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.
| Teams | 8 |
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| Finals site | |
| Champions | Wisconsin Badgers (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Minnesota Golden Gophers (3rd title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Mark Johnson (1st title) |
Qualifying teams
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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.
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
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| 1 | New Hampshire | Hockey East | 32–2–1 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never |
| 2 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 32–5–1 | Tournament champion | 2nd | 2005 |
| St. Lawrence | ECAC | 30–4–2 | Tournament champion | 3rd | 2005 | |
| Minnesota | WCHA | 27–10–1 | At-large bid | 5th | 2005 | |
| Princeton | ECAC | 21–7–4 | At-large bid | 1st | Never | |
| Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 22–8–3 | At-large bid | 5th | 2005 | |
| Mercyhurst | CHA | 23–7–7 | At-large bid | 2nd | 2005 | |
| Harvard | ECAC | 18–12–4 | At-large bid | 5th | 2005 |
Bracket
edit| National Quarterfinals March 17–March 18 | National Semifinals March 24 | National Championship March 26 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Hampshire | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Harvard | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | New Hampshire | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Princeton | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 3 | ||||||||||||
| St. Lawrence | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota Duluth | 0 | |||||||||||||
| St. Lawrence | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 2** | ||||||||||||
| Mercyhurst | 1 | |||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Note: The team in italics is the home team in the first round.
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Tournament awards
edit- G: Jessie Vetter*, Wisconsin
- D: Bobbi-Jo Slusar, Wisconsin
- D: Ashley Albrecht, Minnesota
- F: Jinelle Zaugg, Wisconsin
- F: Bobbi Ross, Minnesota
- F: Jennifer Hitchcock, New Hampshire
References
edit- ^ https://www.ncaa.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ncaa/sports/w-hockey/auto_pdf/WH-D1-2006[permanent dead link]
- ^ "NCAA Women's Frozen Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. March 19, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.