2009 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

2009 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	8
Finals site	Agganis Arena; Boston;
Champions	Wisconsin Badgers (3rd title)
Runner-up	Mercyhurst Lakers (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (6th Frozen Four); Minnesota Golden Gophers (6th Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Mark Johnson (3rd title)
	← 2008 ; NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments; 2010 →;

The 2009 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 14, 2009, and ended with the championship game on March 22. The quarterfinals were played at the home sites of the seeded teams and the Frozen Four was played in Boston.^[1]

Qualifying teams

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Mercyhurst

New Hampshire

Minnesota Duluth

St. Lawrence

Boston College

Dartmouth

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2009 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	Wisconsin	WCHA	18–2–5	Tournament champion	5th	2008
2	Minnesota	WCHA	22–1–3	At-large bid	7th	2008
3	Mercyhurst	CHA	29–5–0	At-large bid	5th	2008
4	New Hampshire	Hockey East	24–5–5	Tournament champion	4th	2008
	Minnesota Duluth	WCHA	17–5–4	At-large bid	8th	2008
	St. Lawrence	ECAC	24–10–3	At-large bid	6th	2008
	Boston College	Hockey East	22–8–5	At-large bid	2nd	2007
	Dartmouth	ECAC	20–9–4	Tournament champion	7th	2008

Bracket

National Quarterfinals March 14			National Semifinals March 20			National Championship March 22

1	Wisconsin	7

	Dartmouth	0
			1	Wisconsin	5

				Minnesota Duluth	1
4	New Hampshire	1

	Minnesota Duluth	4
						1	Wisconsin	5

						3	Mercyhurst	0
2	Minnesota	4

	Boston College	3
			2	Minnesota	4

			3	Mercyhurst	5
3	Mercyhurst	3

	St. Lawrence	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)^[2]

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Dartmouth

March 14
1:07

Dartmouth

0–7
(0–2, 0–3, 0–2)

Wisconsin

Kohl Center
Attendance: 3,023

Game reference

Carli Clemis

Goalies

Jessie Vetter

Referees:
Chris Perrault
Dan Lick
Linesmen:
Christine Langley
Tai Thorsheim

	0–1	3:39 – pp – Keseley (Lawler, Knight)
	0–2	11:25 – Lawler (Knight)
	0–3	29:36 – Knight (Keseley, Dronen)
	0–4	32:13 – sh – Knight
	0–5	36:34 – pp – Keseley (Duggan, Knight)
	0–6	56:09 – Keseley (Knight, Lawler)
	0–7	59:01 – Ammerman (Keseley, Dronen)

10 min

Penalties

10 min

32

Shots

28

(4) New Hampshire vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 14
1:00

Minnesota Duluth

4–1
(0–0, 0–0, 4–1)

New Hampshire

Whittemore Center
Attendance: 1,410

Game reference

Kayley Herman

Goalies

Johanna Ellison

Referees:
Derek Zuckerman
Dean Gilbert
Linesmen:
Gary Young
Katie Guay

Irwin (O'Toole) – pp – 42:49	1–0
Holmlöv (Winberg) – 50:08	2–0
	2–1	11:59 – pp – Birchard (Faber)
Mattilia (Blais, Pelttari) – 57:43	3–1
O'Toole (Larocque, Winberg) – en – 59:49	4–1

10 min

Penalties

40 min

25

Shots

22

(2) Minnesota vs. Boston College

March 14
4:00

Boston College

3–4
(1–4, 1–0, 1–0)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena
Attendance: 1,530

Game reference

Molly Schaus

Goalies

Alyssa Grogan

Referees:
Jay Mendel
Robert Ludwig
Linesmen:
Alicia Hanrahan
Erin Blair

	0–1	0:46 – pp – Marvin (Gagnon, Grogan)
	0–2	3:15 – Marvin (Francis, West)
Restuccia (Thunstrom) – 4:35	1–2
	1–3	8:17 – Drazan
	1–4	8:59 – Francis (Gagnon, Lamoureux)
Restuccia (Stack, Schaus) – pp – 34:00	2–4
Fardelmann (Stack, Taverna) – pp – 45:28	3–4

10 min

Penalties

25 min

28

Shots

32

(3) Mercyhurst vs. St. Lawrence

March 14
3:00

St. Lawrence

1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Mercyhurst

Mercyhurst Ice Center

Game reference

Brittony Chartier

Goalies

Hillary Pattenden

Batchelor (Emond, Roach) – 3:43	1–0
	1–1	22:15 – Steadman (Bendus, Bram)
	1–2	34:35 – pp – Agosta (Prough, Chouinard)
	1–3	43:35 – Jones

10 min

Penalties

6 min

13

Shots

44

National Semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 20
5:04

Minnesota Duluth

1–5
(0–0, 0–3, 1–2)

Wisconsin

Agganis Arena
Attendance: 2,706

Game reference

Johanna Ellison

Goalies

Jessie Vetter

Referees:
Lick/Perrault
Alicia Hanrahan
Linesman:
Erin Blair

	0–1	31:16 – pp – Lawler (Knight, Matthews)
	0–2	32:33 – pp – Knight (Duggan)
	0–3	36:36 – pp – Lawler (Knight, Duggan)
	0–4	45:26 – Sanders (Ammerman)
	0–5	54:25 – pp – Knight (Duggan)
Rasmussen (Fridfinnson) – 55:08	1–5

29 min

Penalties

10 min

29

Shots

32

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Mercyhurst

March 20
8:05

Mercyhurst

5–4
(3–1, 2–0, 0–3)

Minnesota

Agganis Arena
Attendance: 2,706

Game reference

Hillary Pattenden

Goalies

Alyssa Grogan
Jenny Lura

Referees:
Gilbert/Zuckerman
Todd Aldous
Linesman:
Larry Legault

	0–1	5:29 – pp – Marvin (Drazan)
Chouinard (McMeekin, Scanzano) – pp – 8:38	1–1
Bram – pp – 15:47	2–1
Agosta (Jones, Scanzano) – 18:46	3–1
Corbett (Chouinard, Cockell) – 23:40	4–1
Agosta (Scanzano) – 39:55	5–1
	5–2	51:13 – pp – Schoullis (Marvin)
	5–3	55:24 – Marvin
	5–4	58:43 – pp – Lamoureux (Drazan, Marvin)

16 min

Penalties

16 min

22

Shots

37

National Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (3) Mercyhurst

March 22
12:04

Mercyhurst

0–5
(0–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Wisconsin

Agganis Arena
Attendance: 2,437

Game reference

Hillary Pattenden

Goalies

Jessie Vetter

Referees:
Zuckerman/Gilbert
Todd Aldous
Linesman:
Larry Legault

	0–1	25:28 – Ammerman (Keseley)
	0–2	28:48 – pp – Duggan (Matthews, Lawler)
	0–3	30:38 – Keseley (Lawler, Knight)
	0–4	43:26 – Windmeier (Giles, Duggan)
	0–5	45:38 – Knight (Lawler, Keseley)

12 min

Penalties

26 min

37

Shots

32

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

G: Jessie Vetter*, Wisconsin
D: Alycia Matthews, Wisconsin
D: Malee Windmeier, Wisconsin
F: Meghan Agosta, Mercyhurst
F: Hilary Knight, Wisconsin

* Most Outstanding Player^[3]

References

^ "Championship Sites Selected for 2008 and 2009 Women's Frozen Four" (Press release). NCAA. December 12, 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
^ "2009 Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2009.
^ "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.

[1] "Championship Sites Selected for 2008 and 2009 Women's Frozen Four" (Press release). NCAA. December 12, 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2024.

[NCAA-2] "2009 Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2009.

[3] "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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Teams	8
Finals site	Agganis Arena Boston
Champions	Wisconsin Badgers (3rd title)
Runner-up	Mercyhurst Lakers (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (6th Frozen Four) Minnesota Golden Gophers (6th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Mark Johnson (3rd title)
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