2016 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

The 2016 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 12, 2016. The Frozen Four was played on March 18 and 20, 2016 at Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, New Hampshire with the University of New Hampshire as the host.

2016 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament

2016 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams	8
Finals site	Whittemore Center Arena Durham, New Hampshire
Champions	Minnesota Golden Gophers (6th title)
Runner-up	Boston College Eagles (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Clarkson Golden Knights (2nd Frozen Four) Wisconsin Badgers (9th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Brad Frost (4th title)
MOP	Sarah Potomak (Minnesota)
Attendance	5,378

Qualifying teams

Boston College

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Quinnipiac

Clarkson

Princeton

Mercyhurst

Northeastern

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2016 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

In the second 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.

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Boston College	Hockey East	38–0–0	Tournament champion	8th	2015
2	Wisconsin	WCHA	34–3–1	Tournament champion	10th	2015
3	Minnesota	WCHA	32–4–1	At-large bid	14th	2015
4	Quinnipiac	ECAC	30–2–5	Tournament champion	2nd	2015
	Clarkson	ECAC	29–4–5	At-large bid	5th	2015
	Princeton	ECAC	22–8–2	At-large bid	2nd	2006
	Mercyhurst	CHA	19–10–5	Tournament champion	11th	2014
	Northeastern	Hockey East	28–8–1	At-large bid	1st	Never

Bracket

Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

	National Quarterfinals March 12					National Semifinals March 18					National Championship March 20
	1	Boston College	5
		Northeastern	1
						1	Boston College	3*
							Clarkson	2
	4	Quinnipiac	0
		Clarkson	1
											1	Boston College	1
											3	Minnesota	3
	2	Wisconsin	6
		Mercyhurst	0
						2	Wisconsin	2
						3	Minnesota	3*
	3	Minnesota	6
		Princeton	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Boston College vs. Northeastern

March 12 1:00

Northeastern

1–5 (0–2, 0–1, 1–2)

Boston College

Conte Forum Attendance: 1,077

Game reference
	Brittany Bugalski	Goalies	Kaitlin Burt	Referees: Bryan Hicks Derek Zuckerman Linesmen: James Shea Stephen Smiley
	0–1 0:50 – Carpenter (Kent, Skarupa) 0–2 16:54 – Sullivan (Skarupa, Keller) 0–3 32:51 – Skarupa (Carpenter, Bizal) 0–4 41:54 – Sullivan (Grieves) 0–5 57:46 – sh – Carpenter (Skarupa, Keller) Coyne (Scamurra, Bugalski) – pp – 58:20 1–5
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	39

(4) Quinnipiac vs. Clarkson

March 12 2:00

Clarkson

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Quinnipiac

People's United Center

Game reference
	Shea Tiley	Goalies	Sydney Rossman	Referees: Tom Quinn Tim Benedetto Linesmen: Bob Sloper Tim Daley
	Fast – 0:10 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	14

(2) Wisconsin vs. Mercyhurst

March 12 7:07

Mercyhurst

0–6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Wisconsin

LaBahn Arena Attendance: 2,273

Game reference
	Sarah McDonnell	Goalies	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Referees: David Spivey Krissy Morrison Linesmen: Brenda Reinen Clayton Smith
	0–1 8:26 – Cogan (Clark, Pankowski) 0–2 13:26 – Ryan (Cogan, Sowchuk) 0–3 30:47 – sh – McKibbon (Nurse, Ryan) 0–4 35:59 – Clark (Nurse, Gardner) 0–5 52:16 – pp – Nurse (Burke, Pankowski) 0–6 58:02 – Wellhausen (Gardner, Shaver)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	41

(3) Minnesota vs. Princeton

March 12 4:07

Princeton

2–6 (1–3, 0–3, 1–0)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena Attendance: 2,468

Game reference
	Kimberly Newell	Goalies	Amanda Leveille	Referees: Robert Ludwig Shane Paskey Linesmen: Duncan Ryhorchuk Dan Fitzsimons
	McDonnell (Contini, Koelzer) – 0:29 1–0 1–1 4:47 – pp – Brandt – (Kessel, Stecklein) 1–2 6:01 – sh – Kessel (Wolfe, Brandt) 1–3 17:35 – pp – Kessel – (Brandt, Stecklein) 1–4 34:24 – Potomak (McMillen, Baldwin) 1–5 36:36 – Cameranesi (Pannek, Cline) 1–6 37:02 – Kessel (Potomak, Cline) Contini (MacDonald, McKenna) – 59:57 2–6
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	43

National Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. Clarkson

March 18 4:00

Clarkson

2–3 (OT) (1–0, 1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Boston College

Whittemore Center

Game reference
	Shea Tiley	Goalies	Kaitlin Burt	Referees: Robert Ludwig Shane Paskey Linesmen: Duncan Ryhorchuk Clayton Smith
	McGill (Bannon, Harmon) – 2:27 1–0 Mercer (Mariani) – 25:29 2–0 2–1 34:32 – Skarupa (Carpenter, Bender) 2–2 16:07 – Johnson (Keller, Carpenter) 2–3 0:58 – Skarupa (Carpenter, Kent)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	32

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Minnesota

March 18 7:22

Minnesota

3–2 (1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Wisconsin

Whittemore Center Attendance: 2,167

Game reference
	Amanda Leveille	Goalies	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Referees: Tim Benedetto Tom Quinn Linesmen: Tim Daley Bob Sloper
	Williamson (Stecklein, Wolfe) – 2:15 1–0 1–1 11:35 – Shaver 1–2 39:42 – Clark (Cogan, Burke) Kessel (Brandt, Stecklein) – 40:27 2–2 Potomak – 75:00 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	41	Shots	39

National Championship

(1) Boston College vs. (3) Minnesota

March 20 2:06

Minnesota

3–1 (1–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Boston College

Whittemore Center Attendance: 3,211

Game reference
	Amanda Leveille	Goalies	Kaitlin Burt	Referees: Bryan Hicks Derek Zuckerman Linesmen: James Shea Kyle Smiley
	Potomak (Brandt, Wolfe) – 0:13 1–0 Kessel (Potomak) – 48:31 2–0 Pannek (Stecklein) – 53:12 3–0 3–1 54:07 – Newkirk (Keller, Anastos)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	33

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• G: Amanda Leveille, Minnesota
• D: Lee Stecklein, Minnesota
• D: Megan Keller, Boston College
• F: Sarah Potomak*, Minnesota
• F: Amanda Kessel, Minnesota
• F: Haley Skarupa, Boston College

* Most Outstanding Player

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament