# 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season

The 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began in September 2022 and ended with the 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament's championship game at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minnesota on March 19, 2023.

## Regular season
### Realignment

The Stonehill Skyhawks are set to join the NEWHA for the 2022–23 season.

### Standings

2022–23 College Hockey America standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #10 Penn State †* | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 78 | 25 | 38 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 140 | 73 |
| Mercyhurst | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 49 | 25 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 120 | 80 |
| Syracuse | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 35 | 57 | 36 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 78 | 118 |
| Lindenwood | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 54 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 55 | 145 |
| RIT | 16 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 55 | 32 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 50 | 107 |
| Championship: March 4, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 19, 2023 |||||||||||||||
2022–23 ECAC Hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #6 Yale † | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 93 | 34 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 132 | 49 |
| #5 Colgate * | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 94 | 37 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 164 | 69 |
| #8 Quinnipiac | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 78 | 39 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 130 | 68 |
| #9 Clarkson | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 60 | 38 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 124 | 76 |
| #14 Cornell | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 78 | 70 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 102 | 98 |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 103 | 90 |
| Princeton | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 55 | 60 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 81 | 82 |
| Harvard | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 45 | 69 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 54 | 107 |
| Brown | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 37 | 63 | 29 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 48 | 80 |
| RPI | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 27 | 65 | 34 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 53 | 89 |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 39 | 82 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 96 |
| Union | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 89 | 34 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 59 | 121 |
| Championship: March 4, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 19, 2023 |||||||||||||||
2022–23 NEWHA standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| LIU †* | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 37 | – | – | 37 | 20 | 14 | 3 | – | – |
| Franklin Pierce | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 33 | – | – | 36 | 18 | 15 | 3 | – | – |
| Saint Anselm | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 32 | – | – | 39 | 18 | 17 | 4 | – | – |
| Stonehill | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 29 | – | – | 37 | 19 | 16 | 2 | – | – |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 28 | – | – | 37 | 16 | 18 | 3 | – | – |
| Post | 24 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 9 | – | – | 35 | 4 | 29 | 2 | – | – |
| Saint Michael's | 24 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 6 | – | – | 32 | 2 | 26 | 4 | – | – |
| Championship: March 4, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 19, 2023 |||||||||||||||
2022–23 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #2 Ohio State † | 28 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 119 | 52 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 169 | 71 |
| #3 Minnesota * | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 126 | 52 | 39 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 177 | 72 |
| #1 Wisconsin | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 113 | 46 | 40 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 169 | 67 |
| #7 Minnesota Duluth | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 87 | 44 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 125 | 53 |
| #12 St. Cloud State | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 57 | 82 | 37 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 87 | 96 |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 55 | 92 | 36 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 91 | 105 |
| St. Thomas | 28 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 110 | 36 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 53 | 130 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 130 | 36 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 40 | 154 |
| Championship: March 4, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 19, 2023 ||||||||||||||||
2022–23 WHEA standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #4 Northeastern †* | 27 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 100 | 23 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 144 | 35 |
| #11 Vermont | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 81 | 49 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 105 | 65 |
| #13 Providence | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 74 | 51 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 104 | 72 |
| #15 Boston College | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 47 | 67 | 49 | 36 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 88 | 69 |
| UConn | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 44 | 50 | 52 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 75 | 64 |
| Maine | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 37 | 56 | 74 | 35 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 76 | 104 |
| Boston University | 27 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 33 | 56 | 73 | 34 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 73 | 94 |
| New Hampshire | 27 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 32 | 65 | 80 | 36 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 84 | 106 |
| Holy Cross | 27 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 34 | 81 | 34 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 47 | 103 |
| Merrimack | 27 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 44 | 95 | 36 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 66 | 126 |
| Championship: March 4, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 19, 2023 |||||||||||||||

## Player stats
### Scoring leaders

The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on March 19, 2023.
| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
| Danielle Serdachny | Senior | Colgate | 40 | 25 | 46 | 71 |
| Taylor Heise | Graduate Student | Minnesota | 39 | 30 | 37 | 67 |
| Grace Zumwinkle | Graduate Student | Minnesota | 39 | 25 | 36 | 61 |
| Alina Müller | Graduate Student | Northeastern | 38 | 27 | 33 | 60 |
| Kalty Kaltounkova | Junior | Colgate | 39 | 24 | 33 | 57 |
| Jennifer Gardiner | Senior | Ohio State | 41 | 21 | 36 | 57 |
| Maureen Murphy | Graduate Student | Northeastern | 33 | 20 | 35 | 55 |
| Chloé Aurard | Graduate Student | Northeastern | 38 | 20 | 34 | 54 |
| Gabrielle David | Senior | Clarkson | 42 | 21 | 32 | 53 |
| Anne Cherkowski | Junior | Clarkson | 40 | 23 | 29 | 52 |
| Elle Hartje | Senior | Yale | 33 | 13 | 39 | 52 |

### Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Gwyneth Philips | Senior | Northeastern | 38 | 2271:56 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 0.960 | 0.87 |
| Emma Söderberg | Graduate Student | Minnesota Duluth | 33 | 1942:21 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 45 | 12 | 0.938 | 1.39 |
| Pia Dukarič | Sophomore | Yale | 33 | 1905:05 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 8 | 0.935 | 1.42 |
| Hannah Murphy | Sophomore | Colgate | 22 | 1294:41 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 0.932 | 1.53 |
| Cami Kronish | Senior | Wisconsin | 31 | 1882:44 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 8 | 0.932 | 1.56 |

## NCAA Tournament

| First Round March 9 | First Round March 9 | First Round March 9 | National Quarterfinals March 11 | National Quarterfinals March 11 | National Quarterfinals March 11 | National Semifinals March 17 | National Semifinals March 17 | National Semifinals March 17 | National Championship March 19 | National Championship March 19 | National Championship March 19 |
| | | | 8 | Quinnipiac | 2 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Penn State | 2 | 1 | Ohio State | 5 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Quinnipiac | 3*** | | | | 1 | Ohio State | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Northeastern | 0 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Northeastern | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Yale | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Ohio State | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Wisconsin | 1 |
| | | | 7 | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Clarkson | 0 | 2 | Minnesota | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Minnesota Duluth | 2 | | | | 2 | Minnesota | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Wisconsin | 3* | | | |
| | | | 6 | Wisconsin | 4 | | | | | | |
| 11 | LIU | 1 | 3 | Colgate | 2 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: each * denotes one overtime period