2012 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament

2012 NCAA Division III Women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	8
Finals site	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena,; Henrietta, New York;
Champions	RIT Tigers (1st title)
Runner-up	Norwich Cadets (3rd title game)
Semifinalists	Plattsburgh Cardinals (6th Frozen Four); Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (6th Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Scott McDonald (1 title)
MOP	Laura Chamberlain (RIT)
Attendance	1195
	← 2011 ; NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments; 2013 →;

The 2012 NCAA Women's Division III Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play, that determined the national champion of women's NCAA Division III college ice hockey. The Frozen Four will be contested in the arenas of the teams with the better record.

Background

The automatic qualifiers for the tournament include the postseason tournament champions from the following conferences: ECAC East, ECAC West, MIAC, NCHA and NESCAC. The Division III committee consists of the following members: Renee Hellert, New England College athletic director; Michael Letzeisen, ECAC administrator; Brad Marshall, head coach at St. Catherine; Jodi McKenna, head coach at Wesleyan; Steve Nelson, Wisconsin-Superior athletic director.

Qualifying teams

2012 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament is located in USA Midwest and Northeast

Amherst

Concordia

Gustavus Adolphus

Middlebury

Norwich

Plattsburgh State

RIT

Wisconsin–River Falls

2012 Qualifying Teams
ECAC East, NCHA, MIAC, NESCAC, SUNYAC, ECAC West

School^[1]	Conference	Appearance	Last bid
Amherst	NESCAC	5th	2010
Concordia	MIAC	1st	Never
Gustavus Adolphus	MIAC	10th	2011
Middlebury	NESCAC	10th	2011
Norwich	ECAC East	4th	2011
Plattsburgh State	SUNYAC	8th	2010
RIT	ECAC West	3rd	2011
Wisconsin-River Falls	NCHA	5th	2011

^[2]

Bracket

National Quarterfinals March 10		National Semifinals March 16		National Championship March 17

Concordia	2

RIT	5
		RIT	2

		Plattsburgh State	1
Plattsburgh State	4

Middlebury	2
				RIT	4

				Norwich	1
Gustavus Adolphus	4

Wisconsin–River Falls	2
		Gustavus Adolphus	3	Third place

		Norwich	4
Norwich	5			Plattsburgh State	4

Amherst	0			Gustavus Adolphus	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Quarterfinals

Concordia at RIT

March 10, 2012
2:00 pm

Concordia

2–5
(2–1, 0–1, 0–3)

RIT

Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena, Henrietta, New York
Attendance: 517

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Rebecca Hendrickson

Goalies

Laura Chamberlain

Referees:
Marc Remillard
Will O'Malley
Linesmen:
David Panek
Mark Bestram

	0–1	1:27 – Maugeri (Bulleid)
Julius (Leland) – 12:21	1–1
Vandegrift (Julius, Nelson) – pp – 13:39	2–1
	2–2	22:01 – McCrea (Hiller)
	2–3	44:31 – pp – McCrea (Kunichika, Schlattman)
	2–4	51:23 – Hiller (McCrea, Grigg)
	2–5	53:44 – McCrea (Scoyne, Hiller)

12 min

Penalties

6 min

13

Shots

35

Plattsburgh State at Middlebury

March 10, 2012
7:00 pm

Plattsburgh State

4–2
(1–2, 0–0, 3–0)

Middlebury

Kenyon Arena, Middlebury, Vermont
Attendance: 525

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Sydney Aveson

Goalies

Annabelle Jones

Referees:
Scott Prim
John Kaselouskas
Linesmen:
Patrick Callan
Sean McGlynn

	0–1	12:00 – pp – Ugalde (Melberg)
	0–2	12:42 – pp – Bielawski (Styrbicki, Krakower)
Parke (Caldwell) – 13:56	1–2
Gove (Kistner, Shaubel) – pp – 51:54	2–2
Gove (Kistner, Shaubel) – pp – 53:43	3–2
Klassen – en – 59:19	4–2

10 min