# 2024 WCHA women's ice hockey tournament

The 2024 WCHA Ice Hockey Tournament was the 25th edition of the WCHA Tournament. It was played between March 1 and March 9, 2024. It was hosted by the University of Minnesota at Ridder Arena. As the tournament winner, Wisconsin earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament.

## Format

The tournament includes all eight teams in the conference. Teams are 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 Ridder Arena. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament.

## Standings

2023–24 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #1 Ohio State † | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 140 | 37 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 201 | 51 |
| #2 Wisconsin * | 28 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 124 | 43 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 205 | 62 |
| #5 Minnesota | 28 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 92 | 60 | 39 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 135 | 80 |
| #7 Minnesota Duluth | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 64 | 47 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 89 | 66 |
| #10 St. Cloud State | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 60 | 59 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 78 | 69 |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 52 | 94 | 38 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 97 | 120 |
| St. Thomas | 28 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 39 | 120 | 37 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 74 | 150 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 144 | 36 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 42 | 181 |
| Championship: March 9, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 24, 2023 ||||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals March 1-3 | Quarterfinals March 1-3 | Quarterfinals March 1-3 | Quarterfinals March 1-3 | Quarterfinals March 1-3 | Semifinals March 8 | Semifinals March 8 | Semifinals March 8 | Championship March 9 | Championship March 9 | Championship March 9 |
| 8 | Bemidji State | 1 | 0 | — | | | | | | |
| 1 | Ohio State | 10 | 8 | — | | | | | | |
| 1 | Ohio State | 10 | 8 | — | 1 | Ohio State | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | | | |
| 5 | St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Minnesota Duluth | 5 | 2 | — | | | | | | |
| 4 | Minnesota Duluth | 5 | 2 | — | | | | 1 | Ohio State | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | 2 | Wisconsin | 6 |
| 7 | St. Thomas | 2 | 1 | — | | | | | | | 2 | Wisconsin | 6 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 4 | 9 | — | | | | | | |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 4 | 9 | — | 2 | Wisconsin | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Minnesota | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Minnesota State | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Minnesota | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Minnesota | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Tournament Awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F: Casey O'Brien* (Wisconsin)
* F: Laila Edwards (Wisconsin)
* F: Kirsten Simms (Wisconsin)
* D: Caroline Harvey (Wisconsin)
* D: Emma Peschel (Ohio State)
* G: Ava McNaughton (Wisconsin)
* Most Outstanding Player