Qualifying Teams: 8
Format: No. 1, No. 2 seeds placed in different brackets; remaining teams seeded by distance. All games single elimination.
Automatic Qualifiers: ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, WCHA
Selection Committee: Zafir Bludevich, St. Michael's College, Associate AD - Chair; Laura Halldorson, Minnesota, Head Coach; Jeff Schulman, Vermont, Associate AD; Katey Stone, Harvard, Head Coach
TV Schedule: Semifinals and Championship, CSTV, live.
Year Champion Runner Up Site 2009 Wisconsin Mercyhurst Boston, Mass. 2008 Minnesota-Duluth Wisconsin Duluth, Minn. 2007 Wisconsin Minnesota-Duluth Lake Placid, N.Y. 2006 Wisconsin Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. 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, Minn. 2000* Minnesota Brown Boston, Mass. 1999* Harvard New Hampshire Minneapolis, Minn. 1998* New Hampshire Brown Boston, Mass. * - National Championship sponsored by the AWCHA, not the NCAA, from 1998-2000
Year Winner, Pos, School 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
2010 - Minneapolis, Minn. (University of Minnesota)
2011 - Erie, Penn. (Mercyhurst College)
