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 Bulldogs (5th title)
Runner-up	Cornell Big Red (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Minnesota Golden Gophers (7th Frozen Four); Mercyhurst Lakers (2nd Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Shannon Miller (5th title)
MOP	Emmanuelle Blais (Minnesota Duluth)
	← 2009 ; NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments; 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]

Qualifying teams

Mercyhurst

Minnesota Duluth

Minnesota

Harvard

Boston University

Cornell

Clarkson

New Hampshire

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2010 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

The winners of the ECAC, WCHA, and Hockey East tournaments all received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other five teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Mercyhurst	CHA	29–2–3	At-large bid	6th	2009
2	Minnesota Duluth	WCHA	28–8–2	Tournament champion	9th	2009
3	Minnesota	WCHA	25–8–5	At-large bid	8th	2009
4	Harvard	ECAC	20–7–5	At-large bid	8th	2008
	Cornell	ECAC	19–8–6	Tournament champion	1st	Never
	Clarkson	ECAC	23–11–5	At-large bid	1st	Never
	New Hampshire	Hockey East	19–8–5	At-large bid	5th	2009
	Boston University	Hockey East	16–9–12	Tournament champion	1st	Never

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)

Source.^[2]

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. Boston University

March 13

Boston University

1–4
(0–2, 0–0, 1–2)

Mercyhurst

Mercyhurst Ice Center
Attendance: 1,300

Game reference

Melissa Haber

Goalies

Hillary Pattenden

	0–1	14:26 – pp – Schols (Scanzano)
	0–2	16:36 – pp – Bram (Scanzano, Bendus)
	0–3	42:53 – Bendus (Jones)
Watchorn – pp – 53:38	1–3
	1–4	53:48 – Bram (Scanzano, Cockell)

10 min

Penalties

12 min

18

Shots

33

(4) Harvard vs. Cornell

March 12
7:00

Cornell

6–2
(2–0, 4–1, 0–1)

Harvard

Bright Hockey Center
Attendance: 870

Game reference

Amanda Mazzotta

Goalies

Laura Bellamy
Kylie Stephens

Referees:
Bill Doiron
Julie Piacentini
Linesmen:
Shane Belanger
Chris Leavitt

White (Young) – 2:34	1–0
Overguard – sh – 6:26	2–0
Fortino (Karpenko) – 26:42	3–0
Jue (Danforth, Ogilvie) – 28:06	4–0
Karpenko (Rougeau) – pp – 29:45	5–0
	5–1	33:47 – pp – Griffin (Buesser, Fami)
Ogilvie (Karpenko) – 35:31	6–1
	6–2	53:11 – Coskren (Bassett)

8 min

Penalties

6 min

18

Shots

36

(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. New Hampshire

March 12

New Hampshire

1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Minnesota Duluth

Goalies

	0–1	2:42 – Larocque (Ambroz)
Long (Brock) – 5:42	1–1
	1–2	43:57 – pp – Wong (Blais)

24

Shots

26

(3) Minnesota vs. Clarkson

March 13
4:07

Clarkson

2–3 (OT)
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 0–1)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena
Attendance: 785

Game reference

Lauren Dahm

Goalies

Noora Räty

Referees:
Ray Doocy
Michael Elam
Linesmen:
Dan Fitzsimmons
Alicia Hanrahan

	0–1	14:19 – pp – Francis (West, Bozek)
	0–2	17:36 – West (Erickson)
49:51 – Waldie (Selina, Eusepi)	1–2
58:16 – Baribeau (Boudreau)	2–2
	2–3	63:09 – West

10 min

Penalties

12 min

39

Shots

35

National Semifinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. Cornell

March 19
5:04

Cornell

3–2 (OT)
(1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1–0)

Goalies

Referees:
Ray Doocy
Mike Elam
Linesmen:
Kristine Langley
Tai Thorsheim

Fortino (K. Overguard, Rougeau) – sh – 6:30	1–0
	1–1	28:43 – Rossler
	1–2	30:38 – Corbett (Rossler, Jones)
K. Overguard (Martino, Jue) – 47:06	2–2
White (A. Overguard)	3–2

10 min

Penalties

12 min

30

Shots

30

(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. Minnesota

March 19
8:38

Minnesota

2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Minnesota Duluth

Ridder Arena
Attendance: 2,070

Game reference

Noora Räty

Goalies

Jennifer Harss

Referees:
Dan Lick
Robert Ludwig
Linesmen:
Dan Fitzsimmons
Alicia Hanrahan

	0–1	5:55 – Fridfinnson (Blais)
	0–2	32:55 – Blais (Fridfinnson, Larocque)
Erickson (West) – 37:30	1–2
	1–3	39:15 – Blais (Fridfinnson)
West (Francis, Schleper) – 59:05	2–3

12 min

Penalties

8 min

29

Shots

24

National Championship

Cornell vs. (2) Minnesota Duluth

March 21
12:05

Cornell

2–3 (3OT)
(0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Minnesota Duluth

Ridder Arena
Attendance: 1,473

Game reference

Amanda Mazzotta

Goalies

Jennifer Harss

Referees:
Derek Zuckerman
Dan Lick
Linesmen:
Alicia Hanrahan
Kristine Langley

Jue (Rougeau, Fortino) – pp – 33:44	1–0
	1–1	40:18 – pp – Blais (Tuominen, Rasmussen)
	1–2	54:42 – pp – Rasmussen (Tuominen, Cournoyer)
Jue (Fortino, Overguard) – 56:30	2–2
	2–3	119:26 – Wong (Gray, Posa)

18 min

Penalties

12 min

51

Shots

64

Tournament notes

Saara Tuominen and Jaime Rasmussen of Minnesota Duluth were the only players to score two points in the championship game.

Two records were set in the championship game: at four hours and twenty-four minutes, the game set an NCAA Frozen Four record for longest game, and 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, who set the previous record in 2003 with 41 saves.^[3]