2018 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

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2018 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
2018 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams	8
Finals site	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions	Clarkson Golden Knights (3rd title)
Runner-up	Colgate Raiders (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Ohio State Buckeyes (1st Frozen Four) Wisconsin Badgers (11th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Matt Desrosiers (3rd title)
MOP	Shea Tiley (Clarkson)
Attendance	6,361
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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.

Qualifying teams

Clarkson

Wisconsin

Colgate

Boston College

Minnesota

Ohio State

Northeastern

Mercyhurstclass=notpageimage| 2018 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

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.

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	12th	2016

Bracket

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)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Clarkson vs. Mercyhurst

March 10
2:00

Mercyhurst

1–2 (OT)
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Clarkson

Cheel Arena
Attendance: 1,383

Game reference

Kennedy Blair

Goalies

Shea Tiley

Referees:
Christopher Leavitt
MacKenzie Williams
Linesmen:
John Mulroy
Timothy Daley

Hartwick (Blasen, Nuutinen) – 39:39	1–0
	1–1	45:30 – pp – Pejzlová (Harmon, Gabel)
	1–2	76:52 – Giguère (Pejzlova, Harmon)

10 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

(4) Boston College vs. Ohio State

March 10
2:00

Ohio State

2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Boston College

Conte Forum
Attendance: 796

Game reference

Kassidy Sauvé

Goalies

Kaitlin Burt

Referees:
Katie Guay
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Ryan Belhumeur
Ryan Chauvin

Boyle (Iafallo, Sadek) – pp – 30:12	1–0
Field (Iafallo) – 55:43	2–0

10 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

(2) Wisconsin vs. Minnesota

March 10
2:07

Minnesota

0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Wisconsin

LaBahn Arena
Attendance: 2,423

Game reference

Sidney Peters

Goalies

Kristen Campbell

Referees:
Scott Roth
Robert Ludwig
Linesmen:
Glendon Seal
Mike Mueller

	0–1	10:08 – Norby
	0–2	26:20 – Roque (Rowe, Wellhausen)
	0–3	26:36 – Roque
	0–4	18:09 – pp – Kepler (Roque, Cogan)

8 min

Penalties

4 min

Shots

(3) Colgate vs. Northeastern

March 10
3:05

Northeastern

1–3
(0–0, 1–1, 0–2)

Colgate

Class of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 1,373

Game reference

Aerin Frankel

Goalies

Julia Vandyk

Referees:
Chris Katyl
Todd Plouffe
Linesmen:
Jodi Place
Mike Bontatibus

	0–1	29:07 – pp – Wilson-Bennett (Zafuto, Eldridge)
Renner (Kelly, Hartman) – 31:24	1–1
	1–2	41:37 – Zafuto (Perry)
	1–3	59:10 – Larson

12 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

National Semifinals

(1) Clarkson vs. Ohio State

March 16
4:03

Ohio State

0–1 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Clarkson

Goalies

Referees:
Chris Katyl
Todd Plouffe
Linesmen:
Mike Bontatibus
Jodi Price

0–1

76:12 – Gabel (Giguère, Pejzliva)

8 min

Penalties

4 min

Shots

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Colgate

March 16
7:51

Colgate

4–3 (2OT)
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Wisconsin

Ridder Arena
Attendance: 3,369

Game reference

Julia Vandyk

Goalies

Kristen Campbell

Referees:
Chris Leavitt
MacKenzie Williams
Linesmen:
Timothy Daley
John Mulroy

Wilson-Bennett (Zafuto, Sullivan) – 16:43	1–0
	1–1	26:22 Wellhausen (Roque)
Wilson-Bennett (Sullivan, Eldridge) – pp – 39:30	2–1
	2–2	46:37 – pp – Kepler (Rolfes, Cogan)
Eldridge (Wilson-Bennett, Zafuto) – pp – 54:13	3–2
	3–3	56:36 – Steffen (Bowlby, Norby)
Wilson-Bennett (Perry, Wildfang) – pp – 96:03	4–3

8 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

National Championship

(1) Clarkson vs. (3) Colgate

March 18
2:03

Colgate

1–2 (OT)
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Clarkson

Ridder Arena
Attendance: 2,992

Game reference

Julia Vandyk

Goalies

Shea Tiley

Referees:
Scott Roth
Robert Ludwig
Linesmen:
Mike Mueller
Glendon Seal

	0–1	16:29 – Vinkle (Mariani)
Schneider (Zafuto, Wilson-Bennett)	1–1
	1–2	67:55 – Giguère

8 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

Media

Television

Big Ten Network televised the semifinals and championship during their multi-year contract to carry the event.

Broadcast assignments

Women's Frozen Four and Championship

Dan Kelly, Sonny Watrous, and Allison Hayes (BTN)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

G: Shea Tiley*, Clarkson
D: Savannah Harmon, Clarkson
D: Olivia Zafuto, Colgate
F: Loren Gabel, Clarkson
F: Élizabeth Giguère, Clarkson
F: Breanne Wilson-Bennett, Colgate

* Most Outstanding Player

References

"Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
"Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
"College hockey: Women's Frozen Four to air on Big Ten Network". NCAA.com. NCAA. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
"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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