2023 Hockey East women's ice hockey tournament

2023 Hockey East Women's ice hockey tournament
2023 Hockey East Women's ice hockey tournament
Dates	February 22– March 4, 2023
Teams	10
Finals site	Matthews Arena; Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Northeastern (6th title)
Winning coach	Dave Flint (6th title)
MVP	Alina Mueller (Northeastern)
	Hockey East Women's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Hockey East Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 21st edition of the Women's Hockey East Tournament. It was played between February 22 and March 4, 2023. The championship was hosted by the highest remaining seed, Northeastern. Northeastern defeated Providence 4–1 to earn their 6th straight tournament championship. They earned the conference's automatic bid into the 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament.

Format

The tournament included all ten teams in the conference. Teams were ranked according to their finish in the conference standings. Seeds 1–6 earned a bye into the quarterfinal round, while seeds 7–10 played to determine the remaining quarterfinalists. Winners in the opening round were reseeded and advanced to play top two seeds in reverse order. Winners of the quarterfinal matches were again reseeded for the semifinal, and the winners of those two games faced off in the championship.

All series were single-elimination with opening round and quarterfinal matches occurring at home team sites. The semifinals were hosted at the two highest remaining team sites. The championship was hosted at the highest remaining seeds site. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid into the 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament.

Standings

2022–23 WHEA standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Northeastern †*	27	24	2	1	72	100	23	38	34	3	1	144	35
#11 Vermont	27	16	8	3	56	81	49	36	22	11	3	105	65
#13 Providence	27	15	8	4	49	74	51	37	22	11	4	104	72
#15 Boston College	27	16	11	0	47	67	49	36	20	15	1	88	69
UConn	27	12	11	4	44	50	52	35	18	13	4	75	64
Maine	27	12	13	2	37	56	74	35	15	18	2	76	104
Boston University	27	9	15	3	33	56	73	34	11	20	3	73	94
New Hampshire	27	9	15	3	32	65	80	36	12	21	3	84	106
Holy Cross	27	6	21	0	18	34	81	34	7	26	1	47	103
Merrimack	27	5	20	2	17	44	95	36	9	25	2	66	126
Championship: March 4, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 19, 2023

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals ^[1]

Opening Round February 22			Quarterfinals February 25			Semifinals March 1			Championship March 4

			8	Merrimack	1
10	Merrimack	5*	1	Northeastern	5
7	Boston University	4				4	Boston College	0
						1	Northeastern	3
			5	Connecticut	3
			4	Boston College	4*
									3	Providence	1
									1	Northeastern	4
			7	New Hampshire	1
9	Holy Cross	3	2	Vermont	2*
8	New Hampshire	6				3	Providence	1
						2	Vermont	0
			6	Maine	2
			3	Providence	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Opening Round

(10) Merrimack at (7) Boston University

February 22, 2023^[2]
7:00 PM

Merrimack

5–4 (OT)
(1–1, 3–3, 0–0, 1–0)

Boston University

Walter Brown Arena, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 225

Game reference

Emma Gorski

Goalies

Andrea Brändli

Referees:
Amanda Tassoni
Thomas Quinn
Linesmen:
Crystalle Parent
Abigail Torres

6:07 – Natalie Nemes (1)	1–0
	1–1	13:51 – Julia Nearis (12) (O'Leary) 13:51
	1–2	27:05 – Brooke Disher (7)
27:36 – Alex Ferguson (1) (Kaufman, Nemes)	2–2
	2–3	28:51 Clara Yuhn (8) (Healey, DeVito)
30:03 – Natalie Nemes (2)	3–3
38:50 – SH – Sam Lessick (2) (Szott)	4–3
	4–4	39:34 – PP – Julia Shaunessy (33) (Calderone, Martin)
68:58 – GW – Alexa Pongo (12) (Inglis, Oosterveld)	5–4

2 min

Penalties

0 min

25

Shots

40

(9) Holy Cross at (8) New Hampshire

February 22, 2023^[3]
7:00 PM

Holy Cross

6–3
(1–1, 2–2, 0–3)

New Hampshire

Whittemore Center, Durham, New Hampshire
Attendance: 156

Game reference

Madison Beck

Goalies

Ava Boutilier

Referees:
Chelsea Rapin
Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Kaitlin Hayes
Laura Schmidlein

	0–1	4:01 – Shea Verrier (5) (Jones)
16:29 – Sofia Smithson (4) (Lewis, Edmonds)	1–1
	1–2	29:00 – Kira Juodikis (17) (Pinto, Legros)
30:14 – Sofia Smithson (5) (Edmonds, Lewis)	2–2
31:31 – PP – Millie Sirum (5) (Langefels)	3–2
	3–3	39:45 – Emily Pinto (8) (Juodikis, Alvarez)
	3–4	48:29 – PP, GW – Emily Pinto (9) (Alvarez, Bent)
	3–5	53:07 – Marina Alvarez (4) (Jones, Berry)
	3–6	58:43 – EN – Nicole Kelly (4) (Rickwood)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

15

Shots

27

Quarterfinals

(7) New Hampshire at (2) Vermont

February 25, 2023^[4]
1:00 PM

New Hampshire

1–2 (OT)
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Vermont

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington, Vermont
Attendance: 1,074

Game reference

Ava Boutilier

Goalies

Jessie McPherson

Referees:
James Troup
Steven Saul
Linesmen:
Michael Tarquinio
Laura Schmidlein

24:47 – Rae Breton (3) (Kelly, Martin)	1–0
	1–1	28:06– PP – Natálie Mlýnková (23) (Karjalainen, Schafzahl)
	1–2	69:48– GW – Theresa Schafzahl (21) (McCool, Skelton)

6 min

Penalties

2 min

30

Shots

32

(8) Merrimack at (1) Northeastern

February 25, 2023^[5]
2:00 PM

Merrimack

1–5
(0–2, 0–0, 1–3)

Northeastern

Matthews Arena, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 516

Game reference

Emma Gorski

Goalies

Gwyneth Philips

Referees:
Amanda Tassoni
Andrew DiFusco
Linesmen:
Michael Tarquinio
Danika Korpacz

	0–1	2:31 – Alina Mueller (22) (Murphy, Aurard)
	0–2	7:52 – GW – Mueller (23) (Poulin-Labelle, Aurard)
	0–3	44:40 – Chloe Aurard (18) (Mueller, Constantinople)
	0–4	52:49 – PP – Skylar Irving (6) (Mueller, Knoll)
	0–5	54:26 – PP – Alina Mueller (24) (Knoll, Murphy)
Teghan Inglis (5) (Oelkers, McKinley) – PP – 57:52	1–5

23 min

Penalties

2 min

18

Shots

61

(5) Connecticut at (4) Boston College

February 25, 2023^[6]
2:00 PM

Connecticut

3–4 (OT)
(0–1, 2–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Boston College

Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Attendance: 506

Game reference

Tia Chan

Goalies

Abigail Levy

Referees:
Patrick Silva
Mackenzie Welter
Linesmen:
John Mulroy
Mackenzie Welter

	0–1	18:23 – Caroline Goffredo (Guay, Barnes)
Brooke Campbell (Walker) – 30:34	1–1
	1–2	31:50 – Abby Newhook (Barnes, Guay)
Jada Habisch (Ware) – 37:20	2–2
Brooke Campbell (Habisch) – 54:52	3–2
	3–3	56:11 – Katie Pyne (Bilka, Guay)
	3–4	62:39 – GW – Katie Pyne (Newhook, Bilka)

0 min

Penalties

0 min

36

Shots

32

(6) Maine at (3) Providence

February 25, 2023^[7]
2:30 PM

Maine

2–5
(1–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Providence

Schneider Arena, Providence, Rhode Island
Attendance: 201

Game reference

Anna Larose

Goalies

Hope Walinski

Referees:
Evan Cooke
Russell Tedford
Linesmen:
Bob Hawkes
Rick Santilli

	0–1	12:11 – Caroline Peterson (6) (Kirchmair, Becker)
Grace Heiting (11) (Kuoppala) – 16:59	1–1
Ida Kuoppala (7) – SH – 20:33	2–1
	2–2	35:18 – Ashley Clark (2) (Hendrikson)
	2–3	37:32 – GW – Delaney Couture (4) (Coene, Becker)
	2–4	41:11 – Sara Hjalmarsson (24) (Neubauerova, Becker)
	2–5	58:28 – Caroline Peterson (7) (Becker)

2 min

Penalties

6 min

32

Shots

40

Semifinals

(4) Boston College at (1) Northeastern

March 1, 2023^[8]
6:00 PM

Boston College

0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Northeastern

Matthews Arena, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 672

Game reference

Abigail Levy

Goalies

Gwyneth Philips

Referees:
Kelly Cooke
Amanda Tassoni
Linesmen:
Laura Schmidlein
Abigail Torres

	0–1	0:47 – GW – Peyton Anderson (10) (Carter, Thompson)
	0–2	33:49 – Peyton Anderson (12) (Thompson, Marohn)
	0–3	59:41 – en – Alina Mueller (18) (Yovetich)

4 min

Penalties

2 min

15

Shots

41

(3) Providence at (2) Vermont

March 1, 2023^[9]
7:30 PM

Providence

1–0
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Vermont

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington, Vermont
Attendance: 1,251

Game reference

Hope Walinski

Goalies

Jessie McPherson

Referees:
Chelsea Rapin
Steven Saul
Linesmen:
Crystalle Parent
Kaitlyn Hayes

Delaney Couture (5) (Press) – 37:00

1–0

4 min

Penalties

2 min

19

Shots

30

Championship

(3) Providence at (1) Northeastern

March 4, 2023^[10]
12:00 PM

Providence

1–4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Northeastern

Matthews Arena, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 918

Game reference

Hope Walinski

Goalies

Gwyneth Philips

Referees:
Kelly Cooke
Chelsea Rapin
Linesmen:
Laura Schmidlein
Kaitlin Hayes

Noemi Neubauerova (DeBlois, Hjalmarsson) – 6:51	1–0
	1–1	14:32 – Alina Mueller
	1–2	26:55 – Megan Carter (Murphy, Mueller)
	1–3	40:55 – pp – Chloe Aurard (Murphy, Knoll)
	1–4	57:22 – pp –Taze Thompson (Poulin-Labelle, Knoll)

8 min

Penalties

2 min

21

Shots

36

Tournament Awards

All Tournament Team

Goalie: Gwyneth Philips, Northeastern
Defense: Brooke Becker, Providence
Defense: Megan Carter, Northeastern
Forward: Peyton Anderson, Northeastern
Forward: Alina Müller, Northeastern
Forward: Maureen Murphy, Northeastern

Tournament MVP

Alina Müller, Northeastern

References

^ "Playoff Seedings Set for 21st Hockey East Women's Tournament". hockeyeastonline.com. February 19, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
^ "Women's Hockey Moves On in Postseason, Defeats Boston University In Overtime". Merrimack College Athletics. February 22, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^ "Alvarez and Pinto Lead UNH Past Holy Cross, 6-3, in Opening Round". University of New Hampshire Athletics. February 22, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^ "Schafzahl Lifts Catamounts to Hockey East Semifinals in Overtime". University of Vermont Athletics. February 25, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^ "Mueller Leads No. 5 Northeastern Over Merrimack, 5-1, in Hockey East Quarterfinals". Northeastern University Athletics. February 25, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^ "Pyne's OT Winner Lifts BC to Hockey East Tournament Semifinals". Boston College Athletics. February 25, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^ "No. 14 Women's Hockey Takes Down Maine, 5-2, In Hockey East Quarterfinals". Providence College Athletics. February 25, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^ "Mueller Sets Program Record, No. 5 Huskies Advance to Seventh-Straight Hockey East Championship". Northeastern University Athletics. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^ "No. 3 Seeded Women's Hockey Shuts Out No. 2 Seeded Vermont, 1-0, In The Hockey East Semifinal Round". Providence College Athletics. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^ "No. 5 Huskies Win Sixth Consecutive Hockey East Championship". Northeastern University Athletics. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-04.

External links

2023 Hockey East Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

[1] "Playoff Seedings Set for 21st Hockey East Women's Tournament". hockeyeastonline.com. February 19, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2023.

[2] "Women's Hockey Moves On in Postseason, Defeats Boston University In Overtime". Merrimack College Athletics. February 22, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

[3] "Alvarez and Pinto Lead UNH Past Holy Cross, 6-3, in Opening Round". University of New Hampshire Athletics. February 22, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

[4] "Schafzahl Lifts Catamounts to Hockey East Semifinals in Overtime". University of Vermont Athletics. February 25, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

[5] "Mueller Leads No. 5 Northeastern Over Merrimack, 5-1, in Hockey East Quarterfinals". Northeastern University Athletics. February 25, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

[6] "Pyne's OT Winner Lifts BC to Hockey East Tournament Semifinals". Boston College Athletics. February 25, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

[7] "No. 14 Women's Hockey Takes Down Maine, 5-2, In Hockey East Quarterfinals". Providence College Athletics. February 25, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

[8] "Mueller Sets Program Record, No. 5 Huskies Advance to Seventh-Straight Hockey East Championship". Northeastern University Athletics. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

[9] "No. 3 Seeded Women's Hockey Shuts Out No. 2 Seeded Vermont, 1-0, In The Hockey East Semifinal Round". Providence College Athletics. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

[10] "No. 5 Huskies Win Sixth Consecutive Hockey East Championship". Northeastern University Athletics. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-04.

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v t e Hockey East
Men	Boston College Eagles (Conte Forum) Boston University Terriers (Agganis Arena) Maine Black Bears (Alfond Arena) Merrimack Warriors (Merrimack Athletics Complex) New Hampshire Wildcats (Whittemore Center) Northeastern Huskies (Matthews Arena) Providence Friars (Schneider Arena) UConn Huskies (Toscano Family Ice Forum) UMass Minutemen (Mullins Center) UMass Lowell River Hawks (Tsongas Center) Vermont Catamounts (Gutterson Fieldhouse)
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Women	Boston College Eagles (Conte Forum) Boston University Terriers (Walter Brown Arena) Holy Cross Crusaders (Hart Center) Maine Black Bears (Alfond Arena) Merrimack Warriors (J. Thom Lawler Rink) New Hampshire Wildcats (Whittemore Center) Northeastern Huskies (Matthews Arena) Providence Friars (Schneider Arena) UConn Huskies (Toscano Family Ice Forum) Vermont Catamounts (Gutterson Fieldhouse)
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