2023–24 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
2023–24 NCAA women's ice hockey season | |||||
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NCAA tournament | 2024 | ||||
National championship | Whittemore Center Durham, New Hampshire | ||||
NCAA champion | Ohio State | ||||
Patty Kazmaier Award | Izzy Daniel (Cornell) | ||||
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The 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began in September 2023 and ended with the 2024 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament's championship game at Whittemore Center in Durham, New Hampshire on March 24, 2024.[1]
Season headlines
[edit]- October 4, 2023 – The Division I Council approved changes to the transfer window for all sports. In winter sports other than basketball, including men's and women's ice hockey, the transfer portal now opens for a total of 45 days, starting 7 days after the NCAA tournament field is set.[2]
Polls
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Realignment
[edit]On December 17, 2021, it was announced Robert Morris would be reinstated for the 2023–24 season.[3][4] On March 3, 2022, it was announced that College Hockey America (CHA) voted unanimously to reinstate the program back into the CHA.[5]
On June 6, 2023, it was announced that CHA would merge with the Atlantic Hockey Association, with the two conferences operating under one banner by July 1, 2024. The two conferences had shared a commissioner and office staff since 2010.[6] The merged conference was unveiled as Atlantic Hockey America on April 30, 2024.[7]
Standings
[edit]Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
#15 Penn State † | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 79 | 36 | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 121 | 77 | ||
Mercyhurst | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 75 | 39 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 112 | 89 | ||
Robert Morris | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 60 | 69 | 35 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 94 | 126 | ||
RIT | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 47 | 59 | 35 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 77 | 89 | ||
Lindenwood | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 64 | 100 | 32 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 96 | 157 | ||
Syracuse | 19 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 65 | 34 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 67 | 138 | ||
Championship: March 2, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 24, 2024 |
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
#4 Colgate † | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 102 | 28 | 40 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 186 | 51 | ||
#3 Clarkson | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 54.5 | 73 | 24 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 135 | 51 | ||
#7 St. Lawrence | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 79 | 40 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 125 | 92 | ||
#6 Cornell | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 81 | 40 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 125 | 64 | ||
#9 Quinnipiac | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 72 | 54 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 134 | 74 | ||
#14 Yale | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 35.5 | 55 | 44 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 88 | 63 | ||
#12 Princeton | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 48 | 57 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 91 | 78 | ||
Brown | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 26.5 | 41 | 57 | 32 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 61 | 78 | ||
RPI | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 15.5 | 42 | 66 | 35 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 81 | 79 | ||
Dartmouth | 22 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 14.5 | 36 | 107 | 30 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 64 | 138 | ||
Union | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 73 | 35 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 57 | 110 | ||
Harvard | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 10.5 | 27 | 94 | 30 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 38 | 118 | ||
Championship: March 9, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 24, 2024 |
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
LIU † | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 84 | 29 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 96 | 66 | ||
Saint Anselm | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 94 | 54 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 114 | 87 | ||
Stonehill | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 83 | 55 | 38 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 100 | 94 | ||
Sacred Heart | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 58 | 50 | 38 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 70 | 96 | ||
Franklin Pierce | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 67 | 51 | 35 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 85 | 72 | ||
Assumption | 28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 59 | 66 | 36 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 69 | 99 | ||
Post | 28 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 33 | 82 | 37 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 41 | 122 | ||
Saint Michael's | 28 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 121 | 36 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 36 | 158 | ||
Championship: March 9, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 24, 2024 |
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#1 Ohio State † | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 140 | 37 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 201 | 51 | |
#2 Wisconsin * | 28 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 124 | 43 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 205 | 62 | |
#5 Minnesota | 28 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 92 | 60 | 39 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 135 | 80 | |
#7 Minnesota Duluth | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 64 | 47 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 89 | 66 | |
#10 St. Cloud State | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 60 | 59 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 78 | 69 | |
Minnesota State | 28 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 52 | 94 | 38 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 97 | 120 | |
St. Thomas | 28 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 39 | 120 | 37 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 74 | 150 | |
Bemidji State | 28 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 144 | 36 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 42 | 181 | |
Championship: March 9, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 24, 2023 |
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#11 UConn † | 27 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 70 | 28 | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 91 | 47 | |
#13 Northeastern | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 67 | 40 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 94 | 50 | |
New Hampshire | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 63 | 64 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 85 | 87 | |
#15 Boston College | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 75 | 64 | 36 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 95 | 97 | |
Providence | 27 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 64 | 59 | 35 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 72 | 84 | |
Vermont | 27 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 61 | 70 | 35 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 79 | 94 | |
Boston University | 27 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 65 | 65 | 35 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 87 | 91 | |
Maine | 27 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 64 | 65 | 35 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 94 | 89 | |
Merrimack | 27 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 48 | 76 | 36 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 62 | 104 | |
Holy Cross | 27 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 39 | 84 | 35 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 65 | 103 | |
Championship: March 9, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 24, 2024 |
Player stats
[edit]Scoring leaders
[edit]The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on March 16, 2024.[8]
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
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Kirsten Simms | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 37 | 32 | 42 | 74 |
Casey O'Brien | Senior | Wisconsin | 39 | 23 | 48 | 71 |
Abbey Murphy | Junior | Minnesota | 39 | 33 | 29 | 62 |
Danielle Serdachny | Graduate Student | Colgate | 39 | 22 | 39 | 61 |
Britta Curl | Graduate Student | Wisconsin | 39 | 22 | 39 | 61 |
Izzy Daniel | Graduate Student | Cornell | 34 | 21 | 38 | 59 |
Lacey Eden | Senior | Wisconsin | 39 | 27 | 29 | 56 |
Kristýna Kaltounková | Senior | Colgate | 35 | 26 | 30 | 56 |
Abby Hustler | Junior | St. Lawrence | 39 | 24 | 31 | 55 |
Laila Edwards | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 39 | 20 | 34 | 54 |
Leading goaltenders
[edit]The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average at the conclusion of games played on February 16, 2024.[9]
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Megan Warrener | Junior | Connecticut | 14 | 834 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0.951 | 1.01 |
Raygan Kirk | Graduate Student | Ohio State | 15 | 883 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 0.948 | 1.02 |
Hailey MacLeod | Sophomore | Minnesota Duluth | 15 | 898 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 0.958 | 1.14 |
Gwyneth Philips | Graduate Student | Northeastern | 31 | 1,865 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 38 | 6 | 0.951 | 1.22 |
Michelle Pasiechnyk | Senior | Clarkson | 25 | 1,459 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 0.942 | 1.28 |
Awards
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NEWHA[edit]
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WHEA[edit]
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Patty Kazmaier Award[edit]
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AHCA Coach of the Year[edit]
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Goalie of the Year[edit]
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Julie Chu Rookie of the Year Award[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Future NCAA host site selections through 2026". NCAA.com. February 22, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- ^ "DI Council approves changes to notification-of-transfer windows" (Press release). NCAA. October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
- ^ "RMU Reinstates Hockey Programs For 2023-24". rmucolonials.com. December 17, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- ^ Upadhyaya, Parth (December 18, 2021). "Robert Morris to reinstate men's and women's hockey programs for 2023-24 season". The Times. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- ^ "College Hockey America Reinstates RMU". rmucolonials.com. March 3, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- ^ "Atlantic Hockey Association and College Hockey America to Merge Operations in 2024". chawomenshockey.com. College Hockey America. June 6, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- ^ "Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America Join to Form Atlantic Hockey America" (Press release). Atlantic Hockey America. April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ^ "2023‑24 NCAA Women's Statistics - Scoring Leaders". collegehockeynews.com. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
- ^ "2023‑24 NCAA Women's Statistics - Goaltending Leaders". College Hockey News. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "UW's Kirsten Simms receives WCHA Player of the Year Award for 2023-24". wcha.com. March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "All-WCHA award recipients announced for 2023-24". wcha.com. February 29, 2024. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "College Hockey America Announces 2023-24 Individual Awards". chawomenshockey.com. February 29, 2024. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "College Hockey America Announces 2023-24 All-Conference Teams". chawomenshockey.com. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ "NEWHA releases major end-of-season awards, All-League teams". newhaonline.com. February 23, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- ^ "NATÁLIE MLÝNKOVÁ NAMED HOCKEY EAST PLAYER OF THE YEAR". hockeyeast.com. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- ^ "HOCKEY EAST NAMES 2023-24 WOMEN'S ALL-STAR TEAMS". hockeyeast.com. February 28, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- ^ "HOCKEY EAST NAMES WOMEN'S PRO AMBITIONS ALL-ROOKIE TEAMS". hockeyeast.com. March 1, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- ^ "HOCKEY EAST NAMES 2023-24 WOMEN'S ALL-STAR TEAMS". hockeyeast.com. February 28, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top-10 Finalists Named". pattykaz.com. March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Izzy Daniel Wins 2024 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award". pattykaz.com. March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "2023-24 Division I Women's Coach of the Year Finalists Announced". ahcahockey.com. March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
- ^ "UConn's Chris MacKenzie is 2024 Winner of the CCM/AHCA Division I Women's Coach of the Year Award". ahcahockey.com. March 21, 2024. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ "Clarkson's Michelle Pasiechnyk is Women's Goalie of the Year". hockeycommissioners.com. March 24, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- ^ "Ohio State freshman Dunne garners national honors, wins 2024 Julie Chu Rookie of the Year Award". uscho.com. March 22, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.