2021–22 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
| 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season | |||||
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| NCAA tournament | 2022 | ||||
| National championship | Pegula Ice Arena State College, Pennsylvania | ||||
| NCAA champion | Ohio State | ||||
| Patty Kazmaier Award | Taylor Heise (Minnesota) | ||||
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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]
Polls
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
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 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
| 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** | |||||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac | 4 | Quinnipiac | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 0 | 1 | Ohio State | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Yale | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Colgate | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Yale | 2* | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota Duluth | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Minnesota | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota Duluth | 4 | Minnesota Duluth | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 0 | Minnesota Duluth | 2** | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northeastern | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northeastern | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | Wisconsin | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Clarkson | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Note: each * denotes one overtime period[8]
References
- ^ "2019 - 2022 Future NC NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA.com. October 22, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jay, Michelle (July 15, 2020). "University of St. Thomas joins the WCHA for 2021-22 season". theicegarden.com. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "St. Thomas can go D1; Minn. school was ousted from D3 league". Minnesota Public Radio. July 16, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "RMU Charts Strategic Course Headed Into Centennial Year" (Press release). Robert Morris Colonials. May 26, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ^ a b "Women's Division I Overall Hockey Statistics: 2021-2022 Stats". USCHO.com. March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ "2022 NC Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket | NCAA.com". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 7, 2022.