| 2026 WCHA Women's ice hockey tournament | |
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| 2026 WCHA Final Faceoff logo | |
| Dates | February 27 – March 7, 2025 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Lee & Penny Anderson Arena Saint Paul, Minnesota |
WCHA Women's Ice Hockey Tournaments 2027 → | |
The 2026 WCHA Ice Hockey Tournament will be the 27th edition of the WCHA Tournament. It will be played between February 27 and March 7, 2026. The final two rounds are set to be hosted by University of St. Thomas at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena, after the first round was played at the home ice of the top four seeds. [1]
Wisconsin enters the tournament as defending champions.
The tournament includes all eight teams in the conference. Teams were 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 Lee & Penny Anderson Arena. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid into the 2026 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament. [2] [3]
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #1 Wisconsin † | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 138 | 45 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 182 | 49 | |
| #2 Ohio State | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 117 | 50 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 153 | 59 | |
| #4 Minnesota | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 115 | 70 | 34 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 161 | 75 | |
| #9 Minnesota Duluth | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 69 | 59 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 89 | 71 | |
| #14 Minnesota State | 28 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 55 | 95 | 34 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 80 | 102 | |
| St. Cloud State | 28 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 74 | 103 | 34 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 90 | 110 | |
| St. Thomas | 28 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 49 | 95 | 34 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 79 | 108 | |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 38 | 138 | 34 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 56 | 151 | |
| Championship: March 7, 2026 † indicates conference regular season champion;* indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated February 23, 2026 Source: WCHA | |||||||||||||||||
| Quarterfinals February 27 – March 1 | Semifinals March 5 | Championship March 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bemidji State | 0 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Wisconsin | 7 | 3* | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Wisconsin | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Minnesota State | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Minnesota State | 0 | 2** | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Minnesota Duluth | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | St. Thomas | 1 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | 5 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | St. Cloud State | 1* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota | 0 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Note: each * denotes one overtime period
| February 27, 2026 6:00 PM | Bemidji State | 0–7 (0–3, 0–4, 0–0) | Wisconsin | LaBahn Arena, Madison, Wisconsin Attendance: 2,273 |
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| Kaitlin Groess | Goalies | Ava McNaughton | Referees: Craig Hedlund Tony Hoyles Linesmen: Brenda Reinen Brian Jansen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Shots | 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| February 28, 2026 3:00 PM | Bemidji State | 2–3 OT (0–0, 1–2, 1–0) OT: (0–1) | Wisconsin | LaBahn Arena, Madison, Wisconsin Attendance: 2,273 |
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| Ava Hills | Goalies | Ava McNaughton | Referees: Craig Hedlund Tony Hoyles Linesmen: Brenda Reinen Brian Jansen | ||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 0 min | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | Shots | 47 | |||||||||||||||
| February 27, 2026 6:00 PM | St. Thomas | 1–5 (0–1, 0–2, 1–2) | Ohio State | Ohio State University Ice Rink, Columbus, Ohio Attendance: 674 |
| [Game reference 3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Julia Minotti | Goalies | Hailey MacLeod | Referees: Sarma Pone Gui Bradshaw Linesmen: Tyler Iffland Tim Katrinak | |||||||||||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Shots | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||
| February 28, 2026 3:00 PM | St. Thomas | 1–4 (0–2, 1–1, 0–1) | Ohio State | Ohio State University Ice Rink, Columbus, Ohio Attendance: 678 |
| [Game reference 4] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Julia Minotti Maggie Malecha | Goalies | Hailey MacLeod | Referees: Sarma Pone Gui Bradshaw Linesmen: Tyler Iffland Tim Katrinak | ||||||||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | Shots | 31 | |||||||||||||||
| February 27, 2026 6:00 PM | St. Cloud State | 1–0 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) OT: (1–0) | Minnesota | Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota Attendance: 1,353 |
| [Game reference 5] | |||||
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| Emilia Kyrkkö | Goalies | Hannah Clark | Referees: Duncan Rhyorchuk Jordan Lee Linesmen: Sam Jerome Douglas Durgin | ||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||
| 20 | Shots | 42 | |||
| February 28, 2026 2:00 PM | St. Cloud State | 1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1) | Minnesota | Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota Attendance: 1,408 |
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| Emilia Kyrkkö | Goalies | Hannah Clark | Referees: Duncan Rhyorchuk Jordan Lee Linesmen: Sam Jerome Douglas Durgin | ||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | Shots | 50 | |||||||||||||||
| March 1, 2026 3:00 PM | St. Cloud State | 1–6 (0–2, 1–3, 0–1) | Minnesota | Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota Attendance: 1,313 |
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| Emilia Kyrkkö | Goalies | Hannah Clark | Referees: Duncan Rhyorchuk Jordan Lee Linesmen: Sam Jerome Douglas Durgin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Shots | 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| February 27, 2026 2:00 PM | Minnesota State | 0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1) | Minnesota Duluth | AMSOIL Arena, Duluth, Minnesota Attendance: 408 |
| [Game reference 8] | ||||||||
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| Hailey Hansen | Goalies | Ève Gascon | Referees: Scott Roth Mike Kaehler Linesmen: Glendon Seal Aaron Neville | |||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||
| 23 | Shots | 45 | ||||||
| February 28, 2026 1:00 PM | Minnesota State | 2–1 2OT (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) OT: (0–0, 1–0) | Minnesota Duluth | AMSOIL Arena, Duluth, Minnesota Attendance: 548 |
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| Hailey Hansen | Goalies | Ève Gascon | Referees: Scott Roth Mike Kaehler Linesmen: Glendon Seal Aaron Neville | ||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
| 29 | Shots | 58 | |||||||||
| March 1, 2026 1:00 PM | Minnesota State | 2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0) | Minnesota Duluth | AMSOIL Arena, Duluth, Minnesota Attendance: 428 |
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| Hailey Hansen | Goalies | Ève Gascon | Referees: Scott Roth Mike Kaehler Linesmen: Glendon Seal Aaron Neville | ||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
| 29 | Shots | 42 | |||||||||
| March 5, 2026 4:02 PM | Minnesota State | v | Wisconsin | Lee & Penny Anderson Arena, Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| March 5, 2026 4:02 PM | Minnesota | v | Ohio State | Lee & Penny Anderson Arena, Saint Paul, Minnesota |