# 2022 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament

The 2022 NCAA National Collegiate 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. Ohio State won the tournament with a 3–2 win over Minnesota-Duluth making it their first national championship.

## 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.
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Ohio State | WCHA | 29–6–0 | Tournament champion | 4th | 2021 |
| 2 | Minnesota | WCHA | 29–8–1 | At-large bid | 19th | 2020 |
| 3 | Northeastern | Hockey East | 30–4–2 | Tournament champion | 6th | 2021 |
| 4 | Colgate | ECAC | 30–7–1 | Tournament champion | 3rd | 2021 |
| 5 | Yale | ECAC | 25–8–1 | At-large bid | 1st | Never |
| | Wisconsin | WCHA | 25–7–1 | At-large bid | 16th | 2021 |
| | Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 24–11–1 | At-large bid | 13th | 2021 |
| | Clarkson | ECAC | 22–11–3 | At-large bid | 10th | 2020 |
| | Syracuse | CHA | 15–10–6 | Tournament champion | 2nd | 2019 |
| | Quinnipiac | ECAC | 25–9–3 | At-large bid | 3rd | 2016 |
| | Harvard | ECAC | 22–9–1 | At-large bid | 12th | 2015 |

## Bracket

| First round March 10 BigTen+, CollegeSportsLive | First round March 10 BigTen+, CollegeSportsLive | First round March 10 BigTen+, CollegeSportsLive | National quarterfinals March 12 BigTen+, CollegeSportsLive, ESPN+ | National quarterfinals March 12 BigTen+, CollegeSportsLive, ESPN+ | National quarterfinals March 12 BigTen+, CollegeSportsLive, ESPN+ | National semifinals March 18 ESPN+ | National semifinals March 18 ESPN+ | National semifinals March 18 ESPN+ | National championship March 20 ESPN+ | National championship March 20 ESPN+ | National championship March 20 ESPN+ |
| | | | 1 | Ohio State | 4** | | | | | | |
| 8 | Quinnipiac | 4 | 8 | Quinnipiac | 3 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Syracuse | 0 | | | | 1 | Ohio State | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Yale | 1 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Colgate | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Yale | 2* | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Ohio State | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Minnesota Duluth | 2 |
| | | | 2 | Minnesota | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Minnesota Duluth | 4 | 6 | Minnesota Duluth | 2 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Harvard | 0 | | | | 6 | Minnesota Duluth | 2** | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Northeastern | 1 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Northeastern | 4 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 3 | 7 | Wisconsin | 2 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Clarkson | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: each * denotes one overtime period

## 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