2020-21 WCHA Women's Season

This is the 2020-21 Western Collegiate Hockey Association Women's season. This is the league's 22nd season.

Membership Changes

 * None for 2020-21


 * On July 15, 2020 the St. Thomas Tommies women's ice hockey team was announced as joining the Western Collegiate Hockey Association women's conference for the 2021-22 season by a unanimous vote as the conference's 8th member.

Standings
Teams are awarded 3 points for a regulation or overtime win and 1 point for an overtime tie. If the game is tied after the five minute overtime period the game goes to a three round shootout. The shoot out winning team is awarded an extra point in the standings. The NCAA considers games determined in a shootout as a tie.

Due to game cancellations and an unbalanced schedule points percentage was used to determine the standings for 2020-21 only.

''Note: Due to an incorrect application of the shootout rules by game officials the results of a January 16th shoot out between Bemidji State and St. Cloud State were vacated as officials incorrectly stopped the shoot out after two rounds with Bemidji state leading 1-0, calling the shoot out a sudden death shoot out from the start with the teams being tied 0-0 after the first round and Bemidji State "winning" the shoot out 1-0 after the second round. NCAA rules mandate a 3 round shoot out and then the shoot out goes to sudden death. Each team was awarded 1.5 points in the conference standing and the game was deemed as a tie on January 20th. ''

Original Format
All seven teams qualify for the conference tournament. The quarterfinals are best-of-three at the higher seeded team with the top seed receiving a bye to the semifinals. The semifinals and finals are single elimination known as the 2021 WCHA Final Face-Off. The tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Revised Format
The top four teams qualify for the WCHA Final Face-Off. The tournament took place March 6-7, 2021 at the Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The tournament winner receives the conferences automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Semifinals

 * Wisconsin defeated Minnesota 5-3
 * Ohio State defeated Minnesota-Duluth 7-2

Final

 * Wisconsin defeated Ohio State 3-2 (ot)