2021 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

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]

2021 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsWisconsin Badgers (6th title)
Runner-upNortheastern Huskies (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMark Johnson (6th title)
MOPMakenna Webster (Wisconsin)

Qualifying teams

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Northeastern
 
Wisconsin
 
Ohio State
 
Colgate
 
Minnesota Duluth
 
Boston College
 
Providence
 
Robert Morris
2021 Qualifying Teams
  WCHA,   ECAC,   Hockey East,   CHA

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

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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

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National Quarterfinals

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(1) Northeastern vs. Robert Morris

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March 15
2:00
Robert Morris1–5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–2)
NortheasternErie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 378
Game reference
Raygan KirkGoaliesAerin FrankelReferees:
Sarma Ozmen
Mike Kaehler
Linesmen:
Ron Laturi
Glen Hagberg
0–17:57 – Aurard (Müller)
0–228:18 – Fontaine (Aurard)
Curlett (Harley, Templeman)pp – 39:031–2
1–339:56 – Müller (Fontaine, Murphy)
1–447:11 – Cipra
1–554:09 – Fontaine (Knoll, Renner)
2 minPenalties4 min
21Shots46

(2) Wisconsin vs. Providence

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March 16
2:00
Providence0–3
0–1 / 0–0 / 0–2
WisconsinErie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 217
Game reference
Sandra AbstreiterGoaliesKennedy BlairReferees:
James Visconte
Todd Plouffe
Linesmen:
Brian Kimmins
Michael Bontatibus
0–112:54 – Pettet (Bowlby, Curl)
0–243:35 – Shirley (Curl)
0–358:23 – pp, en – Shirley (Watts)
8 minPenalties2 min
12Shots44

(3) Ohio State vs. Boston College

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March 16
7:00
Ohio State3–1
(0–1, 2–0, 1–0)
Boston CollegeErie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 478
Game reference
Andrea BrändliGoaliesAbbey LevyReferees:
Katy Guay
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Coby Mason
Ryan Chauvin
0–19:15 – Norcross (Bilka, Browne
Buglioni (Schepers, Skaggs)pp – 36:331–1
Bink (Levis, Bizal) – 39:232–1
Rosenthal (Skaggs, Maltais) – 53:303–1
8 minPenalties8 min
13Shots48

(4) Colgate vs. Minnesota Duluth

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March 15
7:00
Minnesota Duluth1–0 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
ColgateErie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 487
Game reference
Emma SöderbergGoaliesKayle OsborneReferees:
Chelsea Rapin
Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Steven Saul
Evan Cook
66:39 – Bell1–0
2 minPenalties
30Shots30

National Semifinals

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(1) Northeastern vs. Minnesota Duluth

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March 18Minnesota Duluth2–3 (OT)
(0–0, 2–0, 0–2, 0–1)
NortheasternErie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 299
Game reference
Emma SöderbergGoaliesAerin FrankelReferees:
Katie Guay
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Coby Munson
Ryan Chauvin
McMahon (Skinner, Van Wieren) – 30:031–0
Anderson (Klein, Flaherty) – 35:302–0
2–140:42 – ppMurphy (Fontaine, Hobson)
2–245:30 – Knoll (Renner, Pettey)
2–379:33 – Fontaine
6 minPenalties2 min
28Shots47

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

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March 18
12:00
Ohio State2–4
(0–1, 1–2, 1–1)
WisconsinErie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 379
Game reference
Andrea BrändliGoaliesKennedy BlairReferees:
Chelsea Rapin
Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Steven Saul
Evan Cooke
0–101:19 – Webster(O'Brien, Schneider)
0–201:58 – O'Brien (Schneider)
0–308:21 – Schneider (O'Brien, Webster)
Rosenthal (Brengman, Bizal) – 14:001–3
Säkkinen (Levis, Bink) – 07:552–3
2–419:46.1 – enWatts
2 minPenalties6 min
39Shots23

National Championship

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(1) Northeastern vs. (2) Wisconsin

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March 20
7:30
Wisconsin2–1 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)
NortheasternErie Insurance Arena
Attendance: 778
Game reference
Kennedy BlairGoaliesAerin FrankelReferees:
Katie Guay
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Coby Munson
Ryan Chauvin
Webster (O'Brien) – 11:001–0
1–111:39 – Aurard (Müller, Hobson)
Watts (LaMantia) – 03:162–1
10 minPenalties2 min
37Shots25

Media

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Television

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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

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Quarterfinals

  • Scott Sudikoff and Kelly Schultz

Women's Frozen Four and Championship

Tournament awards

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* Most Outstanding Player[5]

See also

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References

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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.
  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.