2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts is scheduled to host of the 2022 Frozen Four
Duration	October 2, 2021– April 9, 2022
NCAA tournament	2022
National championship	TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons ← 2020–21  →

The 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 2, 2021 and will conclude with the NCAA championship on April 9, 2022. This will be the 74th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held, and was US college hockey's 128th year overall.

Polls[]

Regular season[]

Realignment and suspensions[]

Seven schools that had been members of the men's WCHA made a joint decision to leave and reestablish the CCHA, whose original version had last played in the 2012–13 season. They were joined by St. Thomas, who were raising their athletic programs from Division III.^[1] Of the remaining three WCHA men's teams, Alaska would continue as an independent program, Alaska Anchorage would suspend operations until fundraising efforts could determine the future of the team ^[2] and Alabama–Huntsville would suspend operations until they could secure placement within a conference.^[3]

On May 26, Robert Morris University announced the termination of both their men's and women's ice hockey teams.^[4] The news came as a shock to most, both within and outside the program, and immediately led to fundraising efforts to secure the return of both teams. Despite collecting more than $1 million in donations in under 3 months, the university declared in early August that the team would not be able to participate in the 2021–22 season and would look to return in 2022–23.^[5] RMU would announce on December 17, 2021 that both men's and women's teams would resume play in 2023–24.^[6]

On August 31, Alaska Anchorage announced that the $3 million fundraising goal had been reached and the team would return for the 2022–23 season.^[7]

Season tournaments[]

Standings[]

2021–22 ECAC Hockey Standings v t
	Conference record											Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#6 Quinnipiac †	22	17	4	1	0	1	1	54	71	14		36	28	5	3	117	34
#17 Clarkson	22	14	4	4	0	2	3	51	86	47		34	19	9	6	113	75
Harvard	22	14	6	2	0	0	2	46	69	46		29	17	9	3	95	65
#18 Cornell	22	12	6	4	2	1	0	39	73	47		29	17	8	4	94	65
Colgate	22	9	9	4	1	0	3	33	55	57		36	16	16	4	103	103
Rensselaer	22	10	12	0	0	0	0	30	58	63		41	17	21	3	106	109
Union	22	9	11	2	3	1	0	27	52	66		35	14	17	4	84	103
St. Lawrence	22	7	10	5	2	0	2	26	44	60		35	11	17	7	68	102
Brown	22	6	12	4	0	1	2	25	36	61		31	7	20	4	50	100
Princeton	22	7	14	1	0	1	0	23	54	89		31	8	21	2	70	122
Dartmouth	22	5	15	2	0	3	1	21	45	71		32	7	22	3	69	110
Yale	22	7	14	1	3	1	1	21	38	60		30	8	21	1	55	90
Championship: indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 7, 2022

2021–22 Hockey East Standings v t
	Conference record											Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SOW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#11 Northeastern	24	15	8	1	1	1	1	47	68	46		36	24	11	1	94	60
#12 Massachusetts	24	14	8	2	2	3	1	46	77	54		33	19	12	2	105	80
#14 Massachusetts Lowell	24	15	8	1	1	0	1	46	62	48		32	20	9	3	92	66
Connecticut	24	14	10	0	2	1	0	41	73	61		33	18	15	0	101	85
#16 Boston University	24	13	8	3	3	2	0	41	69	58		34	19	12	3	106	86
Merrimack	24	13	11	0	1	3	0	41	70	70		33	18	14	1	101	90
#20 Providence	24	12	11	1	1	1	1	38	61	52		36	21	13	2	114	77
Boston College	24	9	12	3	0	1	1	32	67	77		36	14	17	5	108	117
New Hampshire	24	8	15	1	2	2	0	25	47	71		33	14	18	1	73	91
Vermont	24	6	16	2	3	1	2	20	41	72		34	8	24	2	58	99
Maine	24	5	17	2	2	3	1	19	54	80		32	7	21	4	72	105
Championship: March 19, 2022 † indicates regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2022

PairWise Rankings[]

The PairWise Rankings (PWR) are a statistical tool designed to approximate the process by which the NCAA selection committee decides which teams get at-large bids to the 16-team NCAA tournament. Although the NCAA selection committee does not use the PWR as presented by USCHO, the PWR has been accurate in predicting which teams will make the tournament field.

For Division I men, all teams are included in comparisons starting in the 2013–14 season (formerly, only teams with a Ratings Percentage Index of .500 or above, or teams under consideration, were included). The PWR method compares each team with every other such team, with the winner of each “comparison” earning one PWR point. After all comparisons are made, the points are totaled up and rankings listed accordingly.

With 59 Division I men's teams, the greatest number of PWR points any team could earn is 58, winning the comparison with every other team. Meanwhile, a team that lost all of its comparisons would have no PWR points.

Teams are then ranked by PWR point total, with ties broken by the teams’ RPI ratings, which starting in 2013-14 is weighted for home and road games and includes a quality wins bonus (QWB) for beating teams in the top 20 of the RPI (it also is weighted for home and road).

When it comes to comparing teams, the PWR uses three criteria which are combined to make a comparison: RPI, record against common opponents and head-to-head competition. Starting in 2013–14, the comparison of record against teams under consideration was dropped because all teams are now under comparison.^[8]

Player stats[]

Scoring leaders[]

Last updated March 6, 2022.^[10][11]

Leading goaltenders[]

Last updated March 6, 2022.^[12]
The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average, minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played.^[11]
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Tournament bracket[]

Awards[]

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