2016–17 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
2016–17 NCAA DI women's ice hockey season
2016–17 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season | |||||
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![]() Family Arena in St. Charles, MO was the site for the 2017 Frozen Four (Women), hosted by Lindenwood University | |||||
Duration | September 26, 2016– March 19, 2017 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 2017 | ||||
National championship | Family Arena St. Charles, MO | ||||
NCAA champion | Clarkson | ||||
Patty Kazmaier Award | Ann-Renée Desbiens, Wisconsin () | ||||
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The 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began in September 2016 and ended with the 2017 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament's championship game on 19 March 2017.
Pre-season polls
The top 10 from USCHO.com, September 19, 2016, and the top 10 from USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine,[1][2] First place votes are in parentheses.
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Regular season
Standings
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Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
#8 Robert Morris†* | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 60 | 37 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 106 | 74 | ||
Syracuse | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 63 | 24 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 85 | 59 | ||
Mercyhurst | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 58 | 45 | 35 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 92 | 85 | ||
Penn State | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 47 | 54 | 35 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 74 | 104 | ||
RIT | 20 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 59 | 36 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 49 | 116 | ||
Lindenwood | 20 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 58 | 33 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 36 | 100 | ||
Championship: Robert Morris † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com Division I women's poll |
- Rankings based on number of wins in the conference
2016–17 ECAC Hockey standings
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Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA
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#1 Clarkson†* | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 91 | 32 | 41 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 146 | 63 | ||
#6 St. Lawrence | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 75 | 30 | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 115 | 58 | ||
#7 Cornell | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 56 | 36 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 82 | 57 | ||
#9 Princeton | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 69 | 33 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 104 | 63 | ||
Quinnipiac | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 64 | 28 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 94 | 51 | ||
Colgate | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 105 | 73 | ||
Yale | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 46 | 58 | 31 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 69 | 83 | ||
Rensselaer | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 39 | 73 | 36 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 62 | 117 | ||
Harvard | 22 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 29 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 52 | 77 | ||
Brown | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 98 | 29 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 56 | 126 | ||
Dartmouth | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 56 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 38 | 73 | ||
Union | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 75 | 34 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 38 | 111 | ||
Championship: Clarkson † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USCHO.com Division I women's poll |
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#2 Wisconsin*† | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 73 | 110 | 24 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 157 | 35 | |
#4 Minnesota | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 88 | 46 | 39 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 124 | 69 | |
#5 Minnesota Duluth | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 82 | 47 | 37 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 110 | 62 | |
North Dakota | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 62 | 57 | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 84 | 73 | |
Ohio State | 28 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 40 | 73 | 37 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 69 | 82 | |
St. Cloud State | 28 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 43 | 82 | 36 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 61 | 113 | |
Bemidji State | 28 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 49 | 80 | 35 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 67 | 90 | |
Minnesota State | 28 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 33 | 98 | 37 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 45 | 127 | |
Championship: Wisconsin † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com Division I women's poll |
2016–17 WHEA standings
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Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
#3 Boston College†* | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 86 | 38 | 39 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 130 | 60 | ||
#10 Northeastern | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 75 | 62 | 37 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 112 | 86 | ||
Boston University | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 83 | 62 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 130 | 104 | ||
Providence | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 76 | 72 | 37 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 117 | 113 | ||
Vermont | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 54 | 58 | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 96 | 90 | ||
New Hampshire | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 66 | 72 | 35 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 89 | 104 | ||
Connecticut | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 50 | 66 | 36 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 75 | 91 | ||
Merrimack | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 58 | 83 | 36 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 86 | 117 | ||
Maine | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 51 | 86 | 32 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 66 | 105 | ||
Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com Division I women's poll |
*Rankings based on number of wins in the conference
2016–17 Division I Independents standings
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GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||||||||
Sacred Heart | 29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 113 | 64 |
Player stats
Scoring leaders
The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on March 19, 2017.[3]
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
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Kelly Pannek | Junior | Minnesota | 39 | 19 | 43 | 62 |
Cayley Mercer | Senior | Clarkson | 41 | 28 | 34 | 62 |
Brooke Webster | Senior | St. Lawrence | 36 | 23 | 34 | 57 |
Lara Stalder | Senior | Minnesota Duluth | 35 | 23 | 33 | 56 |
Kennedy Marchment | Junior | St. Lawrence | 36 | 20 | 36 | 56 |
Annie Pankowski | Junior | Wisconsin | 36 | 25 | 30 | 55 |
Sarah Nurse | Senior | Wisconsin | 39 | 25 | 28 | 53 |
Sarah Potomak | Sophomore | Minnesota | 38 | 20 | 33 | 53 |
Genevieve Bannon | Senior | Clarkson | 41 | 15 | 38 | 53 |
Brittany Howard | Junior | Robert Morris | 35 | 20 | 30 | 50 |
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average at the conclusion of games played on March 19, 2017 while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Ann-Renee Desbiens | Senior | Wisconsin | 35 | 2115:52 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | .963 | 0.71 |
Sydney Rossman | Senior | Quinnipiac | 34 | 2028:08 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 49 | 9 | .929 | 1.45 |
Steph Neatby | Freshman | Princeton | 19 | 1187:03 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 4 | .950 | 1.52 |
Marlene Boissonnault | Sophomore | Cornell | 13 | 788:51 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2 | .925 | 1.52 |
Katie Burt | Junior | Boston College | 37 | 2225:04 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 57 | 8 | .935 | 1.54 |
Awards
WCHA[4] | CHA[5]
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Patty Kazmaier Award
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All-America honors
First team[14] | Second team | ||
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Player | School | Player | School |
Ann-Renée Desbiens | Wisconsin | Kassidy Sauve | Ohio State |
Megan Keller | Minnesota | Savannah Harmon | Clarkson |
Lee Stecklein | Minnesota | Jenny Ryan | Wisconsin |
Cayley Mercer | Clarkson | Sarah Nurse | Wisconsin |
Kelly Pannek | Minnesota | Annie Pankowski | Wisconsin |
Lara Stalder | Minnesota Duluth | Brook Webster | St. Lawrence |
References
- ^ "Preseason: Women's College Hockey Poll". September 21, 2015.
- ^ "Preseason: Women's College Hockey Poll". September 29, 2015.
- ^ "Statistics | College Hockey". USCHO.com. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
- ^ "WCHA Announces 2016-17 Postseason Awards". Western Collegiate Hockey Association. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
- ^ "College Hockey America Hands Out Regular Season Awards in Buffalo". College Hockey America. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
- ^ "Megan Keller Wins Cammi Granato Award as League's Best Player". Hockey East Association. March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
- ^ "Women's Hockey East Names 2016-17 Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team". Hockey East Association. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
- ^ "Women's Hockey East Names 2016-17 All-Star Teams". Hockey East Association. March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "League Announces Postseason Awards". March 3, 2017.
- ^ "Recipients". Patty Kazmaier Award.
- ^ Matt Mackinder (March 17, 2016). "AHCA reveals finalists for top D-I, D-III women's coach, Hurd and Watson awards | College Hockey". USCHO.com. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
- ^ "ACHA Coaches of the Year". American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "Finalists Announced for the CCM/AHCA Division One Women's Ice Hockey Coach of the Year". American Hockey Coaches Association. March 14, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "2017 All-American Teams". ahcahockey.com. Retrieved May 13, 2021.