2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
2019 NCAA Women's Frozen Four logo
Season	2018–19
Teams	8
Finals Site	People's United Center Hamden, Connecticut
Champions	Wisconsin Badgers (5th title)
Runner-Up	Minnesota Golden Gophers (9th title game)
Semifinalists	Clarkson Golden Knights (5th Frozen Four) Cornell Big Red (4th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach	Mark Johnson (5th title)
MOP	Kristen Campbell Wisconsin
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The 2019 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 was played at the campuses of the seeded teams on Saturday, March 16, 2019. The Frozen Four was played on March 22 and 24, 2019 at People's United Center in Hamden, Connecticut. Quinnipiac University hosted the tournament, the second time that it and People's United Center hosted the Frozen Four. It was the third year that the Big Ten Network aired the championship game live and the second year the semifinals was aired live on BTN.

Qualifying teams

In the fifth 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.

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Wisconsin	WCHA	32–4–2	Tournament champion	13th	2018
2	Minnesota	WCHA	30–5–1	At-large bid	17th	2018
3	Northeastern	Hockey East	27–5–5	Tournament champion	3rd	2018
4	Clarkson	ECAC	29–7–2	Tournament champion	8th	2018
	Boston College	Hockey East	26–11–1	At-large bid	11th	2018
	Cornell	ECAC	23–5–6	At-large bid	7th	2017
	Princeton	ECAC	20–7–5	At-large bid	3rd	2016
	Syracuse	CHA	13–21–3	Tournament champion	1st	Never

Bracket

Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

	National Quarterfinals March 16					National Semifinals March 22					National Championship March 24
	1	Wisconsin	4
		Syracuse	0
						1	Wisconsin	5
						4	Clarkson	0
	4	Clarkson	2*
		Boston College	1
											1	Wisconsin	2
											2	Minnesota	0
	2	Minnesota	5
		Princeton	2
						2	Minnesota	2
							Cornell	0
	3	Northeastern	2
		Cornell	3*

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)