The 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began in September 2021 and ended 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.
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." 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. The women's hockey team joined the WCHA for the 2021–22 season.
On May 26, 2021, Robert Morris announced that it was dropping both men's and women's hockey effective immediately.
Standings
Player stats
Scoring leaders The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on March 20, 2022.
PlayerClassTeam Senior Minnesota 39 29 37 66 Graduate Student Minnesota Duluth 39 21 40 61 Senior Ohio State 37 21 38 59 Senior Minnesota Duluth 39 22 37 59 Senior Minnesota 39 25 34 59 Graduate Student Wisconsin 38 28 29 57 Senior Northeastern 37 30 26 56 Sophomore Wisconsin 38 27 28 55 Junior Colgate 39 15 38 53 Sophomore Wisconsin 38 23 30 53Kristýna Kaltounková Sophomore Colgate 38 28 25 53
Leading goaltenders The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average. GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average PlayerClassTeam Sophomore Franklin Pierce 19 1094:54 15 2 1 18 8 0.961 0.99 Graduate Student Northeastern 32 1911:04 25 4 2 34 11 0.956 1.07 Freshman Yale 13 757:03 9 3 1 15 5 .937 1.19 Sophomore Ohio State 22 1311:58 17 3 0 28 4 .941 1.28 Freshman UConn 17 980:34 12 3 1 21 5 .944 1.28
NCAA tournament
References