2017 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

The 2017 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.

2017 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament

2017 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams	8
Finals site	Family Arena St. Charles, Missouri
Champions	Clarkson Golden Knights (2nd title)
Runner-up	Wisconsin Badgers (7th title game)
Semifinalists	Boston College Eagles (7th Frozen Four) Minnesota Golden Gophers (13th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Matt Desrosiers (2nd title)
MOP	Cayley Mercer (Clarkson)
Attendance	5,778

The quarterfinals were contested at the campuses of the seeded teams on March 11, 2017. The Frozen Four was played on March 17 and 19, 2017 at Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri with Lindenwood University as the host.

The tournament was won by Clarkson with a 3–0 win over Wisconsin, giving the Golden Knights their second title in program history.

Qualifying teams

Wisconsin

Clarkson

Minnesota Duluth

Boston College

St. Lawrence

Minnesota

Cornell

Robert Morris

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2017 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

In the third 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 Wisconsin WCHA 31–2–4 Tournament champion 11th 2016 2 Clarkson ECAC 29–4–5 Tournament champion 6th 2016 3 Minnesota Duluth WCHA 25–6–5 At-large bid 11th 2011 4 Boston College Hockey East 27–5–5 Tournament champion 9th 2016 St. Lawrence ECAC 26–5–4 At-large bid 9th 2012 Minnesota WCHA 25–7–5 At-large bid 15th 2016 Cornell ECAC 20–8–5 At-large bid 6th 2014 Robert Morris CHA 24–4–6 Tournament champion 1st Never

Bracket

Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

	National Quarterfinals March 11					National Semifinals March 17					National Championship March 19
	1	Wisconsin	7
		Robert Morris	0
						1	Wisconsin	1
						4	Boston College	0
	4	Boston College	6
		St. Lawrence	0
											1	Wisconsin	0
											2	Clarkson	3
	2	Clarkson	3
		Cornell	1
						2	Clarkson	4
							Minnesota	3
	3	Minnesota–Duluth	0
		Minnesota	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Robert Morris

March 11 2:07

Robert Morris

0–7 (0–2, 0–4, 0–1)

Wisconsin

LaBahn Arena Attendance: 2,423

Game reference
	Jessica Dodds Lauren Bailey	Goalies	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Referees: Robert Ludwig Shaqne Paskey Linesmen: Ron Laituri Josh Brown
	0–1 1:48 – Steffen (Wellhausen, Williams) 0–2 13:43 – Nurse (Pankowski, Ryan) 0–3 27:26 – Wellhausen (Shaver, Steffen) 0–4 28:34 – Rolfes (Nurse) 0–5 33:27 – pp –Pankowski – (Nurse, Steffen) 0–6 38:16 – Clark 0–7 56:35 – Clark – (Norby)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	49

(4) Boston College vs. St. Lawrence

March 11 1:00

St. Lawrence

0–6 (0–1, 0–4, 0–1)

Boston College

Conte Forum Attendance: 674

Game reference
	Grace Harrison Sonjia Shelly	Goalies	Kaitlin Burt	Referees: Katie Guay William Harrup Linesmen: Peter Terreri James Curtin
	0–1 18:36 – Kent (Newkirk, Flanagan) 0–2 21:51 – Capizzano (Lonergan, Belinskas) 0–3 25:56 – Anastos (Kent, Flanagan) 0–4 34:54 – McLean (Little) 0–5 39:58 – Keller (McLean) 0–6 49:49 – Newkirk (Kent, Anastos)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	28

(2) Clarkson vs. Cornell

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: S1 = 0 S2 = 3 GT1 = GT2 = 59:32 – Gabel (Bannon, Shelton)
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 3 N2 = 4 PN = 4

March 11 3:00

Cornell

1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Clarkson

Cheel Arena Attendance: 1,266

Game reference
	Paula Voorheis	Goalies	Shea Tiley	Referees: Tom Quinn Rick Santilli Linesmen: Paul Sacco Tim Daly
	0–1 12:25 – pp – Gabel (Shelton, Harmon) 0–2 58:21 – Gabel (Mercer, Bannon) Serdar (Bourbonnais, Bunton) – 58:33 1–2 0–3 59:32 – Gabel (Bannon, Shelton)
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	23	Shots	37

(3) Minnesota-Duluth vs. Minnesota

March 11 2:30

Minnesota

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Minnesota Duluth

AMSOIL Arena Attendance: 1,549

Game reference
	Sidney Peters	Goalies	Maddie Rooney	Referees: Scott Roth Casey Enge Linesmen: Mike Kaehler Glendon Seal
	47:54 – Marshall (Pannek, Potomak) 1–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	25

National Semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College

March 17 5:00

Boston College

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Wisconsin

Family Arena

Game reference
	Kaitlin Burt	Goalies	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Referees: Katie Guay Will Harrop Linesmen: Jim Curtin Brandon Vigorito
	0–1 19:43 – Channell (Pankowski, Roque)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	36

(2) Clarkson vs. Minnesota

March 17 8:05

Minnesota

3–4 (1–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Clarkson

Family Arena Attendance: 2,762

Game reference
	Sidney Peters	Goalies	Shea Tiley	Referees: Tom Quinn Rick Santilli Linesmen: Paul Sacco Tim Daley
	0–1 12:55 – Bannon (Harmon, Shelton) Schipper (Reilly) – 17:54 1–1 1–2 31:21 – Gabel (Bannon, Mercer) Potomak (Pannek, Baldwin) – 39:00 2–2 2–3 44:58 – Harmon (McGill, Titus) Skarzynski (Agnew) – 54:57 3–3 3–4 58:29 – McGill (Mercer, Bannon)
	2 min	Penalties	0 min
	31	Shots	25

National Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Clarkson

March 19 2:03

Clarkson

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Wisconsin

Family Arena Attendance: 3,016

Game reference
	Shea Tiley	Goalies	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Referees: Tom Quinn Rick Santilli Linesmen: Tim Daley Paul Sacco
	Harmon (Bannon, Shelton) – pp – 20:27 1–0 Mercer (Gabel, Bannon) – 56:56 2–0 Mercer – 59:16 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	41

Media

Television

An agreement with the Big Ten Network resulted in the championship game being televised for the first time since 2010.

Broadcast assignments

Women's Frozen Four

• Scott Sudikoff (NCAA.com)

Championship

• Dan Kelly, Sonny Watrous, and Sara Dayley (BTN)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• G: Ann-Renée Desbiens, Wisconsin
• D: Mellissa Channell, Wisconsin
• D: Savannah Harmon, Clarkson
• F: Geneviève Bannon, Clarkson
• F: Cayley Mercer*, Clarkson
• F: Annie Pankowski, Wisconsin

* Most Outstanding Player

See also

• 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament