2023 WCHA women's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Women's
Dates:February 24– March 4, 2023
Teams:8
Finalarena:Ridder Arena
Finalcity:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions:Minnesota
Titlecount:8th
Coach:Brad Frost
Coachcount:5th
Mvp:Abbey Murphy
Mvpteam:Minnesota
Prevseason Year:2022
Prevseason Link:2022 WCHA women's ice hockey tournament
Nextseason Year:2024
Nextseason Link:2024 WCHA women's ice hockey tournament

The 2023 WCHA Ice Hockey Tournament was the 24th edition of the WCHA Tournament. It was played between February 24 and March 4, 2023. It was hosted by the University of Minnesota at Ridder Arena. Minnesota won the championship game over Ohio State, 3–1, making it their eighth title. As the tournament winner, Minnesota received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament.

Format

The tournament included all eight teams in the conference. Teams were ranked according to their finish in the conference standings. All quarterfinal games were best two of three and were played at the highest seeds home sites, and starting with the semifinals, single-elimination played at Ridder Arena. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid into the 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament.[1]

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Quarterfinals

(5) St. Cloud State at (4) Minnesota-Duluth

Semifinals

(3) Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota

Championship

(2) Minnesota vs. (1) Ohio State

Tournament Awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kwik Trip WCHA Final Faceoff . 2023-02-25 . wcha.com.