2019 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2019
Gender:women's
Ncaadiv:Division I
Division:National Collegiate
Teams:8
Frozenfourarena:People's United Center
Frozenfourcity:Hamden, Connecticut
Champions:Wisconsin Badgers
Titlecount:5th
Runnerup:Minnesota Golden Gophers
Gamecount:9th
Semifinal1:Clarkson Golden Knights
Frozenfourcount:5th
Semifinal2:Cornell Big Red
Frozenfourcount2:4th
Coach:Mark Johnson
Coachcount:5th
Mop:Kristen Campbell
Mopteam:Wisconsin

The 2019 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 was played at the campuses of the seeded teams on Saturday, March 16, 2019. The Frozen Four was played on March 22 and 24, 2019 at People's United Center in Hamden, Connecticut. Quinnipiac University hosted the tournament, the second time that it and People's United Center hosted the Frozen Four. It was the third year that the Big Ten Network aired the championship game live and the second year the semifinals was aired live on BTN.

Qualifying teams

In the fifth 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]

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1WisconsinWCHA32–4–2Tournament champion13th2018
2MinnesotaWCHA30–5–1At-large bid17th2018
3NortheasternHockey East27–5–5Tournament champion3rd2018
4ClarksonECAC29–7–2Tournament champion8th2018
Boston CollegeHockey East26–11–1At-large bid11th2018
CornellECAC23–5–6At-large bid7th2017
PrincetonECAC20–7–5At-large bid3rd2016
SyracuseCHA13–21–3Tournament champion1stNever

Bracket

[2]
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teamsNote: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

Cornell vs. (3) Northeastern

National Semifinals

(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Wisconsin

National Championship

(2) Minnesota vs. (1) Wisconsin

Media

Television

Big Ten Network televised the semifinals and championship during their multi-year contract to carry the event.[3] It would end up being the last time they carried the event as the 2020 tournament would go on to be canceled, and ESPN would purchase the rights beginning with 2021.

Broadcast assignments

Women's Frozen Four and Championship

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NC women's hockey championship bracket revealed, Wisconsin earns No. 1 seed in 2019 tournament. . March 10, 2019. NCAA.com. NCAA. March 18, 2019.
  2. Web site: Women's Ice Hockey Bracket. . NCAA.com. NCAA. March 18, 2019.
  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: 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.