2017-18 WCHA Women's Season

This is the 2017-18 Western Collegiate Hockey Association Women's season.  This is the league's 19th season.
==Membership Changes==
*On March 29, 2017; the University of North Dakota announced that the school is cutting the women's ice hockey program effective the end of the 2016-17 academic year.  The reason stated was a $1.3 million budget shortfall due to the school attempting to meet minimum standards of the Summit League which most of the school's athletic teams are moving to for 2017-18.  The men's and women's swimming and diving programs were also cut at the school.  The school announced UND will honor all athletic scholarships for the discontinued sports “at their present equivalencies for returning student-athletes."
==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 	All Seasons Arena 	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
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.
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Team 	GP 	W 	SW 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
Wisconsin Badgers 	24 	20 	2 	2 	2 	81 	29 	64 	38 	31 	5 	2 	126 	48
Ohio State Buckeyes 	24 	14 	3 	6 	4 	63 	51 	49 	39 	24 	11 	4 	112 	77
Minnesota Golden Gophers 	24 	13 	0 	8 	3 	74 	54 	42 	38 	24 	11 	3 	119 	79
Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs 	24 	10 	2 	11 	3 	49 	62 	35 	35 	15 	16 	4 	71 	82
Bemidji State Beavers 	24 	9 	1 	13 	2 	60 	68 	30 	38 	16 	19 	3 	90 	96
St. Cloud State Huskies 	24 	6 	1 	14 	4 	41 	59 	23 	33 	8 	20 	5 	52 	82
Minnesota State Mavericks 	24 	3 	0 	21 	0 	37 	82 	9 	34 	5 	28 	1 	57 	123
==Conference Tournament==
===Format===
All seven teams qualify for the conference tournament. The quarterfinal round is held February 23rd to 25th. 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 2018 WCHA Final Face-Off held at the Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The tournament champion earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===Quarterfinals===
*Ohio State Buckeyes defeated Minnesota State Mavericks 4 points to none
*Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated St. Cloud State Huskies 4 points to none
*Bemidji State Beavers defeated Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs 4 points to 2
===Semifinals===
*Wisconsin Badgers defeated Bemidji State Beavers 4-1
*Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated Ohio State Buckeyes 2-0
===Final===
*Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated Wisconsin Badgers 3-1
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