2022_NCAA_National_Collegiate_women's_ice_hockey_tournament
2022 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament
NCAA women's ice hockey postseason tournament
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]
Quick Facts Teams, Finals site ...
| Teams | 11 |
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| Champions | Ohio State Buckeyes (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (7th title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Nadine Muzerall (1st title) |
| MOP | Paetyn Levis (Ohio State) |
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Ohio State
Minnesota
Northeastern
Colgate
Yale
Wisconsin
Minnesota Duluth
Clarkson
Syracuse
Quinnipiac
Harvard
2022 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, 
ECAC, 
Hockey East, 
CHA
WCHA, 
ECAC, 
Hockey East, 
CHAIn 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.
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| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
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| 1 | Ohio State | WCHA | 29–6–0 | Tournament champion | 4th | 2021 |
| 2 | Minnesota | WCHA | 29–8–1 | At-large bid | 19th | 2020 |
| 3 | Northeastern | Hockey East | 30–4–2 | Tournament champion | 6th | 2021 |
| 4 | Colgate | ECAC | 30–7–1 | Tournament champion | 3rd | 2021 |
| 5 | Yale | ECAC | 25–8–1 | At-large bid | 1st | Never |
| Wisconsin | WCHA | 25–7–1 | At-large bid | 16th | 2021 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 24–11–1 | At-large bid | 13th | 2021 | |
| Clarkson | ECAC | 22–11–3 | At-large bid | 10th | 2020 | |
| Syracuse | CHA | 15–10–6 | Tournament champion | 2nd | 2019 | |
| Quinnipiac | ECAC | 25–9–3 | At-large bid | 3rd | 2016 | |
| Harvard | ECAC | 22–9–1 | At-large bid | 12th | 2015 |
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| 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** | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Quinnipiac | 4 | 8 | Quinnipiac | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Syracuse | 0 | 1 | Ohio State | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Yale | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Colgate | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Yale | 2* | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Minnesota Duluth | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Minnesota | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Minnesota Duluth | 4 | 6 | Minnesota Duluth | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Harvard | 0 | 6 | Minnesota Duluth | 2** | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northeastern | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northeastern | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Wisconsin | 3 | 7 | Wisconsin | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Clarkson | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Note: each * denotes one overtime period[3]
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 |
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| Arielle DeSmet | Goalies | Corinne Schroeder | Referees: Robert Ludwig Michael Kaehler Linesmen: Aaron Neville Glendon Seal | |||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Shots | 30 | ||||||||||||
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Wisconsin vs. Clarkson
| March 10 7:00 pm | Clarkson | 1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1) | Wisconsin | Matthews Arena Attendance: 288 |
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| Amanda Zeglen | Goalies | Kennedy Blair | Referees: Chelsea Rapin Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Evan Cooke Steven Saul | |||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||
| 31 | Shots | 25 | ||||||||||||
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Minnesota Duluth vs. Harvard
| March 10 6:00 pm | Harvard | 0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1) | Minnesota Duluth | Ridder Arena Attendance: 732 |
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| Becky Dutton | Goalies | Emma Söderberg | Referees: Todd Plouffe Garrett Gaydoash Linesmen: Brian Kimmins James Rogowsky | |||||||||||
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| 0 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Shots | 30 | ||||||||||||
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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 |
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| Blair Kennedy | Goalies | Aerin Frankel | Referees: Chelsea Rapin Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Evan Cooke Steven Saul | |||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 41 | Shots | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
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(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 |
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| Gianna Meloni | Goalies | Hannah Murphy | Referees: Katie Guay Tom Lynch Linesmen: Coby Munson Jenny Cameron | ||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
| 22 | Shots | 29 | |||||||||
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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 |
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| Emma Söderberg | Goalies | Lauren Bench | Referees: Tyler Olson Duncan Ryhorchuk Linesmen: Brian Jensen Mike Mueller | ||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
| 27 | Shots | 38 | |||||||||
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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 |
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| Corinne Schroeder | Goalies | Amanda Thiele | Referees: Robert Ludwig Michael Kaehler Linesmen: Aaron Neville Glendon Seal | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Shots | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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| Aerin Frankel | Goalies | Emma Söderberg | Referees: Katie Guay Derek Zuckerman Linesmen: Jenny Cameron Coby Munson | ||||||||
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| 0 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
| 47 | Shots | 50 | |||||||||
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(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 |
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| Gianna Meloni | Goalies | Amanda Thiele | Referees: Chelsea Rapin Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Evan Cooke Steven Saul | ||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
| 24 | Shots | 38 | |||||||||
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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 |
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| Emma Söderberg | Goalies | Amanda Thiele | Referees: Robert Ludwig Mike Kaehler Linesmen: Aaron Neville Glendon Seal | ||||||||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 0 min | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | Shots | 39 | |||||||||||||||
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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
- Clay Matvick, AJ Mleczko, and Hilary Knight.
All-Tournament Team
- G: Emma Söderberg, Minnesota Duluth
- D: Sophie Jaques, Ohio State
- D: Skylar Fontaine, Northeastern
- F: Kenzie Hauswirth, Ohio State
- F: Paetyn Levis* , Ohio State
- F: Naomi Rogge, Minnesota Duluth
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- "ESPNU to Televise Women's Frozen Four". sbncollegehockey.com. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
- "ESPN to Present the 2021 NCAA Women's Frozen Four Beginning March 18 as Part of New, Multi-Year Agreement". espnpressroom.com. February 23, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
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