2017 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

2017 NCAA National Collegiate women's; Ice Hockey Tournament
	2017 Women's Frozen Four logo; 2017 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams	8
Finals Site	Family Arena; St. Charles, Missouri
Champions	Clarkson Golden Knights (2nd title)
Runner-Up	Wisconsin Badgers (7th title game)
Semifinalists	Boston College Eagles (7th Frozen Four); Minnesota Golden Gophers (13th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach	Matt Desrosiers (2nd title)
MOP	Cayley Mercer (Clarkson)
Attendance	5,778
← 2016	2018 →

The 2017 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey.

The quarterfinals were contested at the campuses of the seeded teams on March 11, 2017. The Frozen Four was played on March 17 and 19, 2017 at Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri with Lindenwood University as the host.^[1]

The tournament was won by Clarkson with a 3–0 win over Wisconsin, giving the Golden Knights their second title in program history.

Qualifying teams

In the third year under this qualification format, the winners of all four Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament.

The other four teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.^[2]

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Wisconsin	WCHA	31–2–4	Tournament champion	11th	2016
2	Clarkson	ECAC	29–4–5	Tournament champion	6th	2016
3	Minnesota Duluth	WCHA	25–6–5	At-large bid	11th	2011
4	Boston College	Hockey East	27–5–5	Tournament champion	9th	2016
	St. Lawrence	ECAC	26–5–4	At-large bid	9th	2012
	Minnesota	WCHA	25–7–5	At-large bid	15th	2016
	Cornell	ECAC	20–8–5	At-large bid	6th	2014
	Robert Morris	CHA	24–4–6	Tournament champion	1st	Never

Bracket

^[1]
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals March 11			National Semifinals March 17			National Championship March 19


1	Wisconsin	7

	Robert Morris	0
			1	Wisconsin	1

			4	Boston College	0
4	Boston College	6

	St. Lawrence	0
						1	Wisconsin	0

						2	Clarkson	3
2	Clarkson	3

	Cornell	1
			2	Clarkson	4

				Minnesota	3
3	Minnesota–Duluth	0

	Minnesota	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)