2022 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey 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. 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.

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)

Qualifying teams

Ohio State

Minnesota

Northeastern

Colgate

Yale

Wisconsin

Minnesota Duluth

Clarkson

Syracuse

Quinnipiac

Harvard

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2022 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

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

	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

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
	0–1 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

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

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

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
	0–1 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

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

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

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

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) – 24:35 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

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

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
	0–1 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

Television

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

Broadcast assignments

Women's Frozen Four and Championship

• Clay Matvick, AJ Mleczko, and Hilary Knight.

Tournament awards

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

* Most Outstanding Player

See also

• 2022 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament