2024 WCHA women's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2024
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Women's
Dates:March 1 – March 9, 2024
Teams:8
Finalarena:Ridder Arena
Finalcity:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions:Wisconsin
Titlecount:10th
Coach:Mark Johnson
Coachcount:10th
Mvp:Casey O'Brien
Mvpteam:Wisconsin
Prevseason Year:2023
Prevseason Link:2023 WCHA women's ice hockey tournament
Nextseason Year:2025
Nextseason Link:2025 WCHA women's ice hockey tournament

The 2024 WCHA Ice Hockey Tournament was the 25th edition of the WCHA Tournament. It was played between March 1 and March 9, 2024. It was hosted by the University of Minnesota at Ridder Arena. As the tournament winner, Wisconsin earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament.

Format

The tournament includes all eight teams in the conference. Teams are ranked according to their finish in the conference standings. All quarterfinal games are best two of three and are played at the highest seed's home sites, and starting with the semifinals, single-elimination played at Ridder Arena. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid into the 2024 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

Tournament Awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WCHA Notebook: First round of WCHA playoffs set for Mar. 1–3 . February 28, 2024 . March 1, 2024 . WCHA.com.
  2. Web site: 2024 Kwik Trip WCHA Final Faceoff All-Tournament Team . WCHA.com . March 9, 2024 . March 9, 2024.