2022 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship

The 2022 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held March 24–27, 2022, in Charlottetown, P.E.I., to determine a national champion for the 2021–22 U Sports women's ice hockey season.^[2][3] The top-seeded Concordia Stingers defeated the sixth-seeded Nipissing Lakers to win the third championship in program history and first since the back-to-back titles in 1998 and 1999.^[4] The Stingers did not allow a goal during the tournament with three straight shutouts and all but one of the 11 games featured a shutout.

2022 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship

Season	2021–22
Teams	Eight
Finals site	MacLauchlan Arena Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Champions	Concordia Stingers (3rd title)
Runner-up	Nipissing Lakers
Winning coach	Julie Chu (1st title)
Championship MVP	Stéphanie Lalancette (Concordia)
Television	CBC Sports^[1]
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Host

The tournament was played at MacLauchlan Arena at the University of Prince Edward Island.^[3] It is the second consecutive tournament to be hosted by UPEI, as well as their second time hosting overall.^[5] This was the first U Sports women's ice hockey championship played since 2019 following two years of cancelled tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.^[6][7]

Participating teams

Seed	Team	Qualified	Record	Last	Total
1	Concordia Stingers	RSEQ Champion	11–3–1	1999	2
2	UNB Reds	AUS Champion	15–3–3	None	0
3	UBC Thunderbirds	Canada West Champion	14–6–2	None	0
4	Brock Badgers	OUA Champion	5–2–4–5	None	0
5	Saskatchewan Huskies	Canada West Finalist	11–7–2	None	0
6	Nipissing Lakers	OUA Finalist	8–2–0–4	None	0
7	McGill Martlets	RSEQ Finalist	12–3–0	2014	4
8	UPEI Panthers	AUS Quarterfinalist (Host)	13–7–2	None	0

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Championship bracket

	First Round: March 24/25					Semi-Finals: March 26					Gold Medal Game: March 27
	1	Concordia Stingers	7
	8	UPEI Panthers	0
						1	Concordia Stingers	2
						5	Saskatchewan Huskies	0
	4	Brock Badgers	0
	5	Saskatchewan Huskies	4
											1	Concordia Stingers	4
											6	Nipissing Lakers	0
	2	UNB Reds	5
	7	McGill Martlets	4
						2	UNB Reds	0			Bronze Medal Game: March 27
						6	Nipissing Lakers	4
	3	UBC Thunderbirds	0								2	UNB Reds	0
	6	Nipissing Lakers	1								5	Saskatchewan Huskies	2

Consolation bracket

	Semi-Finals: March 26					Fifth Place Game: March 27
	3	UBC Thunderbirds	4
	7	McGill Martlets	0
						3	UBC Thunderbirds	4
						8	UPEI Panthers	0
	4	Brock Badgers	0
	8	UPEI Panthers	2

References

1. "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
2. "U Sports prepares for 2021-22 National Championship Season; awards four new Volleyball Championship hosts". usports.ca. U Sports. June 28, 2021.
3. "U Sports Calendar". usports.ca. U Sports. June 17, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
4. "2022 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship: Veteran trio leads Trinity Western to national glory". usports.ca. U Sports. March 27, 2022.
5. "Women's Ice Hockey National Championships History". U Sports. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
6. "U Sports hockey championships cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". Sportsnet. March 12, 2020.
7. "U Sports unable to offer national championships in winter 2021". usports.ca. U Sports. October 15, 2020.
8. "U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Ice Hockey" (PDF). U Sports. September 2021.
9. "Women's Hockey: Stingers earn first No. 1 seed in more than 20 years ahead of Cavendish Farms championship". U Sports. March 20, 2022.

External links

• Tournament Web Site