# 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season

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.

## 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

* 2021–22 College Hockey America standingsvte Conference Overall GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA Syracuse † *16114123503432151168581 Penn State1483319372333181059657 Mercyhurst161060205332352112210773 Lindenwood1449114344929622171134 RIT1611235215733227452148 Championship: February 26, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 20, 2022
* 2021–22 ECAC Hockey standingsvte Conference Overall GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA #9 Harvard †22165150.51711332210111372 #5 Yale22165149.512536269112355 #7 Colgate *22165145.5161139308114669 #8 Quinnipiac22157045115392610312159 #10 Clarkson22138141.5144372212310671 Cornell2212823871830141427373 St. Lawrence221084389837151578980 Princeton22910330.513533131555865 Brown226124249182961855289 RPI2251701714113292305780 Dartmouth22318110.513182991916498 Union222200662734528142136 Championship: March 10, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 20, 2022
* 2021–22 NEWHA standingsvte Conference Overall GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA Franklin Pierce201640320032229100 LIU2015323200351715300 Saint Anselm2011632500321613300 Sacred Heart2111622400331615200 Post21318060032626000 Saint Michael's20118130027323100 Championship: March 8, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated: July 6, 2022
* 2021–22 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte Conference Overall GP W L T SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA #4 Minnesota †2821611681225739299116972 #1 Ohio State*2721600631254338326017558 #6 Wisconsin271863257984438268414456 #2 Minnesota Duluth28198105810254402712113784 Minnesota State281017113261100351519195120 Bemidji State28818202543104341120355117 St. Cloud State2742032174310035923365124 St. Thomas2732310103112333527141142 Championship: March 6, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 20, 2022
* 2021–22 WHEA standingsvte Conference Overall GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA #3 Northeastern †*26213267962738315213640 Vermont271872578656362211310776 UConn2716745066493724949964 Boston College26169147716334191418884 Maine261213141575935151917587 Boston University25119539575833121567082 Providence271212339525336161466767 New Hampshire26916130517434112127195 Merrimack27620120538634825161116 Holy Cross27126063610033330046120 Championship: March 8, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 20, 2022

## Player stats
### Scoring leaders

The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on March 20, 2022.
| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
| Taylor Heise | Senior | Minnesota | 39 | 29 | 37 | 66 |
| Élizabeth Giguère | Graduate Student | Minnesota Duluth | 39 | 21 | 40 | 61 |
| Sophie Jaques | Senior | Ohio State | 37 | 21 | 38 | 59 |
| Gabbie Hughes | Senior | Minnesota Duluth | 39 | 22 | 37 | 59 |
| Abigail Boreen | Senior | Minnesota | 39 | 25 | 34 | 59 |
| Daryl Watts | Graduate Student | Wisconsin | 38 | 28 | 29 | 57 |
| Maureen Murphy | Senior | Northeastern | 37 | 30 | 26 | 56 |
| Casey O'Brien | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 38 | 27 | 28 | 55 |
| Danielle Serdachny | Junior | Colgate | 39 | 15 | 38 | 53 |
| Makenna Webster | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 38 | 23 | 30 | 53 |
| Kalty Kaltounkova | 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
| Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Suzette Faucher | Sophomore | Franklin Pierce | 19 | 1094:54 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 0.961 | 0.99 |
| Aerin Frankel | Graduate Student | Northeastern | 32 | 1911:04 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 0.956 | 1.07 |
| Pia Dukarič | Freshman | Yale | 13 | 757:03 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | .937 | 1.19 |
| Amanda Thiele | Sophomore | Ohio State | 22 | 1311:58 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 4 | .941 | 1.28 |
| Megan Warrener | Freshman | UConn | 17 | 980:34 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 5 | .944 | 1.28 |

## NCAA tournament

| 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