2009 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

The 2009 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. It began on March 14, 2009, and ended with the championship game on March 22. The quarterfinals were played at the home sites of the seeded teams and the Frozen Four was played in Boston. The Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Mercyhurst Lakers 5–0 to win their third national championship, of which occurred in the past four seasons. Jessie Vetter was named Most Outstanding Player for the second time in her career to become the first player to win the award multiple times.

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 bid1WisconsinWCHA18–2–5Tournament champion5th20082MinnesotaWCHA22–1–3At-large bid7th20083MercyhurstCHA29–5–0At-large bid5th20084New HampshireHockey East24–5–5Tournament champion4th2008Minnesota DuluthWCHA17–5–4At-large bid8th2008St. LawrenceECAC24–10–3At-large bid6th2008Boston CollegeHockey East22–8–5At-large bid2nd2007DartmouthECAC20–9–4Tournament champion7th2008

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Dartmouth

(4) New Hampshire vs. Minnesota Duluth

(2) Minnesota vs. Boston College

(3) Mercyhurst vs. St. Lawrence

National Semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Duluth

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Mercyhurst

National Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (3) Mercyhurst

Tournament awards All-Tournament Team G: Jessie Vetter*, Wisconsin D: Alycia Matthews, Wisconsin D: Malee Windmeier, Wisconsin F: Meghan Agosta, Mercyhurst F: Hilary Knight, Wisconsin * Most Outstanding Player

References