The 2021–22 Miami RedHawks men's ice hockey season was the 44th season of play for the program and the 9th season in the NCHC conference. The RedHawks represented Miami University and were coached by Chris Bergeron, in his 3rd season.

Season Miami opened the season with a solid performance but then saw its offense stall for much of the next two months. The RedHawks earned a surprising win over Omaha in early November but that was one of the only bright spots during the first half of the season. While their conference schedule was a murders row of ranked teams, the team couldn't get on track with its non-conference schedule, losing games to Long Island and Ferris State, two of the weakest teams in Division I hockey.

Ludvig Persson received the bulk of minutes in the crease despite fairly pedestrian performance. Even so, he was ill-served by a porous defense that allowed an average of more than 35 shots against per game. As a result, Miami was one of the worst defensive teams in the country. Only St. Thomas, who were playing their first season at the D-I level, allowed more goals.

The team's poor play continued through January, leaving the team with just a single conference win in sixteen matches. After a week off at the beginning of February, however, the RedHawks were able to recharge and sweep a series against the Mavericks, winning consecutive games for the first time in over a year. Even while losing five of their next six to end the regular season, the team kept the score close on most nights and appeared to have found some level of fight.

The late-season improvement did not prevent the team from finishing last in the conference. Miami was set against Denver in the NCHC quarterfinals and, predictably, did not fare well versus the #3 team in the country.

Departures Will Cullen Forward Left mid-season (signed with Bridgeport Islanders) Casey Gilling Forward Graduate transfer to Minnesota Duluth Phil Knies Forward Graduate transfer to Bentley Ben Kraws Goaltender Transferred to Arizona State Ben Lown Forward Graduation (retired) Alec Mahalak Defenseman Graduation (retired) Caleb Rule Forward Left program (retired) Rourke Russell Defenseman Graduate transfer to Sacred Heart Grant Valentine Goaltender Graduation (retired)

Recruiting Will Cullen Defenseman 25 Pelham Manor, NY; transfer from Bowling Green Thomas Daskas Forward 22 Rochester Hills, MI; transfer from Air Force Nick Donato Defenseman 19 Chicago, IL PJ Fletcher Forward 20 Dana Point, CA; transfer from Quinnipiac Chase Gresock Forward 23 Powell, OH; transfer from Merrimack Kirk Laursen Goaltender 21 Bloomfield Hills, MI Alex Murray Defenseman 21 Glenview, IL Logan Neaton Goaltender 22 Brighton, MI; transfer from Massachusetts Lowell; selected 144th overall in 2019 Michael Regush Forward 23 Surrey, BC; transfer from Cornell Red Savage Forward 18 Scottsdale, AZ; selected 114th overall in 2021

Roster As of September 28, 2021.

Standings

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular season

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Miami Lost Series 0–2

Scoring statistics D 36 4 24 28 8 F 35 8 16 24 14 F 36 8 15 23 20 F 35 10 12 22 32 F 21 9 10 19 6 C 35 6 10 16 43 RW 30 9 3 12 16 LW 25 6 6 12 19 F 30 5 5 10 8 D 34 3 7 10 18 D 28 6 3 9 14 F 29 4 5 9 16 C 24 3 6 9 16 F 36 3 5 8 30 D 36 1 7 8 18 C 31 7 0 7 16 D 23 1 4 5 29 F 24 0 4 4 2 D 7 0 3 3 8 D 16 0 3 3 22 F 11 1 1 2 6 D 15 0 2 2 17 D 25 0 2 2 8 C 25 0 2 2 20 G 1 0 0 0 0 F 4 0 0 0 0 D 6 0 0 0 4 G 7 0 0 0 8 D 21 0 0 0 4 G 32 0 0 0 0 Total 94 155 249 414

Goaltending statistics 31 1860 6 23 2 122 1027 1 .894 3.93 7 296 1 4 0 22 172 0 .887 4.45 Empty Net - 24 - - - 9 - - - - Total 36 2182 7 27 2 153 1199 1 .887 4.21

Rankings

PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.

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