The 2021–22 Yale Bulldogs Men's ice hockey season was the 126th season of play for the program and the 60th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Bulldogs represented Yale University and were coached by Keith Allain, in his 15th season.
Season After ending an unbroken string of 125 years of varsity hockey, Yale returned to the ice after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yale lost each of their first six games.
The team played in two in-season tournaments during the year, finishing last in both. The Bulldogs also ended up last in the ECAC Hockey standings and finished the year season with the second-worst PairWise ranking. Despite their lack of success, Yale did give Colgate a close game in the postseason, pushing the first game into overtime.
Departures Brett Jewell Forward Graduation (retired) Nick MacNab Goaltender Graduation (retired) Eddie Massaro Goaltender Graduation (retired) Brian Matthews Defenseman Graduation (retired) Kevin O'Neil Forward Graduate transfer to Connecticut Dante Palecco Forward Graduate transfer to Sacred Heart Tyler Welsh Forward Graduate transfer to Long Island
Recruiting Ryan Carmichael Forward/Defenseman 22 Greenwich, CT; transfer from Notre Dame Will Dineen Forward 20 Hinsdale, IL Briggs Gammill Forward 20 New Canaan, CT Dylan Herzog Defenseman 20 Auburn, WA Kieran O'Hearn Defenseman 21 North Delta, BC Luke Pearson Goaltender 20 Whitby, ON Connor Sullivan Defenseman 21 Plymouth, MA
Roster As of August 19, 2021.
Standings
Schedule and results
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|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Yale Won Series 0–2
Scoring statistics C 26 8 5 13 23 F 30 4 8 12 43 F 27 3 9 12 18 F 28 4 7 11 73 F 30 3 8 11 24 F 24 6 4 10 2 F 22 5 4 9 21 F 30 4 5 9 33 D 30 4 4 8 4 LW 24 3 5 8 8 D 23 2 6 8 4 D 29 2 4 6 33 D/F 28 1 3 4 6 D 28 1 3 4 8 F 30 2 1 3 19 RW 17 1 2 3 4 D 28 1 2 3 4 D 28 0 3 3 10 D 29 0 3 3 14 F 19 1 1 2 2 LW 17 0 1 1 0 G 5 0 0 0 0 G 9 0 0 0 0 G 18 0 0 0 2 Bench - - - - - 6 Total 55 88 143 351
Goaltending statistics 10 521 2 6 0 21 229 0 .916 2.42 18 1087 6 10 1 49 445 0 .901 2.71 5 217 0 5 0 15 100 0 .870 4.14 Empty Net - 5 - - - 2 - - - - Total 30 1830 8 21 1 87 774 0 .900 2.82
Rankings
PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.
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