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.[1]
Membership[]
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.
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#1 Wisconsin  * |
16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 62 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 79 | 33 | |
| #4 Minnesota-Duluth | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 50 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 55 | 33 | |
| #3 Ohio State | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 42 | 32 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 42 | |
| #6 Minnesota | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 62 | 40 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 65 | 45 | |
| Minnesota State | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 38 | 56 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 38 | 56 | |
| St. Cloud State | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 18.5 | 32 | 62 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 32 | 62 | |
| Bemidji State | 20 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 12.5 | 24 | 72 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 72 | |
| Championship: March 8, 2021 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 25, 2021 | |||||||||||||||
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.[2]
Conference Tournament[]
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)