2006 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

NCAA women's ice hockey postseason tournament May 2025 2006 women's Division I National Collegiate 150px 8 Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota Wisconsin Badgers 1st 1st 1st Minnesota Golden Gophers 5th 3rd New Hampshire Wildcats 1st St. Lawrence Saints 4th Mark Johnson 1st Jessie Vetter Wisconsin 4,701 for Championship Game The 2006 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. It began on March 17, 2006, and ended with the championship game on March 26. The quarterfinals were conducted at the homes of the teams considered to be higher seeds, although no seed was given for either team in two of the games. The Frozen Four was conducted in Minneapolis. A total of seven games were played. Jessie Vetter was named the Most Outstanding Player to become the first goaltender to win the honor. Qualifying teams USA Northeast 450 2006 Qualifying Teams10px WCHA, 10px ECAC, 10px Hockey East, 10px CHA no USA Northeast New Hampshire top ButtonBlack.svg 43.136389 -70.932222 USA Northeast Wisconsin bottom ButtonRed.svg 43.0759 -89.4011 USA Northeast St. Lawrence left ButtonBlue.svg 44.589257 -75.160763 USA Northeast Minnesota bottom ButtonRed.svg 44.974 -93.2277 USA Northeast Princeton bottom ButtonBlue.svg 40.345278 -74.656111 USA Northeast Minnesota Duluth left ButtonRed.svg 46.8 -92.1 USA Northeast Mercyhurst bottom ButtonGreen.svg 42.103443 -80.053094 USA Northeast Harvard left ButtonBlue.svg 42.374444 -71.116944 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 two teams were then seeded, and four teams received home ice for the quarterfinals. SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid1New HampshireHockey East32–2–1Tournament champion1stNever2WisconsinWCHA32–5–1Tournament champion2nd2005St. LawrenceECAC30–4–2Tournament champion3rd2005MinnesotaWCHA27–10–1At-large bid5th2005PrincetonECAC21–7–4At-large bid1stNeverMinnesota DuluthWCHA22–8–3At-large bid5th2005MercyhurstCHA23–7–7At-large bid2nd2005HarvardECAC18–12–4At-large bid5th2005 Bracket National QuarterfinalsMarch 17 – 18 National SemifinalsMarch 24 National ChampionshipMarch 26 1 New Hampshire 3 Harvard 1 Minnesota 4 Princeton 0 St. Lawrence 1 Minnesota Duluth 0 2 Wisconsin 2** Mercyhurst 1 1 New Hampshire 4 Minnesota 5 St. Lawrence 0 2 Wisconsin 1 Minnesota 0 2 Wisconsin 3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Note: The team in italics is the home team in the first round. https://www.ncaa.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ncaa/sports/w-hockey/auto_pdf/WH-D1-2006August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Tournament awards All-Tournament Team G: Jessie Vetter*, Wisconsin D: Bobbi-Jo Slusar, Wisconsin D: Ashley Albrecht, Minnesota F: Jinelle Zaugg, Wisconsin F: Bobbi Ross, Minnesota F: Jennifer Hitchcock, New Hampshire * 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 References * Category:NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament