NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament

NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament
Sport	College ice hockey
Number of teams	11
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Orr Rink
Current location	Amherst, Massachusetts
Played	2002–present
Last contest	2023
Current champion	Gustavus Adolphus (1)
Most championships	Plattsburgh State (7)
TV partner(s)	NCAA.com
Official website	https://www.ncaa.com/sports/icehockey-women/d3

The annual NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament is a college ice hockey tournament held in the United States by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the top women's team in the NCAA. The 2020 and 2021 championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Origins

The NCAA Division III championship of women's ice hockey began in 2002.

NCAA Division III women's ice hockey

Main article: NCAA Division III women's ice hockey

Seventy-one schools in the United States, ranging from the Midwest to the East Coast, sponsor varsity women's hockey at the Division III level. Eight conferences are currently recognized by the NCAA—Colonial Hockey Conference, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, New England Hockey Conference, New England Small College Athletic Conference, Northeast Women's Hockey League, Northern Collegiate Hockey Association, United Collegiate Hockey Conference, and the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Format

This tournament is a single elimination competition of ten teams. The semi-finals and finals are called the "Women's Frozen Four." The winners of the semi-finals move on to the championship, where the losers play in the third place game.

History

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Winning coach	City	Arena
2002	Elmira	2–1	Manhattanville	Jamie Wood	Elmira, New York	First Arena
2003	Elmira (2)	5–1	Manhattanville	Jamie Wood	Elmira, New York	First Arena
2004	Middlebury	2–1	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	Bill Mandigo	Middlebury, Vermont	Chip Kenyon Arena
2005	Middlebury (2)	4–3	Elmira	Bill Mandigo	Elmira, New York	First Arena
2006	Middlebury (3)	3–1	Plattsburgh State	Bill Mandigo	Plattsburgh, New York	Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2007	Plattsburgh State	2–1	Middlebury	Kevin Houle	Plattsburgh, New York	Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2008	Plattsburgh State (2)	3–2	Manhattanville	Kevin Houle	Plattsburgh, New York	Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2009	Amherst	4–3 (ot)	Elmira	Jim Plumer	Middlebury, Vermont	Chip Kenyon Arena
2010	Amherst (2)	7–2	Norwich	Jim Plumer	St. Peter, Minnesota	Lund Arena
2011	Norwich	5–2	RIT	Mark Bolding	Rochester, New York	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
2012	RIT	4–1	Norwich	Scott McDonald	Rochester, New York	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
2013	Elmira (3)	1–0	Middlebury	Dean Jackson	Superior, Wisconsin	Superior Ice Arena
2014	Plattsburgh State (3)	9–2	Norwich	Kevin Houle	Plattsburgh, New York	Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2015	Plattsburgh State (4)	3–2	Elmira	Kevin Houle	Plattsburgh, New York	Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2016	Plattsburgh State (5)	5–1	Wisconsin–River Falls	Kevin Houle	Plattsburgh, New York	Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2017	Plattsburgh State (6)	4–3 (ot)	Adrian	Kevin Houle	Adrian, Michigan	Arrington Ice Arena
2018	Norwich (2)	2–1	Elmira	Mark Bolding	Northfield, Vermont	Kreitzberg Arena
2019	Plattsburgh State (7)	4–0	Hamline	Kevin Houle	Mendota Heights, Minnesota	St. Thomas Ice Arena
2020	Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022	Middlebury (4)	3–2 (ot)	Gustavus Adolphus	Bill Mandigo	Middlebury, Vermont	Chip Kenyon Arena
2023	Gustavus Adolphus	2–1 (3ot)	Amherst	Mike Carroll	Amherst, Massachusetts	Orr Rink