2022 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

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2022 NCAA Women's National Collegiate
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 10Syracuse0 – 4Quinnipiac The Ohio State University Ice Rink Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period11:26 – Taylor House – (Ann-Frederik Naud)
15:59 – Sadie Peart – (Courtney Vorster, Alexa Hoskin)
No scoringThird period2:15 – Jess Schryver – (Zoe Boyd, Lexie Adzija)
19:47 – en – Lexie Adzija – (Zoe Boyd)
Arielle DeSmet (27 saves / 30 shots)Goalie statsCorinne Schroeder (16 saves / 16 shots)

Wisconsin vs. Clarkson

March 10Clarkson1 – 3Wisconsin Matthews Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period17:50 – Maddi Wheeler – (Makenna Webster, Brette Pettet)
No scoringSecond period10:18 – Daryl Watts(Nicole LaMantia, Chayla Edwards)
Nicole Gosling – (Florence Lessard, Gabrielle David) – 17:59Third period19:42 – en – Delaney Drake – (Grace Bowlby)
Amanda Zeglen (23 saves / 25 shots)Goalie statsKennedy Blair (30 saves / 31 shots)

Minnesota-Duluth vs. Harvard

March 10Harvard0 – 4Minnesota-Dultuh Ridder Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period0:49 – Gabbie Hughes(Élizabeth Giguère, Anna Klein)
No scoringSecond period0:25 – Gabbie Hughes – (Anna Klein, Élizabeth Giguère)
13:29 – Gabbie Hughes – (Élizabeth Giguère)
No scoringThird period7:34 – Mckenzie Hewett – (Anneke Linser, Taylor Stewart)
Becky Dutton (26 saves / 30 shots)Goalie stats Emma Söderberg (27 saves / 27 shots)

National quarterfinals

Wisconsin vs. (3) Northeastern

March 12Wisconsin2 – 4Northeastern Matthews Arena Recap  
Casey O'Brien – (Makenna Webster, Nicole LaMantia) – 9:30First period4:17 – Katy Knoll – (Andrea Renner, Brooke Hobson)
19:55 – Skylar Irving – (Katy Knoll, Maddie Mills)
No scoringSecond period11:22 – Maureen Murphy – (Chloé Aurard, Brooke Hobson)
Brette Pettet – (Sophie Shirley, Grace Bowlby) – 3:35Third period8:57 – Alina Müller(Maureen Murphy, Maddie Mills)
Kennedy Blair (28 saves / 32 shots)Goalie stats Aerin Frankel (39 saves / 41 shots)

(5) Yale vs. (4) Colgate

March 12Yale2 – 1OTColgate Class of 1965 Arena Recap  
Ella Hartje – (Claire Dalton, Rebecca Vanstone) – 9:35First period18:41 – Kaitlyn O'Donohoe – (Dara Greig, Allyson Simpson)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Tess Dettling – (Emma DeCorby) – 2:05First overtime periodNo scoring
Gianna Meloni (28 saves / 29 shots)Goalie statsHannah Murphy (20 saves / 22 shots)

Minnesota-Duluth vs. (2) Minnesota

March 12Minnesota-Duluth2 – 1Minnesota Ridder Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period9:50 – Abigail Boreen – (Catie Skaja, Amy Potomak)
Mannon McMahon – (Clara Van Wieren) – 14:46Second periodNo scoring
Gabbie Hughes – 14:36Third periodNo scoring
Emma Söderberg (37 saves / 38 shots)Goalie statsLauren Bench (25 saves / 27 shots)

Quinnipiac vs. (1) Ohio State

March 12Quinnipiac3 – 42OTOhio State The Ohio State University Ice Rink Recap  
Ann-Frederik Naud – 8:26First period19:03 – Riley Brengman
Maya Labad – (Sadie Peart) – 6:56Second period4:30 – Clair DeGeorge – (Sophie Jaques, Madison Bizal)
Taylor House – (Kendall Cooper, Olivia Mobley) – 18:38Third period2:19 – Sophie Jaques(Liz Schepers)
No scoringSecond overtime period2:05 – Clair DeGeorge – (Liz Schepers, Riley Brengman)
Corinne Schroeder (73 saves / 77 shots)Goalie statsAmanda Thiele (19 saves / 22 shots)

National semifinals

Minnesota-Duluth vs. (3) Northeastern

March 18Minnesota-Duluth2 – 12OTNortheastern Pegula Ice Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period4:35 – Skylar Irving – (Katy Knoll, Maddie Mills)
Taylor Anderson – (Mckenzie Hewett, Naomi Rogge) – 10:05Third periodNo scoring
Naomi Rogge – (Élizabeth Giguère) – 18:15Second overtime periodNo scoring
Emma Söderberg (46 saves / 47 shots)Goalie stats Aerin Frankel (48 saves / 50 shots)

(5) Yale vs. (1) Ohio State

March 18Yale1 – 2Ohio State Pegula Ice Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Tabea Botthof(Emma Harvey, Grace Lee) – 2:43Second period7:08 – pp – Paetyn Levis – (Liz Schepers, Riley Brengman)
10:57 – Jennifer Gardiner – (Riley Brengman)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Gianna Meloni (36 saves / 38 shots)Goalie statsAmanda Thiele (23 saves / 24 shots)

National championship

Minnesota-Duluth vs. (1) Ohio State

March 20Minnesota-Duluth2 – 3Ohio State Pegula Ice Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Naomi Rogge – (Kailee Skinner, Taylor Anderson) – 18:15Second period4:10 – pp – Paetyn Levis – (Clair DeGeorge)
Élizabeth Giguère(Anna Klein) – 1:47Third period0:24 – Clair DeGeorge – (Paetyn Levis)
13:30 – Kenzie Hauswirth
Emma Söderberg (33 saves / 36 shots)Goalie statsAmanda Thiele (17 saves / 19 shots)

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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