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2019 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

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

2019 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament is located in USA Midwest and Northeast
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Minnesota
Northeastern
Northeastern
Clarkson
Clarkson
Boston College
Boston College
Cornell
Cornell
Princeton
Princeton
Syracuse
Syracuse
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2019 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

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.[1]

Bracket

[2]
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

Syracuse vs. (1) Wisconsin

Boston College vs. (4) Clarkson

Princeton vs. (2) Minnesota

Cornell vs. (3) Northeastern

National Semifinals

Cornell vs. (2) Minnesota

(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Wisconsin

National Championship

(2) Minnesota vs. (1) Wisconsin

Media

Television

Big Ten Network televised the semifinals and championship during their multi-year contract to carry the event.[3] It would end up being the last time they carried the event as the 2020 tournament would go on to be canceled, and ESPN would purchase the rights beginning with 2021.

Broadcast assignments

Women's Frozen Four and Championship

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player[4]

References

  1. ^ "NC women's hockey championship bracket revealed, Wisconsin earns No. 1 seed in 2019 tournament". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Women's Ice Hockey Bracket". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "College hockey: Women's Frozen Four to air on Big Ten Network". NCAA.com. NCAA. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  4. ^ "NCAA Women's Frozen Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. March 19, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.