2022–23 WCHA women's ice hockey season
| 2022–23 WCHA women's season | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2020–21 |
| Conference | WCHA |
| Division | Division I |
| Sport | women's ice hockey |
| Duration | September 30, 2022– February 19, 2023 |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Regular Season | |
| Season champions | Ohio State |
| WCHA Tournament | |
| Tournament champions | Minnesota |
| NCAA Tournament | |
| Bids | 4 |
| Best Finish | Champions |
| Team(s) | Wisconsin |
| WCHA women's seasons « 2021–22 2023–24 » | |
The 2022–23 WCHA women's ice hockey season was the 24th season of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and took place during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The regular season began on September 30, 2022, and ended on February 19, 2023.[1]
Standings[edit]
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #2 Ohio State † | 28 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 119 | 52 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 169 | 71 | |
| #3 Minnesota * | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 126 | 52 | 39 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 177 | 72 | |
| #1 Wisconsin | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 113 | 46 | 40 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 169 | 67 | |
| #7 Minnesota Duluth | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 87 | 44 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 125 | 53 | |
| #12 St. Cloud State | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 57 | 82 | 37 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 87 | 96 | |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 55 | 92 | 36 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 91 | 105 | |
| St. Thomas | 28 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 110 | 36 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 53 | 130 | |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 130 | 36 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 40 | 154 | |
| Championship: March 4, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 19, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Conference tournament[edit]
| Quarterfinals February 24, 25 | Semifinals March 3 | Championship March 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bemidji State | 1 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | St. Cloud State | 0 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | 1 | 5 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | St. Thomas | 0 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Minnesota | 7 | 6 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Minnesota | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Wisconsin | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Minnesota State | 0 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Wisconsin | 3 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Awards[edit]
NCAA[edit]
Sophie Jaques of Ohio State won the Patty Kazmaier Award.[2]
WCHA[edit]
All-Tournament Team[edit]
The All-Tournament Team contained five players from Minnesota and one from Ohio State.[3][4]
- F: Abbey Murphy* (Minnesota)
- F: Peyton Hemp (Minnesota)
- F: Taylor Heise (Minnesota)
- D: Madeline Wethington (Minnesota)
- D: Sophie Jaques (Ohio State)
- G: Skylar Vetter (Minnesota)
* Most Outstanding Player
References[edit]
- ^ "WCHA Announces 2022-23 League Composite Schedule". wcha.com. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
- ^ "Ohio State defender Sophie Jaques wins Patty Kazmaier Award as top player in women's college hockey | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
- ^ gopherguy05 (March 4, 2023). "Minnesota Women's Hockey: Gophers Defeat Ohio State 3-1 to Win WCHA Tournament Championship". The Daily Gopher. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Randy Johnson Star Tribune. "Gophers beat top-ranked Ohio State 3-1 to win WCHA Final Faceoff". Star Tribune. Retrieved May 11, 2023.