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

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 →

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.

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

Regular season

Season standings

Template:2012–13 CHA Hockey standings (women) Template:2012–13 ECAC Hockey standings (women) Template:2012–13 Hockey East Hockey standings (women) Template:2012–13 WCHA Hockey standings (women)

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

1. "Gross Named Captain; Women's Hockey Adds 12 to Roster - Penn State Official Athletic Site". Gopsusports.com. 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
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