2012–13 WCHA women's ice hockey season

Sports season

2012–13 Western Collegiate Hockey Association women's ice hockey season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2012 - March, 2013
Number of teams	8
Regular season
Ice hockey seasons
← 10–11 12–13 →

The 2012–13 WCHA women's ice hockey season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive ice hockey among Western Collegiate Hockey Association members.

Regular season

2012–13 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA	W	L	T	GF	GA
Minnesota†*	28	28	0	0	0	84	141	27	41	0	0	216	36
Wisconsin	28	17	9	2	2	55	70	46	23	10	2	103	53
North Dakota	28	18	9	1	0	55	96	64	26	12	1	144	88
Minnesota Duluth	28	13	13	2	1	42	72	71	14	16	4	81	85
Ohio State	28	12	13	3	3	42	75	80	19	15	3	107	96
Minnesota State	28	6	17	5	1	24	46	95	10	21	5	69	122
St. Cloud State	28	5	21	2	1	18	37	93	9	24	3	57	113
Bemidji State	28	5	22	1	0	16	40	101	6	26	2	49	127

Week	Player of the week
October 3	Danielle Butters, Minnesota State University
October 11	Chelsea Knapp, Ohio State
October 18	Kayla Black, Minnesota-Duluth
October 25	Jorid Daginfrud, North Dakota Noora Raty, Minnesota
November 2
November 9
November 16
January 9	Jessica Havel, Bemidji State

Week	Rookie of the week
October 3	Hannah Brandt, Minnesota
October 11	Maryanne Menefee, Minnesota
October 18	Katie Fitzgerald, St. Cloud State
October 25	Hannah Brandt, Minnesota
November 2
November 9
November 16
January 9	Meghan Dufault, North Dakota

"Amanda Kessel, Junior, Forward. University of Minnesota" (PDF). WCHA. October 3, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 12, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
"WCHA Press Release". WCHA. October 10, 2012. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
"WCHA Press Release". WCHA. October 17, 2012. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
"WCHA Press Release". WCHA. October 24, 2012. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
"Lauren Smith. Senior, Forward" (PDF). WCHA. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2022.

v t e Western Collegiate Hockey Association women's ice hockey
Teams	Bemidji State Beavers Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota State Mavericks Ohio State Buckeyes St. Cloud State Huskies St. Thomas Tommies Wisconsin Badgers
Venues	Sanford Center (Bemidji State) Ridder Arena (Minnesota) AMSOIL Arena (Minnesota Duluth) All Seasons Arena (Minnesota State) Ohio State University Ice Rink (Ohio State) Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (St. Cloud State) St. Thomas Ice Arena (St. Thomas) LaBahn Arena (Wisconsin)
Championships & awards	Awards & honors Champions
Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25