2024 WCHA women's ice hockey tournament

The 2024 WCHA Ice Hockey Tournament was the 25th edition of the WCHA Tournament. It was played between March 1 and March 9, 2024. It was hosted by the University of Minnesota at Ridder Arena. As the tournament winner, Wisconsin earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament.

2024 WCHA Women's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 1 – March 9, 2024
Teams	8
Finals site	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions	Wisconsin (10th title)
Winning coach	Mark Johnson (10th title)
MVP	Casey O'Brien (Wisconsin)
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Format

The tournament includes all eight teams in the conference. Teams are ranked according to their finish in the conference standings. All quarterfinal games are best two of three and are played at the highest seed's home sites, and starting with the semifinals, single-elimination played at Ridder Arena. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament.^[1]

Standings

2023–24 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference											Overall
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SOW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Ohio State †	28	26	2	0	2	0	0	78	140	37		39	35	4	0	201	51
#2 Wisconsin *	28	23	5	0	2	1	0	69	124	43		41	35	6	0	205	62
#5 Minnesota	28	19	7	1	1	2	2	62	92	60		39	27	10	2	135	80
#7 Minnesota Duluth	28	15	11	2	0	0	0	47	64	47		39	21	14	4	89	66
#10 St. Cloud State	28	12	14	2	0	1	0	40	60	59		34	17	17	2	78	69
Minnesota State	28	6	22	0	1	2	0	19	52	94		38	13	25	0	97	120
St. Thomas	28	4	23	1	0	0	1	11	39	120		37	10	26	1	74	150
Bemidji State	28	3	24	1	0	0	0	10	33	144		36	4	30	2	42	181
Championship: March 9, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 24, 2023

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 1-3							Semifinals March 8					Championship March 9
	8	Bemidji State	1	0	—
	1	Ohio State	10	8	—
								1	Ohio State	6
								4	Minnesota Duluth	0
	5	St. Cloud State	0	0	—
	4	Minnesota Duluth	5	2	—
													1	Ohio State	3
													2	Wisconsin	6
	7	St. Thomas	2	1	—
	2	Wisconsin	4	9	—
								2	Wisconsin	4
								3	Minnesota	3
	6	Minnesota State	5	1	0
	3	Minnesota	4	7	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Quarterfinals

(8) Bemidji State at (1) Ohio State

March 1, 2024 5:00 PM

Bemidji State

1–10 (0–3, 1–4, 0–3)

Ohio State

Ohio State University Ice Rink, Columbus, Ohio Attendance: 709

Game reference
	Eva Filippova	Goalies	Raygan Kirk	Referees: Gui Bradshaw Craig Hedlud Linesmen: Tyler Iffland Tim Katrinak
	0–1 3:39 – Barnes (Markowski, Bilka) 0–2 5:44 – Dunne (Mobley, Matthews) 0–3 5:48 – Baxter Dronen – 24:27 1–3 1–4 25:33 – Hartmetz 1–5 28:38 – Buglioni (Peschel) 1–6 35:08 – Bilka (Hartmetz, Barnes) 1–7 35:40 – Amos (Markowski, Webster) 1–8 40:51 – Gardiner 1–9 44:23 – Buglioni (Zanon, Gardiner) 1–10 51:35 – Barnes (Markowski, Matthews)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	13	Shots	62

March 2, 2024 2:00 PM

Bemidji State

0–8 (0–3, 0–3, 0–2)

Ohio State

Ohio State University Ice Rink, Columbus, Ohio Attendance: 714

Game reference
	Abbie Thompson	Goalies	Raygan Kirk	Referees: Gui Bradshaw Craig Hedlud Linesmen: Tyler Iffland Tim Katrinak
	0–1 1:13 – Gardiner (Zanon) 0–2 3:49 – Bernard (Zanon, Buglioni) 0–3 11:23 – pp – Buglioni (Barnes, Zanon) 0–4 32:15 – Matthews (Dunne, Webster) 0–5 33:10 – Dunne (Mobley, Bernard) 0–6 34:46 – pp – Baxter (Dunne, Gardiner) 0–7 46:09 – Bilka (Webster) 0–8 57:16 – Gardiner (Hartmetz)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	9	Shots	62

(7) St. Thomas at (2) Wisconsin

March 1, 2024 6:00 PM

St. Thomas

2–4 (0–0, 1–2, 1–2)

Wisconsin

LaBahn Arena, Madison, Wisconsin Attendance: 2,192

Game reference
	Calla Frank	Goalies	Jane Gervais	Referees: Sarma Pone Chris Brinkley Linesmen: Dan Kassis Brenda Reinen
	0–1 0:49 – Simms (O'Brien, Harvey) 0–2 11:43 – Eden (Potter, Curl) Stenslie – 33:15 1–2 1–3 50:05 – Simms (Wilgren, Curl) Stenslie (Parent) – 53:00 2–3 2–4 53:45 – Curl (Simms, O'Brien)
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	13	Shots	31

March 2, 2024 4:00 PM

St. Thomas

1–9 (0–1, 0–4, 1–4)

Wisconsin

LaBahn Arena, Madison, Wisconsin Attendance: 2,273

Game reference
	Olivia King	Goalies	Ava McNaughton	Referees: Sarma Pone Chris Brinkley Linesmen: Dan Kassi Brenda Reinen
	0–1 10:41 – Curl (Simms, O'Brien) 0–2 21:35 – Eden (L. Edwards, C. Edwards) 0–3 25:34 – O'Brien (Simms) 0–4 26:58 – Wilgren (C. Edwards, Eden) 0–5 28:49 – Jungels (Curl, O'Brien) 0–6 40:06 – Curl Jurgensen (Zavoral, Cooper) – 44:40 1–6 1–7 48:25 – L. Edwards (Harvey, Gorbatenko) 1–8 55:43 – Kotlowski (Wheeler, Picard) 1–9 56:41 – O'Brien (Curl, Simms)
	0 min	Penalties	0 min
	14	Shots	60

(6) Minnesota State at (3) Minnesota

March 1, 2024 6:00 PM

Minnesota State

5–4 (0–1, 2–1, 3–2)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota Attendance: 1,069

Game reference
	Hailey Hansen	Goalies	Skylar Vetter	Referees: Robert Ludwig Mike Kaehler Linesmen: Doug Durgin Sam Jerome
	0–1 4:57 – O'Hara (M. Wethington, A. Wethington) 0–2 11:00 – Huber (Wethington, Bouveng) Bobyck (Paddington, Vekich) – 31:17 1–2 Nelson (Van Batavia, Vekich) – 38:13 2–2 Mashuga – 42:20 3–2 3–3 45:31 – Huber (Bouveng, Murphy) Nelson (Mashuga) – 49:04 4–3 4–4 53:21 – Huber (Murphy) Van Batavia (Akervik, Nelson) – 58:22 5–4
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	29

March 2, 2024 3:00 PM

Minnesota State

1–7 (1–5, 0–2, 0–0)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota Attendance: 1,226

Game reference
	Hailey Hansen	Goalies	Lucy Morgan	Referees: Robert Ludwig Mike Kaehler Linesmen: Doug Durgin Sam Jerome
	0–1 4:24 – Bouveng (Huber) 0–2 9:12 – Huber (Murphy, Stewart) 0–3 11:02 – Bouveng (Murphy) Langseth (Tuttle, Otremba) – pp – 14:14 1–3 1–4 15:40 – M. Wethington (Huber, Bouveng) 1–5 17:24 – pp – Murphy (Bouveng, Hemp) 1–6 20:18 – Murphy (Bouveng, M. Wethington) 1–7 36:03 – Kaiser (M. Wethington, Stewart)
	14 min	Penalties	9 min
	18	Shots	39

March 3, 2024 3:00 PM

Minnesota State

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota Attendance: 1,106

Game reference
	Suzette Faucher	Goalies	Lucy Morgan	Referees: Mike Kaehler Robert Ludwig Linesmen: Doug Durgin Sam Jerome
	0–1 2:33 – Huber (Bouveng, Murphy) 0–2 54:58 – Bouveng (Kaiser, Murphy) 0–3 57:00 – Bouveng (Laitinen)
	4 min	Penalties	0 min
	11	Shots	36

(5) St. Cloud State at (4) Minnesota-Duluth

March 1, 2024 4:00 PM

St. Cloud State

0–5 (0–0, 0–2, 0–3)

Minnesota-Duluth

AMSOIL Arena, Duluth, Minnesota Attendance: 527

Game reference
	Sanni Ahola	Goalies	Hailey MacLeod	Referees: Scott Roth Duncan Ryhorchuk Linesmen: Glendon Seal Aaron Neville
	0–1 22:38 – Hunt (Baskin, Wallin) 0–2 29:53 – pp – O'Brien (McMahon, Hunt) 0–3 44:30 – pp – Van Wieren (Hunt, McMahon) 0–4 54:04 – Wallin (Hunt, Henderson) 0–5 57:28 – Karlsson (Hunt, Van Wieren)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	39

March 2, 2024 3:00 PM

St. Cloud State

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Minnesota-Duluth

AMSOIL Arena, Duluth, Minnesota Attendance: 1,113

Game reference
	Jojo Chobak	Goalies	Ève Gascon	Referees: Scott Roth Duncan Ryhorchuk Linesmen: Glendon Seal Aaron Neville
	0–1 36:15 – McMahon (Sadura, Bergström) 0–2 40:25 – McMahon (Sadura)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	23

Tournament Awards

All-Tournament Team

• F: Casey O'Brien* (Wisconsin)^[2]
• F: Laila Edwards (Wisconsin)
• F: Kirsten Simms (Wisconsin)
• D: Caroline Harvey (Wisconsin)
• D: Emma Peschel (Ohio State)
• G: Ava McNaughton (Wisconsin)

* Most Outstanding Player

References

1. "WCHA Notebook: First round of WCHA playoffs set for Mar. 1–3". WCHA.com. February 28, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
2. "2024 Kwik Trip WCHA Final Faceoff All-Tournament Team". WCHA.com. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2024.