2018 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament


The 2018 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involves eight schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals will be played at the campuses of the seeded teams on Saturday, March 10, 2018. The Frozen Four will be played on March 16 and 18, 2018 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The University of Minnesota will host the tournament. This will be the fourth time that Ridder Arena will host the Frozen Four and the sixth time it has been played in Minneapolis. This will be the second year that the Big Ten Network will air the Championship Game live and the first year the semifinals will be aired live on BTN.

2018 NCAA Women's National Collegiate
Ice Hockey Tournament
2018 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsClarkson Golden Knights (3rd title)
Runner-upColgate Raiders (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMatt Desrosiers (3rd title)
MOPShea Tiley, Clarkson
Attendance6,361

Qualifying teams

In the fourth 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 Clarkson ECAC 33–4–1 Tournament champion 7th 2017
2 Wisconsin WCHA 30–4–2 At-large bid 12th 2017
3 Colgate ECAC 32–5–1 At-large bid 1st Never
4 Boston College Hockey East 30–4–3 At-large bid 10th 2017
Minnesota WCHA 24–10–3 Tournament champion 16th 2017
Ohio State WCHA 23–10–4 At-large bid 1st Never
Northeastern Hockey East 19–16–3 Tournament champion 2nd 2016
Mercyhurst CHA 18–14–4 Tournament champion 11th 2016

Bracket

[2]
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals
March 10 		National Semifinals
March 16 		National Championship
March 18
         
1 Clarkson 2*
Mercyhurst 1
1 Clarkson 1*
Ohio State 0
4 Boston College 0
Ohio State 2
1 Clarkson 2*
3 Colgate 1
2 Wisconsin 4
Minnesota 0
2 Wisconsin 3
3 Colgate 4**
3 Colgate 3
Northeastern 1

Championship Game Officials: Referee Scott Roth, Shane Paskey Linesmen: Mike Mueller, Glendon Seal

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

References
  1. "Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  2. "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved March 4, 2018.


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