Location: First round: March 12 or 13, campus sites.
Semi-finals and finals: March 19 and 21, Ridder Arena, Minneapolis
Tournament Information: click here (new window)
Qualifying Teams: 8
Format: The top four teams according to the selection criteria will be seeded 1-4. The remaining four teams will be placed in the bracket based on relative strength as long as these pairings do not result in additional flights. All games single elimination.
Automatic Qualifiers: ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, WCHA
Selection Committee: Jeffrey L. Schulman, Vermont associate athletic director (chair); Chris Schneider, Ohio State associate athletic director; Nate Handrahan, Robert Morris coach; Shannon Miller, Minnesota-Duluth coach
Selections announced: Sunday, March 7
TV Schedule: Championship live on CBS College Sports.
Year Champion Runner Up Site 2009 Wisconsin Mercyhurst Boston 2008 Minnesota-Duluth Wisconsin Duluth, Minn. 2007 Wisconsin Minnesota-Duluth Lake Placid, N.Y. 2006 Wisconsin Minnesota Minneapolis 2005 Minnesota Harvard Durham, N.H. 2004 Minnesota Harvard Providence, R.I. 2003 Minnesota-Duluth Harvard Duluth, Minn. 2002 Minnesota-Duluth Brown Durham, N.H. 2001 Minnesota-Duluth St. Lawrence Minneapolis 2000* Minnesota Brown Boston 1999* Harvard New Hampshire Minneapolis 1998* New Hampshire Brown Boston * - National Championship sponsored by the AWCHA, not the NCAA, from 1998 to 2000
Year Winner, Pos, School 2009 Jessie Vetter, G, Wisconsin 2008 Kim Martin, G, Minnesota-Duluth 2007 Sara Bauer, F, Wisconsin 2006 Jessie Vetter, G, Wisconsin 2005 Natalie Darwitz, F, Minnesota 2004 Krissy Wendell, F, Minnesota 2003 Caroline Ouellette, D, Minnesota-Duluth 2002 Kristy Zamora, F, Brown 2001 Maria Rooth, F, Minnesota-Duluth 2000 Erica Killewald, G, Minnesota 1999 Jennifer Botterill, F, Harvard 1998 Winny Brodt, D, New Hampshire
2011 - Erie Civic Center, Erie, Pa. (Mercyhurst), March 18 and 20
