# 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season

The 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began in November 2020 and ended with the 2021 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game at Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania on March 20, 2021.

## Regular season
### Standings

2020–21 College Hockey America standingsvte :
| | Conference Regular Season | Conference Regular Season | Conference Regular Season | Conference Regular Season | Conference Regular Season | Conference Regular Season | Conference Regular Season | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #8 Penn State† | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 70 | 29 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 72 | 32 |
| #10 Robert Morris* | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 53 | 38 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 71 | 45 |
| Mercyhurst | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 48 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 37 |
| Syracuse | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 45 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 67 | 39 |
| Lindenwood | 16 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 56 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 62 |
| RIT | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 68 |
| Championship: March 6, 2021 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com |||||||||||||||
2020–21 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 |
| #5 Colgate † * | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 34 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 61 | 41 |
| St. Lawrence | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 37 |
| Clarkson | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 54 | 45 |
| Quinnipiac | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 30 |
| Brown | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cornell | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dartmouth | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Harvard | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Princeton | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| RPI | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Union | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yale | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Championship: March 10, 2021 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 25, 2021 |||||||||||||||
2020–21 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 |
| Franklin Pierce | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| LIU | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Post | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sacred Heart | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Saint Anselm | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Saint Michael's | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Championship: March 8, 2021 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com |||||||||||||||
2020–21 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #1 Wisconsin † * | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 62 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 79 | 33 |
| #4 Minnesota Duluth | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 50 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 55 | 33 |
| #3 Ohio State | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 42 | 32 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 42 |
| #6 Minnesota | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 62 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 65 | 45 |
| Minnesota State | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 38 | 56 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 38 | 56 |
| St. Cloud State | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 18.5 | 32 | 62 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 32 | 62 |
| Bemidji State | 20 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 12.5 | 24 | 72 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 72 |
| Championship: March 8, 2021 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 25, 2021 ||||||||||||||||
2020–21 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 |
| #2 Northeastern † * | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 80 | 13 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 104 | 21 |
| #7 Boston College | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 56 | 32 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 40 |
| #8 Providence | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 43 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 50 | 46 |
| Vermont | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 21 |
| #7 Boston University | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 24 |
| UConn | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 44 | 37 |
| Maine | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 29 |
| New Hampshire | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 39 | 55 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 42 | 62 |
| Holy Cross | 19 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 73 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 29 | 76 |
| Merrimack | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 64 |
| Championship: March 8, 2021 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 25, 2021 |||||||||||||||

## Player stats
### Scoring leaders

The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on March 20, 2021.
| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
| Alina Müller | Junior | Northeastern | 25 | 12 | 26 | 38 |
| Daryl Watts | Senior | Wisconsin | 21 | 19 | 17 | 36 |
| Kiara Zanon | Freshman | Penn State | 21 | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| Skylar Fontaine | Senior | Northeastern | 25 | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| Lexi Templeman | Senior | Robert Morris | 25 | 7 | 23 | 30 |
| Chloé Aurard | Junior | Northeastern | 25 | 16 | 12 | 28 |
| Sophie Shirley | Junior | Wisconsin | 21 | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| Grace Zumwinkle | Senior | Minnesota | 20 | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| Abby Moloughney | Junior | Syracuse | 22 | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| Élizabeth Giguère | Senior | Clarkson | 19 | 9 | 14 | 23 |

### Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average.
| Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Aerin Frankel | Senior | Northeastern | 23 | 1405:47 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | .965 | 0.81 |
| Josie Bothun | Freshman | Penn State | 21 | 1253:38 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 4 | .944 | 1.44 |
| Tia Chan | Freshman | UConn | 10 | 603:27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 2 | .947 | 1.49 |
| Loryn Porter | Senior | Maine | 18 | 1085:13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 1 | .954 | 1.49 |
| Emma Söderberg | Junior | Minnesota Duluth | 19 | 1114:21 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 6 | .944 | 1.56 |

## NCAA tournament

| National Quarterfinals March 15 & March 16 | National Quarterfinals March 15 & March 16 | National Quarterfinals March 15 & March 16 | National Semifinals March 18 | National Semifinals March 18 | National Semifinals March 18 | National Championship March 20 | National Championship March 20 | National Championship March 20 |
| 1 | Northeastern | 5 | | | | | | |
| | Robert Morris | 1 | | | | | | |
| | Robert Morris | 1 | 1 | Northeastern | 3* | | | |
| | | | | Minnesota Duluth | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Colgate | 0 | | Minnesota Duluth | 2 | | | |
| | Minnesota Duluth | 1* | | | | | | |
| | Minnesota Duluth | 1* | | | | 1 | Northeastern | 1 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Wisconsin | 2* |
| 3 | Ohio State | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | Wisconsin | 2* |
| | Boston College | 1 | | | | | | |
| | Boston College | 1 | 3 | Ohio State | 2 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Wisconsin | 4 | | | |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | Wisconsin | 4 | | | |
| | Providence | 0 | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Awards
### All-America teams

| First team | First team | Second team | Second team |
| Player | School | Player | School |
| Aerin Frankel | Northeastern | Emma Söderberg | Minnesota Duluth |
| Skylar Fontaine | Northeastern | Chloe Aurard | Northeastern |
| Alina Mueller | Northeastern | Danielle Serdachny | Colgate |
| Daryl Watts | Wisconsin | Grace Zumwinkle | Minnesota |
| Grace Bowlby | Wisconsin | Kiara Zanon | Penn State |
| Danielle Serdachny | Colgate | Ashton Bell | Minnesota Duluth |

### All-USCHO.com teams

| First team | First team | Second team | Second team | Third team | Third team |
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School |
| Alina Mueller | Northeastern | Chloe Aurard | Northeastern | Anna Klein | Minnesota Duluth |
| Danielle Serdachny | Colgate | Caitrin Lonergan | Clarkson | Emma Maltais | Ohio State |
| Daryl Watts | Wisconsin | Grace Zumwinkle | Minnesota | Sophie Shirley | Wisconsin |
| Ashton Bell | Minnesota Duluth | Grace Bowlby | Wisconsin | Sophie Jaques | Ohio State |
| Skylar Fontaine | Northeastern | Cayla Barnes | Boston College | Emily Curlett | Robert Morris |
| Aerin Frankel | Northeastern | Emma Söderberg | Minnesota Duluth | Loryn Porter | Maine |

### HCA Awards

* Aerin Frankel, Hockey Commissioners Association Women's Goalie of the Year 2021

#### November

* Gaby Roy, Boston College, Hockey Commissioners Association Women's Player of the Month (November 2020)
* Lauren Bench, Minnesota, Hockey Commissioners Association Women's Goaltender of the Month (November 2020)

#### January

* Aerin Frankel, WHCA National Goaltender of the Month, January 2021

#### February

* Aerin Frankel, Northeastern, WHCA National Goaltender of the Month, February 2021
* Alina Mueller, Northeastern, Hockey Commissioners Association Women's Player of the Month (February 2021)
* Lacey Eden, Wisconsin, Hockey Commissioners Association Women's Rookie of the Month (February 2021)

#### March

* Daryl Watts, Wisconsin, Hockey Commissioners Association Women's Player of the Month (March 2021):
* Makenna Webster, Wisconsin, Hockey Commissioners Association Women's Rookie of the Month (March 2021)
* Aerin Frankel, Northeastern, Hockey Commissioners Association Women's Goaltender of the Month (March 2021)