2017 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2017
Gender:women's
Ncaadiv:Division I
Division:National Collegiate
Teams:8
Frozenfourarena:Family Arena
Frozenfourcity:St. Charles, Missouri
Champions:Clarkson Golden Knights
Titlecount:2nd
Runnerup:Wisconsin Badgers
Gamecount:7th
Semifinal1:Boston College Eagles
Frozenfourcount:7th
Semifinal2:Minnesota Golden Gophers
Frozenfourcount2:13th
Coach:Matt Desrosiers
Coachcount:2nd
Mop:Cayley Mercer
Mopteam:Clarkson
Attendance:5,778

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]

The tournament was won by with a 3–0 win over, 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.[2]

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SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1WisconsinWCHA31–2–4Tournament champion11th2016
2ClarksonECAC29–4–5Tournament champion6th2016
3Minnesota DuluthWCHA25–6–5At-large bid11th2011
4Boston CollegeHockey East27–5–5Tournament champion9th2016
St. LawrenceECAC26–5–4At-large bid9th2012
MinnesotaWCHA25–7–5At-large bid15th2016
CornellECAC20–8–5At-large bid6th2014
Robert MorrisCHA24–4–6Tournament champion1stNever

Bracket


Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

Results

National Quarterfinals

(3) Minnesota-Duluth vs. Minnesota

National Semifinals

(2) Clarkson vs. Minnesota

National Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Clarkson

Media

Television

An agreement with the Big Ten Network resulted in the championship game being televised for the first time since 2010.[3] [4] [5]

Broadcast assignments

Women's Frozen Four

Championship

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player[6]

See also

Notes and References

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