The 2021–22 RIT Tigers men's ice hockey season was the 58th season of play for the program, the 17th at the Division I level, and the 16th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Tigers represented the Rochester Institute of Technology and were coached by Wayne Wilson, in his 23rd season.
Season At the start of the season, Wayne Wilson was just 9 wins shy of reaching 400 for his career. RIT shot out of the gate, trying to get their coach to that mark as quickly as they could. The team's good start, which included a surprising win over ranked Notre Dame, got Wilson to the milestone in late November and had the Tigers well positioned in Atlantic Hockey.
Unfortunately, the winter break and COVID-19 delays combined to stop all of the team's momentum as RIT played just two games (both losses) over the succeeding 6 weeks. A pair of poor stretches in January and February dropped the team down around the .500 mark and saw the Tigers' switch starting goaltenders from Kolby Matthews to Frehshman, Tommy Scarfone. Scarfone had a tough beginning to his college career, allowing 6 goals in his first start (albeit on 45 shots), but made the most of his opportunities afterwards.
Despite being outscored by a fair margin during the season, RIT's 4th-place finish gave the team a home date for the conference quarterfinals and the Tigers were able to use that advantage to give them a narrow 2–1 series win over Sacred Heart. In their semifinal game, the Tigers answered goals from Air Force on three separate occasions but could not equal the score a fourth time and lost the game 3–4.
Departures Logan Drackett Goaltender Graduation (signed with Jacksonville Icemen) Alden Dupuis Forward Graduation (signed with Morinville Kings) Regan Seiferling Defenseman Graduation (retired) Bryson Traptow Forward Graduation (retired)
Recruiting Tanner Andrew Forward 21 Virden, MB Gianfranco Cassaro Defenseman 22 Nobleton, ON; transfer from Massachusetts Grady Hobbs Forward 21 Deloraine, MB Evan Miller Forward 21 Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON Tommy Scarfone Goaltender 20 L'Île-Bizard, QC Doug Scott Defenseman 21 North Vancouver, BC Carter Wilkie Forward/Defenseman 21 Calgary, AB
Roster As of September 7, 2021.
Standings
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular season
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|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|RIT Won Series 2–1
Scoring Statistics F/D 38 13 17 30 4 C 38 15 12 27 12 LW 37 9 12 21 19 F 29 11 8 19 12 D 38 5 13 18 24 LW/RW 38 7 7 14 14 F 36 6 8 14 31 D 38 2 11 13 10 LW 37 6 5 11 39 F 32 3 8 11 22 RW 34 5 4 9 10 D 38 3 5 8 29 C/RW 15 2 4 6 8 C/RW 38 1 5 6 16 D 36 1 4 5 33 C 29 1 3 4 0 D 36 0 4 4 45 D 38 0 3 3 34 C 35 1 1 2 8 D 11 1 0 1 2 C 2 0 1 1 2 LW 13 0 1 1 4 G 2 0 0 0 0 D 4 0 0 0 2 F 7 0 0 0 7 G 19 0 0 0 0 G 20 0 0 0 0 D 23 0 0 0 32 Total 92 136 228 452
Goaltending statistics 20 1169 8 9 1 48 545 2 .919 2.46 19 1055 10 6 3 61 483 0 .888 3.47 2 80 0 1 0 5 30 0 .857 3.75 Empty Net - 15 - - - 1 - - - - Total 38 2318 18 16 4 115 1058 2 .902 2.98
Rankings
PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.
Awards and honors Carter Wilkie Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Year Will Calverley Atlantic Hockey First Team Tommy Scarfone Atlantic Hockey Rookie Team Carter Wilkie
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