Four teams from Upstate New York are among the eight teams still alive: Clarkson, Colgate, Cornell and St. Lawrence.

The 11-team field for the 2025 NCAA women's hockey tournament is set. The tournament begins with regional semifinal action on Thursday, March 13. That sets into motion a 10-day sprint through the Frozen Four, with a national champion to be crowned on Sunday, March 23.

This will be the sixth meeting this season between the top-ranked Badgers (36-1-2) and the fourth-ranked Gophers (29-11-1).

The one-off game, part of the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s “Takeover Tour,” brought 14,228 fans to the home of the Red Wings, setting a new U.S. attendance record at a professional women’s hockey game.

Young women held up signs with messages for the Professional Women’s Hockey League, calling on it to expand to Detroit

A year ago, 13,736 fans watched PWHL Boston and Ottawa on the same sheet of ice at Little Caesars Arena, home of the Red Wings.