2022 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament

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2022 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams11
Finals site
Champions Ohio State Buckeyes  (1st title)
Runner-up Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs  (7th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Nadine Muzerall  (1st title)
MOPPaetyn Levis (Ohio State)

The 2022 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. This was the first year the tournament featured an expanded field of 11 teams. [1] The first round and quarterfinals were played on at the campuses of seeded teams on March 10 and 12, 2022, while the Frozen Four was played on March 18 and 20, 2022 at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pennsylvania. Ohio State won the tournament with a 3–2 win over Minnesota-Duluth making it their first national championship. [2]

Contents

Qualifying teams

In the first year under this qualification format, the winners of all four Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other seven teams were selected at-large. The top five teams were then seeded.

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 Ohio State WCHA 29–6–0Tournament champion4th2021
2 Minnesota WCHA 29–8–1At-large bid19th2020
3 Northeastern Hockey East 30–4–2Tournament champion6th2021
4 Colgate ECAC 30–7–1Tournament champion3rd2021
5 Yale ECAC 25–8–1At-large bid1stNever
Wisconsin WCHA 25–7–1At-large bid16th2021
Minnesota-Duluth WCHA 24–11–1At-large bid13th2021
Clarkson ECAC 22–11–3At-large bid10th2020
Syracuse CHA 15–10–6Tournament champion2nd2019
Quinnipiac ECAC 25–9–3At-large bid3rd2016
Harvard ECAC 22–9–1At-large bid12th2015

Bracket

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 State4**
8 Quinnipiac48 Quinnipiac 3
9 Syracuse 0 1 Ohio State2
5 Yale 1
4 Colgate 1
5 Yale2*
1 Ohio State3
6 Minnesota Duluth 2
2 Minnesota 1
7 Minnesota Duluth46 Minnesota Duluth2
10 Harvard 0 6 Minnesota Duluth2**
3 Northeastern 1
3 Northeastern4
6 Wisconsin37 Wisconsin 2
11 Clarkson 1

Note: each * denotes one overtime period [3]

Results

First round

Quinnipiac vs. Syracuse

March 10
6:00 pm
Syracuse 0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)
Quinnipiac Ohio State University Ice Rink
Attendance: 230
Game reference
Arielle DeSmet Goalies Corinne Schroeder Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Michael Kaehler
Linesmen:
Aaron Neville
Glendon Seal
0–131:26 – House (Naud)
0–235:59 – Peart (Vorster, Hoskin)
0–342:15 – Schryver (Boyd, Adzija)
0–459:47 – en – Adzija (Boyd)
6 minPenalties6 min
16Shots30

Wisconsin vs. Clarkson

March 10
7:00 pm
Clarkson 1–3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1)
Wisconsin Matthews Arena
Attendance: 288
Game reference
Amanda Zeglen Goalies Kennedy Blair Referees:
Chelsea Rapin
Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Evan Cooke
Steven Saul
0–117:50 – Wheeler (Webster, Pettet)
0–230:18 – Watts (LaMantia, Edwards)
Gosling(Lessard, David) – 57:591–2
1–359:42 – enDrake (Bowlby)
10 minPenalties16 min
31Shots25

Minnesota Duluth vs. Harvard

March 10
6:00 pm
Harvard 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)
Minnesota Duluth Ridder Arena
Attendance: 732
Game reference
Becky Dutton Goalies Emma Söderberg Referees:
Todd Plouffe
Garrett Gaydoash
Linesmen:
Brian Kimmins
James Rogowsky
0–10:39 – Hughes (Giguère, Klein)
0–220:25 – Hughes (Klein, Giguère)
0–332:21 – Hughes (Giguère)
0–446:34 – Hewett(Linser, Stewart)
0 minPenalties2 min
27Shots30

National quarterfinals

Wisconsin vs. (3) Northeastern

March 12
1:00 pm
Wisconsin 2–4
(1–2, 0–1, 1–1)
Northeastern Matthews Arena
Attendance: 1,019
Game reference
Blair Kennedy Goalies Aerin Frankel Referees:
Chelsea Rapin
Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Evan Cooke
Steven Saul
0–14:17 – ppKnoll (Renner, Hobson)
O'Brien (Webster, LaMantia) – 9:301–1
1–219:55 – Irving(Knoll, Mills)
1–331:22 – Murphy(Aurard, Hobson)
Pettet (Shirley, Bowlby)pp – 43:352–3
2–448:57 – ppMüller(Murphy, Mills)
8 minPenalties8 min
41Shots32

(5) Yale vs. (4) Colgate

March 12
3:00 pm
Yale 2–1 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Colgate Class of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 795
Game reference
Gianna Meloni Goalies Hannah Murphy Referees:
Katie Guay
Tom Lynch
Linesmen:
Coby Munson
Jenny Cameron
Poniatovskaia (Hartje, Vanstone) – 8:251–0
1–118:41 – O'Donohoe (Greig, Simpson)
Dettling (DeCorby) – 62:052–1
4 minPenalties2 min
22Shots29

Minnesota Duluth vs. (2) Minnesota

March 12
2:00 pm
Minnesota Duluth 2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
Minnesota Ridder Arena
Attendance: 1,447
Game reference
Emma Söderberg Goalies Lauren Bench Referees:
Tyler Olson
Duncan Ryhorchuk
Linesmen:
Brian Jensen
Mike Mueller
0–19:50 – Boreen(Skaja, Potomak)
McMahon (Van Wieren) – 14:461–1
Hughes (Giguère)– 14:362–1
4 minPenalties2 min
27Shots38

Quinnipiac vs. (1) Ohio State

March 12
5:00 pm
Quinnipiac 3–4 2OT
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1)
Ohio State Ohio State University Ice Rink
Attendance: 778
Game reference
Corinne Schroeder Goalies Amanda Thiele Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Michael Kaehler
Linesmen:
Aaron Neville
Glendon Seal
Naud – 8:261–0
1–119:03 – ppBrengman
1–224:30 – ppDeGeorge (Jaques, Bizal)
Labad (Peart) – 26:562–2
2–342:19 – Jaques (Schepers)
House (Cooper, Mobley)pp – 58:383–3
3–462:05 – DeGeorge (Schepers, Brengman)
8 minPenalties6 min
22Shots77

National semifinals

Minnesota Duluth vs. (3) Northeastern

March 18
3:30 pm
Northeastern 1–2 2OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1)
Minnesota Duluth Pegula Ice Arena
Game reference
Aerin Frankel Goalies Emma Söderberg Referees:
Katie Guay
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Jenny Cameron
Coby Munson
Irving(Knoll, Mills) – 24:351–0
1–150:05 – Anderson(Hewett, Rogge)
1–298:15 – Rogge – (Giguère)
0 minPenalties2 min
47Shots50

(5) Yale vs. (1) Ohio State

March 18
8:13 pm
Yale 1–2
(0–0, 1–2, 0–0)
Ohio State Pegula Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,663
Game reference
Gianna Meloni Goalies Amanda Thiele Referees:
Chelsea Rapin
Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Evan Cooke
Steven Saul
Botthof(Harvey, Lee) – 22:431–0
1–17:08 – ppLevis(Schepers, Brengman)
1–210:57 – Gardiner(Brengman)
4 minPenalties4 min
24Shots38

National championship

Minnesota Duluth vs. (1) Ohio State

March 20
4:00 pm
Minnesota Duluth 2–3
(0–0, 1–1, 1–2)
Ohio State Pegula Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,008
Game reference
Emma Söderberg Goalies Amanda Thiele Referees:
Robert Ludwig
Mike Kaehler
Linesmen:
Aaron Neville
Glendon Seal
0–124:10 – ppLevis (DeGeorge)
Rogge (Skinner, Anderson) – 32:421–1
1–240:24 – DeGeorge – (Levis)
Giguère(Klein) – 41:472–2
2–353:20 – Hauswirth
2 minPenalties0 min
19Shots39

Media

Television

ESPN had US television rights to the semifinals and national championship after entering into a multi-year contract to carry the event. [4] The Quarterfinals were streamed on ESPN+, CollegeSportsLive, and BigTen+. ESPN+ carried the Frozen Four and the Championship, while ESPNU also carried the Championship. [5]

Broadcast assignments

Women's Frozen Four and Championship

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player [6]

See also

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