2010 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 8 schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The Frozen Four will be hosted by the University of Minnesota at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Background

• March 8: Two teams from the WCHA will compete for the 10th NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship. The University of Minnesota will be the host school for the 2010 Frozen Four, to be held March 19 and 21 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis. WCHA Tournament champion University of Minnesota Duluth, and at-large selection Minnesota will be two of eight competing teams.

Minnesota Duluth (28-8-2) is seeded Number 2 and the Bulldogs will host the New Hampshire Wildcats (19-8-5) on Saturday, March 13 at 2:00 pm central standard time. The Golden Gophers (25-8-5) are the number 3 seed, and will host the Clarkson Golden Eagles (23-11-5), on March 13 at 4:00 pm central standard time. Minnesota Duluth won the Forzen Four for the first three years that the tournament was held (2001, 2002 and 2003). The Golden Gophers proceeded to win the next two Frozen Four tournaments (2004 and 2005). Neither team has won since.

Tournament procedures

• Mercyhurst (29-2-3) enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed and will host Boston University (17-8-12) on Saturday, March 13 at 2:00 pm ET.
• No. 2 seeded Minnesota Duluth (28-8-2) will host New Hampshire (19-8-5) on Saturday, March 13 at 2:00 pm CT.
• Minnesota (25-8-5) enters the tournament as the No. 3 seed, and will host Clarkson (23-11-5), March 13 at 4:00 pm CT.
• Harvard (20-7-5), the No. 4 seed, will take on Cornell (19-8-6) on March 13 at TBD ET.

Game Summaries

Quarterfinals

Date	Time	Teams	Score	Notes
March 13	2:00 pm ET	Mercyhurst (29-2-3) vs. Boston University (17-8-12)	Mercyhurst, 4-1	Bailey Bram scored two goals, including the game winner
March 13	2:00 pm CT	Minnesota Duluth (28-8-2) vs. New Hampshire (19-8-5)	2-1	The Bulldogs fourth consecutive trip to Frozen Four
March 13	4:00 pm CT	Minnesota (25-8-5) vs. Clarkson (23-11-5)	3-2 (OT)	Emily West scored the game winning goal
March 13	7:00 pm	Harvard (20-7-5) vs. Cornell (19-8-6)	Cornell, 6-2	Will play Mercyhurst for third time this season

Frozen Four – Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	National Semifinals March 19					National Championship Game March 21
	M2	Mercyhurst	2
	W1	Cornell	3
						W1	Cornell	2
						S1	Minnesota Duluth	3
	S1	Minnesota Duluth	3
	E3	Minnesota	2

Championship game

Jessica Wong scored with 33.6 seconds left in triple overtime as Minnesota Duluth defeated Cornell 3-2 for its fifth NCAA women's hockey championship in the longest game in Frozen Four history on Sunday at Ridder Arena

All-Tournament team

• Emmanuelle Blais, Minnesota Duluth
• Jessica Wong, Minnesota Duluth
• Laura Fridfinnson, Minnesota Duluth

Tournament notes

Saara Tuominen and Jaime Rasmussen were the only players to have had two points in the championship game. Two records were set in the championship game. The game set an NCAA Frozen Four record for longest game at four hours and twenty-four minutes. Cornell goaltender Amanda Mazzotta set a record for most saves in an NCAA Championship game with 61 saves. The former record holder was Bulldog goaltender Patricia Sautter. She had the old record of 41 set in 2003.

2010 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs on the front lawn of the White House, Washington DC

See also

• 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament