2012 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

NCAA women's ice hockey postseason tournament May 2025 2012 women's Division I National Collegiate 150px 8 AMSOIL Arena Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers 3rd 4th 8th Wisconsin Badgers 6th 6th Cornell Big Red 3rd Boston College Eagles 3rd Brad Frost 1st Noora Räty Minnesota 13,425, 2,439 for Championship Game 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. North Dakota reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history. The Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 4–2 for their third championship in program history and first since 2005. Qualifying teams USA Northeast 400 2012 Qualifying Teams10px WCHA, 10px ECAC, 10px Hockey East, 10px CHA no USA Northeast Wisconsin bottom ButtonRed.svg 43.0759 -89.4011 USA Northeast Minnesota bottom ButtonRed.svg 44.974 -93.2277 USA Northeast Cornell left ButtonBlue.svg 42.453611 -76.473889 USA Northeast Boston College right ButtonBlack.svg 42.335 -71.170278 USA Northeast St. Lawrence left ButtonBlue.svg 44.589257 -75.160763 USA Northeast Boston University left ButtonBlack.svg 42.348889 -71.100278 USA Northeast North Dakota right ButtonRed.svg 47.922998 -97.076812 USA Northeast Mercyhurst bottom ButtonGreen.svg 42.103443 -80.053094 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. SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid1WisconsinWCHA31–4–2At-large bid7th20112MinnesotaWCHA31–5–2Tournament champion11th20113CornellECAC29–4–0At-large bid2nd20114Boston CollegeHockey East23–9–3At-large bid4th2011St. LawrenceECAC24–9–4Tournament champion8th2009Boston UniversityHockey East27–7–3Tournament champion3rd2011North DakotaWCHA22–10–3At-large bid1stNeverMercyhurstCHA23–7–3At-large bid8th2011 Bracket Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams National Quarterfinalshttps://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/icehockey-women/nc/2011 2012 Women's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA March 19, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130412052005/http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/icehockey-women/nc/2011 April 12, 2013 dead March 10 National SemifinalsMarch 16 National ChampionshipMarch 18 1 Wisconsin 3 Mercyhurst 1 4 Boston College 6 St. Lawrence 3 2 Minnesota 5 North Dakota 1 3 Cornell 8*** Boston University 7 1 Wisconsin 6 4 Boston College 2 2 Minnesota 3 3 Cornell 1 1 Wisconsin 2 2 Minnesota 4 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Results National Quarterfinals (1) Wisconsin vs. Mercyhurst "MER v WIS" March 10 7:07 Mercyhurst Wisconsin 1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2) https://static.hurstathletics.com/custompages/WHockey/2011-12/ncaa-qf.htm Hillary Pattenden Alex Rigsby 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 Steadman (Zgoda, Cicero) – 39:20 11:48 – Prevost (Decker) / 51:18 – sh – Knight (Prevost) / 58:45 – en – Decker (Haverstock) Dan Lick Dave Lick Dan Fitzsimons Kohl Center 2,946 10 10 29 42 (4) Boston College vs. St. Lawrence "STL v BC" March 10 2:00 St. Lawrence Boston College 3–6 (0–1, 3–2, 0–3) https://bceagles.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2011-12/st-lawrence/boxscore/9008 Carmen MacDonald Corinne Boyles 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 3–5 / 3–6 Emard (Smith, Sabatine) – 20:20 / Ng (Emond) – 20:40 / Williams (Habscheid, Desrochers) – pp – 23:33 16:30 – sh – Carpenter (Field) / 31:00 – pp – Field (Mangene, Burns) / 39:49 – Bolden (Restuccia) / 42:23 – Welch / 55:47 – Wasylk (Motherwell, Restuccia) / 59:28 – en – Motherwell (Bolden) Bill Doiron Julie Piacentini Chris Leavitt Kelley Rink 827 8 6 31 39 (2) Minnesota vs. North Dakota "ND v MIN" March 10 4:00 North Dakota Minnesota 1–5 (0–1, 0–3, 1–1) https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2011-12/north-dakota/boxscore/4696 Jorid Dagfinrud Noora Räty 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 1–5 Karvinen (Jakobsen, Lamoureux-Kolls) – pp – 46:07 1:28 – West (Davis) / 23:44 – Davis (Erickson, Seeler) / 30:06 – sh – Kessel / 36:40 – pp – Erickson (Kessel, Schoullis) / 43:40 – Schoullis (Erickson, West) Jay Mendel Robert Ludwig Dave Spivey Tom Jerome Ridder Arena 1,630 16 16 29 28 (3) Cornell vs. Boston University "BU v COR" March 10 2:00 Boston University Cornell 7–8 (3OT) (3–1, 1–4, 3–2, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) https://cornellbigred.com/documents/2012/3/10/buu_box.pdf Kerrin Sperry Lauren Slebodnick 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 4–4 / 4–5 / 4–6 / 4–7 / 5–7 / 6–7 / 7–7 / 7–8 Poulin (Menard, Tutino) – 4:35 / Tutino (Wakefield, Cardella) – 5:09 / Boucher (Poulin, Tutino) – 16:45 / Poulin (Warren) – 35:01 / Menard (Watchorn, Wakefield) – pp – 49:12 / Wakefield (Watchorn, Menard) – pp – 51:06 / Tutino (Watchorn, Poulin) – pp – 58:03 19:15 – Campbell / 20:10 – pp – Johnston (Saulnier, Jenner) / 23:31 – Johnston (Saulnier, Gagliardi) / 24:14 – Fortino (Saulnier, Jenner) / 36:08 – Jenner (Johnston, Young) / 40:18 – Johnston / 46:19 – pp – Jenner (Johnston, Young) / 119:50 – Rougeau (Campbell) Bryan Hicks Cameron Lynch Andrew DiFusco Lynah Rink 2,143 20 16 47 66 National Semifinals (1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College "BC v WIS" March 16 5:07 Boston College Wisconsin 2–6 (1–2, 0–2, 1–2) https://stats.uwbadgers.com/custompages/sports/w-hockey/2011-2012/game39.html Corinne Boyles Alex Rigsby 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5 / 2–6 Field (Bolden) – 0:57 / Carpenter (Restuccia, Bolden) – pp – 49:54 6:44 – Ammerman (Packer, Brickner) / 13:47 – sh – Prevost / 21:34 – Knight (Packer, Kelter) / 37:21 – Ammerman (Jaminski, Rigsby) / 47:46 – Ammerman (Prevost, Decker) / 56:23 – pp – Knight (Decker) Lynch/Hicks Lou DiFusco Harrop AMSOIL Arena 1,388 14 14 24 38 (2) Minnesota vs. (3) Cornell "COR v MIN" March 16 8:07 Cornell Minnesota 1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1) https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2011-12/cornell/boxscore/4697 Amanda Mazzotta Noora Räty 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 Gagliardi (Saulnier) – pp – 31:40 17:16 – pp – Kessel (Erickson, Schleper) / 18:29 – pp – Bozek (Schoullis, Kessel) / 59:26 – en – West (Kessel, Ramsey) Doran/Diacentini Chris Leavitt Briget Watkins AMSOIL Arena 2,052 12 6 21 41 National Championship (1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota "MIN v WIS" March 18 3:07 Minnesota Wisconsin 4–2 (3–2, 0–0, 1–0) https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2011-12/wisconsin/boxscore/4698 Noora Räty Alex Rigsby 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2 Kessel (Gillanders) – 8:45 / Erickson (Davis, West) – 11:23 / West – 18:28 / Erickson (Seeler) – 43:57 14:03 – pp – McKeough (Knight, Ammerman) / 15:43 – Ammerman (Prevost) Mendel/Luwig Tom Jerome Dave Spivey AMSOIL Arena 2,439 10 4 25 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 Playerhttp://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_frozen4/2023.pdf NCAA Women's Frozen Four Records Book NCAA.org March 19, 2023 March 19, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230320053602/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_frozen4/2023.pdf March 20, 2023 live See also 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament 2012 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Tournament References Category:NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments * NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament