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No Surprises in NCAA Women’s Hockey Championship Selections, Just a Few Seeding Twists

There weren’t any surprises in the 11 teams announced for the NCAA Women’s Hockey Championship

There weren’t any surprises in the 11 teams announced for the NCAA Women’s Hockey  Championship.

After the five conference winners, the remaining six at-large selection basically as expected based on the next highest ranked teams in the polls. All the teams selected were either from the WCHA (Ohio State, Minnesota & UMD) or the ECAC (Colgate, Clarkson & St. Lawrence).

The only team that maybe could have received an at-large bid was Quinnipiac, but at the end of the day, they didn’t beat Clarkson in the ECAC playoffs, so that removed their opportunity.

The only surprises were the conference upsets and seedings.

Congrats to Boston University and Sacred Heart, winning their championship even though they weren’t the top seed.

As for the seedings, they didn’t go exactly as I expected, but nothing I am really bothered about (unlike  last year when UMD should have had a higher seed and avoided Ohio State  in the second round). It seems the Pairwise ranking was given more weight than the Poll:

  • With Minnesota beating Ohio State in WCHA semi-finals, I thought the Gophers might get the #2 seed
  • I had Penn State as the #8 seed, but they ended up #7
  • I thought St Lawrence would be the #7 seed, but they ended up #10 – it’s possible the committee didn’t want an all-ECAC match-up vs. Clarkson meeting in the first round if SLU was ranked #8 or #9.

Best of luck to all the teams this week. I expect there to be a couple of upsets this weekend.

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2025 Women's College Hockey

Predictable Playoffs? Analyzing the First Week of NCAA DI Women’s Hockey Postseason

I was paying close attention to the first week of the NCAA DI women’s hockey playoffs last week.  Of all the games that were played across the five conferences there were only 4 upsets. 

In the ECAC, the single upset was Union (#9) beating Brown (#8) for their first ever playoff win. It was a mild upset, given that the two programs were only separated by 5 points and 1 win in the ECAC standings.   Otherwise, all the other match-ups went according to higher team in the standings.

For Hockey East, Merrimack (#10) has the biggest upset, beating New Hampshire (#7) in their first round game 3-1.  Given the Pairwise and MyHockeyRankings, this was a bit of a surprise. However, in the next round, the only lower ranked team to win was Northeastern (#5) beating Providence (#4).  Only 3 points and 1 win separated these two teams and Northeastern was actually ranked higher than Providence in both the Pairwise (#15 vs #20) and MyHockeyRankings (#17 vs #21).

A nice surprise was seeing Post (#6) beat Franklin Pierce (3) in the opening round of the NEWHA playoffs.  Post has not had much success in recent years, but with new head coach Pat Bingham, the team advanced to its first-ever semi-finals today vs. Long Island University. Nice to see the program finally get over the hump.

There were no upsets in the advancing teams in the WCHA and AHA conferences, although Minnesota State and Syracuse each won a game in the best-of-3 series.

The lack of major surprises suggests that regular-season performance remains a strong predictor of playoff success. As the playoffs continue, it will be interesting to see if any lower-seeded teams can break through and challenge the favorites.

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Women's Hockey

Champs App Team Roster and Directory

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The Team Coach Directory allows players to research and connect with any DI, DIII and U Sports hockey coach:

For Players:

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1. (Optional)  Player Profile Creation: Send out info to players about creating a Champs App profile after the register to give them enough time to create their profile. Champs App to provide link + instructional text with explanation for players.  Timing: When Players Register

2. Coach/Scout Profiles: Event Organizer to provide Champs list of coaches participating/scouting the event to ensure a profile is already created.  Timing:  When available (dynamically updated)

3. Coaches/Scouts: Champs App to contact coaches and scouts with Team Roster Directory instructions + Profile activation details.  Timing: Approximately 2-4 weeks before event

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College Hockey Recruiting TOOLS Women's Hockey

Champs App Messaging 2.0

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