2008 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

The 2008 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. The quarterfinals were conducted at the homes of the seeded teams and the Frozen Four was conducted in Duluth, MN It began on March 14, 2009, and ended with the championship game on March 22.

2008 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament

Teams	8
Finals site	DECC Arena Duluth, Minnesota
Champions	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (4th title)
Runner-up	Wisconsin Badgers (3rd title game)
Semifinalists	Harvard Crimson (5th Frozen Four) New Hampshire Wildcats (2nd Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Shannon Miller (4th title)
MOP	Kim Martin (Minnesota Duluth)
Attendance	4031

Qualifying teams

Harvard

Minnesota Duluth

New Hampshire

Minnesota

Wisconsin

St. Lawrence

Mercyhurst

Dartmouth

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2008 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

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 four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Harvard	ECAC	30–1–1	Tournament champion	7th	2007
2	Minnesota Duluth	WCHA	31–4–1	Tournament champion	7th	2007
3	New Hampshire	Hockey East	26–7–3	Tournament champion	3rd	2007
4	Minnesota	WCHA	27–6–4	At-large bid	6th	2006
	Wisconsin	WCHA	27–7–3	At-large bid	4th	2007
	St. Lawrence	ECAC	28–9–1	At-large bid	5th	2007
	Mercyhurst	CHA	27–7–3	At-large bid	4th	2007
	Dartmouth	ECAC	17–7–7	At-large bid	6th	2007

Bracket

Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

	National Quarterfinals March 15					National Semifinals March 20					National Championship March 22
	1	Harvard	5
		Dartmouth	1
						1	Harvard	1
							Wisconsin	4
	4	Minnesota	2
		Wisconsin	3*
												Wisconsin	0
											2	Minnesota Duluth	4
	2	Minnesota Duluth	5
		Mercyhurst	4
						2	Minnesota Duluth	3
						3	New Hampshire	2
	3	New Hampshire	3*
		St. Lawrence	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Harvard vs. Dartmouth

March 15 2:00

Dartmouth

1–5 (0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Harvard

Bright-Landry Hockey Center Attendance: 1,497

Game reference
	Carli Clemis	Goalies	Christina Kessler	Referee: Scott Leavitt Linesmen: Todd Aldous Larry Legualt
	0–1 19:27 – Brine (Vaillancourt, Farni) 0–2 29:34 – pp – Buesser (Wilson, Bassett) 0–3 33:50 – Vaillancourt (Wilson, Brine) Parsons – 36:36 1–3 1–4 45:20 – pp – Vaillancourt (Vaughn, Cahow) 1–5 53:26 – pp – Brine (Vaillancourt)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	44

(4) Minnesota vs. Wisconsin

March 15 7:00

Wisconsin

3–2 OT (1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena Attendance: 1,458

Game reference
	Jessie Vetter	Goalies	Jenny Lura	Referee: Dan Lick Linesmen: Ron Storey Michael Elam
	Nash (Hagen, Jakiel) – 8:19 1–0 1–1 16:56 – pp – Marvin (Ross, Miller) 1–2 39:59 – West (Marvin, Francis) Knight (Matthews, Windmeier) – 40:14 2–2 Deluce (Zaugg, Duggan) – 61:29 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	23

(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. Mercyhurst

March 15

Mercyhurst

4–5 (2–1, 0–1, 2–3)

Minnesota Duluth

DECC Arena

Game reference
	Laura Hosier	Goalies	Kim Martin
	Agosta (Prough) – 0:22 1–0 1–1 0:48 – Fridfinnson (Blais, Irwin) Chouinard (Payne, Scanzano) – pp – 18:37 2–1 2–2 35:44 – sh – Demeule Payne (Agosta, Prough) – 43:00 3–2 3–3 48:00 – pp – Fridfinnson (Pelttari, Irwin) 3–4 50:00 – pp – Blais (Pelttari, Irwin) 3–5 56:53 – Blais (Trépanier, Irwin) Bendus (Chouinard) 4–5
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	33

(3) New Hampshire vs. St. Lawrence

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National Semifinals

(1) Harvard vs. Wisconsin

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(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. (3) New Hampshire

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National Championship

Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota Duluth

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Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• G: Kim Martin*, Minnesota Duluth
• D: Myriam Trépanier, Minnesota Duluth
• D: Heidi Pelttari, Minnesota Duluth
• F: Laura Fridfinnson, Minnesota Duluth
• F: Sara O’Toole, Minnesota Duluth
• F: Erika Lawler, Wisconsin

* Most Outstanding Player