Teams | 8 |
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Champions | Minnesota Golden Gophers (4th title) |
Runner-up | Boston University Terriers (2nd title game) |
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Brad Frost (2nd title) |
MOP | Noora Raty (Minnesota) |
The 2013 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play that determined the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. Regional quarterfinals were contested on March 15 and 16, 2013. The Frozen Four was played on March 22 and 24, 2013 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, with the University of Minnesota as the host school.
The University of Minnesota won the title with a 6–3 win over Boston University, becoming the first NCAA women's hockey team ever to complete a perfect season (41–0–0). [1]
The winners of the ECAC, WCHA, and Hockey East tournaments all received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other five teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.
Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
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1 | Minnesota | WCHA | 38–0–0 | Tournament champion | 11th | 2012 |
2 | Cornell | ECAC | 27–6–1 | Tournament champion | 4th | 2012 |
3 | Boston University | Hockey East | 28–6–3 | Tournament champion | 4th | 2012 |
4 | Boston College | Hockey East | 27–7–3 | At-large bid | 5th | 2012 |
North Dakota | WCHA | 26–12–1 | At-large bid | 2nd | 2012 | |
Harvard | ECAC | 24–7–3 | At-large bid | 9th | 2010 | |
Mercyhurst | CHA | 29–7–1 | At-large bid | 9th | 2012 | |
Clarkson | ECAC | 28–9–0 | At-large bid | 2nd | 2010 |
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Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams
National Quarterfinals March 10 | National Semifinals March 16 | National Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 3*** | ||||||||||||
North Dakota | 2 | |||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 3* | ||||||||||||
4 | Boston College | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Boston College | 3 | ||||||||||||
Harvard | 1 | |||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 6 | ||||||||||||
3 | Boston University | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | Cornell | 3 | ||||||||||||
Mercyhurst | 4* | |||||||||||||
Mercyhurst | 1 | |||||||||||||
3 | Boston University | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | Boston University | 5 | ||||||||||||
Clarkson | 3 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
March 16 4:00 | North Dakota | 2–3 (3OT) (1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) | Minnesota | Ridder Arena Attendance: 2,750 |
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Shelby Amsley-Benzie | Goalies | Noora Räty | Referees: Kristine Langley Leah Wrazidlo Linesmen: Kevin Capocasa Shane Pasky | ||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 17 min | |||||||||||||||
52 | Shots | 60 |
March 16 1:00 | Harvard | 1–3 (1–1, 0–2, 0–0) | Boston College | Conte Forum Attendance: 920 |
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Emerance Maschmeyer | Goalies | Corinne Boyles | Referee: Ryan Hicks Linesmen: Cam Lynch Will Harrop | |||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 24 |
March 16 1:00 | Mercyhurst | 4–3 (OT) (1–0, 0–2, 2–1, 1–0) | Cornell | Lynah Rink Attendance: 2,327 |
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Stephanie Ciampa | Goalies | Lauren Slebodnick | Referees: Katie Guay Pat Silva Linesmen: Bridget Waitkus Bob Sloper | ||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 32 |
March 16 3:00 | Clarkson | 3–5 (0–1, 1–1, 2–3) | Boston University | Walter Brown Arena Attendance: 542 |
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Erica Howe | Goalies | Kerrin Sperry | Referee: Dina Allen Linesmen: Derek Zuckerman Peter Terreri | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Shots | 27 |
March 22 5:00 | Boston College | 2–3 (OT) (0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 0–1) | Minnesota | Ridder Arena Attendance: 3,400 |
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Corinne Boyles | Goalies | Noora Räty | Referees: Bryan Hicks Cam Lynch Linesmen: Will Harrop Jamie Colacino | ||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 39 |
March 22 8:17 | Mercyhurst | 1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2) | Boston University | Ridder Arena Attendance: 3,400 |
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Stephanie Ciampa | Goalies | Kerrin Sperry | Referee: Leah Wrazidlo Linesmen: Krissy Langley Kevin Capocasa | ||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 15 min | |||||||||||||||
27 | Shots | 33 |
March 24 3:04 | Boston University | 3–5 (1–2, 0–2, 2–2) | Minnesota | Ridder Arena Attendance: 3,400 |
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Kerrin Sperry | Goalies | Noora Räty | Referees: Bryan Hicks Cam Lynch Linesmen: Will Harrop Jamie Colacino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 29 |
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