2023 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament

2023 NCAA National Collegiate Women's; Ice Hockey Tournament
	2023 Women's Frozen Four logo; 2023 Women's Frozen Four logo
Teams	11
Finals Site	AMSOIL Arena; Duluth, Minnesota
Champions	Wisconsin Badgers (7th title)
Runner-Up	Ohio State Buckeyes (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Northeastern Huskies (3rd Frozen Four); Minnesota Golden Gophers (14th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach	Mark Johnson (7th title)
MOP	Cami Kronish (Wisconsin)
← 2022	2024 →

The 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. This is the second year the tournament features an expanded field of 11 teams.^[1] The first round and quarterfinals were played on the campuses of seeded teams on March 9 and 11, 2023, while the Frozen Four was played on March 17 and 19, 2023 at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minnesota.^[2] The Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 1–0 to win their 7th national championship.

Qualifying teams

Ohio State

Minnesota

Colgate

Yale

Northeastern

Quinnipiac

Penn State

Wisconsin

LIU

LIU

Minnesota Duluth

Clarkson

Clarkson

2023 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, 10px ECAC, 10px Hockey East, CHA, 10px NEWHA

In the second year under this qualification format, the winners of all five Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. This is the first year the NEWHA received an automatic bid. The other six teams were selected at-large. The top five teams are then seeded.^[3]

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Ohio State	WCHA	31–5–2	At-large bid	5th	2022
2	Minnesota	WCHA	29–5–3	Tournament champion	20th	2022
3	Colgate	ECAC	32–5–2	Tournament champion	4th	2022
4	Yale	ECAC	28–3–1	At-large bid	2nd	2022
5	Northeastern	Hockey East	33–2–1	Tournament champion	7th	2022
	Quinnipiac	ECAC	29–9–0	At-large bid	4th	2022
	Penn State	CHA	27–8–2	Tournament champion	1st	Never
	Wisconsin	WCHA	25–10–2	At-large bid	17th	2022
	LIU	NEWHA	20–13–3	Tournament champion	1st	Never
	Minnesota Duluth	WCHA	25–9–3	At-large bid	14th	2022
	Clarkson	ECAC	29–10–2	At-large bid	11th	2022

Bids by state

Bids	State(s)	Schools
3	New York	Clarkson, Colgate, LIU
2	Connecticut	Quinnipiac, Yale
2	Minnesota	Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth
1	Massachusetts	Northeastern
	Ohio	Ohio State
	Pennsylvania	Penn State
	Wisconsin	Wisconsin

Bracket

First Round March 9^[4]			National Quarterfinals March 11			National Semifinals March 17			National Championship March 19

			8	Quinnipiac	2
10	Penn State	2	1	Ohio State	5
8	Quinnipiac	3***				1	Ohio State	3
						5	Northeastern	0
			5	Northeastern	4
			4	Yale	1
									1	Ohio State	0
									6	Wisconsin	1
			7	Minnesota Duluth	0
9	Clarkson	0	2	Minnesota	3
7	Minnesota Duluth	2				2	Minnesota	2
						6	Wisconsin	3*
			6	Wisconsin	4
11	LIU	1	3	Colgate	2
6	Wisconsin	9

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