2013 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

NCAA women's ice hockey postseason tournament May 2025 2013 women's Division I National Collegiate 150px 8 Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers 4th 5th 9th Boston University Terriers 2nd 2nd Boston College Eagles 4th Mercyhurst Lakers 3rd Brad Frost 2nd Noora Räty Minnesota 16,739, 3,400 for Championship Game The 2013 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. Regional quarterfinals were contested on March 15 and 16, 2013. The Frozen Four was played on March 22 and 24, 2013 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, with the University of Minnesota as the host school. The University of Minnesota won the title with a 6–3 win over Boston University, becoming the first NCAA women's hockey team ever to complete a perfect season (41–0–0).https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9094220/minnesota-golden-gophers-get-first-ever-perfect-season-ncaa-women-hockey-title Gophers get first perfect season Associated Press Associated Press ESPN.com March 24, 2013 March 25, 2013 Qualifying teams USA Northeast 400 2013 Qualifying Teams10px WCHA, 10px ECAC, 10px Hockey East, 10px CHA no USA Northeast Minnesota bottom ButtonRed.svg 44.974 -93.2277 USA Northeast Cornell left ButtonBlue.svg 42.453611 -76.473889 USA Northeast Boston University left ButtonBlack.svg 42.348889 -71.100278 USA Northeast Boston College right ButtonBlack.svg 42.335 -71.170278 USA Northeast North Dakota right ButtonRed.svg 47.922998 -97.076812 USA Northeast Harvard top ButtonBlue.svg 42.374444 -71.116944 USA Northeast Mercyhurst bottom ButtonGreen.svg 42.103443 -80.053094 USA Northeast Clarkson right ButtonBlue.svg 44.663495 -74.99907 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 bid1MinnesotaWCHA38–0–0Tournament champion11th20122CornellECAC27–6–1Tournament champion4th20123Boston UniversityHockey East28–6–3Tournament champion4th20124Boston CollegeHockey East27–7–3At-large bid5th2012North DakotaWCHA26–12–1At-large bid2nd2012HarvardECAC24–7–3At-large bid9th2010MercyhurstCHA29–7–1At-large bid9th2012ClarksonECAC28–9–0At-large bid2nd2010 Bracket https://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/icehockey-women/nc/2012 2013 Women's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA.com April 3, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064011/http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/icehockey-women/nc/2012 March 4, 2016 dead Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams National QuarterfinalsMarch 10 National SemifinalsMarch 16 National ChampionshipMarch 18 1 Minnesota 3*** North Dakota 2 4 Boston College 3 Harvard 1 2 Cornell 3 Mercyhurst 4* 3 Boston University 5 Clarkson 3 1 Minnesota 3* 4 Boston College 2 Mercyhurst 1 3 Boston University 4 1 Minnesota 6 3 Boston University 3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Results National Quarterfinals (1) Minnesota vs. North Dakota "ND v MIN" March 16 4:00 North Dakota Minnesota 2–3 (3OT) (1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2012-13/north-dakota/boxscore/4737 Shelby Amsley-Benzie Noora Räty 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 Furia (Dufault) – 14:05 / Dufault (Karvinen, Jakobsen) – pp – 20:29 0:52 – Brandt (Kessel, Brausen) / 36:00 – pp – Kessel (Bozek) / 118:51 – pp – Terry (Bona, Jalosuo) Kristine Langley Leah Wrazidlo Kevin Capocasa Shane Pasky Ridder Arena 2,750 14 17 52 60 (4) Boston College vs. Harvard "HAR v BC" March 16 1:00 Harvard Boston College 1–3 (1–1, 0–2, 0–0) https://bceagles.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2012-13/harvard/boxscore/9046 Emerance Maschmeyer Corinne Boyles 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 Parker (Spurling, Reber) – pp – 16:00 17:00 – Skarupa (Bolden) / 22:11 – Walsh (Burns, Motherwell) / 35:04 – Carpenter (Bolden) Ryan Hicks Cam Lynch Will Harrop Conte Forum 920 4 8 31 24 (2) Cornell vs. Mercyhurst "MER v COR" March 16 1:00 Mercyhurst Cornell 4–3 (OT) (1–0, 0–2, 2–1, 1–0) https://hurstathletics.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2012-2013/cornell-university/boxscore/5208 Stephanie Ciampa Lauren Slebodnick 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 4–3 Buquet (Hendrikx, Bestland) – 8:34 / DeSutter (Dingeldein, Bestland) – 47:29 / Luczak (Welch) – 58:47 / Dingeldein (Kilroy, Janiga) – 64:49 32:29 – pp – Jenner (Fortino, Rougeau) / 39:00 – Brown (Jenner) / 59:04 – Saulnier (Jenner) Katie Guay Pat Silva Bridget Waitkus Bob Sloper Lynah Rink 2,327 14 16 34 32 (3) Boston University vs. Clarkson "CLA v BU" March 16 3:00 Clarkson Boston University 3–5 (0–1, 1–1, 2–3) https://goterriers.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2012-13/-6-clarkson-ncaa-quarterfinals/boxscore/3560 Erica Howe Kerrin Sperry 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 3–4 / 3–5 Ambrose (Nisbet, Mercer) – 21:44 / Lambert (Rattray) – 50:00 / MacAulay (Skirrow, Shields) – 55:20 4:49 – Poulin (Kohanchuk, Doyle) / 37:09 – Kohanchuk (Poulin, Fratkin) / 49:22 – Lefort / 49:48 – Warren (Menard, Tutino) / 59:01 – Lefort Dina Allen Derek Zuckerman Peter Terreri Walter Brown Arena 542 4 10 37 27 National Semifinals (1) Minnesota vs. (4) Boston College "BC v MIN" March 22 5:00 Boston College Minnesota 2–3 (OT) (0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 0–1) https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2012-13/boston-college/boxscore/4738 Corinne Boyles Noora Räty 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 Field (Carpenter, Skarupa) – pp – 38:13 / Bender (Skarupa, Trivigno) – 54:12 41:42 – pp – Brandt (Bozek, McMillen) / 52:12 – Kortum (Bona, McMillen) / 61:39 – Davis (Brausen, Lorence) Bryan Hicks Cam Lynch Will Harrop Jamie Colacino Ridder Arena 3,400 6 6 28 39 Mercyhurst vs. (3) Boston University "MER v BU" March 22 8:17 Mercyhurst Boston University 1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2) https://goterriers.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2012-13/-5-mercyhurst-ncaa-semifinals/boxscore/3561 Stephanie Ciampa Kerrin Sperry 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 Cicero (Bestland, Higson) – 58:07 0:13 – Kohanchuk Poulin, Fratkin) / 21:00 – Menard (Warren) / 43:02 – Miller (Kohanchuk) / 49:57 – Poulin Leah Wrazidlo Krissy Langley Kevin Capocasa Ridder Arena 3,400 10 15 27 33 National Championship (1) Minnesota vs. (3) Boston University "BC v MIN" March 24 3:04 Boston University Minnesota 3–6 (1–2, 0–2, 2–2) https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2012-13/boston-university/boxscore/4739 Kerrin Sperry Noora Räty 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 3–5 / 3–6 Lefort (Stoneburgh, Poulin) – pp – 18:48 / Poulin (Doyle, Cardella) – pp – 41:48 / Kohanchuk (Fratkin, Miller) – 57:08 11:38 – pp – Jalosuo (Ramsey, Davis) / 18:32 – sh – Brandt (Kessel, Gillanders) / 36:02 – Kessel (Menefee, Ramsey) / 39:48 – pp – McMillen (Menefee, Bozek) / 55:27 – Ramsey (Menefee, Kessel) / 59:11 – en – Kessel Bryan Hicks Cam Lynch Will Harrop Jamie Colacino Ridder Arena 3,400 8 8 24 29 Tournament awards All-Tournament Team G Noora Raty*, Minnesota F Marie-Philip Poulin, Boston University F Amanda Kessel, Minnesota F Hannah Brandt, Minnesota D Milica McMillen, Minnesota D Megan Bozek, Minnesota * 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 2013 NCAA Division I Men'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