2021 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

2021 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
Season	2020–21
Teams	8
Finals Site	Erie Insurance Arena Erie, Pennsylvania
Champions	Wisconsin Badgers (6th title)
Runner-Up	Northeastern Huskies (1st title game)
Winning Coach	Mark Johnson (6th title)
NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2020  2022 →

The 2021 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eight schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals were played at the Erie Insurance Arena on March 15 and 16, 2021, with the Frozen Four played on March 18 and 20, 2021 at Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Qualifying teams

In the sixth 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.

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Northeastern	Hockey East	20–1–1	Tournament champion	5th	2020
2	Wisconsin	WCHA	12–3–1	Tournament champion	15th	2020
3	Ohio State	WCHA	12–6	At-large bid	3rd	2020
4	Colgate	ECAC	15–6–1	Tournament champion	2nd	2018
	Minnesota-Duluth	WCHA	11–6	At-large bid	12th	2019
	Boston College	Hockey East	14–5	At-large bid	12th	2019
	Providence	Hockey East	12–7–1	At-large bid	2nd	2005
	Robert Morris	CHA	16–7–1	Tournament champion	2nd	2017

Bracket

	National Quarterfinals March 15 & March 16 NCAA.com					National Semifinals March 18 ESPN3/ESPNU					National Championship March 20 ESPNU
	1	Northeastern	5
		Robert Morris	1
						1	Northeastern	3*
							Minnesota-Duluth	2
	4	Colgate	0
		Minnesota-Duluth	1*
											1	Northeastern	1
											2	Wisconsin	2*
	3	Ohio State	3
		Boston College	1
						3	Ohio State	2
						2	Wisconsin	4
	2	Wisconsin	3
		Providence	0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Northeastern vs. Robert Morris

March 15	Robert Morris		1 – 5		Northeastern	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			7:57 – Chloé Aurard – (Alina Müller)
Emily Curlett – (Emilie Harley, Lexi Templeman) – pp – 19:03		Second period			8:18 – Skylar Fontaine – (Chloé Aurard) 19:56 – Alina Müller – (Skylar Fontaine, Maureen Murphy)
No scoring		Third period			7:11 – Katie Cipra – (Unassisted) 14:09 – Skylar Fontaine – (Katy Knoll, Andrea Renner)
Raygan Kirk (41 saves / 46 shots)		Goalie stats			Aerin Frankel (20 saves / 21 shots)

(2) Wisconsin vs. Providence

March 16	Providence		0 – 3		Wisconsin	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			12:54 – Brette Pettet – (Grace Bowlby, Britta Curl)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			3:35 – Sophie Shirley – (Britta Curl) 18:23 – pp – Sophie Shirley – (Daryl Watts)
Sandra Abstreiter (41 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats			Kennedy Blair (12 saves / 12 shots)

(3) Ohio State vs. Boston College

March 16	Boston College		1 – 3		Ohio State	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
Savannah Norcross – (Hannah Bilka, Kelly Browne) – 9:15		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			16:33 – pp – Jenna Buglioni – (Liz Schepers, Tatum Skaggs) 19:23 – Brooke Bink – (Paetyn Levis, Madison Bizal)
No scoring		Third period			13:30 – Gabby Rosenthal – (Tatum Skaggs, Emma Maltais)
Abigail Levy (48 saves / 48 shots)		Goalie stats			Andrea Braendli (12 saves / 13 shots)

(4) Colgate vs. Minnesota-Duluth

March 15	Minnesota-Duluth		1 – 0	OT	Colgate	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Ashton Bell – (Unassisted) – 6:39		First overtime period			No scoring
Emma Soderberg (30 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Kayle Osborne (29 saves / 30 shots)

National Semifinals

(1) Northeastern vs. Minnesota-Duluth

March 18	Minnesota-Duluth		2 – 3	OT	Northeastern	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Mannon McMahon – (Kailee Skinner, Clara Van Wieren) – 10:03 Taylor Anderson – (Anna Klein, Maggie Flaherty) – 15:30		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			0:42 – pp – Maureen Murphy – (Skylar Fontaine, Brooke Hobson) 5:30 – Katy Knoll – (Andrea Renner, Veronika Pettey)
No scoring		First overtime period			19:33 – Skylar Fontaine – (Unassisted)
Emma Soderberg (44 saves / 47 shots)		Goalie stats			Aerin Frankel (26 saves / 28 shots)

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Ohio St.

March 18

Ohio St.

2 – 4

Wisconsin

Erie Insurance Arena

National Championship

(1) Northeastern vs. (2) Wisconsin

March 20

Wisconsin

2 – 1

OT

Northeastern

Erie Insurance Arena