# 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.

## Offseason

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

### 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) | Kelly Sabatine (3), Victoria Leimgardt, Dayle Wilkinson |
| Oct. 19 | Dartmouth | McGill | Dartmouth, 5-0 | Sasha Nanji, Laura Stacey (2), Camille Dumais |
| Oct. 20 | Harvard | McGill | Harvard, 4-1 | Jillian Dempsey (2), Samantha Reber, Miye D'Oench |
| Oct. 24 | Vermont | McGill | Vermont, 1-0 | 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 | |
| Jan. 4 | Mercyhurst | Durham Lightning (PWHL) | Mercyhurst Ice Center | | |

## Regular season
### Season standings

2012–13 College Hockey America standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall 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 vte | ECAC record | ECAC record | ECAC record | ECAC record | ECAC record | ECAC record | ECAC record | ECAC record | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| # | Team vte | 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 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 |
| 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
2012–13 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Minnesota†* | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 141 | 27 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 36 |
| Wisconsin | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 70 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 103 | 53 |
| North Dakota | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 96 | 64 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 144 | 88 |
| Minnesota Duluth | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 72 | 71 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 81 | 85 |
| Ohio State | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 75 | 80 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 107 | 96 |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 46 | 95 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 69 | 122 |
| St. Cloud State | 28 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 37 | 93 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 57 | 113 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 40 | 101 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 49 | 127 |
Source: wcha.com

## Awards and honors
### Patty Kazmaier Award finalists

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

### AHCA Coach of the Year

* Brad Frost, Minnesota

## All-America selections
### First team

* Forward, Brianne Jenner, 2012-13 First Team All-America selection
* 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