2009 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

The 2009 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 14, 2009, and ended with the championship game on March 22. The quarterfinals were played at the home sites of the seeded teams and the Frozen Four was played in Boston.

2009 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament

Teams	8
Finals site	Agganis Arena Boston
Champions	Wisconsin Badgers (3rd title)
Runner-up	Mercyhurst Lakers (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (6th Frozen Four) Minnesota Golden Gophers (6th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Mark Johnson (3rd title)

Qualifying teams

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Mercyhurst

New Hampshire

Minnesota Duluth

St. Lawrence

Boston College

Dartmouth

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2009 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	Wisconsin	WCHA	18–2–5	Tournament champion	5th	2008
2	Minnesota	WCHA	22–1–3	At-large bid	7th	2008
3	Mercyhurst	CHA	29–5–0	At-large bid	5th	2008
4	New Hampshire	Hockey East	24–5–5	Tournament champion	4th	2008
	Minnesota Duluth	WCHA	17–5–4	At-large bid	8th	2008
	St. Lawrence	ECAC	24–10–3	At-large bid	6th	2008
	Boston College	Hockey East	22–8–5	At-large bid	2nd	2007
	Dartmouth	ECAC	20–9–4	Tournament champion	7th	2008

Bracket

	National Quarterfinals March 14					National Semifinals March 20					National Championship March 22
	1	Wisconsin	7
		Dartmouth	0
						1	Wisconsin	5
							Minnesota Duluth	1
	4	New Hampshire	1
		Minnesota Duluth	4
											1	Wisconsin	5
											3	Mercyhurst	0
	2	Minnesota	4
		Boston College	3
						2	Minnesota	4
						3	Mercyhurst	5
	3	Mercyhurst	3
		St. Lawrence	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Dartmouth

March 14 1:07

Dartmouth

0–7 (0–2, 0–3, 0–2)

Wisconsin

Kohl Center Attendance: 3,023

Game reference
	Carli Clemis	Goalies	Jessie Vetter	Referees: Chris Perrault Dan Lick Linesmen: Christine Langley Tai Thorsheim
	0–1 3:39 – pp – Keseley (Lawler, Knight) 0–2 11:25 – Lawler (Knight) 0–3 29:36 – Knight (Keseley, Dronen) 0–4 32:13 – sh – Knight 0–5 36:34 – pp – Keseley (Duggan, Knight) 0–6 56:09 – Keseley (Knight, Lawler) 0–7 59:01 – Ammerman (Keseley, Dronen)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	28

(4) New Hampshire vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 14 1:00

Minnesota Duluth

4–1 (0–0, 0–0, 4–1)

New Hampshire

Whittemore Center Attendance: 1,410

Game reference
	Kayley Herman	Goalies	Johanna Ellison	Referees: Derek Zuckerman Dean Gilbert Linesmen: Gary Young Katie Guay
	Irwin (O'Toole) – pp – 42:49 1–0 Holmlöv (Winberg) – 50:08 2–0 2–1 11:59 – pp – Birchard (Faber) Mattilia (Blais, Pelttari) – 57:43 3–1 O'Toole (Larocque, Winberg) – en – 59:49 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	40 min
	25	Shots	22

(2) Minnesota vs. Boston College

March 14 4:00

Boston College

3–4 (1–4, 1–0, 1–0)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena Attendance: 1,530

Game reference
	Molly Schaus	Goalies	Alyssa Grogan	Referees: Jay Mendel Robert Ludwig Linesmen: Alicia Hanrahan Erin Blair
	0–1 0:46 – pp – Marvin (Gagnon, Grogan) 0–2 3:15 – Marvin (Francis, West) Restuccia (Thunstrom) – 4:35 1–2 1–3 8:17 – Drazan 1–4 8:59 – Francis (Gagnon, Lamoureux) Restuccia (Stack, Schaus) – pp – 34:00 2–4 Fardelmann (Stack, Taverna) – pp – 45:28 3–4
	10 min	Penalties	25 min
	28	Shots	32

(3) Mercyhurst vs. St. Lawrence

March 14 3:00

St. Lawrence

1–3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Mercyhurst

Mercyhurst Ice Center

Game reference
	Brittony Chartier	Goalies	Hillary Pattenden
	Batchelor (Emond, Roach) – 3:43 1–0 1–1 22:15 – Steadman (Bendus, Bram) 1–2 34:35 – pp – Agosta (Prough, Chouinard) 1–3 43:35 – Jones
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	44

National Semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 20 5:04

Minnesota Duluth

1–5 (0–0, 0–3, 1–2)

Wisconsin

Agganis Arena Attendance: 2,706

Game reference
	Johanna Ellison	Goalies	Jessie Vetter	Referees: Lick/Perrault Alicia Hanrahan Linesman: Erin Blair
	0–1 31:16 – pp – Lawler (Knight, Matthews) 0–2 32:33 – pp – Knight (Duggan) 0–3 36:36 – pp – Lawler (Knight, Duggan) 0–4 45:26 – Sanders (Ammerman) 0–5 54:25 – pp – Knight (Duggan) Rasmussen (Fridfinnson) – 55:08 1–5
	29 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	32

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Mercyhurst

March 20 8:05

Mercyhurst

5–4 (3–1, 2–0, 0–3)

Minnesota

Agganis Arena Attendance: 2,706

Game reference
	Hillary Pattenden	Goalies	Alyssa Grogan Jenny Lura	Referees: Gilbert/Zuckerman Todd Aldous Linesman: Larry Legault
	0–1 5:29 – pp – Marvin (Drazan) Chouinard (McMeekin, Scanzano) – pp – 8:38 1–1 Bram – pp – 15:47 2–1 Agosta (Jones, Scanzano) – 18:46 3–1 Corbett (Chouinard, Cockell) – 23:40 4–1 Agosta (Scanzano) – 39:55 5–1 5–2 51:13 – pp – Schoullis (Marvin) 5–3 55:24 – Marvin 5–4 58:43 – pp – Lamoureux (Drazan, Marvin)
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	22	Shots	37

National Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (3) Mercyhurst

March 22 12:04

Mercyhurst

0–5 (0–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Wisconsin

Agganis Arena Attendance: 2,437

Game reference
	Hillary Pattenden	Goalies	Jessie Vetter	Referees: Zuckerman/Gilbert Todd Aldous Linesman: Larry Legault
	0–1 25:28 – Ammerman (Keseley) 0–2 28:48 – pp – Duggan (Matthews, Lawler) 0–3 30:38 – Keseley (Lawler, Knight) 0–4 43:26 – Windmeier (Giles, Duggan) 0–5 45:38 – Knight (Lawler, Keseley)
	12 min	Penalties	26 min
	37	Shots	32

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• G: Jessie Vetter*, Wisconsin
• D: Alycia Matthews, Wisconsin
• D: Malee Windmeier, Wisconsin
• F: Meghan Agosta, Mercyhurst
• F: Hilary Knight, Wisconsin

* Most Outstanding Player