The 2022 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. This was the first year the tournament featured an expanded field of 11 teams. The first round and quarterfinals were played on at the campuses of seeded teams on March 10 and 12, 2022, while the Frozen Four was played on March 18 and 20, 2022 at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pennsylvania. Yale made the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history and subsequently made the Frozen Four for the first time ever. Ohio State won the tournament with a 3–2 win over Minnesota-Duluth to win their first national championship. They became only the fifth different team to win the NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament.
Qualifying teams
In the first year under this qualification format, the winners of all four Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other seven teams were selected at-large. The top five teams were then seeded. SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid1Ohio StateWCHA29–6–0Tournament champion4th20212MinnesotaWCHA29–8–1At-large bid19th20203NortheasternHockey East30–4–2Tournament champion6th20214ColgateECAC30–7–1Tournament champion3rd20215YaleECAC25–8–1At-large bid1stNeverWisconsinWCHA25–7–1At-large bid16th2021Minnesota-DuluthWCHA24–11–1At-large bid13th2021ClarksonECAC22–11–3At-large bid10th2020SyracuseCHA15–10–6Tournament champion2nd2019QuinnipiacECAC25–9–3At-large bid3rd2016HarvardECAC22–9–1At-large bid12th2015
Bracket
Note: each * denotes one overtime period
Results
First Round
Quinnipiac vs. Syracuse
Wisconsin vs. Clarkson
Minnesota Duluth vs. Harvard
National Quarterfinals
Wisconsin vs. (3) Northeastern
(5) Yale vs. (4) Colgate
Minnesota Duluth vs. (2) Minnesota
Quinnipiac vs. (1) Ohio State
National semifinals
Minnesota Duluth vs. (3) Northeastern
(5) Yale vs. (1) Ohio State
National championship Minnesota Duluth vs. (1) Ohio State
Media
Television ESPN had US television rights to the semifinals and national championship after entering into a multi-year contract to carry the event. The Quarterfinals were streamed on ESPN+, CollegeSportsLive, and BigTen+. ESPN+ carried the Frozen Four and the Championship, while ESPNU also carried the Championship.
Broadcast assignments Women's Frozen Four and Championship Clay Matvick, AJ Mleczko, and Hilary Knight.
Tournament awards All-Tournament Team G: Emma Söderberg, Minnesota Duluth D: Sophie Jaques, Ohio State D: Skylar Fontaine, Northeastern F: Kenzie Hauswirth, Ohio State F: Paetyn Levis*, Ohio State F: Naomi Rogge, Minnesota Duluth * Most Outstanding Player
See also 2022 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
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