UMD and AMSOIL Arena will host 2025 WCHA Final Faceoff
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association officially announced Saturday that the 2025 Kwik Trip Final Faceoff will be hosted by the University of Minnesota Duluth and held at Amsoil Arena in Duluth, Minn. on March 7-8, 2025.
The WCHA's final four team postseason tournament returns to AMSOIL for the first time since 2012, and follows the 2023 NCAA Women's Hockey Frozen Four, which was held at AMSOIL just last season.
"The WCHA Final Faceoff is an annual showcase for women's hockey," said UMD Director of Athletics Forrest Karr. "We look forward to hosting and intend to ensure that participating teams and fans have a quality experience in every way during their time in Duluth."
2025 will mark the third time in WCHA history the postseason tournament has been in Duluth – in addition to the 2012 tournament, UMD hosted its first WCHA's Final Faceoff in 2008 at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center. Annually pitting the nation's top programs and players, the WCHA Postseason Tournament is capped by the four-team, two-day Kwik Trip WCHA Final Faceoff, the premier conference tournament in women's collegiate ice hockey.
The winner of the WCHA Final Faceoff receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship.
"We are thrilled to serve as the host of the 2025 Final Face-off," said UMD head women's hockey coach Maura Crowell. "Duluth has a great reputation for putting on tremendous hockey events, most recently the women's NCAA Frozen Four in 2023, and the people behind the operation will no doubt do a great job with this one. We look forward to welcoming the best of the WCHA next spring."
Since that inaugural event, the tournament has been held in Rochester, Minn. (2001), Blaine, Minn. (2002), Grand Forks, N.D. (2003, 2015), Minneapolis, Minn. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023), Duluth, Minn. (2008, 2012) and Bemidji, Minn. (2014).
Wisconsin leads all WCHA teams with nine postseason titles (2006, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021), followed by Minnesota with eight (2002, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2023), UMD with five (2000, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2010) and Ohio State with two (2020, 2022).
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