2012–13 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season

The 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season will begin in October, 2011, and ended with the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game in March, 2013.

2012–13 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
NCAA tournament	2013
National championship	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, MN
NCAA champion	Minnesota Golden Gophers
Patty Kazmaier Award	Amanda Kessel ()
NCAA Division I women's ice hockey seasons ← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Offseason

• May 31: Taylor Gross has been named captain for the Penn State Nittany Lions in their inaugural NCAA Division I season.[1]

Transfers

Player	Position	Former team	New team
Hailey Browne	Forward	Mercyhurst	Maine
Kaleigh Chippy	Forward	Niagara	Mercyhurst
Katie Dods	Forward	Niagara	Waterloo (CIS)
Taylor Gross	Forward	Connecticut	Penn State
Jenna Hendrikx	Forward	Niagara	Mercyhurst
Nicole Paniccia	Goaltender	Connecticut	Penn State
Kelsey Welch	Forward	Niagara	Mercyhurst

Exhibition

CIS Exhibition

Date	NCAA school	CIS school	Score	NCAA goal scorers
Oct. 3	St. Lawrence Skating Saints	McGill	5-4 (OT)[2]	Kelly Sabatine (3), Victoria Leimgardt, Dayle Wilkinson
Oct. 19	Dartmouth	McGill	Dartmouth, 5-0[3]	Sasha Nanji, Laura Stacey (2), Camille Dumais
Oct. 20	Harvard	McGill	Harvard, 4-1[4]	Jillian Dempsey (2), Samantha Reber, Miye D'Oench
Oct. 24	Vermont	McGill	Vermont, 1-0[5]	Erin Wente

PWHL Exhibition

Date	NCAA school	Opponent	Arena	Score	NCAA goal scorers
Sep. 22	Mercyhurst	Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres (PWHL)	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Mercyhurst, 10-1[6]
Jan. 4	Mercyhurst	Durham Lightning (PWHL)	Mercyhurst Ice Center

News and notes

Regular season

Season standings

2012–13 College Hockey America standings
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#5 Mercyhurst^*	20	17	3	0	34	96	27		37	29	7	1	153	65
Syracuse	20	13	6	1	27	54	32		36	20	15	1	97	74
RIT	20	7	8	5	19	41	45		37	16	16	5	96	79
Robert Morris	20	9	10	1	19	52	50		33	15	15	3	81	77
Lindenwood	20	7	10	3	17	41	71		36	7	26	3	61	151
Penn State	20	1	17	2	4	22	81		35	7	26	2	69	109
Champion: Mercyhurst indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USCHO.com Poll

#	Team	ECAC record									Overall
		PTS	GP	W	L	T	Pct	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	Pct	GF	GA
1	Cornell	37	22	18	3	1	0.841	84	27		34	27	6	1	0.809	131	55
2t	Clarkson	36	22	18	4	0	0.818	61	28		38	28	10	0	0.737	110	68
2t	Harvard	36	22	17	3	2	0.818	77	25		34	24	7	3	0.750	113	41
4	Quinnipiac	29	22	13	6	3	0.659	66	41		36	20	12	4	0.611	103	75
5	St. Lawrence	28	22	12	6	4	0.636	65	54		38	19	14	5	0.566	98	92
6	Dartmouth	26	22	11	7	4	0.591	58	49		31	16	10	5	0.597	84	71
7	Rensselaer	18	22	8	12	2	0.409	48	59		36	10	22	4	0.333	76	99
8	Colgate	15	22	6	13	3	0.341	40	70		35	11	21	3	0.357	66	122
9	Princeton	14	22	6	14	2	0.318	46	75		29	11	16	2	0.414	66	90
10	Yale	11	22	4	15	3	0.250	35	64		29	5	21	3	0.224	41	88
11	Brown	10	22	5	17	0	0.227	31	61		27	6	20	1	0.241	42	76
12	Union	4	22	0	18	4	0.091	15	73		34	7	23	4	0.265	41	105

Source: ecachockey.com

2012–13 Hockey East Association standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Boston University	21	18	2	1	37				37	28	6	3
Boston College	21	17	2	2	36				37	27	7	3
Northeastern	21	13	7	1	27				36	23	11	2
New Hampshire	21	10	8	3	23				34	14	16	4
Providence	21	8	10	3	19				36	15	16	5
Vermont	21	6	11	4	16				33	8	21	4
Maine	21	2	16	3	7				33	5	24	4
Connecticut	21	1	19	1	3				35	3	29	3
Championship: To Be Determined † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion National rankings: Conference rankings: Updated February 2, 2013

*Rankings based on number of points in the conference

#	Team	WCHA Record									Overall
		GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA		W	L	T	GF	GA
1	Minnesota	28	28	0	0	0	84	141	27		41	0	0	216	36
2	Wisconsin	28	17	9	2	2	55	70	46		23	10	2	103	53
2	North Dakota	28	18	9	1	0	55	96	64		26	12	1	144	88
4	Minnesota Duluth	28	13	13	2	1	42	72	71		14	16	4	81	85
4	Ohio State	28	12	13	3	3	42	75	80		19	15	3	107	96
6	Minnesota State	28	6	17	5	1	24	46	95		10	21	5	69	122
7	St. Cloud State	28	5	21	2	1	18	37	93		9	24	3	57	113
8	Bemidji State	28	5	22	1	0	16	40	101		6	26	2	49	127

Source: wcha.com

Awards and honors

Patti Kazmaier Award finalists

• Amanda Kessel, Winner, Minnesota Golden Gophers
• Megan Bozek, Minnesota Golden Gophers
• Noora Raty, Minnesota Golden Gophers

All-America selections

First team

• Forward, Brianne Jenner, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection[7]
• Forward, Amanda Kessel, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection
• Forward, Jocelyne Lamoureux, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection
• Defense, Monique Lamoureux-Kolls, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection
• Defense, Megan Bozek, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection
• Goaltender, Noora Raty, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection

Second team

• Forward, Alex Carpenter, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection
• Forward, Kendall Coyne, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection
• Forward, Brianna Decker, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection
• Defense, Blake Bolden, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection
• Defense, Lauriane Rougeau, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection
• Goaltender, Alex Rigsby, 2012-13 Second Team All-America selection

See also

• National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship
• 2012–13 CHA women's ice hockey season
• 2012–13 ECAC women's ice hockey season
• 2012–13 Hockey East women's ice hockey season
• 2012–13 WCHA women's ice hockey season

References

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2. "McGill vs St. Lawrence (Oct 03, 2012)". Stlawu.edu. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
3. "Welcome to". Collegehockeystats.net. 2005-02-12. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
4. "Harvard". Gocrimson.com. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
5. "Box Scores". HockeyEastOnline.com. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
6. "Mercyhurst Athletics - Women's Hockey Blasts Stoney Creek, 10-1, in Exhibition Tilt". Hurstathletics.com. 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
7. http://www.ahcahockey.com/news/1213/0321w1aa.php