2016 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2016 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals were contested at the campuses of the seeded teams on March 12, 2016. The Frozen Four was played on March 18 and 20, 2016 at Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, New Hampshire with the University of New Hampshire as the host.
== Qualifying teams ==
In the second year under this qualification format, the winners of all four Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other four teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.
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Seed	School 	Conference 	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance	Last bid	
1 	Boston College	Hockey East	38–0–0 	Tournament champion	8th 	2015 	
2 	Wisconsin 	WCHA 	34–3–1 	Tournament champion	10th 	2015 	
3 	Minnesota 	WCHA 	32–4–1 	At-large bid 	14th 	2015 	
4 	Quinnipiac 	ECAC 	30–2–5 	Tournament champion	2nd 	2015 	
 	Clarkson 	ECAC 	29–4–5 	At-large bid 	5th 	2015 	
 	Princeton 	ECAC 	22–8–2 	At-large bid 	2nd 	2006 	
 	Mercyhurst 	CHA 	19–10–5	Tournament champion	11th 	2014 	
 	Northeastern 	Hockey East	28–8–1 	At-large bid 	1st 	Never 	
== Bracket ==
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
== See also ==
*2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
== References ==
Category:NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
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