2016 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

NCAA women's ice hockey postseason tournament May 2025 2016 women's Division I National Collegiate 2016_Women's_Frozen_Four_Logo.jpg 200px 2016 Women's Frozen Four logo 8 Whittemore Center Arena Durham, New Hampshire Minnesota Golden Gophers 6th 8th 12th Boston College Eagles 1st 6th Clarkson Golden Knights 2nd Wisconsin Badgers 9th Brad Frost 4th Sarah Potomak Minnesota 5,378, 3,211 for Championship Game The 2016 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 were contested at the campuses of the seeded teams on March 12, 2016. The Frozen Four was played on March 18 and 20, 2016 at Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, New Hampshire with the University of New Hampshire as the host.https://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/icehockey-women/nc/2016 Women's Ice Hockey Bracket NCAA.com NCAA March 8, 2016 Northeastern reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history while Princeton reached the tournament for the first time in ten years. Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the Boston College Eagles 3–1 to win the national championship. Qualifying teams USA Northeast 400 2016 Qualifying Teams10px WCHA, 10px ECAC, 10px Hockey East, 10px CHA no USA Northeast Boston College left ButtonBlack.svg 42.335 -71.170278 USA Northeast Wisconsin bottom ButtonRed.svg 43.0759 -89.4011 USA Northeast Minnesota bottom ButtonRed.svg 44.974 -93.2277 USA Northeast Quinnipiac bottom ButtonBlue.svg 41.419022 -72.89352 USA Northeast Clarkson right ButtonBlue.svg 44.663495 -74.99907 USA Northeast Princeton bottom ButtonBlue.svg 40.345278 -74.656111 USA Northeast Mercyhurst bottom ButtonGreen.svg 42.103443 -80.053094 USA Northeast Northeastern top ButtonBlack.svg 42.34 -71.088333 In the second 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.https://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey-women/article/2016-03-06/2016-ncaa-womens-ice-hockey-championship-field-announced Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament March 8, 2016 NCAA.com NCAA March 8, 2016 SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid1Boston CollegeHockey East38–0–0Tournament champion8th20152WisconsinWCHA34–3–1Tournament champion10th20153MinnesotaWCHA32–4–1At-large bid14th20154QuinnipiacECAC30–2–5Tournament champion2nd2015ClarksonECAC29–4–5At-large bid5th2015PrincetonECAC22–8–2At-large bid2nd2006MercyhurstCHA19–10–5Tournament champion11th2014NortheasternHockey East28–8–1At-large bid1stNever Bracket Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams National Quarterfinals March 12 National Semifinals March 18 National Championship March 20 1 Boston College 5 Northeastern 1 4 Quinnipiac 0 Clarkson 1 2 Wisconsin 6 Mercyhurst 0 3 Minnesota 6 Princeton 2 1 Boston College 3* Clarkson 2 2 Wisconsin 2 3 Minnesota 3* 1 Boston College 1 3 Minnesota 3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Results National Quarterfinals (1) Boston College vs. Northeastern "NE v BC" March 12 1:00 Northeastern Boston College 1–5 (0–2, 0–1, 1–2) https://bceagles.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2015-16/northeastern/boxscore/13605 Brittany Bugalski Kaitlin Burt 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 1–5 Coyne (Scamurra, Bugalski) – pp – 58:20 0:50 – Carpenter (Kent, Skarupa) / 16:54 – Sullivan (Skarupa, Keller) / 32:51 – Skarupa (Carpenter, Bizal) / 41:54 – Sullivan (Grieves) / 57:46 – sh – Carpenter (Skarupa, Keller) Bryan Hicks Derek Zuckerman James Shea Stephen Smiley Conte Forum 1,077 12 6 22 39 (4) Quinnipiac vs. Clarkson "CLA v QUI" March 12 2:00 Clarkson Quinnipiac 1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0) https://clarksonathletics.com/boxscore.aspx?path=whock&id=5608 Shea Tiley Sydney Rossman 1–0 Fast – 0:10 Tom Quinn Tim Benedetto Bob Sloper Tim Daley People's United Center 604 6 8 29 14 (2) Wisconsin vs. Mercyhurst "MER v WIS" March 12 7:07 Mercyhurst Wisconsin 0–6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2) https://uwbadgers.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2015-16/mercyhurst/boxscore/4468 Sarah McDonnell Ann-Renée Desbiens 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 8:26 – Cogan (Clark, Pankowski) / 13:26 – Ryan (Cogan, Sowchuk) / 30:47 – sh – McKibbon (Nurse, Ryan) / 35:59 – Clark (Nurse, Gardner) / 52:16 – pp – Nurse (Burke, Pankowski) / 58:02 – Wellhausen (Gardner, Shaver) David Spivey Krissy Morrison Brenda Reinen Clayton Smith LaBahn Arena 2,273 8 8 22 41 (3) Minnesota vs. Princeton "PRI v MIN" March 12 4:07 Princeton Minnesota 2–6 (1–3, 0–3, 1–0) https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2015-16/princeton/boxscore/4863 Kimberly Newell Amanda Leveille 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 2–6 McDonnell (Contini, Koelzer) – 0:29 / Contini (MacDonald, McKenna) – 59:57 4:47 – pp – Brandt – (Kessel, Stecklein) / 6:01 – sh – Kessel (Wolfe, Brandt) / 17:35 – pp – Kessel – (Brandt, Stecklein) / 34:24 – Potomak (McMillen, Baldwin) / 36:36 – Cameranesi (Pannek, Cline) / 37:02 – Kessel (Potomak, Cline) Robert Ludwig Shane Paskey Duncan Ryhorchuk Dan Fitzsimons Ridder Arena 2,468 6 6 27 43 National Semifinals (1) Boston College vs. Clarkson "CLA v BC" March 18 4:00 Clarkson Boston College 2–3 (OT) (1–0, 1–1, 0–1, 0–1) https://bceagles.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2015-16/clarkson/boxscore/13606 Shea Tiley Kaitlin Burt 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 McGill (Bannon, Harmon) – 2:27 / Mercer (Mariani) – 25:29 34:32 – Skarupa (Carpenter, Bender) / 16:07 – Johnson (Keller, Carpenter) / 0:58 – Skarupa (Carpenter, Kent) Robert Ludwig Shane Paskey Duncan Ryhorchuk Clayton Smith Whittemore Center 16 10 36 32 (2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Minnesota "MIN v WIS" March 18 7:22 Minnesota Wisconsin 3–2 (1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0) https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2015-16/wisconsin/boxscore/4864 Amanda Leveille Ann-Renée Desbiens 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 Williamson (Stecklein, Wolfe) – 2:15 / Kessel (Brandt, Stecklein) – 40:27 / Potomak – 75:00 11:35 – Shaver / 39:42 – Clark (Cogan, Burke) Tim Benedetto Tom Quinn Tim Daley Bob Sloper Whittemore Center 2,167 6 4 41 39 National Championship (1) Boston College vs. (3) Minnesota "MIN v BC March 20 2:06 Minnesota Boston College 3–1 (1–0, 0–0, 2–1) https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2015-16/boston-college/boxscore/4865 Amanda Leveille Kaitlin Burt 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 Potomak (Brandt, Wolfe) – 0:13 / Kessel (Potomak) – 48:31 / Pannek (Stecklein) – 53:12 54:07 – Newkirk (Keller, Anastos) Bryan Hicks Derek Zuckerman James Shea Kyle Smiley Whittemore Center 3,211 8 6 34 33 Tournament awards All-Tournament Team G: Amanda Leveille, Minnesota D: Lee Stecklein, Minnesota D: Megan Keller, Boston College F: Sarah Potomak*, Minnesota F: Amanda Kessel, Minnesota F: Haley Skarupa, Boston College * 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 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament References 30em Category:NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments 1 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament Category:Durham, New Hampshire Category:Ice hockey competitions in New Hampshire Category:College sports tournaments in New Hampshire