# 2021–22 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season

The 2021–22 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season represented Ohio State during the 2021-22 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The program went undefeated in the postseason, winning the WCHA Final Face-off and the 2022 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament, their first National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship.

## Offseason
### Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Notes |
| Jamie Grinder | Defense | Canada | |
| Madisyn Wiebe | Forward | Canada | |

## Regular season
### Standings

2021–22 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #4 Minnesota † | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 122 | 57 | 39 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 169 | 72 |
| #1 Ohio State* | 27 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 125 | 43 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 175 | 58 |
| #6 Wisconsin | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 98 | 44 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 144 | 56 |
| #2 Minnesota Duluth | 28 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 102 | 54 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 137 | 84 |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 61 | 100 | 35 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 95 | 120 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 43 | 104 | 34 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 55 | 117 |
| St. Cloud State | 27 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 43 | 100 | 35 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 65 | 124 |
| St. Thomas | 27 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 123 | 33 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 41 | 142 |
| Championship: March 6, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 20, 2022 ||||||||||||||||

### Schedule

Source:
| Date | Opponent$^#$ | Rank$^#$ | Site | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| September 24 | St. Thomas Tommies | | The Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH | W 6-0 | 1-0-0 |
| September 25 | at St. Thomas Tommies | | The Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH | W 4-1 | 2-0-0 |
| October 1 | at Minnesota Golden Gophers | #4 | Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN | W 4-2 | 3-0-0 |
| October 2 | Minnesota Golden Gophers | #4 | Ridder Arena • Minneapolis, MN | W 4-1 | 4-0-0 |
| January 29 | Minnesota Golden Gophers | | The Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH | L 3-5 | |
| WCHA Frozen Faceoff ||||||
| February 25 | St. Cloud State | | The Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH | W 6-0 | |
| February 26 | St. Cloud State | | The Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH | W 3-0 | |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| March 12 | Quinnipiac Bobcats | | The Ohio State University Ice Rink • Columbus, OH | W 4-3 $^{2OT}$ | 30-6-0 |
| March 18 | Yale Bulldogs | | University Park, PA | W 2-1 | 31-6-0 |
| March 20 | UMD Bulldogs | | University Park, PA | W 3-2 | 32-6-0 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. ||||||

## Awards and honors

* Sophie Jaques, 2022 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year
* Sophie Jaques, Hockey Commissioner’s Association National Player of the Month for March 2022
* Sophie Jaques, Top 3 Finalist, Patty Kazmaier Award
* Paetyn Levis, NCAA Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player
* Nadine Muzerall, WCHA Coach of the Year