The 2021–22 Providence Friars Men's ice hockey season is the 71st season of play for the program. They represent Providence College in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season and for the 38th season in the Hockey East conference. They are coached by Nate Leaman, in his 11th season, and play their home games at Schneider Arena.

Providence began the season well, winning its first three games and headed into the Ice Breaker Tournament ranked in the top 10. Unfortunately, when the Friars faced other highly ranked opponents, they weren't able to sustain the same level of success. They finished last in the tournament but recovered a week later with a win over Denver. They regained their spot in the top-10 and held it until early November when they were swept by defending national champion Massachusetts. The two losses were very harmful to Providence since their record left them with little opportunity for improvement over the next month. The Friars did win the succeeding six games, however, because all of them were to unranked teams (some of whom had terrible records) they actually fell in the rankings, dropping down to 13th by the beginning of December.

The team finally got a chance to climb back into postseason contention when they met Northeastern. Unfortunately, just as they had against the Minutemen, Providence dropped both games to the Huskies and fell further down the standings. The Friars performed well in their four other games during the month but none were against ranked teams.

COVID-19 ended up causing Providence to cancel a few games at the beginning of January and the team looked out of sorts afterwards. Providence played inconsistently over the second half of the year. While the team did record impressive wins against upper-echelon clubs, the bright spots couldn't cover up the fact that, in a down year for Hockey East, the Friars finished in the bottom half of the standings.

Providence entered postseason play with only a slim chance for an at-large bid. The Friars would likely need to make the conference championship game to have any hope at making the tournament but even that would not be a guarantee. They dominated Vermont in the opening match, outshooting the Catamounts 40–18, but only scraped by with a 2–1 victory. The lack of scoring continued in the quarterfinals when they took on Massachusetts. They continued to send a barrage of shots on goal, firing 47 in total, but again could only manage 2 goals. The Minutemen, however, had no trouble getting the puck past Jaxson Stauber and notched 4 on only 19 shots and ended the Friars' season.

As of August 12, 2021.^[1]

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No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1		Jimmy Scannell	Senior	G	5' 11" (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1999-06-13	Medfield, Massachusetts	Thayer (USHS–MA)	—
2		Luke Johnson	Junior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1999-01-07	Edina, Minnesota	Sioux City (USHL)	—
3		Davis Bunz	Graduate	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1998-09-04	Middleton, Wisconsin	Central Illinois (USHL)	—
4		Guillaume Richard	Freshman	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2003-02-10	Quebec City, Quebec	Tri-City (USHL)	CBJ, 101st overall 2021
5		Ben Mirageas	Graduate	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-05-08	Newburyport, Massachusetts	Chicago (USHL)	NYI, 77th overall 2017
6		Cam McDonald	Junior	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2001-02-03	Eagle River, Alaska	Muskegon (USHL)	—
8		Riley Duran	Freshman	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-01-25	Woburn, Massachusetts	Youngstown (USHL)	BOS, 182nd overall 2020
9		Patrick Moynihan	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-01-23	Millis, Massachusetts	USNTDP (USHL)	NJD, 158th overall 2019
10		Kohen Olischefski (A)	Graduate	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1998-02-01	Abbotsford, British Columbia	Denver (NCHC)	—
11		Michael Citara	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2002-04-22	New Hope, Pennsylvania	Sioux Falls (USHL)	—
12		Nick Poisson	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-08-15	Vancouver, British Columbia	Prince George (BCHL)	—
13		Craig Needham	Junior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-03-31	Medford, Massachusetts	Youngstown (USHL)	—
14		Matt Koopman	Senior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1998-05-01	Marblehead, Massachusetts	Waterloo (USHL)	—
15		Tomáš Mazura	Freshman	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	2000-09-23	Sezemice, Czech Republic	HIFK U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)	EDM, 162nd overall 2019
16		Kyle Koopman	Senior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1998-05-01	Marblehead, Massachusetts	West Kelowna (BCHL)	—
17		Chase Yoder	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2002-05-28	Fairview, Texas	USNTDP (USHL)	PIT, 170th overall 2020
18		Jamie Engelbert	Junior	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2000-06-21	Cobourg, Ontario	Cobourg (OJHL)	—
19		Cody Monds	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2001-02-09	Brockville, Ontario	Fargo (USHL)	—
20		Parker Ford (A)	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2000-07-20	Wakefield, Rhode Island	Sioux City (USHL)	—
21		Brett Berard	Sophomore	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2002-09-09	East Greenwich, Rhode Island	USNTDP (USHL)	NYR, 134th overall 2020
22		Uula Ruikka	Sophomore	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-05-28	Oulu, Finland	Chicago (USHL)	—
23		Michael Callahan (C)	Senior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1999-09-23	Franklin, Massachusetts	Youngstown (USHL)	ARI, 142nd overall 2018
24		Max Crozier (A)	Junior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2000-04-19	Calgary, Alberta	Sioux Falls (USHL)	TBL, 120th overall 2019
25		Luke Perunovich	Senior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1997-05-12	Edina, Minnesota	Northeast (NAHL)	—
26		Alex Esposito	Graduate	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1996-06-03	West Haven, Connecticut	Vermont (HEA)	—
28		Garrett Devine	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1997-11-25	Windsor, Colorado	South Shore (NCDC)	—
29		Will Schimek	Freshman	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2001-05-22	Mendota Heights, Minnesota	Sioux Falls (USHL)	—
30		Jaxson Stauber	Junior	G	6' 3" (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1999-04-27	Plymouth, Minnesota	Sioux Falls (USHL)	—
33		Austin Cain	Graduate	G	6' 4" (1.93 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1996-09-12	Kanata, Ontario	Western Michigan (WCHA)	—

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Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.^[4]