2017 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

2017 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
	2017 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams	8
Finals site	Family Arena; St. Charles, Missouri;
Champions	Clarkson Golden Knights (2nd title)
Runner-up	Wisconsin Badgers (7th title game)
Semifinalists	Boston College Eagles (7th Frozen Four); Minnesota Golden Gophers (13th Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Matt Desrosiers (2nd title)
MOP	Cayley Mercer (Clarkson)
Attendance	5,778
	← 2016 ; NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments; 2018 →;

The 2017 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 contested at the campuses of the seeded teams on March 11, 2017. The Frozen Four was played on March 17 and 19, 2017 at Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri with Lindenwood University as the host.^[1]

The tournament was won by Clarkson with a 3–0 win over Wisconsin, giving the Golden Knights their second title in program history.

Qualifying teams

Wisconsin

Clarkson

Minnesota Duluth

Boston College

St. Lawrence

Minnesota

Cornell

Robert Morris

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2017 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

In the third 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.^[2]

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Wisconsin	WCHA	31–2–4	Tournament champion	11th	2016
2	Clarkson	ECAC	29–4–5	Tournament champion	6th	2016
3	Minnesota Duluth	WCHA	25–6–5	At-large bid	11th	2011
4	Boston College	Hockey East	27–5–5	Tournament champion	9th	2016
	St. Lawrence	ECAC	26–5–4	At-large bid	9th	2012
	Minnesota	WCHA	25–7–5	At-large bid	15th	2016
	Cornell	ECAC	20–8–5	At-large bid	6th	2014
	Robert Morris	CHA	24–4–6	Tournament champion	1st	Never

Bracket

^[1]
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals March 11			National Semifinals March 17			National Championship March 19

1	Wisconsin	7

	Robert Morris	0
			1	Wisconsin	1

			4	Boston College	0
4	Boston College	6

	St. Lawrence	0
						1	Wisconsin	0

						2	Clarkson	3
2	Clarkson	3

	Cornell	1
			2	Clarkson	4

				Minnesota	3
3	Minnesota–Duluth	0

	Minnesota	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Robert Morris

March 11
2:07

Robert Morris

0–7
(0–2, 0–4, 0–1)

Wisconsin

LaBahn Arena
Attendance: 2,423

Game reference

Jessica Dodds
Lauren Bailey

Goalies

Ann-Renée Desbiens

Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Shaqne Paskey
Linesmen:
Ron Laituri
Josh Brown

	0–1	1:48 – Steffen (Wellhausen, Williams)
	0–2	13:43 – Nurse (Pankowski, Ryan)
	0–3	27:26 – Wellhausen (Shaver, Steffen)
	0–4	28:34 – Rolfes (Nurse)
	0–5	33:27 – pp –Pankowski – (Nurse, Steffen)
	0–6	38:16 – Clark
	0–7	56:35 – Clark – (Norby)

8 min

Penalties

8 min

22

Shots

49

(4) Boston College vs. St. Lawrence

March 11
1:00

St. Lawrence

0–6
(0–1, 0–4, 0–1)

Boston College

Conte Forum
Attendance: 674

Game reference

Grace Harrison
Sonjia Shelly

Goalies

Kaitlin Burt

Referees:
Katie Guay
William Harrup
Linesmen:
Peter Terreri
James Curtin

	0–1	18:36 – Kent (Newkirk, Flanagan)
	0–2	21:51 – Capizzano (Lonergan, Belinskas)
	0–3	25:56 – Anastos (Kent, Flanagan)
	0–4	34:54 – McLean (Little)
	0–5	39:58 – Keller (McLean)
	0–6	49:49 – Newkirk (Kent, Anastos)

10 min

Penalties

6 min

24

Shots

28

(2) Clarkson vs. Cornell

March 11
3:00

Cornell

1–3
(0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Clarkson

Cheel Arena
Attendance: 1,266

Game reference

Paula Voorheis

Goalies

Shea Tiley

Referees:
Tom Quinn
Rick Santilli
Linesmen:
Paul Sacco
Tim Daly

	0–1	12:25 – pp – Gabel (Shelton, Harmon)
	0–2	58:21 – Gabel (Mercer, Bannon)
Serdar (Bourbonnais, Bunton) – 58:33	1–2
	0–3	59:32 – Gabel (Bannon, Shelton)

12 min

Penalties

2 min

23

Shots

37

(3) Minnesota-Duluth vs. Minnesota

March 11
2:30

Minnesota

1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Minnesota Duluth

AMSOIL Arena
Attendance: 1,549

Game reference

Sidney Peters

Goalies

Maddie Rooney

Referees:
Scott Roth
Casey Enge
Linesmen:
Mike Kaehler
Glendon Seal

47:54 – Marshall (Pannek, Potomak)

1–0

2 min

Penalties

4 min

29

Shots

25

National Semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College

March 17
5:00

Boston College

0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Wisconsin

Goalies

Referees:
Katie Guay
Will Harrop
Linesmen:
Jim Curtin
Brandon Vigorito

0–1

19:43 – Channell (Pankowski, Roque)

8 min

Penalties

6 min

22

Shots

36

(2) Clarkson vs. Minnesota

March 17
8:05

Minnesota

3–4
(1–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Clarkson

Family Arena
Attendance: 2,762

Game reference

Sidney Peters

Goalies

Shea Tiley

Referees:
Tom Quinn
Rick Santilli
Linesmen:
Paul Sacco
Tim Daley

	0–1	12:55 – Bannon (Harmon, Shelton)
Schipper (Reilly) – 17:54	1–1
	1–2	31:21 – Gabel (Bannon, Mercer)
Potomak (Pannek, Baldwin) – 39:00	2–2
	2–3	44:58 – Harmon (McGill, Titus)
Skarzynski (Agnew) – 54:57	3–3
	3–4	58:29 – McGill (Mercer, Bannon)

2 min

Penalties

0 min

31

Shots

25

National Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Clarkson

March 19
2:03

Clarkson

3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Wisconsin

Family Arena
Attendance: 3,016

Game reference

Shea Tiley

Goalies

Ann-Renée Desbiens

Referees:
Tom Quinn
Rick Santilli
Linesmen:
Tim Daley
Paul Sacco

Harmon (Bannon, Shelton) – pp – 20:27	1–0
Mercer (Gabel, Bannon) – 56:56	2–0
Mercer – 59:16	3–0

4 min

Penalties

6 min

20

Shots

41

Media

Television

An agreement with the Big Ten Network resulted in the championship game being televised for the first time since 2010.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Broadcast assignments

Women's Frozen Four

Scott Sudikoff (NCAA.com)

Championship

Dan Kelly, Sonny Watrous, and Sara Dayley (BTN)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

G: Ann-Renée Desbiens, Wisconsin
D: Mellissa Channell, Wisconsin
D: Savannah Harmon, Clarkson
F: Geneviève Bannon, Clarkson
F: Cayley Mercer*, Clarkson
F: Annie Pankowski, Wisconsin

* Most Outstanding Player^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
^ "Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
^ "College hockey: Women's Frozen Four to air on Big Ten Network". NCAA.com. NCAA. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
^ "White's OT Gamewinner Propels Cornell Into National Title Game". CornellBigRed.com. Cornell Athletics. March 19, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
^ "Duggan leads Badgers to 3-2 win over Eagles, national title game Sunday". UWBaders.com. Wisconsin Athletics. March 18, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
^ "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.

[bracket-1] "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved March 6, 2017.

[selection-2] "Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.

[TV1-3] "College hockey: Women's Frozen Four to air on Big Ten Network". NCAA.com. NCAA. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.

[TV2-4] "White's OT Gamewinner Propels Cornell Into National Title Game". CornellBigRed.com. Cornell Athletics. March 19, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2017.

[TV3-5] "Duggan leads Badgers to 3-2 win over Eagles, national title game Sunday". UWBaders.com. Wisconsin Athletics. March 18, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2017.

[6] "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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Qualifying teams

Bracket

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Robert Morris

(4) Boston College vs. St. Lawrence

(2) Clarkson vs. Cornell

(3) Minnesota-Duluth vs. Minnesota

National Semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College

(2) Clarkson vs. Minnesota

National Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Clarkson

Media

Television

Broadcast assignments

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

See also

References