The 2023 WCHA Ice Hockey Tournament was the 24th edition of the WCHA Tournament. It was played between February 24 and March 4, 2023. It was hosted by the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

Ridder Arena Ridder Arena is an indoor ice rink at the University of Minnesota, and home to the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey team. The arena is adjacent to the men's 3M Arena at Mariucci. It was completed in 2002, and includes the connected ...

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

won the championship game over

Ohio State The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollme ...

, 3–1, making it their eighth title. As the tournament winner, Minnesota received the conference's automatic bid to the

2023 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament The 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. This is the second year the tournament featur ...

Format

The tournament included all eight teams in the conference. Teams were ranked according to their finish in the conference standings. All quarterfinal games were best two of three and were played at the highest seeds home sites, and starting with the semifinals, single-elimination played at

. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid into the

2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament The 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. This is the second year the tournament featur ...

Standings

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Quarterfinals

(8) Bemidji State at (1) Ohio State

(7) St. Thomas at (2) Minnesota

(6) Minnesota State at (3) Wisconsin

(5) St. Cloud State at (4) Minnesota Duluth

Semifinals

(4) Minnesota Duluth vs. (1) Ohio State

(3) Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota

Championship

(2) Minnesota vs. (1) Ohio State

Tournament Awards

All-Tournament Team

*F:

Abbey Murphy Abigail Murphy (born April 14, 2002) is an American college ice hockey forward and captain of the University of Minnesota of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). As a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team, ...

* (Minnesota) *F:

Peyton Hemp Peyton Hemp (born May 15, 2003) is an American college ice hockey player for Minnesota. She was named the Women's Hockey Commissioners Association National Rookie of the Year in 2022. Early life Hemp attended Andover High School in Andover, Mi ...

(Minnesota) *F:

Taylor Heise Taylor Heise (born March 17, 2000) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She played college ice hockey at Minnesota where she won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2022. ...

(Minnesota) *D: Madeline Wethington (Minnesota) *D:

Sophie Jaques Sophie Jaques (born October 16, 2000) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defender for the PWHL Vancouver of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played for the Minnesota Frost where she won two Walter Cups. She was s ...

(Ohio State) *G: Skylar Vetter (Minnesota) * Most Outstanding Player

References

Game references

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