2022-23 WCHA Women's Season

This is the 2022-23 Western Collegiate Hockey Association Women's season. This is the league's 24th season.
==Membership Changes==
*None
==Membership==
Team 	Location 	Arena 	Capacity
Bemidji State Beavers 	Bemidji, Minnesota 	Sanford Center 	4,700
Minnesota Golden Gophers 	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Ridder Arena 	3,400
Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs	Duluth, Minnesota 	AMSOIL Arena 	6,764
Minnesota State Mavericks	Mankato, Minnesota 	Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center	1,000
Ohio State Buckeyes 	Columbus, Ohio 	OSU Ice Rink 	1,415
St. Cloud State Huskies 	St. Cloud, Minnesota 	Herb Brooks National Hockey Center 	5,763
St. Thomas Tommies 	St. Paul, Minnesota 	St. Thomas Ice Arena 	1,000
Wisconsin Badgers 	Madison, Wisconsin 	LaBahn Arena 	2,273
==Standings==
Teams are awarded 3 points for a regulation or overtime win and 1 point for an overtime tie. If the game is tied after the five minute overtime period the game goes to a three round shootout. The shoot out winning team is awarded an extra point in the standings. The NCAA considers games determined in a shootout as a tie.
==Conference Tournament==
===Format===
All eight teams qualify for the conference tournament. The quarterfinals are best-of-three at the higher seeded team with the top seed receiving a bye to the semifinals. The semifinals and finals are single elimination known as the 2023 WCHA Final Face-Off. The tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament.
=== Bracket ===
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==References==
Category:2023 in ice hockey
Category:Western Collegiate Hockey Association