2010 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

2010 NCAA National Collegiate Women's
Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams 8
Finals Site Ridder Arena
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions Minnesota–Duluth (5th title, 6th title game,
7th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up Cornell (1st title game,
1st Frozen Four)
Semifinalists Minnesota (7th Frozen Four)
Mercyhurst (2nd Frozen Four)
Winning Coach Shannon Miller (5th title)
MOP Emmanuelle Blais (Minnesota–Duluth)
NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournaments
 2009  2011 

The 2010 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 were held at the home sites of the seeded teams and the Frozen Four was hosted by the University of Minnesota at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]

Bracket

Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals
March 12–March 13
National Semifinals
March 19
National Championship
March 21
         
1 Mercyhurst 4
Boston University 1
1 Mercyhurst 2
Cornell 3*
4 Harvard 2
Cornell 6
Cornell 2
2 Minnesota–Duluth 3***
2 Minnesota–Duluth 2
New Hampshire 1
2 Minnesota–Duluth 3
3 Minnesota 2
3 Minnesota 3*
Clarkson 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
[2]

All-Tournament team

Tournament notes

Saara Tuominen and Jaime Rasmussen were the only players to have had two points in the championship game. Two records were set in the championship game. The game set an NCAA Frozen Four record for longest game at four hours and twenty-four minutes. Cornell goaltender Amanda Mazzotta set a record for most saves in an NCAA Championship game with 61 saves. The former record holder was Bulldog goaltender Patricia Sautter. She had the old record of 41 set in 2003.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Championship Sites For 2010 And 2011 Released". NCAA. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  2. http://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/032110aad.html
  3. http://www.umdbulldogs.com/teams-womens-hockey.php?id=4999&page=news