The 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season will begin in October, 2011, and ended with the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game in March, 2013.

Offseason

*May 31: Taylor Gross has been named captain for the Penn State Nittany Lions in their inaugural NCAA Division I season.

Transfers

Exhibition

CIS Exhibition

PWHL Exhibition

News and notes

September

October

November

December

January

February

Regular season

Season standings

Awards and honors

Patty Kazmaier Award The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is given to the top female college ice hockey player in the United States. The award is presented during the women's annual ice hockey championship, the Frozen Four. The award was first presented in 1998. The awa ...
finalists

*Amanda Kessel, Winner, Minnesota Golden Gophers *

Megan Bozek Megan Bozek (born March 27, 1991) is an American ice hockey player and member of the United States national team. She most recently played with the KRS Vanke Rays of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) during the 2020–21 season. Bozek played ...

, Minnesota Golden Gophers * Noora Raty, Minnesota Golden Gophers

AHCA Coach of the Year The AHCA Coach of the Year is awarded yearly to the top coach in NCAA Division I women's college ice hockey by the American Hockey Coaches Association The American Hockey Coaches Association was formed in 1947 in Boston. The founding members c ...

Brad Frost Brad Frost is the current women's ice hockey head coach at the University of Minnesota. Since 2007, he has coached Minnesota to 4 NCAA Championships, 7 Frozen Four appearances, and 4 Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) post-season titles ...

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

All-America selections

First team

* Forward,

Brianne Jenner Brianne Alexandra Jenner (born May 4, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and a member of Canada's national women's hockey team, currently affiliated with the Toronto chapter of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association ...

, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection * Forward,

Amanda Kessel Amanda Kessel (born August 28, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey player. She has been a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team and played four seasons for the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program (2 ...

, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection * Forward,

Jocelyne Lamoureux Jocelyne Nicole Lamoureux-Davidson (born July 3, 1989) is a former American ice hockey player, author, gender equity advocate, and co-founder of the Lamoureux Foundation. She scored the game-winning shootout goal to win the gold medal for Team USA ...

, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection * Defense,

Monique Lamoureux-Kolls Monique Edith Lamoureux-Morando (born July 3, 1989), previously known as Monique Lamoureux-Kolls, is a former American ice hockey player, author, gender equity advocate, and co-founder of the Lamoureux Foundation. She scored the game-tying goal i ...

, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection *Defense,

, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection *Goaltender, Noora Raty, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection

Second team

* Forward,

Alex Carpenter Alexandra "Alex" Carpenter (born April 13, 1994) is an American ice hockey player and member of the United States women's national team. She most recently played in the 2020–21 season of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with the KRS Vanke R ...

, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection *Forward,

Kendall Coyne Kendall Coyne Schofield (born May 25, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. With the national team, she has won six gold medals at the IIHF World Women ...

, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection *Forward,

Brianna Decker Brianna Decker (born May 13, 1991) is an American women's ice hockey player who plays for the Calgary section of the PWHPA and the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won the 2012 Patty Kazmaier Award while playing for the Univers ...

, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection *Defense,

Blake Bolden Blake Alexis Bolden (born March 10, 1991) is an American ice hockey player and scout for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). On October 11, 2015, she became the first African-American player to compete in the National Women' ...

, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection *Defense,

Lauriane Rougeau Lauriane Rougeau (born April 12, 1990) is a Canadian ice hockey player in her second stint with the CWHL's Les Canadiennes de Montreal. A former All-America selection for the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program, Rougeau was part of the ...

, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection *Goaltender,

Alex Rigsby Alexandria Cavallini (née Rigsby born January 3, 1992) is an American ice hockey goaltender, currently a member of the PWHPA. She has competed in numerous tournaments for the United States women's national ice hockey team. She is the first goal ...

, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection

References

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NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

NCAA Division I women's ice hockey seasons