2019 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

The 2019 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. The quarterfinals was played at the campuses of the seeded teams on Saturday, March 16, 2019. The Frozen Four was played on March 22 and 24, 2019 at People's United Center in Hamden, Connecticut. Quinnipiac University hosted the tournament, the second time that it and People's United Center hosted the Frozen Four. It was the third year that the Big Ten Network aired the championship game live and the second year the semifinals was aired live on BTN.

2019 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament

Teams	8
Finals site	People's United Center Hamden, Connecticut
Champions	Wisconsin Badgers (5th title)
Runner-up	Minnesota Golden Gophers (9th title game)
Semifinalists	Clarkson Golden Knights (5th Frozen Four) Cornell Big Red (4th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Mark Johnson (5th title)
MOP	Kristen Campbell (Wisconsin)

Qualifying teams

In the fifth 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.

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Wisconsin	WCHA	32–4–2	Tournament champion	13th	2018
2	Minnesota	WCHA	30–5–1	At-large bid	17th	2018
3	Northeastern	Hockey East	27–5–5	Tournament champion	3rd	2018
4	Clarkson	ECAC	29–7–2	Tournament champion	8th	2018
	Boston College	Hockey East	26–11–1	At-large bid	11th	2018
	Cornell	ECAC	23–5–6	At-large bid	7th	2017
	Princeton	ECAC	20–7–5	At-large bid	3rd	2016
	Syracuse	CHA	13–21–3	Tournament champion	1st	Never

Bracket

Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

	National Quarterfinals March 16					National Semifinals March 22					National Championship March 24
	1	Wisconsin	4
		Syracuse	0
						1	Wisconsin	5
						4	Clarkson	0
	4	Clarkson	2*
		Boston College	1
											1	Wisconsin	2
											2	Minnesota	0
	2	Minnesota	5
		Princeton	2
						2	Minnesota	2
							Cornell	0
	3	Northeastern	2
		Cornell	3*

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

Syracuse vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 16 2:07

Syracuse

0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Wisconsin

LaBahn Arena Attendance: 2,423

Game reference
	Ady Cohen	Goalies	Kristen Campbell	Referees: Katie Guay Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Delaney Harrop Amanda Frederickson
	0–1 22:33 – Pankowski (Clark, Mauermann) 0–2 32:19 – Pankowski (Clark) 0–3 42:16 – Roque 0–4 52:19 – Norby (Shaver, Rowe)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	15	Shots	47

Boston College vs. (4) Clarkson

March 16 3:00

Boston College

1–2 (OT) (1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Clarkson

Cheel Arena Attendance: 977

Game reference
	Maddy MCArthur	Goalies	Kassidy Sauvé	Referees: Todd Plouffe CJ Hallman Linesmen: Brian Kimmins Kyle Walsh
	Watts (Sommerfield) – 13:24 1–0 1–1 56:57 – Pozzebon (Vinkle) 1–2 74:38 – Giguère (Pejzlová, Keenan)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	36	Shots	30

Princeton vs. (2) Minnesota

March 16

Princeton

2–5 (1–2, 1–0, 0–3)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena Attendance: 2,079

Game reference
	Stephanie Neatby	Goalies	Sydney Scobee
	Fillier (Connors) – 5:26 1–0 1–1 7:12 – S. Potomak (A. Potomak, Pannek) 1–2 18:05 – A. Potomak (Pannek, S. Potomak) Fillier (Bullock, Keopple) – 22:43 2–2 2–3 51:47 – Pannek (S. Potomak) 2–4 58:54 – S. Potomak 2–5 59:46 – Schammel (Williamson)
	0 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	39

Cornell vs. (3) Northeastern

March 16 1:00

Cornell

3–2 (OT) (2–0, 0–0, 0–2, 1–0)

Northeastern

Matthews Arena Attendance: 1,401

Game reference
	Marlène Boissonnault	Goalies	Aerin Frankel	Referees: Tom Quinn Mackenzie Welter Linesmen: John Mulroy Timothy Daley
	Curlew (O'Neill, Graham) – 13:28 1–0 Graham (Facchinato, Slobodzian) – pp – 19:28 2–0 2–1 49:32 – Pettey (Renner) 2–2 54:31 – Fontaine (Sullivan, Hobson) Frechette (Buckley, Facchinato) 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	24

National Semifinals

Cornell vs. (2) Minnesota

March 22 4:01

Cornell

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Minnesota

People's United Center Attendance: 3,241

Game reference
	Marlène Boissonnault	Goalies	Alex Gulstene	Referees: Todd Plouffe CJ Hallman Linesmen: Kyle Walsh Brian Kimmins
	0–1 32:09 – pp – Schammel (Oden, Knowles) 0–2 59:27 – Potomak
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	27

(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 22 7:08

Clarkson

0–5 (0–0, 0–1, 0–4)

Wisconsin

People's United Center Attendance: 3,241

Game reference
	Kassidy Sauvé	Goalies	Kristen Campbell	Referee: Tom Quinn Linesmen: MacKenzie Welter John Mulroy
	0–1 29:29 – Roque (Curl, Buchbinder) 0–2 50:52 – Cogan (Gardner, Clark) 0–3 53:47 – Pankowski (Cogan) 0–4 58:40 – Pankowski (Cogan) 0–5 59:05 – Norby (Shaver, Schneider)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	40

National Championship

(2) Minnesota vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 24 2:31

Minnesota

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Wisconsin

People's United Center Attendance: 3,423

Game reference
	Alex Gulstene	Goalies	Kristen Campbell	Referees: Katie Guay Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Amanda Tassoni Delaney Harrop
	0–1 10:20 – Shaver (Norby, LaMantia) 0–2 29:15 – Pankowski (Roque)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	32

Media

Television

Big Ten Network televised the semifinals and championship during their multi-year contract to carry the event. It would end up being the last time they carried the event as the 2020 tournament would go on to be canceled, and ESPN would purchase the rights beginning with 2021.

Broadcast assignments

Women's Frozen Four and Championship

• Chris Vosters, Sonny Watrous, and Margaux Farrell (BTN)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• G: Kristen Campbell*, Wisconsin
• D: Maddie Rolfes, Wisconsin
• D: Mekenzie Steffen, Wisconsin
• F: Annie Pankowski, Wisconsin
• F: Abby Roque, Wisconsin
• F: Nicole Schammel, Minnesota

* Most Outstanding Player