2010 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

The 2010 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 were held at the home sites of the seeded teams and the Frozen Four was hosted by the University of Minnesota at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]

2010 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsMinnesota Duluth Bulldogs (5th title)
Runner-upCornell Big Red (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachShannon Miller (5th title)
MOPEmmanuelle Blais (Minnesota Duluth)

Qualifying teams

edit
 
 
Mercyhurst
 
Minnesota Duluth
 
Minnesota
 
Harvard
 
Boston University
 
Cornell
 
Clarkson
 
New Hampshire
2010 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 Mercyhurst CHA 29–2–3 At-large bid 6th 2009
2 Minnesota Duluth WCHA 28–8–2 Tournament champion 9th 2009
3 Minnesota WCHA 25–8–5 At-large bid 8th 2009
4 Harvard ECAC 20–7–5 At-large bid 8th 2008
Cornell ECAC 19–8–6 Tournament champion 1st Never
Clarkson ECAC 23–11–5 At-large bid 1st Never
New Hampshire Hockey East 19–8–5 At-large bid 5th 2009
Boston University Hockey East 16–9–12 Tournament champion 1st Never

Bracket

edit

Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals
March 12–March 13
National Semifinals
March 19
National Championship
March 21
         
1 Mercyhurst 4
Boston University 1
1 Mercyhurst 2
Cornell 3*
4 Harvard 2
Cornell 6
Cornell 2
2 Minnesota Duluth 3***
2 Minnesota Duluth 2
New Hampshire 1
2 Minnesota Duluth 3
3 Minnesota 2
3 Minnesota 3*
Clarkson 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Source.[2]

Results

edit

National Quarterfinals

edit

(1) Mercyhurst vs. Boston University

edit
March 13Boston University1–4
(0–2, 0–0, 1–2)
MercyhurstMercyhurst Ice Center
Attendance: 1,300
Game reference
Melissa HaberGoaliesHillary Pattenden
0–114:26 – ppSchols (Scanzano)
0–216:36 – ppBram (Scanzano, Bendus)
0–342:53 – Bendus (Jones)
Watchornpp – 53:381–3
1–453:48 – Bram (Scanzano, Cockell)
10 minPenalties12 min
18Shots33

(4) Harvard vs. Cornell

edit
March 12
7:00
Cornell6–2
(2–0, 4–1, 0–1)
HarvardBright Hockey Center
Attendance: 870
Game reference
Amanda MazzottaGoaliesLaura Bellamy
Kylie Stephens
Referees:
Bill Doiron
Julie Piacentini
Linesmen:
Shane Belanger
Chris Leavitt
White (Young) – 2:341–0
Overguardsh – 6:262–0
Fortino (Karpenko) – 26:423–0
Jue (Danforth, Ogilvie) – 28:064–0
Karpenko (Rougeau)pp – 29:455–0
5–133:47 – ppGriffin (Buesser, Fami)
Ogilvie (Karpenko) – 35:316–1
6–253:11 – Coskren (Bassett)
8 minPenalties6 min
18Shots36

(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. New Hampshire

edit
March 12New Hampshire1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)
Minnesota DuluthDECC Arena
Game reference
Kayley HermanGoaliesJennifer Harss
0–12:42 – Larocque (Ambroz)
Long (Brock) – 5:421–1
1–243:57 – ppWong (Blais)
24Shots26

(3) Minnesota vs. Clarkson

edit
March 13
4:07
Clarkson2–3 (OT)
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 0–1)
MinnesotaRidder Arena
Attendance: 785
Game reference
Lauren DahmGoaliesNoora RätyReferees:
Ray Doocy
Michael Elam
Linesmen:
Dan Fitzsimmons
Alicia Hanrahan
0–114:19 – ppFrancis (West, Bozek)
0–217:36 – West (Erickson)
49:51 – Waldie (Selina, Eusepi)1–2
58:16 – Baribeau (Boudreau)2–2
2–363:09 – West
10 minPenalties12 min
39Shots35

National Semifinals

edit

(1) Mercyhurst vs. Cornell

edit
March 19
5:04
Cornell3–2 (OT)
(1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1–0)
MercyhurstRidder Arena
Game reference
Amanda MazzottaGoaliesHillary PattendenReferees:
Ray Doocy
Mike Elam
Linesmen:
Kristine Langley
Tai Thorsheim
Fortino (K. Overguard, Rougeau)sh – 6:301–0
1–128:43 – Rossler
1–230:38 – Corbett (Rossler, Jones)
K. Overguard (Martino, Jue) – 47:062–2
White (A. Overguard)3–2
10 minPenalties12 min
30Shots30

(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. Minnesota

edit
March 19
8:38
Minnesota2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0)
Minnesota DuluthRidder Arena
Attendance: 2,070
Game reference
Noora RätyGoaliesJennifer HarssReferees:
Dan Lick
Robert Ludwig
Linesmen:
Dan Fitzsimmons
Alicia Hanrahan
0–15:55 – Fridfinnson (Blais)
0–232:55 – Blais (Fridfinnson, Larocque)
Erickson (West) – 37:301–2
1–339:15 – Blais (Fridfinnson)
West (Francis, Schleper) – 59:052–3
12 minPenalties8 min
29Shots24

National Championship

edit

Cornell vs. (2) Minnesota Duluth

edit
March 21
12:05
Cornell2–3 (3OT)
(0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Minnesota DuluthRidder Arena
Attendance: 1,473
Game reference
Amanda MazzottaGoaliesJennifer HarssReferees:
Derek Zuckerman
Dan Lick
Linesmen:
Alicia Hanrahan
Kristine Langley
Jue (Rougeau, Fortino)pp – 33:441–0
1–140:18 – ppBlais (Tuominen, Rasmussen)
1–254:42 – pp – Rasmussen (Tuominen, Cournoyer)
Jue (Fortino, Overguard) – 56:302–2
2–3119:26 – Wong (Gray, Posa)
18 minPenalties12 min
51Shots64

Tournament notes

edit

Saara Tuominen and Jaime Rasmussen of Minnesota Duluth were the only players to score two points in the championship game.

Two records were set in the championship game: at four hours and twenty-four minutes, the game set an NCAA Frozen Four record for longest game, and Cornell goaltender Amanda Mazzotta set a record for most saves in an NCAA Championship game with 61 saves. The former record holder was Bulldog goaltender Patricia Sautter, who set the previous record in 2003 with 41 saves.[3]

Tournament awards

edit

* Most Outstanding Player[4]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Championship Sites For 2010 And 2011 Released". NCAA. Retrieved April 1, 2009.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ https://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/032110aad.html[permanent dead link][dead link]
  3. ^ "High five! Bulldogs win fifth NCAA title with 3-2 triumph over Cornell in triple overtime". UMD Bulldog Athletics. March 21, 2010. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  4. ^ "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.