2010 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

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. Cornell, Clarkson, and Boston University each reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history. The Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs defeated the Cornell Big Red 3–2 in triple overtime for their fifth national championship. It was the first NCAA women's hockey tournament final to go to overtime since 2003 and it is the only one as of to go to triple overtime.

Qualifying teams

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.

SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid1MercyhurstCHA29–2–3At-large bid6th20092Minnesota DuluthWCHA28–8–2Tournament champion9th20093MinnesotaWCHA25–8–5At-large bid8th20094HarvardECAC20–7–5At-large bid8th2008CornellECAC19–8–6Tournament champion1stNeverClarksonECAC23–11–5At-large bid1stNeverNew HampshireHockey East19–8–5At-large bid5th2009Boston UniversityHockey East16–9–12Tournament champion1stNever

Bracket Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

Source.https://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/032110aad.html

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. Boston University

(4) Harvard vs. Cornell

(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. New Hampshire

(3) Minnesota vs. Clarkson

National Semifinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. Cornell

(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. Minnesota

National Championship

Cornell vs. (2) Minnesota Duluth

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.

Tournament awards All-Tournament Team G Amanda Mazzotta, Cornell D Laura Fortino, Cornell D Lauriane Rougeau, Cornell F Emmanuelle Blais*, Minnesota Duluth F Jessica Wong, Minnesota Duluth F Laura Fridfinnson, Minnesota Duluth * Most Outstanding Player

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