2006 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

The 2006 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 17, 2006, and ended with the championship game on March 26. The quarterfinals were conducted at the homes of the teams considered to be higher seeds, although no seed was given for either team in two of the games. The Frozen Four was conducted in Minneapolis. A total of seven games were played.

2006 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams8
Finals site
ChampionsWisconsin Badgers (1st title)
Runner-upMinnesota Golden Gophers (3rd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMark Johnson (1st title)

Qualifying teams

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New Hampshire
 
Wisconsin
 
St. Lawrence
 
Minnesota
 
Princeton
 
Minnesota Duluth
 
Mercyhurst
 
Harvard
2006 Qualifying Teams
  WCHA,   ECAC,   Hockey East,   CHA

The winners of the ECAC, WCHA, and Hockey East tournaments all received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other five teams were selected at-large. The top two teams were then seeded, and four teams received home ice for the quarterfinals.

Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 New Hampshire Hockey East 32–2–1 Tournament champion 1st Never
2 Wisconsin WCHA 32–5–1 Tournament champion 2nd 2005
St. Lawrence ECAC 30–4–2 Tournament champion 3rd 2005
Minnesota WCHA 27–10–1 At-large bid 5th 2005
Princeton ECAC 21–7–4 At-large bid 1st Never
Minnesota Duluth WCHA 22–8–3 At-large bid 5th 2005
Mercyhurst CHA 23–7–7 At-large bid 2nd 2005
Harvard ECAC 18–12–4 At-large bid 5th 2005

Bracket

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National Quarterfinals
March 17–March 18
National Semifinals
March 24
National Championship
March 26
         
1 New Hampshire 3
Harvard 1
1 New Hampshire 4
Minnesota 5
Minnesota 4
Princeton 0
Minnesota 0
2 Wisconsin 3
St. Lawrence 1
Minnesota Duluth 0
St. Lawrence 0
2 Wisconsin 1
2 Wisconsin 2**
Mercyhurst 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Note: The team in italics is the home team in the first round.
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Tournament awards

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* Most Outstanding Player[2]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.ncaa.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ncaa/sports/w-hockey/auto_pdf/WH-D1-2006[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "NCAA Women's Frozen Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. March 19, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.