2021–22 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season

The 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began in September 2021 and ended with the 2022 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game at Pegula Ice Arena in State College, Pennsylvania on March 20, 2022.^[1]

2021–22 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
NCAA tournament	2022
National championship	Pegula Ice Arena State College, Pennsylvania
NCAA champion	Ohio State
Patty Kazmaier Award	Taylor Heise (Minnesota)
NCAA Division I women's ice hockey seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Polls

Main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey rankings

Regular season

Realignment

In 2019 the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, an NCAA Division III league, took the unprecedented step of removing St. Thomas from its membership because of concerns about "athletic competitive parity."^[2] Because the removal affected all sports and was effective at the end of the 2020–21 season, St. Thomas had time to decide what it would do next. The women's ice hockey program was given the green light to jump directly to the Division I level in July 2020.^[3] The women's hockey team joined the WCHA for the 2021–22 season.^[4][5]

On May 26, 2021, Robert Morris announced that it was dropping both men's and women's hockey effective immediately.^[6]

Standings

2021–22 College Hockey America standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Syracuse † *	16	11	4	1	23	50	34		32	15	11	6	85	81
Penn State	14	8	3	3	19	37	23		33	18	10	5	96	57
Mercyhurst	16	10	6	0	20	53	32		35	21	12	2	107	73
Lindenwood	14	4	9	1	14	34	49		29	6	22	1	71	134
RIT	16	1	12	3	5	21	57		33	2	27	4	52	148
Championship: February 26, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 20, 2022

2021–22 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#9 Harvard †	22	16	5	1	50.5	17	11		33	22	10	1	113	72
#5 Yale	22	16	5	1	49.5	12	5		36	26	9	1	123	55
#7 Colgate *	22	16	5	1	45.5	16	11		39	30	8	1	146	69
#8 Quinnipiac	22	15	7	0	45	11	5		39	26	10	3	121	59
#10 Clarkson	22	13	8	1	41.5	14	4		37	22	12	3	106	71
Cornell	22	12	8	2	38	7	18		30	14	14	2	73	73
St. Lawrence	22	10	8	4	38	9	8		37	15	15	7	89	80
Princeton	22	9	10	3	30.5	13	5		33	13	15	5	58	65
Brown	22	6	12	4	24	9	18		29	6	18	5	52	89
RPI	22	5	17	0	17	14	11		32	9	23	0	57	80
Dartmouth	22	3	18	1	10.5	13	18		29	9	19	1	64	98
Union	22	2	20	0	6	6	27		34	5	28	1	42	136
Championship: March 10, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 20, 2022

2021–22 NEWHA standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Franklin Pierce	20	16	4	0	32	0	0		32	22	9	1	0	0
LIU	20	15	3	2	32	0	0		35	17	15	3	0	0
Saint Anselm	20	11	6	3	25	0	0		32	16	13	3	0	0
Sacred Heart	21	11	6	2	24	0	0		33	16	15	2	0	0
Post	21	3	18	0	6	0	0		32	6	26	0	0	0
Saint Michael's	20	1	18	1	3	0	0		27	3	23	1	0	0
Championship: March 8, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated: July 6, 2022

2021–22 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference									Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Minnesota †	28	21	6	1	1	68	122	57		39	29	9	1	169	72
#1 Ohio State*	27	21	6	0	0	63	125	43		38	32	6	0	175	58
#6 Wisconsin	27	18	6	3	2	57	98	44		38	26	8	4	144	56
#2 Minnesota Duluth	28	19	8	1	0	58	102	54		40	27	12	1	137	84
Minnesota State	28	10	17	1	1	32	61	100		35	15	19	1	95	120
Bemidji State	28	8	18	2	0	25	43	104		34	11	20	3	55	117
St. Cloud State	27	4	20	3	2	17	43	100		35	9	23	3	65	124
St. Thomas	27	3	23	1	0	10	31	123		33	5	27	1	41	142
Championship: March 6, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 20, 2022

2021–22 WHEA standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#3 Northeastern †*	26	21	3	2	67	96	27		38	31	5	2	136	40
Vermont	27	18	7	2	57	86	56		36	22	11	3	107	76
UConn	27	16	7	4	50	66	49		37	24	9	4	99	64
Boston College	26	16	9	1	47	71	63		34	19	14	1	88	84
Maine	26	12	13	1	41	57	59		35	15	19	1	75	87
Boston University	25	11	9	5	39	57	58		33	12	15	6	70	82
Providence	27	12	12	3	39	52	53		36	16	14	6	67	67
New Hampshire	26	9	16	1	30	51	74		34	11	21	2	71	95
Merrimack	27	6	20	1	20	53	86		34	8	25	1	61	116
Holy Cross	27	1	26	0	6	36	100		33	3	30	0	46	120
Championship: March 8, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 20, 2022

Player stats

Scoring leaders

The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on March 20, 2022.^[7]

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Taylor Heise	Senior	Minnesota	39	29	37	66
Élizabeth Giguère	Graduate Student	Minnesota Duluth	39	21	40	61
Sophie Jaques	Senior	Ohio State	37	21	38	59
Gabbie Hughes	Senior	Minnesota Duluth	39	22	37	59
Abigail Boreen	Senior	Minnesota	39	25	34	59
Daryl Watts	Graduate Student	Wisconsin	38	28	29	57
Maureen Murphy	Senior	Northeastern	37	30	26	56
Casey O'Brien	Sophomore	Wisconsin	38	27	28	55
Danielle Serdachny	Junior	Colgate	39	15	38	53
Makenna Webster	Sophomore	Wisconsin	38	23	30	53
Kalty Kaltounkova	Sophomore	Colgate	38	28	25	53

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average.^[7]
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Suzette Faucher	Sophomore	Franklin Pierce	19	1094:54	15	2	1	18	8	0.961	0.99
Aerin Frankel	Graduate Student	Northeastern	32	1911:04	25	4	2	34	11	0.956	1.07
Pia Dukarič	Freshman	Yale	13	757:03	9	3	1	15	5	.937	1.19
Amanda Thiele	Sophomore	Ohio State	22	1311:58	17	3	0	28	4	.941	1.28
Megan Warrener	Freshman	UConn	17	980:34	12	3	1	21	5	.944	1.28

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2022 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

	First round March 10 BigTen+, CollegeSportsLive					National quarterfinals March 12 BigTen+, CollegeSportsLive, ESPN+					National semifinals March 18 ESPN+					National championship March 20 ESPN+
						1	Ohio State	4**
	8	Quinnipiac	4			8	Quinnipiac	3
	9	Syracuse	0								1	Ohio State	2
											5	Yale	1
						4	Colgate	1
						5	Yale	2*
																1	Ohio State	3
																6	Minnesota-Duluth	2
						2	Minnesota	1
	7	Minnesota-Duluth	4			6	Minnesota-Duluth	2
	10	Harvard	0								6	Minnesota-Duluth	2**
											3	Northeastern	1
						3	Northeastern	4
	6	Wisconsin	3			7	Wisconsin	2
	11	Clarkson	1

Note: each * denotes one overtime period^[8]

References

1. "2019 - 2022 Future NC NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA.com. October 22, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
2. "D-III Powerhouse St. Thomas Is Getting Kicked Out of Its Conference Because It's Too Good at Sports". Sports Illustrated. May 22, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
3. "At the rink, it's 'Tommie Time,' as St. Thomas moves hockey programs to Division I". Duluth News Tribune. July 15, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
4. Jay, Michelle (July 15, 2020). "University of St. Thomas joins the WCHA for 2021-22 season". theicegarden.com. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
5. "St. Thomas can go D1; Minn. school was ousted from D3 league". Minnesota Public Radio. July 16, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
6. "RMU Charts Strategic Course Headed Into Centennial Year" (Press release). Robert Morris Colonials. May 26, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
7. "Women's Division I Overall Hockey Statistics: 2021-2022 Stats". USCHO.com. March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
8. "2022 NC Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket | NCAA.com". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 7, 2022.