2021 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

2021 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	8
Finals site	Erie Insurance Arena; Erie, Pennsylvania;
Champions	Wisconsin Badgers (6th title)
Runner-up	Northeastern Huskies (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Ohio State Buckeyes (2nd Frozen Four); Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (9th Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Mark Johnson (6th title)
MOP	Makenna Webster (Wisconsin)
	← 2020 ; NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments; 2022 →;

The 2021 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eight schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals were played at the Erie Insurance Arena on March 15 and 16, 2021, with the Frozen Four played on March 18 and 20, 2021 at Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania. Daryl Watts of the Wisconsin Badgers scored the tournament winning goal in a 2–1 overtime win against the Northeastern Huskies.^[1]

Qualifying teams edit

In the sixth 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.


Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Northeastern	Hockey East	20–1–1	Tournament champion	5th	2020
2	Wisconsin	WCHA	12–3–1	Tournament champion	15th	2020
3	Ohio State	WCHA	12–6	At-large bid	3rd	2020
4	Colgate	ECAC	15–6–1	Tournament champion	2nd	2018
	Minnesota-Duluth	WCHA	11–6	At-large bid	12th	2019
	Boston College	Hockey East	14–5	At-large bid	12th	2019
	Providence	Hockey East	12–7–1	At-large bid	2nd	2005
	Robert Morris	CHA	16–7–1	Tournament champion	2nd	2017

Bracket edit

National Quarterfinals March 15 & March 16^[2] NCAA.com			National Semifinals March 18 ESPN3/ESPNU			National Championship March 20 ESPNU

1	Northeastern	5

8	Robert Morris	1
			1	Northeastern	3*

			5	Minnesota-Duluth	2
4	Colgate	0

5	Minnesota-Duluth	1*
						1	Northeastern	1

						2	Wisconsin	2*
3	Ohio State	3

6	Boston College	1
			3	Ohio State	2

			2	Wisconsin	4
2	Wisconsin	3

7	Providence	0

Note: each * denotes one overtime period

Results edit

National Quarterfinals edit

(1) Northeastern vs. Robert Morris edit

March 15
2:00

Robert Morris

1–5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Northeastern

Erie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 378

Game reference

Raygan Kirk

Goalies

Aerin Frankel

Referees:
Sarma Ozmen
Mike Kaehler
Linesmen:
Ron Laturi
Glen Hagberg

	0–1	7:57 – Aurard (Müller)
	0–2	28:18 – Fontaine (Aurard)
Curlett (Harley, Templeman) – pp – 39:03	1–2
	1–3	39:56 – Müller (Fontaine, Murphy)
	1–4	47:11 – Cipra
	1–5	54:09 – Fontaine (Knoll, Renner)

2 min

Penalties

4 min

21

Shots

46

(2) Wisconsin vs. Providence edit

March 16	Providence		0 – 3	Wisconsin	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		12:54 – Brette Pettet – (Grace Bowlby, Britta Curl)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		3:35 – Sophie Shirley – (Britta Curl) 18:23 – pp – Sophie Shirley – (Daryl Watts)
Sandra Abstreiter (41 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats		Kennedy Blair (12 saves / 12 shots)

(3) Ohio State vs. Boston College edit

March 16	Boston College		1 – 3	Ohio State	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
Savannah Norcross – (Hannah Bilka, Kelly Browne) – 9:15		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		16:33 – pp – Jenna Buglioni – (Liz Schepers, Tatum Skaggs) 19:23 – Brooke Bink – (Paetyn Levis, Madison Bizal)
No scoring		Third period		13:30 – Gabby Rosenthal – (Tatum Skaggs, Emma Maltais)
Abigail Levy (48 saves / 48 shots)		Goalie stats		Andrea Braendli (12 saves / 13 shots)

(4) Colgate vs. Minnesota-Duluth edit

March 15	Minnesota-Duluth		1 – 0	OT	Colgate	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Ashton Bell – (Unassisted) – 6:39		First overtime period			No scoring
Emma Soderberg (30 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Kayle Osborne (29 saves / 30 shots)

National Semifinals edit

(1) Northeastern vs. Minnesota-Duluth edit

March 18	Minnesota-Duluth		2 – 3	OT	Northeastern	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Mannon McMahon – (Kailee Skinner, Clara Van Wieren) – 10:03 Taylor Anderson – (Anna Klein, Maggie Flaherty) – 15:30		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			0:42 – pp – Maureen Murphy – (Skylar Fontaine, Brooke Hobson) 5:30 – Katy Knoll – (Andrea Renner, Veronika Pettey)
No scoring		First overtime period			19:33 – Skylar Fontaine – (Unassisted)
Emma Soderberg (44 saves / 47 shots)		Goalie stats			Aerin Frankel (26 saves / 28 shots)

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Ohio St. edit

March 18	Ohio St.		2 – 4	Wisconsin	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		01:19 – Makenna Webster – (Casey O'Brien, Caitlin Schneider)
Gabby Rosenthal – (Riley Brengman, Madison Bizal) – 14:00		Second period		01:58 – Casey O'Brien – (Caitlin Schneider) 08:21 – Caitlin Schneider – (Casey O'Brien, Makenna Webster)
Sara Saekkinen – (Paetyn Levis, Brooke Bink) – 07:55		Third period		19:46.1 – Daryl Watts – (Unassisted, empty net goal)
Andrea Barendli (16 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats		Kennedy Blair (35 saves / 37 shots)

National Championship edit

(1) Northeastern vs. (2) Wisconsin edit

March 20	Wisconsin		2 – 1	OT	Northeastern	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Makenna Webster – (Casey O'Brien) – 11:00		Third period			11:39 – Chloe Aurard – (Alina Mueller, Brooke Hobson)
Daryl Watts – (Nicole LaMantia) – 03:16		First overtime period			No scoring
Kennedy Blair (23 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Aerin Frankel (33 saves / 35 shots)

Media edit

Television edit

ESPN had US television rights to the semifinals and national championship after entering into a multi-year contract to carry the event.^[3] The Quarterfinals were streamed on ncaa.com while ESPNU and ESPN3 carried the Women's Frozen Four and Championship.^[4]

Broadcast assignments edit

Quarterfinals

Scott Sudikoff and Kelly Schultz

Women's Frozen Four and Championship

Clay Matvick and AJ Mleczko

Tournament awards edit

All-Tournament Team edit

G: Aerin Frankel, Northeastern
D: Ashton Bell, Minnesota Duluth
D: Skylar Fontaine, Northeastern
F: Alina Müller, Northeastern
F: Caitlin Schneider, Wisconsin
F: Makenna Webster*, Wisconsin

* Most Outstanding Player^[5]

References edit

^ "N.S. player captains Wisconsin to NCAA women's hockey title". cbc.ca. March 20, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
^ "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
^ Dilks, Chris (February 23, 2021). "ESPNU to Televise Women's Frozen Four". SB Nation. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ Skarka, Michael (February 23, 2021). "ESPN to Present the 2021 NCAA Women's Frozen Four Beginning March 18 as Part of New, Multi-Year Agreement". ESPN. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "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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[1] "N.S. player captains Wisconsin to NCAA women's hockey title". cbc.ca. March 20, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.

[bracket-2] "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 12, 2021.

[3] Dilks, Chris (February 23, 2021). "ESPNU to Televise Women's Frozen Four". SB Nation. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[4] Skarka, Michael (February 23, 2021). "ESPN to Present the 2021 NCAA Women's Frozen Four Beginning March 18 as Part of New, Multi-Year Agreement". ESPN. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[5] "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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