2019 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

The 2019 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 was played at the campuses of the seeded teams on Saturday, March 16, 2019. The Frozen Four was played on March 22 and 24, 2019 at People's United Center in Hamden, Connecticut. Quinnipiac University hosted the tournament, the second time that it and People's United Center hosted the Frozen Four. It was the third year that the Big Ten Network aired the championship game live and the second year the semifinals was aired live on BTN.

Qualifying teams

In the fifth 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.^[1]

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Wisconsin	WCHA	32–4–2	Tournament champion	13th	2018
2	Minnesota	WCHA	30–5–1	At-large bid	17th	2018
3	Northeastern	Hockey East	27–5–5	Tournament champion	3rd	2018
4	Clarkson	ECAC	29–7–2	Tournament champion	8th	2018
	Boston College	Hockey East	26–11–1	At-large bid	11th	2018
	Cornell	ECAC	23–5–6	At-large bid	7th	2017
	Princeton	ECAC	20–7–5	At-large bid	3rd	2016
	Syracuse	CHA	13–21–3	Tournament champion	1st	Never

Bracket

^[2]
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

	National Quarterfinals March 16					National Semifinals March 22					National Championship March 24
	1	Wisconsin	4
		Syracuse	0
						1	Wisconsin	5
						4	Clarkson	0
	4	Clarkson	2*
		Boston College	1
											1	Wisconsin	2
											2	Minnesota	0
	2	Minnesota	5
		Princeton	2
						2	Minnesota	2
							Cornell	0
	3	Northeastern	2
		Cornell	3*

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

Syracuse vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 16	Syracuse		0 – 4		Wisconsin	LaBahn Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			2:33 – Annie Pankowski – (Emily Clark, Alexis Mauermann) 12:19 – Annie Pankowski – (Emily Clark)
No scoring		Third period			12:16 – Abby Roque 12:19 – Presley Norby – (Sophia Shaver, Maddie Rowe)
Ady Cohen (43 saves / 47 shots)		Goalie stats			Kristen Campbell (15 saves / 15 shots)

Boston College vs. (4) Clarkson

March 16	Boston College		1 – 2	OT	Clarkson	Cheel Arena	Recap
(Serena Sommerfield) – Daryl Watts – 13:24		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			16:57 – Josiane Pozzebon – (Cassidy Vinkle)
No scoring		First overtime period			14:38 – Élizabeth Giguère – (Michaela Pejzlová, Emma Keenan)
Maddy McArthur (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Kassidy Sauvé (35 saves / 36 shots)

Princeton vs. (2) Minnesota

March 16	Princeton		2 – 5		Minnesota	Ridder Arena	Recap
(Maggie Connors) – Sarah Fillier – 5:26		First period			7:12 – Sarah Potomak – (Amy Potomak, Kelly Pannek) 18:05 – Amy Potomak – (Kelly Pannek, Sarah Potomak)
(Carly Bullock, Mariah Keopple) – Sarah Fillier – 2:43		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			11:47 – Kelly Pannek – (Sarah Potomak) 18:54 – Sarah Potomak 19:46 – Nicole Schammel – (Taylor Williamson)
Stephanie Neatby (34 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Sydney Scobee (24 saves / 26 shots)

Cornell vs. (3) Northeastern

March 16	Cornell		3 – 2	OT	Northeastern	Matthews Arena	Recap
(Kristen O'Neill, Grace Graham) – Amy Curlew – 13:28 (Devon Facchinato, Willow Slobodizan) – Grace Graham – 19:28		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			9:32 – Veronika Pettey – (Andrea Renner) 14:31 – Skylar Fontaine – (Tori Sullivan, Brooke Hobson)
(Diana Buckley, Devon Facchinato) – Gillis Frechette – 5:19		First overtime period			No scoring
Marlène Boissonnault (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Aerin Frankel (25 saves / 28 shots)

National Semifinals

Cornell vs. (2) Minnesota

March 22	Cornell		0 – 2		Minnesota	People's United Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			12:09 – Nicole Schammel – (Emily Oden, Olivia Knowles)
No scoring		Third period			19:27 – Sarah Potomak
Marlène Boissonnault (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Alex Gulstene (15 saves / 15 shots)

(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 22	Clarkson		0 – 5		Wisconsin	People's United Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			9:29 – Abby Roque – (Britta Curl, Natalie Buchbinder)
No scoring		Third period			10:52 – Sam Cogan – (Mikaela Gardner, Emily Clark) 13:47 – Annie Pankowski – (Sam Cogan) 18:40 – Annie Pankowski – (Sam Cogan) 19:05 – Presley Norby – (Sophia Shaver, Caitlin Schneider)
Kassidy Sauvé (35 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats			Kristen Campbell (14 saves / 14 shots)

National Championship

(2) Minnesota vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 24	Minnesota		0 – 2		Wisconsin	People's United Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:20 –Sophia Shaver – (Presley Norby, Nicole LaMantia)
No scoring		Second period			9:15 – Annie Pankowski – (Abby Roque)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Alex Gulstene (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Kristen Campbell (27 saves / 27 shots)

Media

Television

Big Ten Network televised the semifinals and championship during their multi-year contract to carry the event.^[3] It would end up being the last time they carried the event as the 2020 tournament would go on to be canceled, and ESPN would purchase the rights beginning with 2021.

Broadcast assignments

Women's Frozen Four and Championship

• Chris Vosters, Sonny Watrous, and Margaux Farrell (BTN)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• G: Kristen Campbell*, Wisconsin
• D: Maddie Rolfes, Wisconsin
• D: Mekenzie Steffen, Wisconsin
• F: Annie Pankowski, Wisconsin
• F: Abby Roque, Wisconsin
• F: Nicole Schammel, Minnesota

* Most Outstanding Player^[4]

References