2022–23 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season

	2022–23 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
	; Amsoil Arena in Duluth, MN is the site for the 2023 Frozen Four (Women), hosted by the University of Minnesota-Duluth
NCAA tournament	2023
National championship	Amsoil Arena; Duluth, Minnesota
NCAA champion	Wisconsin
Patty Kazmaier Award	Sophie Jaques; (Ohio State)
NCAA Division I women's ice hockey seasons
← 2021–22	2023–24 →

The 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began in September 2022 and ended with the 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament's championship game at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minnesota on March 19, 2023.^[1]

Polls[]

Main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey rankings

Regular season[]

Realignment[]

The Stonehill Skyhawks join the NEWHA for the 2022-23 season.^[2]

Standings[]

2022–23 College Hockey America standings v • d • e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#10 Penn State *	16	14	1	1	29	78	25	38	27	9	2	140	73
Mercyhurst	16	11	3	2	24	49	25	37	21	14	2	120	80
Syracuse	16	6	9	1	13	35	57	36	10	24	2	78	118
Lindenwood	16	5	11	0	10	33	54	32	5	27	0	55	145
RIT	16	1	13	2	4	21	55	32	4	26	2	50	107
Championship: March 4, 2023 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 19, 2023

2022–23 ECAC Hockey standings v • d • e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#6 Yale	22	19	2	1	58	93	34	33	28	4	1	132	49
#5 Colgate *	22	18	3	1	56	94	37	40	32	6	2	164	69
#8 Quinnipiac	22	17	5	0	50	78	39	40	30	10	0	130	68
#9 Clarkson	22	15	6	1	44	60	38	42	29	11	2	124	76
#14 Cornell	22	12	9	1	38	78	70	32	16	14	2	102	98
St. Lawrence	22	10	9	3	32	60	49	39	17	19	3	103	90
Princeton	22	10	12	0	30	55	60	31	15	15	1	81	82
Harvard	22	6	13	3	21	45	69	31	7	21	3	54	107
Brown	22	7	15	0	19	37	63	29	9	19	1	48	80
RPI	22	4	17	1	16	27	65	34	9	24	1	53	89
Dartmouth	22	4	18	0	14	39	82	29	8	1	0	56	96
Union	22	4	17	1	12	27	89	34	11	22	1	59	121
Championship: March 4, 2023 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 19, 2023

2022–23 NEWHA standings v • d • e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
LIU *	24	17	4	3	37	76	33	37	20	14	3	94	90
Franklin Pierce	27	15	9	3	33	91	60	36	18	15	3	121	117
Saint Anselm	24	14	6	4	32	87	56	39	18	17	4	120	96
Stonehill	24	14	9	1	29	67	49	37	19	16	2	88	79
Sacred Heart	28	13	12	2	28	61	61	37	16	18	3	81	93
Post	24	4	19	1	9	37	107	35	4	29	2	45	175
Saint Michael's	24	1	19	4	6	27	80	32	2	26	4	34	122
Championship: March 4, 2023 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 19, 2023

2022–23 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v • d • e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SOW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Ohio State †	28	23	4	1	1	70	119	52	40	33	6	2	169	71
#3 Minnesota *	28	22	3	3	1	68	126	52	39	30	6	3	177	72
#1 Wisconsin	27	19	6	2	1	60	113	46	40	29	10	2	169	67
#7 Minnesota Duluth	28	17	8	3	2	54	87	44	39	26	10	3	125	53
#12 St. Cloud State	28	11	16	1	0	36	57	82	37	18	18	1	87	96
Minnesota State	28	9	18	1	0	30	55	92	36	15	20	1	91	105
St. Thomas	28	3	24	1	1	12	30	110	36	8	27	1	53	130
Bemidji State	28	2	26	0	0	6	23	130	36	5	30	1	40	154
Championship: March 4, 2023 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 19, 2023

2022–23 WHEA standings v • d • e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Northeastern *	27	24	2	1	72	100	23	38	34	3	1	144	35
#11 Vermont	27	16	8	3	56	81	49	36	22	11	3	105	65
#13 Providence	27	15	8	4	49	74	51	37	22	11	4	104	72
#15 Boston College	27	16	11	0	47	67	49	36	20	15	1	88	69
UConn	27	12	11	4	44	50	52	35	18	13	4	75	64
Maine	27	12	13	2	37	56	74	35	15	18	2	76	104
Boston University	27	9	15	3	33	56	73	34	11	20	3	73	94
New Hampshire	27	9	15	3	32	65	80	36	12	21	3	84	106
Holy Cross	27	6	21	0	18	34	81	34	7	26	1	47	103
Merrimack	27	5	20	2	17	44	95	36	9	25	2	66	126
Championship: March 4, 2023 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 19, 2023

Player stats[]

Scoring leaders[]

The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on March 19, 2023.^[3]

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Danielle Serdachny	Senior	Colgate	40	25	46	71
Taylor Heise	Graduate Student	Minnesota	39	30	37	67
Grace Zumwinkle	Graduate Student	Minnesota	39	25	36	61
Alina Müller	Graduate Student	Northeastern	38	27	33	60
Kalty Kaltounkova	Junior	Colgate	39	24	33	57
Jennifer Gardiner	Senior	Ohio State	41	21	36	57
Maureen Murphy	Graduate Student	Northeastern	33	20	35	55
Chloé Aurard	Graduate Student	Northeastern	38	20	34	54
Gabrielle David	Senior	Clarkson	42	21	32	53
Anne Cherkowski	Junior	Clarkson	40	23	29	52
Elle Hartje	Senior	Yale	33	13	39	52

Leading goaltenders[]

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average.^[3]

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Gwyneth Philips	Senior	Northeastern	38	2271:56	34	3	1	33	10	0.960	0.87
Emma Söderberg	Graduate Student	Minnesota Duluth	33	1942:21	21	10	2	45	12	0.938	1.39
Pia Dukarič	Sophomore	Yale	33	1905:05	28	4	1	45	8	0.935	1.42
Hannah Murphy	Sophomore	Colgate	22	1294:41	18	2	1	33	5	0.932	1.53
Cami Kronish	Senior	Wisconsin	31	1882:44	21	8	2	49	8	0.932	1.56

NCAA Tournament[]

Main article: 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

First Round March 9^[4]			National Quarterfinals March 11			National Semifinals March 17			National Championship March 19

			8	Quinnipiac	2

			1	Ohio State	5
10	Penn State	2

8	Quinnipiac	3***
						1	Ohio State	3

						5	Northeastern	0

			5	Northeastern	4

			4	Yale	1
9	Clarkson	0

7	Minnesota Duluth	2
									1	Ohio State	0

									6	Wisconsin	1
			7	Minnesota Duluth	0

			2	Minnesota	3
11	LIU	1

6	Wisconsin	9
						2	Minnesota	2

						6	Wisconsin	3*

			6	Wisconsin	4

			3	Colgate	2

Note: each * denotes one overtime period

Awards[]

Patty Kazmaier Award[]

Patty Kazmaier Award Finalists^[5]^[6]
Player	Position	School
Jaques, SophieSophie Jaques \|\| Defender \|\| Ohio State
Müller, AlinaAlina Müller	Forward	NortheasternTop Three
Serdachny, DanielleDanielle Serdachny	Forward	Colgate Top Three
Dukaric, PiaPia Dukaric	Goaltender	Yale
Gardiner, JenniferJennifer Gardiner	Forward	Ohio State
Heise, TaylorTaylor Heise	Forward	Minnesota
Murphy, MaureenMaureen Murphy	Forward	Northeastern
Philips, GwynethGwyneth Philips	Goaltender	Northeastern
Zanon, KiaraKiara Zanon	Forward	Penn State
Zumwinkle, GraceGrace Zumwinkle	Forward	Minnesota

AHCA Coach of the year[]

AHCA Coach of the Year Finalists^[7]^[8]
Coach	School
Flint, DaveDave Flint \|\| Northeastern
Bolding, MarkMark Bolding	Yale
Frost, BradBrad Frost	Minnesota
Idalski, BrianBrian Idalski	St. Cloud State
Johnson, MarkMark Johnson	Wisconsin
Kampersal, JeffJeff Kampersal	Penn State
Muzerall, NadineNadine Muzerall	Ohio State
Watchorn, TaraTara Watchorn	Stonehill

References[]

↑ Staff, USCHO (2020-10-14). NCAA announces regional, Frozen Four sites for 2022-26 national men’s, women’s tournaments (en-us).
↑ Staff, USCHO (2022-04-05). Stonehill men’s hockey moving from NCAA D-II Northeast-10 to NCAA Division I for 2022-23 season; women’s hockey to join NEWHA in ’22-23 (en-us).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Women's Division I Overall Hockey Statistics: 2022-2023 Stats (March 19, 2023).
↑ 2023 NC Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket.
↑ Ten Finalists Named for 2023 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award (March 2, 2023).
↑ Sophie Jaques Named 2023 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Winner (March 18, 2023).
↑ 2022-23 Division I Women’s Coach of the Year Finalists Announced (March 13, 2023).
↑ Northeastern’s Dave Flint is 2023 Winner of the CCM/AHCA Division I Women’s Coach of the Year Award (March 16, 2023).

[1] Staff, USCHO (2020-10-14). NCAA announces regional, Frozen Four sites for 2022-26 national men’s, women’s tournaments (en-us).

[2] Staff, USCHO (2022-04-05). Stonehill men’s hockey moving from NCAA D-II Northeast-10 to NCAA Division I for 2022-23 season; women’s hockey to join NEWHA in ’22-23 (en-us).

[stats-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Women's Division I Overall Hockey Statistics: 2022-2023 Stats (March 19, 2023).

[4] 2023 NC Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket.

[5] Ten Finalists Named for 2023 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award (March 2, 2023).

[6] Sophie Jaques Named 2023 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Winner (March 18, 2023).

[7] 2022-23 Division I Women’s Coach of the Year Finalists Announced (March 13, 2023).

[8] Northeastern’s Dave Flint is 2023 Winner of the CCM/AHCA Division I Women’s Coach of the Year Award (March 16, 2023).

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List of NCAA Division I women's ice hockey seasons
NCAA seasons	2000–01 - 2001–02 - 2002–03 - 2003–04 - 2004–05 - 2005–06 - 2006–07 - 2007–08 - 2008–09 - 2009–10 - 2010–11 - 2011–12 - 2012–13 - 2013–14 - 2014–15 - 2015–16 - 2016–17 - 2017–18 - 2018–19 - 2019–20 - 2020–21 - 2021–22 - 2022–23 - 2023–24
NCAA Division I Conferences	WHEA - ECAC Hockey - CHA - WCHA - NEWHA - Independents (none currently)
NCAA awards	Patty Kazmaier Award - National Goalie of the Year - National Rookie of the Year - AHCA Coach of the Year