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

2021–22 NCAA Division I
women's ice hockey season
2021–22 NCAA Division I ; women's ice hockey season
NCAA tournament	2022
National championship	Pegula Ice Arena; State College, Pennsylvania
NCAA Division I women's ice hockey seasons
← 2020–21	→

The 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season will begin in September 2021 and will end with the 2022 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game at Pegula Ice Arena in State College, Pennsylvania on March 20, 2022.^[1]

Polls[]

Regular season[]

Realignment[]

In 2019 the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, an NCAA Division III league, took the unprecedented step of removing St. Thomas from its membership because of concerns about "athletic competitive parity."^[2] Because the removal affected all sports and was effective at the end of the 2020–21 season, St. Thomas had time to decide what it would do next. The women's ice hockey program was given the green light to jump directly to the Division I level in July 2020.^[3] The women's hockey team joined the WCHA for the 2021–22 season.^[4]^[5]

On May 26, 2021, Robert Morris announced that it was dropping both men's and women's hockey effective immediately.^[6]

Standings[]

2021–22 College Hockey America standings v
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Syracuse	8	5	3	0	10	25	16	19	6	9	4	46	50
Mercyhurst	6	4	2	0	8	17	11	21	13	6	2	59	42
Penn State	6	4	2	0	8	19	14	18	10	6	2	52	34
Lindenwood	6	3	3	0	6	17	17	18	5	13	0	48	78
RIT	6	0	6	0	0	6	26	19	0	19	0	24	104
: February 26, 2022 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated December 20, 2021

2021–22 ECAC Hockey standings v
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#8 Quinnipiac	4	4	0	0	12	11	5	12	10	0	2	44	15
Princeton	4	4	0	0	12	13	5	4	4	0	0	13	5
#9 Clarkson	4	0	0	0	11	14	4	12	9	1	2	37	14
#10 Harvard	5	3	2	0	11	17	11	6	4	2	0	23	13
#5 Colgate	4	3	1	0	8	16	11	14	11	3	0	70	28
St. Lawrence	4	2	2	0	6	9	8	11	5	4	2	23	19
Dartmouth	5	2	3	0	6	13	18	6	3	3	0	16	20
Yale	4	2	2	0	6	12	5	6	4	2	0	27	5
RPI	6	2	4	0	6	14	11	12	4	8	0	24	24
Brown	4	0	3	1	1	9	18	7	0	5	2	13	28
Cornell	4	0	3	1	1	7	18	6	1	4	1	13	21
Union	6	0	6	0	0	6	27	13	2	10	1	21	50
: March 10, 2022 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated November 9, 2021

2021–22 NEWHA standings v
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
LIU	6	6	0	0	12	0	0	12	6	6	0	0	0
Sacred Heart	6	3	2	1	7	0	0	11	5	5	1	0	0
Post	6	2	4	0	4	0	0	8	2	6	0	0	0
Saint Anselm	4	1	2	1	3	0	0	10	2	7	1	0	0
Franklin Pierce	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	9	4	4	1	0	0
Saint Michael's	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0
: March 8, 2022 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated: November 9, 2021

2021–22 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Minnesota	28	21	6	1	1	68	122	57	34	26	7	1	152	65
#2 Ohio State*	27	21	6	0	0	63	125	43	31	25	6	0	152	49
#4 Wisconsin	27	18	6	3	2	57	98	44	33	23	6	4	131	48
#5 Minnesota Duluth	28	19	8	1	0	58	102	54	32	22	9	1	117	65
Minnesota State	28	10	17	1	1	32	61	100	32	14	17	1	86	111
Bemidji State	28	8	18	2	0	25	43	104	32	11	18	3	54	110
St. Cloud State	27	4	20	3	2	17	43	100	33	9	21	3	65	115
St. Thomas	27	3	23	1	0	10	31	123	31	5	25	1	40	133
: March 6, 2022 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated February 14, 2022

2021–22 WHEA standings v
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Northeastern	10	7	2	1	23	31	10	11	8	2	1	36	10
UConn	7	6	1	0	17	14	10	12	11	1	0	32	16
Boston University	9	4	2	3	16	22	15	11	5	3	3	28	20
#7 Boston College	6	4	2	0	12	14	13	9	6	3	0	20	20
Merrimack	8	3	4	1	11	21	19	12	3	8	1	24	40
Vermont	4	2	1	1	8	8	6	9	4	4	1	18	20
New Hampshire	8	2	5	1	8	17	23	9	2	5	2	20	26
Providence	5	2	2	1	7	9	9	9	3	3	3	14	15
Maine	6	1	5	0	3	7	17	11	3	8	0	19	32
Holy Cross	7	0	7	0	0	10	31	11	1	10	0	15	46
: March 8, 2022 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated November 9, 2021

Player stats[]

Scoring leaders[]

The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on October 19, 2021.^[7]

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
	Sophomore	Wisconsin	8	8	13	21
	Graduate Student	Mercyhurst	9	10	8	18
Daryl Watts	Graduate Student	Wisconsin	8	6	12	18
	Sophomore	Colgate	8	7	11	18
Danielle Serdachny	Junior	Colgate	8	7	11	18
	Sophomore	Wisconsin	8	11	6	17
	Junior	Colgate	8	7	9	16
	Senior	Northeastern	6	10	6	16
	Senior	Quinnipiac	8	6	7	13
	Freshman	Mercyhurst	9	7	6	13
	Graduate Student	Minnesota State	8	3	10	13

Leading goaltenders[]

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average.^[7]
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
	Graduate Student	Wisconsin	4	219:49	4	62	3	1.000	0.00
Aerin Frankel	Graduate Student	Northeastern	2	120:00	2	0	2	1.000	0.00
	Sophomore	Maine	2	99:19	2	2	0	.923	1.21
	Senior	Boston College	4	240:56	4	5	0	.962	1.25
	Sophomore	Colgate	5	299:17	5	7	1	.933	1.40

References[]

^ "2019 - 2022 Future NC NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA.com. October 22, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
^ "D-III Powerhouse St. Thomas Is Getting Kicked Out of Its Conference Because It's Too Good at Sports". Sports Illustrated. May 22, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
^ "At the rink, it's 'Tommie Time,' as St. Thomas moves hockey programs to Division I". Duluth News Tribune. July 15, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
^ Jay, Michelle (July 15, 2020). "University of St. Thomas joins the WCHA for 2021-22 season". theicegarden.com. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
^ "St. Thomas can go D1; Minn. school was ousted from D3 league". Minnesota Public Radio. July 16, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
^ "RMU Charts Strategic Course Headed Into Centennial Year" (Press release). Robert Morris Colonials. May 26, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Women's Division I Overall Hockey Statistics: 2021-2022 Stats". USCHO.com. October 19, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2021.

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[1] "2019 - 2022 Future NC NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA.com. October 22, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2021.

[2] "D-III Powerhouse St. Thomas Is Getting Kicked Out of Its Conference Because It's Too Good at Sports". Sports Illustrated. May 22, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2021.

[3] "At the rink, it's 'Tommie Time,' as St. Thomas moves hockey programs to Division I". Duluth News Tribune. July 15, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2021.

[4] Jay, Michelle (July 15, 2020). "University of St. Thomas joins the WCHA for 2021-22 season". theicegarden.com. Retrieved September 17, 2021.

[5] "St. Thomas can go D1; Minn. school was ousted from D3 league". Minnesota Public Radio. July 16, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2021.

[6] "RMU Charts Strategic Course Headed Into Centennial Year" (Press release). Robert Morris Colonials. May 26, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.

[stats-7] "Women's Division I Overall Hockey Statistics: 2021-2022 Stats". USCHO.com. October 19, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2021.

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