Champions Minnesota (6th title) Attendance 5,378 Teams 8 | Winning coach Brad Frost (4th title) Dates 12 Mar 2016 – 20 Mar 2016 Finals site Whitte Center | |
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Runner-Up Boston College (1st title game) Semifinalists Clarkson (2nd Frozen Four)
Wisconsin (9th Frozen Four) MOP Sarah Potomak Minnesota Champion Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey Location Whitte Center, Durham, New Hampshire, United States | ||
The 2016 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals were contested at the campuses of the seeded teams on March 12, 2016. The Frozen Four was played on March 18 and 20, 2016 at Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, New Hampshire with the University of New Hampshire as the host.
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Qualifying teams
In the second year under this qualification format, the winners of all four Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other four teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.
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Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)