2012 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

2012 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	8
Finals site	AMSOIL Arena; Duluth, Minnesota;
Champions	Minnesota Golden Gophers (3rd title)
Runner-up	Wisconsin Badgers (6th title game)
Semifinalists	Cornell Big Red (3rd Frozen Four); Boston College Eagles (3rd Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Brad Frost (1st title)
MOP	Noora Räty (Minnesota)
	← 2011 ; NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments; 2013 →;

The 2012 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play that determined the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The Frozen Four were hosted by the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minnesota.

Qualifying teams

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Cornell

Boston College

St. Lawrence

Boston University

North Dakota

Mercyhurst

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2012 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	31–4–2	At-large bid	7th	2011
2	Minnesota	WCHA	31–5–2	Tournament champion	11th	2011
3	Cornell	ECAC	29–4–0	At-large bid	2nd	2011
4	Boston College	Hockey East	23–9–3	At-large bid	4th	2011
	St. Lawrence	ECAC	24–9–4	Tournament champion	8th	2009
	Boston University	Hockey East	27–7–3	Tournament champion	3rd	2011
	North Dakota	WCHA	22–10–3	At-large bid	1st
	Mercyhurst	CHA	23–7–3	At-large bid	8th	2011

Bracket

Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals^[1] March 10			National Semifinals^[1] March 16			National Championship^[1] March 18

1	Wisconsin	3

	Mercyhurst	1
			1	Wisconsin	6

			4	Boston College	2
4	Boston College	6

	St. Lawrence	3
						1	Wisconsin	2

						2	Minnesota	4
2	Minnesota	5

	North Dakota	1
			2	Minnesota	3

			3	Cornell	1
3	Cornell	8***

	Boston University	7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Mercyhurst

March 10
7:07

Mercyhurst

1–3
(0–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Wisconsin

Kohl Center
Attendance: 2,946

Game reference

Hillary Pattenden

Goalies

Alex Rigsby

Referee:
Dan Lick
Linesmen:
Dave Lick
Dan Fitzsimons

	0–1	11:48 – Prevost (Decker)
Steadman (Zgoda, Cicero) – 39:20	1–1
	1–2	51:18 – sh – Knight (Prevost)
	1–3	58:45 – en – Decker (Haverstock)

10 min

Penalties

10 min

29

Shots

42

(4) Boston College vs. St. Lawrence

March 10
2:00

St. Lawrence

3–6
(0–1, 3–2, 0–3)

Boston College

Kelley Rink
Attendance: 827

Game reference

Carmen MacDonald

Goalies

Corinne Boyles

Referee:
Bill Doiron
Linesmen:
Julie Piacentini
Chris Leavitt

	0–1	16:30 – sh – Carpenter (Field)
Emard (Smith, Sabatine) – 20:20	1–1
Ng (Emond) – 20:40	2–1
Williams (Habscheid, Desrochers) – pp – 23:33	3–1
	3–2	31:00 – pp – Field (Mangene, Burns)
	3–3	39:49 – Bolden (Restuccia)
	3–4	42:23 – Welch
	3–5	55:47 – Wasylk (Motherwell, Restuccia)
	3–6	59:28 – en – Motherwell (Bolden)

8 min

Penalties

6 min

31

Shots

39

(2) Minnesota vs. North Dakota

March 10
4:00

North Dakota

1–5
(0–1, 0–3, 1–1)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena
Attendance: 1,630

Game reference

Jorid Dagfinrud

Goalies

Noora Räty

Referees:
Jay Mendel
Robert Ludwig
Linesmen:
Dave Spivey
Tom Jerome

	0–1	1:28 – West (Davis)
	0–2	23:44 – Davis (Erickson, Seeler)
	0–3	30:06 – sh – Kessel
	0–4	36:40 – pp – Erickson (Kessel, Schoullis)
	0–5	43:40 – Schoullis (Erickson, West)
Karvinen (Jakobsen, Lamoureux-Kolls) – pp – 46:07	1–5

16 min

Penalties

16 min

29

Shots

28

(3) Cornell vs. Boston University

March 10
2:00

Boston University

7–8 (3OT)
(3–1, 1–4, 3–2, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Cornell

Lynah Rink
Attendance: 2,143

Game reference

Kerrin Sperry

Goalies

Lauren Slebodnick

Referee:
Bryan Hicks
Linesmen:
Cameron Lynch
Andrew DiFusco

Poulin (Menard, Tutino) – 4:35	1–0
Tutino (Wakefield, Cardella) – 5:09	2–0
Boucher (Poulin, Tutino) – 16:45	3–0
	3–1	19:15 – Campbell
	3–2	20:10 – pp – Johnston (Saulnier, Jenner)
	3–3	23:31 – Johnston (Saulnier, Gagliardi)
	3–4	24:14 – Fortino (Saulnier, Jenner)
Poulin (Warren) – 35:01	4–4
	4–5	36:08 – Jenner (Johnston, Young)
	4–6	40:18 – Johnston
	4–7	46:19 – pp – Jenner (Johnston, Young)
Menard (Watchorn, Wakefield) – pp – 49:12	5–7
Wakefield (Watchorn, Menard) – pp – 51:06	6–7
Tutino (Watchorn, Poulin) – pp – 58:03	7–7
	7–8	119:50 – Rougeau (Campbell)

20 min

Penalties

16 min

47

Shots

66

National Semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College

March 16
5:07

Boston College

2–6
(1–2, 0–2, 1–2)

Wisconsin

AMSOIL Arena
Attendance: 1,388

Game reference

Corinne Boyles

Goalies

Alex Rigsby

Referees:
Lynch/Hicks
Lou DiFusco
Linesman:
Harrop

Field (Bolden) – 0:57	1–0
	1–1	6:44 – Ammerman (Packer, Brickner)
	1–2	13:47 – sh – Prevost
	1–3	21:34 – Knight (Packer, Kelter)
	1–4	37:21 – Ammerman (Jaminski, Rigsby)
	1–5	47:46 – Ammerman (Prevost, Decker)
Carpenter (Restuccia, Bolden) – pp – 49:54	2–5
	2–6	56:23 – pp – Knight (Decker)

14 min

Penalties

14 min

24

Shots

38

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Cornell

March 16
8:07

Cornell

1–3
(0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Minnesota

AMSOIL Arena
Attendance: 2,052

Game reference

Amanda Mazzotta

Goalies

Noora Räty

Referees:
Doran/Diacentini
Chris Leavitt
Linesman:
Briget Watkins

	0–1	17:16 – pp – Kessel (Erickson, Schleper)
	0–2	18:29 – pp – Bozek (Schoullis, Kessel)
Gagliardi (Saulnier) – pp – 31:40	1–2
	1–3	59:26 – en – West (Kessel, Ramsey)

12 min

Penalties

6 min

21

Shots

41

National Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota

March 18
3:07

Minnesota

4–2
(3–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Wisconsin

AMSOIL Arena
Attendance: 2,439

Game reference

Noora Räty

Goalies

Alex Rigsby

Referees:
Mendel/Luwig
Tom Jerome
Linesman:
Dave Spivey

Kessel (Gillanders) – 8:45	1–0
Erickson (Davis, West) – 11:23	2–0
	2–1	14:03 – pp – McKeough (Knight, Ammerman)
	2–2	15:43 – Ammerman (Prevost)
West – 18:28	3–2
Erickson (Seeler) – 43:57	4–2

10 min

Penalties

4 min

25

Shots

44

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

G: Noora Räty*, Minnesota,
D: Megan Bozek, Minnesota,
F: Sarah Erickson, Minnesota
F: Amanda Kessel, Minnesota
F: Carolyne Prévost, Wisconsin
F: Brooke Ammerman, Wisconsin

* Most Outstanding Player^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2012 Women's Ice Hockey Tournament". NCAA. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
^ "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.

[NCAA-1] "2012 Women's Ice Hockey Tournament". NCAA. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2012.

[2] "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	AMSOIL Arena Duluth, Minnesota
Champions	Minnesota Golden Gophers (3rd title)
Runner-up	Wisconsin Badgers (6th title game)
Semifinalists	Cornell Big Red (3rd Frozen Four) Boston College Eagles (3rd Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Brad Frost (1st title)
MOP	Noora Räty (Minnesota)
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2012 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

Qualifying teams

Bracket

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Mercyhurst

(4) Boston College vs. St. Lawrence

(2) Minnesota vs. North Dakota

(3) Cornell vs. Boston University

National Semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Cornell

National Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

See also

References