2021 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

The 2021 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eight schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals were played at the Erie Insurance Arena on March 15 and 16, 2021, with the Frozen Four played on March 18 and 20, 2021 at Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania. In the last NCAA tournament with eight teams, Providence returned to the tournament for the first time in 16 years. Daryl Watts of the Wisconsin Badgers scored the tournament winning goal in a 2–1 overtime win against the Northeastern Huskies.

Qualifying teams

In the sixth year under this qualification format, the winners of all four Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other four teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded.

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid1NortheasternHockey East20–1–1Tournament champion 5th20202WisconsinWCHA12–3–1Tournament champion15th20203Ohio StateWCHA12–6At-large bid3rd20204ColgateECAC15–6–1Tournament champion2nd2018Minnesota DuluthWCHA11–6At-large bid 12th2019Boston CollegeHockey East14–5At-large bid 12th2019ProvidenceHockey East12–7–1At-large bid 2nd2005Robert MorrisCHA16–7–1Tournament champion2nd2017

Bracket

Note: each * denotes one overtime period

Results National Quarterfinals (1) Northeastern vs. Robert Morris

(2) Wisconsin vs. Providence

(3) Ohio State vs. Boston College

(4) Colgate vs. Minnesota Duluth

National Semifinals (1) Northeastern vs. Minnesota Duluth

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Ohio St.

National Championship

(1) Northeastern vs. (2) Wisconsin

Media

Television ESPN had US television rights to the semifinals and national championship after entering into a multi-year contract to carry the event. The Quarterfinals were streamed on ncaa.com while ESPNU and ESPN3 carried the Women's Frozen Four and Championship.

Broadcast assignments Quarterfinals Scott Sudikoff and Kelly Schultz

Women's Frozen Four and Championship Clay Matvick and A. J. Mleczko

Tournament awards All-Tournament Team G: Aerin Frankel, Northeastern D: Ashton Bell, Minnesota Duluth D: Skylar Fontaine, Northeastern F: Alina Müller, Northeastern F: Caitlin Schneider, Wisconsin F: Makenna Webster*, Wisconsin * Most Outstanding Player

See also 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

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