The 2008 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. The quarterfinals were conducted at the homes of the seeded teams and the Frozen Four was conducted in Duluth, MN It began on March 14, 2009, and ended with the championship game on March 22.[1]
Teams | 8 |
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Finals site | |
Champions | Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (4th title) |
Runner-up | Wisconsin Badgers (3rd title game) |
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Shannon Miller (4th title) |
MOP | Kim Martin (Minnesota Duluth) |
Attendance | 4031 |
Qualifying teams
editThe 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 |
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1 | Harvard | ECAC | 30–1–1 | Tournament champion | 7th | 2007 |
2 | Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 31–4–1 | Tournament champion | 7th | 2007 |
3 | New Hampshire | Hockey East | 26–7–3 | Tournament champion | 3rd | 2007 |
4 | Minnesota | WCHA | 27–6–4 | At-large bid | 6th | 2006 |
Wisconsin | WCHA | 27–7–3 | At-large bid | 4th | 2007 | |
St. Lawrence | ECAC | 28–9–1 | At-large bid | 5th | 2007 | |
Mercyhurst | CHA | 27–7–3 | At-large bid | 4th | 2007 | |
Dartmouth | ECAC | 17–7–7 | At-large bid | 6th | 2007 |
Bracket
editQuarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams
National Quarterfinals March 15 | National Semifinals March 20 | National Championship March 22 | ||||||||||||
1 | Harvard | 5 | ||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 1 | |||||||||||||
1 | Harvard | 1 | ||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 4 | |||||||||||||
4 | Minnesota | 2 | ||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 3* | |||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 0 | |||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota Duluth | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota Duluth | 5 | ||||||||||||
Mercyhurst | 4 | |||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota Duluth | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | New Hampshire | 3* | ||||||||||||
St. Lawrence | 2 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)[2]
Results
editNational Quarterfinals
edit(1) Harvard vs. Dartmouth
editMarch 15 2:00 | Dartmouth | 1–5 (0–1, 1–2, 0–2) | Harvard | Bright-Landry Hockey Center Attendance: 1,497 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Carli Clemis | Goalies | Christina Kessler | Referee: Scott Leavitt Linesmen: Todd Aldous Larry Legualt | |||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 44 |
(4) Minnesota vs. Wisconsin
editMarch 15 7:00 | Wisconsin | 3–2 OT (1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0) | Minnesota | Ridder Arena Attendance: 1,458 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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Jessie Vetter | Goalies | Jenny Lura | Referee: Dan Lick Linesmen: Ron Storey Michael Elam | ||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 23 |
(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. Mercyhurst
editMarch 15 | Mercyhurst | 4–5 (2–1, 0–1, 2–3) | Minnesota Duluth | DECC Arena |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Laura Hosier | Goalies | Kim Martin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 33 |
(3) New Hampshire vs. St. Lawrence
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National Semifinals
edit(1) Harvard vs. Wisconsin
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(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. (3) New Hampshire
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National Championship
editWisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota Duluth
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Tournament awards
edit- G: Kim Martin*, Minnesota Duluth
- D: Myriam Trépanier, Minnesota Duluth
- D: Heidi Pelttari, Minnesota Duluth
- F: Laura Fridfinnson, Minnesota Duluth
- F: Sara O’Toole, Minnesota Duluth
- F: Erika Lawler, Wisconsin
References
edit- ^ "Championship Sites Selected for 2008 and 2009 Women's Frozen Four" (Press release). NCAA. December 12, 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ https://www.ncaa.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ncaa/sports/w-hockey/auto_pdf/WH-D1-2008[permanent dead link]
- ^ "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.