2006 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2006
Gender:women's
Ncaadiv:Division I
Division:National Collegiate
Teams:8
Frozenfourarena:Ridder Arena
Frozenfourcity:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions:Wisconsin Badgers
Titlecount:1st
Champgamecount:1st
Champffcount:1st
Runnerup:Minnesota Golden Gophers
Runnerffcount:5th
Gamecount:3rd
Semifinal1:New Hampshire Wildcats
Frozenfourcount:1st
Semifinal2:St. Lawrence Saints
Frozenfourcount2:4th
Coach:Mark Johnson
Coachcount:1st

The 2006 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 17, 2006, and ended with the championship game on March 26. The quarterfinals were conducted at the homes of the teams considered to be higher seeds, although no seed was given for either team in two of the games. The Frozen Four was conducted in Minneapolis. A total of seven games were played.

Qualifying teams

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 two teams were then seeded, and four teams received home ice for the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1New HampshireHockey East32–2–1Tournament champion1stNever
2WisconsinWCHA32–5–1Tournament champion2nd2005
St. LawrenceECAC30–4–2Tournament champion3rd2005
MinnesotaWCHA27–10–1At-large bid5th2005
PrincetonECAC21–7–4At-large bid1stNever
Minnesota DuluthWCHA22–8–3At-large bid5th2005
MercyhurstCHA23–7–7At-large bid2nd2005
HarvardECAC18–12–4At-large bid5th2005

Bracket

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Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ncaa.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ncaa/sports/w-hockey/auto_pdf/WH-D1-2006{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  2. Web site: NCAA Women's Frozen Four Records Book . NCAA.org . March 19, 2023 . March 19, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230320053602/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_frozen4/2023.pdf . March 20, 2023 . live.