2017 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2017 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 were contested at the campuses of the seeded teams on March 11, 2017. The Frozen Four was played on March 17 and 19, 2017 at Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri with Lindenwood University as the host.[1] An agreement with the Big Ten Network resulted in the championship game being televised live for the first time since 2010.[2][3][4]

2017 NCAA Women's National Collegiate
Ice Hockey Tournament
2017 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsClarkson Golden Knights (2nd title)
Runner-upWisconsin Badgers (7th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMatt Desrosiers (2nd title)
MOPCayley Mercer, Clarkson
Attendance5,778

The tournament was won by Clarkson with a 3–0 win over Wisconsin, giving the Golden Knights their second title in program history.

Qualifying teams

In the third 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.[5]

Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Wisconsin WCHA 31–2–4 Tournament champion 11th 2016
2 Clarkson ECAC 29–4–5 Tournament champion 6th 2016
3 Minnesota–Duluth WCHA 25–6–5 At-large bid 11th 2011
4 Boston College Hockey East 27–5–5 Tournament champion 9th 2016
St. Lawrence ECAC 26–5–4 At-large bid 9th 2012
Minnesota WCHA 25–7–5 At-large bid 15th 2016
Cornell ECAC 20–8–5 At-large bid 6th 2014
Robert Morris CHA 24–4–6 Tournament champion 1st Never

Bracket

[1]
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals
March 11 		National Semifinals
March 17 		National Championship
March 19
         
1 Wisconsin 7
Robert Morris 0
1 Wisconsin 1
4 Boston College 0
4 Boston College 6
St. Lawrence 0
1 Wisconsin 0
2 Clarkson 3
2 Clarkson 3
Cornell 1
2 Clarkson 4
Minnesota 3
3 Minnesota–Duluth 0
Minnesota 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

See also

References
  1. "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  2. "College hockey: Women's Frozen Four to air on Big Ten Network". NCAA.com. NCAA. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  3. "White's OT Gamewinner Propels Cornell Into National Title Game". CornellBigRed.com. Cornell Athletics. March 19, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  4. "Duggan leads Badgers to 3-2 win over Eagles, national title game Sunday". UWBaders.com. Wisconsin Athletics. March 18, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  5. "Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
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