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The 2017 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey.

2017 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
2017 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsClarkson Golden Knights (2nd title)
Runner-upWisconsin Badgers (7th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMatt Desrosiers (2nd title)
MOPCayley Mercer (Clarkson)
Attendance5,778

The quarterfinals were contested at the campuses of the seeded teams on March 11, 2017. The Frozen Four was played on March 17 and 19, 2017 at Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri with Lindenwood University as the host.[1]

The tournament was won by Clarkson with a 3–0 win over Wisconsin, giving the Golden Knights their second title in program history.

Qualifying teams edit

In the third year under this qualification format, the winners of all four Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament.

The other four teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.[2]

Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Wisconsin WCHA 31–2–4 Tournament champion 11th 2016
2 Clarkson ECAC 29–4–5 Tournament champion 6th 2016
3 Minnesota Duluth WCHA 25–6–5 At-large bid 11th 2011
4 Boston College Hockey East 27–5–5 Tournament champion 9th 2016
St. Lawrence ECAC 26–5–4 At-large bid 9th 2012
Minnesota WCHA 25–7–5 At-large bid 15th 2016
Cornell ECAC 20–8–5 At-large bid 6th 2014
Robert Morris CHA 24–4–6 Tournament champion 1st Never

Bracket edit

[1]
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals
March 11 		National Semifinals
March 17 		National Championship
March 19
         
1 Wisconsin 7
Robert Morris 0
1 Wisconsin 1
4 Boston College 0
4 Boston College 6
St. Lawrence 0
1 Wisconsin 0
2 Clarkson 3
2 Clarkson 3
Cornell 1
2 Clarkson 4
Minnesota 3
3 Minnesota–Duluth 0
Minnesota 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results edit

National Quarterfinals edit

(1) Wisconsin vs. Robert Morris edit

March 11
2:07		Robert Morris0–7
(0–2, 0–4, 0–1)		WisconsinLaBahn Arena
Attendance: 2,423
Game reference
Jessica Dodds
Lauren Bailey		GoaliesAnn-Renée DesbiensReferees:
Robert Ludwig
Shaqne Paskey
Linesmen:
Ron Laituri
Josh Brown
0–11:48 – Steffen (Wellhausen, Williams)
0–213:43 – Nurse (Pankowski, Ryan)
0–327:26 – Wellhausen (Shaver, Steffen)
0–428:34 – Rolfes (Nurse)
0–533:27 – pp –Pankowski – (Nurse, Steffen)
0–638:16 – Clark
0–756:35 – Clark – (Norby)
8 minPenalties8 min
22Shots49

(4) Boston College vs. St. Lawrence edit

March 11
1:00		St. Lawrence0–6
(0–1, 0–4, 0–1)		Boston CollegeConte Forum
Attendance: 674
Game reference
Grace Harrison
Sonjia Shelly		GoaliesKaitlin BurtReferees:
Katie Guay
William Harrup
Linesmen:
Peter Terreri
James Curtin
0–118:36 – Kent (Newkirk, Flanagan)
0–221:51 – Capizzano (Lonergan, Belinskas)
0–325:56 – Anastos (Kent, Flanagan)
0–434:54 – McLean (Little)
0–539:58 – Keller (McLean)
0–649:49 – Newkirk (Kent, Anastos)
10 minPenalties6 min
24Shots28

(2) Clarkson vs. Cornell edit

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: S1 = 0 S2 = 3 GT1 = GT2 = 59:32 – Gabel (Bannon, Shelton)
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 3 N2 = 4 PN = 4

March 11
3:00		Cornell1–3
(0–1, 0–0, 1–2)		ClarksonCheel Arena
Attendance: 1,266
Game reference
Paula VoorheisGoaliesShea TileyReferees:
Tom Quinn
Rick Santilli
Linesmen:
Paul Sacco
Tim Daly
0–112:25 – pp – Gabel (Shelton, Harmon)
0–258:21 – Gabel (Mercer, Bannon)
Serdar (Bourbonnais, Bunton) – 58:331–2
0–359:32 – Gabel (Bannon, Shelton)
12 minPenalties2 min
23Shots37

(3) Minnesota-Duluth vs. Minnesota edit

March 11
2:30		Minnesota1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		Minnesota DuluthAMSOIL Arena
Attendance: 1,549
Game reference
Sidney PetersGoaliesMaddie RooneyReferees:
Scott Roth
Casey Enge
Linesmen:
Mike Kaehler
Glendon Seal
47:54 – Marshall (Pannek, Potomak)1–0
2 minPenalties4 min
29Shots25

National Semifinals edit

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College edit

March 17
5:00		Boston College0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		WisconsinFamily Arena
Game reference
Kaitlin BurtGoaliesAnn-Renée DesbiensReferees:
Katie Guay
Will Harrop
Linesmen:
Jim Curtin
Brandon Vigorito
0–119:43 – Channell (Pankowski, Roque)
8 minPenalties6 min
22Shots36

(2) Clarkson vs. Minnesota edit

March 17
8:05		Minnesota3–4
(1–1, 1–1, 1–2)		ClarksonFamily Arena
Attendance: 2,762
Game reference
Sidney PetersGoaliesShea TileyReferees:
Tom Quinn
Rick Santilli
Linesmen:
Paul Sacco
Tim Daley
0–112:55 – Bannon (Harmon, Shelton)
Schipper (Reilly) – 17:541–1
1–231:21 – Gabel (Bannon, Mercer)
Potomak (Pannek, Baldwin) – 39:002–2
2–344:58 – Harmon (McGill, Titus)
Skarzynski (Agnew) – 54:573–3
3–458:29 – McGill (Mercer, Bannon)
2 minPenalties0 min
31Shots25

National Championship edit

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Clarkson edit

March 19
2:03		Clarkson3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)		WisconsinFamily Arena
Attendance: 3,016
Game reference
Shea TileyGoaliesAnn-Renée DesbiensReferees:
Tom Quinn
Rick Santilli
Linesmen:
Tim Daley
Paul Sacco
Harmon (Bannon, Shelton) – pp – 20:271–0
Mercer (Gabel, Bannon) – 56:562–0
Mercer – 59:163–0
4 minPenalties6 min
20Shots41

Media edit

Television edit

An agreement with the Big Ten Network resulted in the championship game being televised for the first time since 2010.[3][4][5]

Broadcast assignments edit

Women's Frozen Four

  • Scott Sudikoff (NCAA.com)

Championship

  • Dan Kelly, Sonny Watrous, and Sara Dayley (BTN)

Tournament awards edit

All-Tournament Team edit

* Most Outstanding Player[6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "College hockey: Women's Frozen Four to air on Big Ten Network". NCAA.com. NCAA. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  4. ^ "White's OT Gamewinner Propels Cornell Into National Title Game". CornellBigRed.com. Cornell Athletics. March 19, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "Duggan leads Badgers to 3-2 win over Eagles, national title game Sunday". UWBaders.com. Wisconsin Athletics. March 18, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  6. ^ "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.
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