2008 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

The 2008 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals were conducted at the homes of the seeded teams and the Frozen Four was conducted in Duluth, MN It began on March 14, 2009, and ended with the championship game on March 22.^[1]

Qualifying teams

Harvard

Minnesota Duluth

New Hampshire

Minnesota

Wisconsin

St. Lawrence

Mercyhurst

Dartmouth

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2008 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	Harvard	ECAC	30–1–1	Tournament champion	7th	2007
2	Minnesota Duluth	WCHA	31–4–1	Tournament champion	7th	2007
3	New Hampshire	Hockey East	26–7–3	Tournament champion	3rd	2007
4	Minnesota	WCHA	27–6–4	At-large bid	6th	2006
	Wisconsin	WCHA	27–7–3	At-large bid	4th	2007
	St. Lawrence	ECAC	28–9–1	At-large bid	5th	2007
	Mercyhurst	CHA	27–7–3	At-large bid	4th	2007
	Dartmouth	ECAC	17–7–7	At-large bid	6th	2007

Bracket

Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals March 15			National Semifinals March 20			National Championship March 22

1	Harvard	5

	Dartmouth	1
			1	Harvard	1

				Wisconsin	4
4	Minnesota	2

	Wisconsin	3*
							Wisconsin	0

						2	Minnesota Duluth	4
2	Minnesota Duluth	5

	Mercyhurst	4
			2	Minnesota Duluth	3

			3	New Hampshire	2
3	New Hampshire	3*

	St. Lawrence	2

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

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Harvard vs. Dartmouth

March 15
2:00

Dartmouth

1–5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Harvard

Bright-Landry Hockey Center
Attendance: 1,497

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Carli Clemis

Goalies

Christina Kessler

Referee:
Scott Leavitt
Linesmen:
Todd Aldous
Larry Legualt

	0–1	19:27 – Brine (Vaillancourt, Farni)
	0–2	29:34 – pp – Buesser (Wilson, Bassett)
	0–3	33:50 – Vaillancourt (Wilson, Brine)
Parsons – 36:36	1–3
	1–4	45:20 – pp – Vaillancourt (Vaughn, Cahow)
	1–5	53:26 – pp – Brine (Vaillancourt)

14 min

Penalties

12 min

31

Shots

44

(4) Minnesota vs. Wisconsin

March 15
7:00

Wisconsin

3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena
Attendance: 1,458

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Jessie Vetter

Goalies

Jenny Lura

Referee:
Dan Lick
Linesmen:
Ron Storey
Michael Elam

Nash (Hagen, Jakiel) – 8:19	1–0
	1–1	16:56 – pp – Marvin (Ross, Miller)
	1–2	39:59 – West (Marvin, Francis)
Knight (Matthews, Windmeier) – 40:14	2–2
Deluce (Zaugg, Duggan) – 61:29	3–2

4 min

Penalties

4 min

26

Shots

23

(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. Mercyhurst

March 15

Mercyhurst

4–5
(2–1, 0–1, 2–3)

Minnesota Duluth

DECC Arena

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Laura Hosier

Goalies

Kim Martin

Agosta (Prough) – 0:22	1–0
	1–1	0:48 – Fridfinnson (Blais, Irwin)
Chouinard (Payne, Scanzano) – pp – 18:37	2–1
	2–2	35:44 – sh – Demeule
Payne (Agosta, Prough) – 43:00	3–2
	3–3	48:00 – pp – Fridfinnson (Pelttari, Irwin)
	3–4	50:00 – pp – Blais (Pelttari, Irwin)
	3–5	56:53 – Blais (Trépanier, Irwin)
Bendus (Chouinard)	4–5

10 min

Penalties

10 min

28

Shots

33

(3) New Hampshire vs. St. Lawrence

March 15
1:00

St. Lawrence

2–3 (OT)
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)

New Hampshire

Whittemore Center
Attendance: 1,607

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Meaghan Guckian

Goalies

Kayley Herman

Referee:
Patrick Silva
Linesmen:
Paul Driscoll
Robert Tisi, Jr.

Duggan (Harbec, Grills) – 4:39	1–0
	1–1	26:28 – Birchard (Bellamy, Hitchcock)
Harbec (Duggan) – 29:36	2–1
	2–2	53:28 – Wakefield (Bellamy, Paton)
	2–3	62:40 – Wright-Ward (Hitchcock)

4 min

Penalties

10 min

22

Shots

33

National Semifinals

(1) Harvard vs. Wisconsin

March 20
5:07 pm

Wisconsin

4–1
(0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Harvard

DECC Arena
Attendance: 3,023

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Jessie Vetter

Goalies

Christina Kessler

Referee:
Patrick Silva
Linesmen:
Micheal Elam
Tina Simonson

	0–1	4:42 – pp – Brine (Vaughn, Cahow)
Lawler – 20:18	1–1
Giles (Hanson, Duggan) – 22:25	2–1
Zaugg (Lawler, Morris) – 26:56	3–1
Zaugg (Duggan, Deluce) – 43:15	4–1

8 min

Penalties

4 min

28

Shots

34

(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. (3) New Hampshire

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National Championship

Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota Duluth

March 22
12:30 pm

Wisconsin

0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Minnesota Duluth

DECC Arena
Attendance: 4,031

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Jessie Vetter

Goalies

Kim Martin

Referee:
Scott Leavitt
Linesmen:
Ray Doocy
Ron Storey

	0–1	19:22 – Irwin (O'Toole, Larocque)
	0–2	31:48 – pp – Blais (Fridfinnson, Rasmussen)
	0–3	38:24 – sh – O'Toole
	0–4	57:15 – Demeule (Mattila, Trépanier)

14 min

Penalties

22 min

28

Shots

24

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

G: Kim Martin*, Minnesota Duluth
D: Myriam Trépanier, Minnesota Duluth
D: Heidi Pelttari, Minnesota Duluth
F: Laura Fridfinnson, Minnesota Duluth
F: Sara O’Toole, Minnesota Duluth
F: Erika Lawler, Wisconsin

* Most Outstanding Player^[3]

References

^ "Championship Sites Selected for 2008 and 2009 Women's Frozen Four" (Press release). NCAA. December 12, 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
^ https://www.ncaa.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ncaa/sports/w-hockey/auto_pdf/WH-D1-2008^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "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.

Game references

^ "Dartmouth Big Green @ Harvard Crimson". ECACHockey.com. ECAC Hockey. March 15, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
^ "Wisconsin Badgers @ Minnesota Golden Gophers". GopherSports.com. University of Minnesota Athletics. March 15, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
^ "Minnesota Duluth Rallies to Edge Mercyhurst 5–4". HurstAthletics.com. Mercyhurst University Athletics. March 15, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
^ "St. Lawrence Saints @ New Hampshire Wildcats". NCAA.org. National Collegiate Athletic Association. March 15, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
^ "Wisconsin Badgers @ Harvard Crimson". NCAA.org. National Collegiate Athletic Association. March 20, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
^ "Wisconsin Badgers @ Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs". UWBadgers.com. University of Wisconsin–Madison. March 22, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2025.

[1] "Championship Sites Selected for 2008 and 2009 Women's Frozen Four" (Press release). NCAA. December 12, 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2024.

[2] ttps://www.ncaa.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ncaa/sports/w-hockey/auto_pdf/WH-D1-2008^{[permanent dead link]}

[NCAA-9] "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.

[3] "Dartmouth Big Green @ Harvard Crimson". ECACHockey.com. ECAC Hockey. March 15, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2025.

[4] "Wisconsin Badgers @ Minnesota Golden Gophers". GopherSports.com. University of Minnesota Athletics. March 15, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2025.

[5] "Minnesota Duluth Rallies to Edge Mercyhurst 5–4". HurstAthletics.com. Mercyhurst University Athletics. March 15, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2025.

[6] "St. Lawrence Saints @ New Hampshire Wildcats". NCAA.org. National Collegiate Athletic Association. March 15, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2025.

[7] "Wisconsin Badgers @ Harvard Crimson". NCAA.org. National Collegiate Athletic Association. March 20, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2025.

[8] "Wisconsin Badgers @ Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs". UWBadgers.com. University of Wisconsin–Madison. March 22, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2025.

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