1–5 35:46 – O'Brien – (Wheeler, Shirley) 1–6 38:47 – pp – Edwards – (Curl, Eden) 1–7 44:23 – Edwards – (Curl, O'Brien) 1–8 46:25 – pp – Jungels – (Harvey, Simms) 1–9 48:05 – Compher – (Edwards, Curl)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	7	Shots	59

Clarkson vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 10 6:00 pm

Clarkson

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Minnesota Duluth

Ridder Arena Attendance: 342

Game reference
	Michelle Pasiechnyk	Goalies	Emma Söderberg	Referees: Kelly Cooke Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Kaitlin Hayes Laura Schmidlein
	0–1 5:59 – Stewart – (Krause, Hanley) 0–2 43:23 – pp – Stewart – (Anderson, Fuhrman)
	24 min	Penalties	2 min
	16	Shots	27

Quarterfinals

Wisconsin vs. (3) Colgate

March 11 3:00 pm

Wisconsin

4–2 (1–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Colgate

Class of 1965 Arena Attendance: 1,349

Game reference
	Cami Kronish	Goalies	Hannah Murphy	Referees: Katie Guay Laura White Linesmen: Michael Roberts Coby Munson
	LaMantia (Kronish) – 7:01 1–0 1–1 20:32 – Simpson (Brick, Gates) O'Brien (Wheeler, Curl) – pp – 35:31 2–1 Jungels (O'Brien) – 51:57 3–1 Edwards en – 58:16 4–1 4–2 59:50.3 – Kaltounková (Serdachny, Stewart)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	15

Minnesota Duluth vs. (2) Minnesota

March 11 2:00

Minnesota Duluth

0–3 (0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena Attendance: 2,328

Game reference
	Emma Söderberg	Goalies	Skylar Vetter	Referees: Kelly Cooke Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Kaitlin Hayes Laura Schmidlein
	0–1 30:39 – Wethington 0–2 43:22 – Murphy (Oden, Zumwinkle) 0–3 50:18 – Skaja (Wethington)
	2 min	Penalties	0 min
	30	Shots	30

(5) Northeastern vs. (4) Yale

March 11 3:00 pm

Northeastern

4–1 (0–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Yale

Ingalls Rink Attendance: 1,544

Game reference
	Gwyneth Philips	Goalies	Pia Dukaric	Referees: William Jacques Todd Plouffe Linesmen: Joshua Berenson James Rogowski
	Shannon (Irving) – 24:22 1–0 Aurard – (Carter, Müller) – 2:27 2–0 Müller – (Aurard, Murphy) – 9:37 3–0 3–1 55:22 – Bargman (Ray, Hartje) Murphy – sh, en – 19:20.6 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	30	Shots	39

Quinnipiac vs. (1) Ohio State

March 11 5:01 pm

Quinnipiac

2–5 (1–0, 0–2, 1–3)

Ohio State

Ohio State University Ice Rink Attendance: 750

Game reference
	Logan Angers	Goalies	Amanda Thiele	Referees: Robert Ludwig Michael Kaehler Linesmen: Aaron Neville Glendon Seal
	Cooper (Mobley, Samoskevich) – pp – 18:58 1–0 1–1 32:12 – pp – Rosenthal 1–2 36:00 – Bernard 1–3 48:08 – Peschel (Maltais, Levis) 1–4 54:45 – pp – Jaques (Webster, Gardiner) Samoskevich (Cooper, Steigauf) – 56:24 2–4 2–5 59:31.2 – en – Jaques – (Gardiner)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	44

Semifinals

(5) Northeastern vs. (1) Ohio State

March 17 2:30 pm

Northeastern

0–3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Ohio State

AMSOIL Arena Attendance: 3,443

Game reference
	Gwyneth Philips	Goalies	Amanda Thiele	Referees: Katie Guay Laura White Linesmen: Colby Monsun Michael Roberts
	0–1 1:16 – Matthews – (Hauswirth) 0–2 31:18 – Webster – (Gardiner, Rosenthal) 0–3 38:44 – Hartmetz – (Maltais, Levis)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	53

Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota

March 17 6:00 pm

Wisconsin

3–2 OT (0–1, 0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Minnesota

AMSOIL Arena Attendance: 3,425

Game reference
	Cami Kronish	Goalies	Skylar Vetter	Referees: Robert Ludwig Michael Kaehler Linesmen: Glendon Seal Aaron Neville
	0–1 3:23 – Heise (Oden, Boreen) Edwards (Compher) – 6:32 1–1 Shirley (Wheeler) – 7:25 2–1 2–2 58:49 – Zumwinkle (Wethington, Heise) Harvey (Compher, Curl) – 76:47 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	38	Shots	39

Championship

Wisconsin vs. (1) Ohio State

March 19 3:00 pm

Wisconsin

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Ohio State

AMSOIL Arena Attendance: 3,940

Game reference
	Cami Kronish	Goalies	Amanda Thiele	Referees: Kelly Cooke Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Laura Schmidlein Kaitlin Hayes
	Simms (Enright) – 13:28 1–0
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	31

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• G: Cami Kronish*, Wisconsin
• D: Sophie Jaques, Ohio State
• D: Caroline Harvey, Wisconsin
• F: Laila Edwards, Wisconsin
• F: Kirsten Simms, Wisconsin
• F: Jesse Compher, Wisconsin

* Most Outstanding Player^[5]

See also

• NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
• 2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

References

1. Haase, Nicole (December 16, 2021). "Division I Women's Hockey: NCAA approves immediate expansion of bracket; 11 teams to compete in 2022 National Championship tournament". USCHO.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
2. "NCAA announces host site selections from 2022-23 to 2025-26". NCAA.com. October 19, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
3. "The NC women's hockey championship selection process, explained". NCAA.com. February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
4. "2023 NC Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
5. Stewart, Mark (March 20, 2023). "Wisconsin women's hockey blanks Ohio State to win its 7th national title". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved April 5, 2023.