2022 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament

2022 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	11
Finals site	Pegula Ice Arena; University Park, Pennsylvania;
Champions	Ohio State Buckeyes (1st title)
Runner-up	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (7th title game)
Semifinalists	Northeastern Huskies (2nd Frozen Four); Yale Bulldogs (1st Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Nadine Muzerall (1st title)
MOP	Paetyn Levis (Ohio State)
	← 2021 ; NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments; 2023 →;

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]

Qualifying teams[edit]

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.

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
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

Bracket[edit]

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]

Results[edit]

First round[edit]

Quinnipiac vs. Syracuse[edit]

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

	0–1	31:26 – House (Naud)
	0–2	35:59 – Peart (Vorster, Hoskin)
	0–3	42:15 – Schryver (Boyd, Adzija)
	0–4	59:47 – en – Adzija (Boyd)

6 min

Penalties

6 min

16

Shots

30

Wisconsin vs. Clarkson[edit]

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

	0–1	17:50 – Wheeler (Webster, Pettet)
	0–2	30:18 – Watts (LaMantia, Edwards)
Gosling – (Lessard, David) – 57:59	1–2
	1–3	59:42 – en – Drake (Bowlby)

10 min

Penalties

16 min

31

Shots

25

Minnesota Duluth vs. Harvard[edit]

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

	0–1	0:39 – Hughes (Giguère, Klein)
	0–2	20:25 – Hughes (Klein, Giguère)
	0–3	32:21 – Hughes (Giguère)
	0–4	46:34 – Hewett – (Linser, Stewart)

0 min

Penalties

2 min

27

Shots

30

National quarterfinals[edit]

Wisconsin vs. (3) Northeastern[edit]

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

	0–1	4:17 – pp – Knoll (Renner, Hobson)
O'Brien (Webster, LaMantia) – 9:30	1–1
	1–2	19:55 – Irving – (Knoll, Mills)
	1–3	31:22 – Murphy – (Aurard, Hobson)
Pettet (Shirley, Bowlby) – pp – 43:35	2–3
	2–4	48:57 – pp – Müller – (Murphy, Mills)

8 min

Penalties

8 min

41

Shots

32

(5) Yale vs. (4) Colgate[edit]

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) – 8:25	1–0
	1–1	18:41 – O'Donohoe (Greig, Simpson)
Dettling (DeCorby) – 62:05	2–1

4 min

Penalties

2 min

22

Shots

29

Minnesota Duluth vs. (2) Minnesota[edit]

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

	0–1	9:50 – Boreen – (Skaja, Potomak)
McMahon (Van Wieren) – 14:46	1–1
Hughes (Giguère)– 14:36	2–1

4 min

Penalties

2 min

27

Shots

38

Quinnipiac vs. (1) Ohio State[edit]

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 – 8:26	1–0
	1–1	19:03 – pp – Brengman
	1–2	24:30 – pp – DeGeorge (Jaques, Bizal)
Labad (Peart) – 26:56	2–2
	2–3	42:19 – Jaques (Schepers)
House (Cooper, Mobley) – pp – 58:38	3–3
	3–4	62:05 – DeGeorge (Schepers, Brengman)

8 min

Penalties

6 min

22

Shots

77

National semifinals[edit]

Minnesota Duluth vs. (3) Northeastern[edit]

March 18
3:30 pm

Northeastern

1–2 2OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Minnesota Duluth

Goalies

Referees:
Katie Guay
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Jenny Cameron
Coby Munson

Irving – (Knoll, Mills) – 24:35	1–0
	1–1	50:05 – Anderson – (Hewett, Rogge)
	1–2	98:15 – Rogge – (Giguère)

0 min

Penalties

2 min

47

Shots

50

(5) Yale vs. (1) Ohio State[edit]

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) – 22:43	1–0
	1–1	7:08 – pp – Levis – (Schepers, Brengman)
	1–2	10:57 – Gardiner – (Brengman)

4 min

Penalties

4 min

24

Shots

38

National championship[edit]

Minnesota Duluth vs. (1) Ohio State[edit]

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

	0–1	24:10 – pp – Levis (DeGeorge)
Rogge (Skinner, Anderson) – 32:42	1–1
	1–2	40:24 – DeGeorge – (Levis)
Giguère – (Klein) – 41:47	2–2
	2–3	53:20 – Hauswirth

2 min

Penalties

0 min

19

Shots

39

Media[edit]

Television[edit]

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[edit]

Women's Frozen Four and Championship

Clay Matvick, AJ Mleczko, and Hilary Knight.

Tournament awards[edit]

All-Tournament Team[edit]

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

* Most Outstanding Player^[6]

References[edit]

^ Haase, Nicole (December 16, 2021). "Division I Women's Hockey: NCAA approves immediate expansion of bracket; 11 teams to compete in 2022 National Championship tournament". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
^ "Ohio State wins its first title in the 2022 NCAA women's hockey tournament | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
^ "2022 NC Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket | NCAA.com". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
^ "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.
^ "NCAA Women's Frozen Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. March 19, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

[1] Haase, Nicole (December 16, 2021). "Division I Women's Hockey: NCAA approves immediate expansion of bracket; 11 teams to compete in 2022 National Championship tournament". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 3, 2022.

[2] "Ohio State wins its first title in the 2022 NCAA women's hockey tournament | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022.

[3] "2022 NC Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket | NCAA.com". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 7, 2022.

[4] "ESPNU to Televise Women's Frozen Four". sbncollegehockey.com. Retrieved March 18, 2022.

[5] "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.

[6] "NCAA Women's Frozen Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. March 19, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

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Qualifying teams[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Results[edit]

First round[edit]

Quinnipiac vs. Syracuse[edit]

Wisconsin vs. Clarkson[edit]

Minnesota Duluth vs. Harvard[edit]

National quarterfinals[edit]

Wisconsin vs. (3) Northeastern[edit]

(5) Yale vs. (4) Colgate[edit]

Minnesota Duluth vs. (2) Minnesota[edit]

Quinnipiac vs. (1) Ohio State[edit]

National semifinals[edit]

Minnesota Duluth vs. (3) Northeastern[edit]

(5) Yale vs. (1) Ohio State[edit]

National championship[edit]

Minnesota Duluth vs. (1) Ohio State[edit]

Media[edit]

Television[edit]

Broadcast assignments[edit]

Tournament awards[edit]

All-Tournament Team[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]