# 2021–22 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

The 2021–22 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 16, 2021, and concluded on March 26, 2022. This was the 49th season of Division III college ice hockey.

## Regular season

Before the start of the season, Division III lost three programs. Bryn Athyn downgraded to club status due to not having a facility near enough to their campus, St. Thomas promoted its program to Division I and Becker College was forced to close as a result of financial difficulties. Stepping into the void, Arcadia and Rivier both began their varsity programs this year.
Due to COVID-19 protocols, several games were canceled, postponed, or rescheduled over the course of the season. As a result, several conferences played unbalanced schedules and relied on winning percentages to determine the final standings.

### Standings

2021–22 Commonwealth Coast Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| University of New England †* | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 90 | 53 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 115 | 68 |
| Endicott | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 73 | 38 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 95 | 46 |
| Salve Regina | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 82 | 45 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 94 | 59 |
| Curry | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 74 | 48 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 86 | 61 |
| Suffolk | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 58 | 74 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 67 | 88 |
| Nichols | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 49 | 77 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 62 | 90 |
| Wentworth | 21 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 44 | 78 | 26 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 55 | 98 |
| Western New England | 21 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 105 | 26 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 59 | 120 |
| Championship: March 5 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions ||||||||||||||||||
2021–22 NCAA Division III Independent ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Albertus Magnus | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 88 | 69 |
| Anna Maria | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 57 | 56 |
| Canton State | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 68 | 73 |
| Rivier | 18 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 47 | 84 |
2021–22 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | OTL | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Plymouth State †* | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 85 | 36 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 117 | 58 |
| Fitchburg State | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 74 | 36 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 85 | 49 |
| Worcester State | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 50 | 48 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 77 | 84 |
| Massachusetts–Dartmouth | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 56 | 61 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 80 | 82 |
| Salem State | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 47 | 64 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 69 | 90 |
| Westfield State | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 50 | 59 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 76 | 81 |
| Framingham State | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 82 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 37 | 111 |
| Championship: March 5 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions ||||||||||||||||
2021–22 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PT% | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Augsburg † | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 42 | .875 | 72 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 113 | 55 |
| Concordia (MN) | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 32 | .688 | 59 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 86 | 61 |
| Saint John's | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 28 | .679 | 44 | 30 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 91 | 59 |
| St. Scholastica | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 22 | .500 | 43 | 47 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 64 | 71 |
| Bethel | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 25 | .500 | 43 | 52 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 77 | 75 |
| Saint Mary's | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 15 | .417 | 34 | 39 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 57 | 80 |
| St. Olaf * | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 | .393 | 34 | 45 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 82 | 94 |
| Hamline | 14 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | .179 | 34 | 55 | 26 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 58 | 102 |
| Gustavus Adolphus | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .125 | 21 | 53 | 26 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 61 | 93 |
| Championship: March 5 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ||||||||||||||||
2021–22 New England Hockey Conference standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | OW | OL | PTS | PT% | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Hobart † | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40 | .824 | 88 | 41 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 135 | 69 |
| Elmira | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | .706 | 64 | 42 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 110 | 67 |
| Massachusetts–Boston | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 35 | .667 | 75 | 43 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 102 | 68 |
| Babson * | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 35 | .667 | 75 | 52 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 110 | 74 |
| Norwich | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 30 | .611 | 64 | 41 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 82 | 49 |
| Skidmore | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 | .556 | 62 | 43 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 92 | 63 |
| New England College | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | .417 | 62 | 57 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 89 | 72 |
| Southern Maine | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .344 | 34 | 68 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 51 | 87 |
| Castleton | 18 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .111 | 35 | 92 | 26 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 59 | 116 |
| Johnson & Wales | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .111 | 28 | 108 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 46 | 133 |
| Championship: March 5 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ||||||||||||||||||
2021–22 New England Small College Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | RW | OTW | RL | OTL | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Colby † | 18 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 46 | 23 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 75 | 42 |
| Trinity * | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 36.5 | 60 | 39 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 82 | 50 |
| Williams | 18 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 30.5 | 41 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 45 | 50 |
| Wesleyan | 18 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 29.5 | 47 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 61 | 70 |
| Hamilton | 18 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 28.5 | 41 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 47 | 56 |
| Amherst | 18 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27.5 | 51 | 40 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 63 | 52 |
| Bowdoin | 18 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26.5 | 51 | 52 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 61 | 67 |
| Tufts | 18 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 37 | 53 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 47 | 65 |
| Middlebury | 18 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 49 | 65 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 62 | 94 |
| Connecticut College | 18 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 62 | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 45 | 77 |
| Championship: March 6 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||||
2021–22 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Adrian †* | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 124 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 63 |
| St. Norbert | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 96 | 47 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 148 | 95 |
| Aurora | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 81 | 50 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 121 | 78 |
| Trine | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 77 | 60 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 114 | 80 |
| Lawrence | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 52 | 67 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 76 | 101 |
| MSOE | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 59 | 66 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 93 | 98 |
| Marian | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 56 | 68 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 85 | 100 |
| Lake Forest | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 58 | 77 | 27 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 78 | 104 |
| Concordia (WI) | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 38 | 102 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 55 | 136 |
| Finlandia | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 98 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 39 | 122 |
| Championship: March 5 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ||||||||||||||||||
2021–22 State University of New York Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | PTS | PT% | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Geneseo State †* | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | .833 | 73 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 131 | 50 |
| Oswego State | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | .781 | 55 | 31 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 88 | 51 |
| Plattsburgh State | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 | .719 | 68 | 47 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 112 | 83 |
| Cortland State | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 | .625 | 46 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 85 | 62 |
| Fredonia State | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .500 | 48 | 57 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 63 | 74 |
| Brockport State | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .438 | 50 | 48 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 97 | 72 |
| Potsdam State | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .281 | 31 | 66 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 41 | 90 |
| Buffalo State | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .200 | 25 | 50 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 46 | 88 |
| Morrisville State | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .125 | 31 | 67 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 53 | 85 |
| Championship: March 5 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions ||||||||||||||||||
2021–22 United Collegiate Hockey Conference standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | OW | OL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Utica †* | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 49 | 16 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 164 | 40 |
| Wilkes | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 38 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 129 | 65 |
| Stevenson | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 42 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 87 | 66 |
| Chatham | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 74 | 92 |
| Nazareth | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 58 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 82 | 97 |
| Manhattanville | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 81 | 99 |
| Neumann | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 89 | 119 |
| Lebanon Valley | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 56 | 115 |
| King's | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 62 | 111 |
| Arcadia | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 52 | 132 |
| Championship: March 5 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champions |||||||||||||||||||
2021–22 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | PTS | PT% | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point † | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | .821 | 57 | 22 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 111 | 59 |
| Wisconsin–River Falls | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | .600 | 41 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 65 | 67 |
| Wisconsin–Eau Claire * | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 | .578 | 36 | 30 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 79 | 58 |
| Wisconsin–Stout | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .444 | 44 | 58 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 71 | 99 |
| Wisconsin–Superior | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .487 | 40 | 34 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 96 | 77 |
| Northland | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .111 | 20 | 57 | 27 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 37 | 93 |
| Championship: March 5 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ||||||||||||||||||
Note: Mini-game are not included in final standings

## 2022 NCAA Tournament

| First Round March 12 | First Round March 12 | First Round March 12 | Quarterfinals March 19 | Quarterfinals March 19 | Quarterfinals March 19 | Semifinals March 25 | Semifinals March 25 | Semifinals March 25 | National Championship March 26 | National Championship March 26 | National Championship March 26 |
| | | | W1 | Adrian (1) | 7 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Hobart | 4 | E4 | Hobart | 2 | | | | | | |
| E6 | Elmira | 2 | | | | W1 | Adrian (1) | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | W2 | Augsburg (4) | 1 | | | |
| | | | W2 | Augsburg (4) | 4 | | | | | | |
| W3 | St. Norbert | 4* | W3 | St. Norbert | 1 | | | | | | |
| W4 | St. Olaf | 3 | | | | | | | W1 | Adrian (1) | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | E2 | Geneseo State (3) | 2 |
| | | | E2 | Geneseo State (3) | 3 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Babson | 3 | E3 | Babson | 2 | | | | | | |
| E8 | Trinity | 0 | | | | E2 | Geneseo State (3) | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | E5 | University of New England | 3 | | | |
| | | | E1 | Utica (2) | 0 | | | | | | |
| E5 | University of New England | 3** | E5 | University of New England | 2 | | | | | | |
| E7 | Plymouth State | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)