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2016 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
2016 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams	8
Finals site	Whittemore Center Arena Durham, New Hampshire
Champions	Minnesota Golden Gophers (6th title)
Runner-up	Boston College Eagles (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Clarkson Golden Knights (2nd Frozen Four) Wisconsin Badgers (9th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Brad Frost (4th title)
MOP	Sarah Potomak (Minnesota)
Attendance	5,378
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The 2016 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 12, 2016. The Frozen Four was played on March 18 and 20, 2016 at Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, New Hampshire with the University of New Hampshire as the host.

Qualifying teams

Boston College

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Quinnipiac

Clarkson

Princeton

Mercyhurst

Northeasternclass=notpageimage| 2016 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

In the second 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.

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Boston College	Hockey East	38–0–0	Tournament champion	8th	2015
2	Wisconsin	WCHA	34–3–1	Tournament champion	10th	2015
3	Minnesota	WCHA	32–4–1	At-large bid	14th	2015
4	Quinnipiac	ECAC	30–2–5	Tournament champion	2nd	2015
	Clarkson	ECAC	29–4–5	At-large bid	5th	2015
	Princeton	ECAC	22–8–2	At-large bid	2nd	2006
	Mercyhurst	CHA	19–10–5	Tournament champion	11th	2014
	Northeastern	Hockey East	28–8–1	At-large bid	1st	Never

Bracket

Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals March 12			National Semifinals March 18			National Championship March 20

1	Boston College	5

	Northeastern	1
			1	Boston College	3*

				Clarkson	2
4	Quinnipiac	0

	Clarkson	1
						1	Boston College	1

						3	Minnesota	3
2	Wisconsin	6

	Mercyhurst	0
			2	Wisconsin	2

			3	Minnesota	3*
3	Minnesota	6

	Princeton	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Boston College vs. Northeastern

March 12
1:00

Northeastern

1–5
(0–2, 0–1, 1–2)

Boston College

Conte Forum
Attendance: 1,077

Game reference

Brittany Bugalski

Goalies

Kaitlin Burt

Referees:
Bryan Hicks
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
James Shea
Stephen Smiley

	0–1	0:50 – Carpenter (Kent, Skarupa)
	0–2	16:54 – Sullivan (Skarupa, Keller)
	0–3	32:51 – Skarupa (Carpenter, Bizal)
	0–4	41:54 – Sullivan (Grieves)
	0–5	57:46 – sh – Carpenter (Skarupa, Keller)
Coyne (Scamurra, Bugalski) – pp – 58:20	1–5

12 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

(4) Quinnipiac vs. Clarkson

March 12
2:00

Clarkson

1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Quinnipiac

People's United Center

Game reference

Shea Tiley

Goalies

Sydney Rossman

Referees:
Tom Quinn
Tim Benedetto
Linesmen:
Bob Sloper
Tim Daley

Fast – 0:10

1–0

6 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

(2) Wisconsin vs. Mercyhurst

March 12
7:07

Mercyhurst

0–6
(0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Wisconsin

LaBahn Arena
Attendance: 2,273

Game reference

Sarah McDonnell

Goalies

Ann-Renée Desbiens

Referees:
David Spivey
Krissy Morrison
Linesmen:
Brenda Reinen
Clayton Smith

	0–1	8:26 – Cogan (Clark, Pankowski)
	0–2	13:26 – Ryan (Cogan, Sowchuk)
	0–3	30:47 – sh – McKibbon (Nurse, Ryan)
	0–4	35:59 – Clark (Nurse, Gardner)
	0–5	52:16 – pp – Nurse (Burke, Pankowski)
	0–6	58:02 – Wellhausen (Gardner, Shaver)

8 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

(3) Minnesota vs. Princeton

March 12
4:07

Princeton

2–6
(1–3, 0–3, 1–0)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena
Attendance: 2,468

Game reference

Kimberly Newell

Goalies

Amanda Leveille

Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Shane Paskey
Linesmen:
Duncan Ryhorchuk
Dan Fitzsimons

McDonnell (Contini, Koelzer) – 0:29	1–0
	1–1	4:47 – pp – Brandt – (Kessel, Stecklein)
	1–2	6:01 – sh – Kessel (Wolfe, Brandt)
	1–3	17:35 – pp – Kessel – (Brandt, Stecklein)
	1–4	34:24 – Potomak (McMillen, Baldwin)
	1–5	36:36 – Cameranesi (Pannek, Cline)
	1–6	37:02 – Kessel (Potomak, Cline)
Contini (MacDonald, McKenna) – 59:57	2–6

6 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

National Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. Clarkson

March 18
4:00

Clarkson

2–3 (OT)
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Boston College

Goalies

Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Shane Paskey
Linesmen:
Duncan Ryhorchuk
Clayton Smith

McGill (Bannon, Harmon) – 2:27	1–0
Mercer (Mariani) – 25:29	2–0
	2–1	34:32 – Skarupa (Carpenter, Bender)
	2–2	16:07 – Johnson (Keller, Carpenter)
	2–3	0:58 – Skarupa (Carpenter, Kent)

16 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Minnesota

March 18
7:22

Minnesota

3–2
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Wisconsin

Whittemore Center
Attendance: 2,167

Game reference

Amanda Leveille

Goalies

Ann-Renée Desbiens

Referees:
Tim Benedetto
Tom Quinn
Linesmen:
Tim Daley
Bob Sloper

Williamson (Stecklein, Wolfe) – 2:15	1–0
	1–1	11:35 – Shaver
	1–2	39:42 – Clark (Cogan, Burke)
Kessel (Brandt, Stecklein) – 40:27	2–2
Potomak – 75:00	3–2

6 min

Penalties

4 min

Shots

National Championship

(1) Boston College vs. (3) Minnesota

March 20
2:06

Minnesota

3–1
(1–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Boston College

Whittemore Center
Attendance: 3,211

Game reference

Amanda Leveille

Goalies

Kaitlin Burt

Referees:
Bryan Hicks
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
James Shea
Kyle Smiley

Potomak (Brandt, Wolfe) – 0:13	1–0
Kessel (Potomak) – 48:31	2–0
Pannek (Stecklein) – 53:12	3–0
	3–1	54:07 – Newkirk (Keller, Anastos)

8 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

G: Amanda Leveille, Minnesota
D: Lee Stecklein, Minnesota
D: Megan Keller, Boston College
F: Sarah Potomak*, Minnesota
F: Amanda Kessel, Minnesota
F: Haley Skarupa, Boston College

* Most Outstanding Player

References

^ "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
"Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
"NCAA Women's Frozen Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. March 19, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

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