2012–13 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season

2012–13 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
2012–13 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
NCAA tournament	2013
National championship	Ridder Arena; Minneapolis, MN
NCAA champion	Minnesota Golden Gophers
Patty Kazmaier Award	Amanda Kessel; ()
NCAA Division I women's ice hockey seasons
← 2011–12	2013–14 →

The 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season will begin in October, 2011, and ended with the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game in March, 2013.

Offseason

May 31: Taylor Gross has been named captain for the Penn State Nittany Lions in their inaugural NCAA Division I season.^[1]

Transfers

Player	Position	Former team	New team
Hailey Browne	Forward	Mercyhurst	Maine
Kaleigh Chippy	Forward	Niagara	Mercyhurst
Katie Dods	Forward	Niagara	Waterloo (CIS)
Taylor Gross	Forward	Connecticut	Penn State
Jenna Hendrikx	Forward	Niagara	Mercyhurst
Nicole Paniccia	Goaltender	Connecticut	Penn State
Kelsey Welch	Forward	Niagara	Mercyhurst

Exhibition

CIS Exhibition

Date	NCAA school	CIS school	Score	NCAA goal scorers


Oct. 3	St. Lawrence Skating Saints	McGill	5-4 (OT)^[2]	Kelly Sabatine (3), Victoria Leimgardt, Dayle Wilkinson
Oct. 19	Dartmouth	McGill	Dartmouth, 5-0^[3]	Sasha Nanji, Laura Stacey (2), Camille Dumais
Oct. 20	Harvard	McGill	Harvard, 4-1^[4]	Jillian Dempsey (2), Samantha Reber, Miye D'Oench
Oct. 24	Vermont	McGill	Vermont, 1-0^[5]	Erin Wente

PWHL Exhibition

Date	NCAA school	Opponent	Arena	Score	NCAA goal scorers
Sep. 22	Mercyhurst	Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres (PWHL)	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Mercyhurst, 10-1^[6]
Jan. 4	Mercyhurst	Durham Lightning (PWHL)	Mercyhurst Ice Center

News and notes

September

October

November

December

January

February

Regular season

Season standings

2012–13 College Hockey America standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#5 Mercyhurst^†*	20	17	3	0	34	96	27	37	29	7	1	153	65
Syracuse	20	13	6	1	27	54	32	36	20	15	1	97	74
RIT	20	7	8	5	19	41	45	37	16	16	5	96	79
Robert Morris	20	9	10	1	19	52	50	33	15	15	3	81	77
Lindenwood	20	7	10	3	17	41	71	36	7	26	3	61	151
Penn State	20	1	17	2	4	22	81	35	7	26	2	69	109
Champion: Mercyhurst † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USCHO.com Poll

#	Team v t e	ECAC record								Overall
#	Team v t e	PTS	GP	W	L	T	Pct	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	Pct	GF	GA
1	Cornell	37	22	18	3	1	0.841	84	27	34	27	6	1	0.809	131	55
2t	Clarkson	36	22	18	4	0	0.818	61	28	38	28	10	0	0.737	110	68
2t	Harvard	36	22	17	3	2	0.818	77	25	34	24	7	3	0.750	113	41
4	Quinnipiac	29	22	13	6	3	0.659	66	41	36	20	12	4	0.611	103	75
5	St. Lawrence	28	22	12	6	4	0.636	65	54	38	19	14	5	0.566	98	92
6	Dartmouth	26	22	11	7	4	0.591	58	49	31	16	10	5	0.597	84	71
7	Rensselaer	18	22	8	12	2	0.409	48	59	36	10	22	4	0.333	76	99
8	Colgate	15	22	6	13	3	0.341	40	70	35	11	21	3	0.357	66	122
9	Princeton	14	22	6	14	2	0.318	46	75	29	11	16	2	0.414	66	90
10	Yale	11	22	4	15	3	0.250	35	64	29	5	21	3	0.224	41	88
11	Brown	10	22	5	17	0	0.227	31	61	27	6	20	1	0.241	42	76
12	Union	4	22	0	18	4	0.091	15	73	34	7	23	4	0.265	41	105

Source: ecachockey.com

2012–13 Hockey East Association standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Boston University	21	18	2	1	37			37	28	6	3
Boston College	21	17	2	2	36			37	27	7	3
Northeastern	21	13	7	1	27			36	23	11	2
New Hampshire	21	10	8	3	23			34	14	16	4
Providence	21	8	10	3	19			36	15	16	5
Vermont	21	6	11	4	16			33	8	21	4
Maine	21	2	16	3	7			33	5	24	4
Connecticut	21	1	19	1	3			35	3	29	3
Championship: To Be Determined † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion National rankings:[1] Conference rankings:[2] Updated February 2, 2013

*Rankings based on number of points in the conference

2012–13 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA	W	L	T	GF	GA
Minnesota†*	28	28	0	0	0	84	141	27	41	0	0	216	36
Wisconsin	28	17	9	2	2	55	70	46	23	10	2	103	53
North Dakota	28	18	9	1	0	55	96	64	26	12	1	144	88
Minnesota Duluth	28	13	13	2	1	42	72	71	14	16	4	81	85
Ohio State	28	12	13	3	3	42	75	80	19	15	3	107	96
Minnesota State	28	6	17	5	1	24	46	95	10	21	5	69	122
St. Cloud State	28	5	21	2	1	18	37	93	9	24	3	57	113
Bemidji State	28	5	22	1	0	16	40	101	6	26	2	49	127

Source: wcha.com

Awards and honors

Patty Kazmaier Award finalists

Amanda Kessel, Winner, Minnesota Golden Gophers
Megan Bozek, Minnesota Golden Gophers
Noora Raty, Minnesota Golden Gophers

AHCA Coach of the Year

Brad Frost, Minnesota^[7]

All-America selections

First team

Forward, Brianne Jenner, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection^[8]
Forward, Amanda Kessel, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection
Forward, Jocelyne Lamoureux, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection
Defense, Monique Lamoureux-Kolls, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection
Defense, Megan Bozek, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection
Goaltender, Noora Raty, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection

Second team

Forward, Alex Carpenter, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection
Forward, Kendall Coyne, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection
Forward, Brianna Decker, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection
Defense, Blake Bolden, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection
Defense, Lauriane Rougeau, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection
Goaltender, Alex Rigsby, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection

References

^ "Gross Named Captain; Women's Hockey Adds 12 to Roster - Penn State Official Athletic Site". Gopsusports.com. May 31, 2012. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
^ "McGill vs St. Lawrence (Oct 03, 2012)". Stlawu.edu. October 3, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
^ "Welcome to". Collegehockeystats.net. February 12, 2005. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
^ "Harvard". Gocrimson.com. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
^ "Box Scores". HockeyEastOnline.com. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
^ "Mercyhurst Athletics - Women's Hockey Blasts Stoney Creek, 10-1, in Exhibition Tilt". Hurstathletics.com. September 22, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
^ "Minnesota's Brad Frost Named flexxCOACH/AHCA Division I Women's Coach of the Year". WCHA.com. March 21, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ "AHCA News - American Hockey Coaches Association". Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2013.

[1] "Gross Named Captain; Women's Hockey Adds 12 to Roster - Penn State Official Athletic Site". Gopsusports.com. May 31, 2012. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2012.

[2] "McGill vs St. Lawrence (Oct 03, 2012)". Stlawu.edu. October 3, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2012.

[3] "Welcome to". Collegehockeystats.net. February 12, 2005. Retrieved November 12, 2012.

[4] "Harvard". Gocrimson.com. Retrieved November 12, 2012.

[5] "Box Scores". HockeyEastOnline.com. Retrieved November 12, 2012.

[6] "Mercyhurst Athletics - Women's Hockey Blasts Stoney Creek, 10-1, in Exhibition Tilt". Hurstathletics.com. September 22, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2012.

[7] "Minnesota's Brad Frost Named flexxCOACH/AHCA Division I Women's Coach of the Year". WCHA.com. March 21, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[8] "AHCA News - American Hockey Coaches Association". Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2013.

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