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.

2010 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament

Teams	8
Finals site	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (5th title)
Runner-up	Cornell Big Red (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Minnesota Golden Gophers (7th Frozen Four) Mercyhurst Lakers (2nd Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Shannon Miller (5th title)
MOP	Emmanuelle Blais (Minnesota Duluth)

Qualifying teams

Mercyhurst

Minnesota Duluth

Minnesota

Harvard

Boston University

Cornell

Clarkson

New Hampshire

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2010 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

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.

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Mercyhurst	CHA	29–2–3	At-large bid	6th	2009
2	Minnesota Duluth	WCHA	28–8–2	Tournament champion	9th	2009
3	Minnesota	WCHA	25–8–5	At-large bid	8th	2009
4	Harvard	ECAC	20–7–5	At-large bid	8th	2008
	Cornell	ECAC	19–8–6	Tournament champion	1st	Never
	Clarkson	ECAC	23–11–5	At-large bid	1st	Never
	New Hampshire	Hockey East	19–8–5	At-large bid	5th	2009
	Boston University	Hockey East	16–9–12	Tournament champion	1st	Never

Bracket

Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

	National Quarterfinals March 12–March 13					National Semifinals March 19					National Championship March 21
	1	Mercyhurst	4
		Boston University	1
						1	Mercyhurst	2
							Cornell	3*
	4	Harvard	2
		Cornell	6
												Cornell	2
											2	Minnesota Duluth	3***
	2	Minnesota Duluth	2
		New Hampshire	1
						2	Minnesota Duluth	3
						3	Minnesota	2
	3	Minnesota	3*
		Clarkson	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Source.

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. Boston University

March 13

Boston University

1–4 (0–2, 0–0, 1–2)

Mercyhurst

Mercyhurst Ice Center Attendance: 1,300

Game reference
	Melissa Haber	Goalies	Hillary Pattenden
	0–1 14:26 – pp – Schols (Scanzano) 0–2 16:36 – pp – Bram (Scanzano, Bendus) 0–3 42:53 – Bendus (Jones) Watchorn – pp – 53:38 1–3 1–4 53:48 – Bram (Scanzano, Cockell)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	33

(4) Harvard vs. Cornell

March 12 7:00

Cornell

6–2 (2–0, 4–1, 0–1)

Harvard

Bright Hockey Center Attendance: 870

Game reference
	Amanda Mazzotta	Goalies	Laura Bellamy Kylie Stephens	Referees: Bill Doiron Julie Piacentini Linesmen: Shane Belanger Chris Leavitt
	White (Young) – 2:34 1–0 Overguard – sh – 6:26 2–0 Fortino (Karpenko) – 26:42 3–0 Jue (Danforth, Ogilvie) – 28:06 4–0 Karpenko (Rougeau) – pp – 29:45 5–0 5–1 33:47 – pp – Griffin (Buesser, Fami) Ogilvie (Karpenko) – 35:31 6–1 6–2 53:11 – Coskren (Bassett)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	36

(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. New Hampshire

March 12

New Hampshire

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Minnesota Duluth

DECC Arena

(3) Minnesota vs. Clarkson

March 13 4:07

Clarkson

2–3 (OT) (0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 0–1)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena Attendance: 785

Game reference
	Lauren Dahm	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Ray Doocy Michael Elam Linesmen: Dan Fitzsimmons Alicia Hanrahan
	0–1 14:19 – pp – Francis (West, Bozek) 0–2 17:36 – West (Erickson) 49:51 – Waldie (Selina, Eusepi) 1–2 58:16 – Baribeau (Boudreau) 2–2 2–3 63:09 – West
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	35

National Semifinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. Cornell

March 19 5:04

Cornell

3–2 (OT) (1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1–0)

Mercyhurst

Ridder Arena

Game reference
	Amanda Mazzotta	Goalies	Hillary Pattenden	Referees: Ray Doocy Mike Elam Linesmen: Kristine Langley Tai Thorsheim
	Fortino (K. Overguard, Rougeau) – sh – 6:30 1–0 1–1 28:43 – Rossler 1–2 30:38 – Corbett (Rossler, Jones) K. Overguard (Martino, Jue) – 47:06 2–2 White (A. Overguard) 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	30

(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. Minnesota

March 19 8:38

Minnesota

2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Minnesota Duluth

Ridder Arena Attendance: 2,070

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Jennifer Harss	Referees: Dan Lick Robert Ludwig Linesmen: Dan Fitzsimmons Alicia Hanrahan
	0–1 5:55 – Fridfinnson (Blais) 0–2 32:55 – Blais (Fridfinnson, Larocque) Erickson (West) – 37:30 1–2 1–3 39:15 – Blais (Fridfinnson) West (Francis, Schleper) – 59:05 2–3
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	24

National Championship

Cornell vs. (2) Minnesota Duluth

March 21 12:05

Cornell

2–3 (3OT) (0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Minnesota Duluth

Ridder Arena Attendance: 1,473

Game reference
	Amanda Mazzotta	Goalies	Jennifer Harss	Referees: Derek Zuckerman Dan Lick Linesmen: Alicia Hanrahan Kristine Langley
	Jue (Rougeau, Fortino) – pp – 33:44 1–0 1–1 40:18 – pp – Blais (Tuominen, Rasmussen) 1–2 54:42 – pp – Rasmussen (Tuominen, Cournoyer) Jue (Fortino, Overguard) – 56:30 2–2 2–3 119:26 – Wong (Gray, Posa)
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	51	Shots	64

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