The final games of the NCAA women's hockey regular season are now complete with the ECAC and AHA playoffs already underway.

Wisconsin enters the postseason as the odds on favorite to claim the WCHA and national championship titles this season as the top ranked team in the nation from start to finish. They finished the year with a 31-1-2 record, and four of the nation's top five scorers in Casey O'Brien, Laila Edwards, Kirsten Simms, and Caroline Harvey.

The only team who seemingly could knock off Wisconsin is the reigning NCAA national champions, Ohio State. The Buckeyes were the only team to hand Wisconsin a regulation loss this season, and they post a strong core including Joy Dunne, Jenna Buglioni, and Jocelyn Amos. 

ECAC Playoffs Drop The Puck

The ECAC playoffs were the first to get underway Friday night with a game between Princeton and RPI. Princeton got offense from predictable sources as Mackenzie Alexander scored a goal and two assists in the Tigers' 3-2 win over RPI, while Issy Wunder also had a goal and a helper.

Playing a single elimination format, the ECAC playoffs are a high stakes environment. Following Princeton's win, Quinnipiac shutout Harvard 2-0, Yale eliminated Dartmouth 4-1, and Union took out Brown 2-0.

Syracuse, RIT Earn Hard Fought Wins

In the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Hockey America playoffs, Syracuse played to a thrilling double overtime win over Robert Morris to punch their ticket to the semi-finals where they'll play Mercyhurst. Trailing 2-1 late in the third period, Bryn Saarela scored her 17th of the year with only 3:59 remaining to tie the game. In the second overtime Peyton Armstrong ended it for the Orange.

In the other quarterfinal, RIT managed a 4-0 shutout of Lindenwood to advance to face Penn State in the semi-finals. Kayley Favro had two goals and an assist, while Kylie Aquaro had a goal and two helpers.