2021-22 OUA Women's Season

This is the 2021-22 Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey season.
Laurentian University would cancel both its men's and women's hockey teams as a result of financial difficulties as the Greater Sudbury-based university.https://www.thesudburystar.com/sports/local-sports/laurentian-confirms-discontinuation-of-hockey-swimming-programs
Ryerson University would be renamed Toronto Metropolitan University in April of 2022 as a result of namesake, Egerton Ryerson, being involved in the establishment Canadian Indian residential school system.https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-long-battle-is-finally-over-ryerson-to-be-renamed-toronto-metropolitan-university/article_3aebafac-d5c9-5e63-b44f-8132abc47208.html
==Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Brock Badgers 	St. Catharines, Ontario	Seymour-Hannah Sports & Entertainment Centre
Guelph Gryphons 	Guelph, Ontario 	Gryphon Centre Arena
Laurier Golden Hawks 	Waterloo, Ontario 	Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex
Nipissing Lakers 	North Bay, Ontario 	North Bay Memorial Gardens
Queen's Golden Gaels 	Kingston, Ontario 	Kingston Memorial Centre
TMU Bold 	Toronto, Ontario 	Mattamy Home Ice
Toronto Varsity Blues 	Toronto, Ontario 	Varsity Arena
UOIT Ridgebacks 	Oshawa, Ontario 	Campus Ice Centre
Waterloo Warriors 	Waterloo, Ontario 	Columbia Ice Field Arena
Western Ontario Mustangs	London, Ontario 	Thompson Arena
Windsor Lancers 	Windsor, Ontario 	South Windsor Arena
York Lions 	Toronto, Ontario 	Canlan Ice Sports York
==Standings==
===East===
Team 	GP	W 	OW	L 	OL	GF	GA	Pts	%
Toronto Varsity Blues	16	12	2 	0 	2 	48	17	42 	.875
Nipissing Lakers 	14	8 	2 	4 	0 	47	27	28 	.667
TMU Bold 	14	6 	0 	6 	2 	33	35	20 	.476
UOIT Ridgebacks 	12	5 	0 	6 	1 	16	23	16 	.444
Queen's Golden Gaels 	11	2 	1 	8 	0 	18	31	8 	.242
York Lions 	17	3 	1 	12	1 	28	57	12 	.235
===West===
Team 	GP	W 	OW	L 	OL	GF	GA	Pts	%
Waterloo Warriors 	15	12	1 	1 	1 	45	20	39 	.867
Guelph Gryphons 	13	5 	5 	2 	1 	25	16	26 	.667
Brock Badgers 	16	5 	2 	6 	3 	29	33	22 	.458
Windsor Lancers 	16	4 	3 	6 	3 	31	30	21 	.438
Western Ontario Mustangs	15	3 	2 	7 	3 	25	38	16 	.356
Laurier Golden Hawks 	15	3 	0 	10	2 	13	31	11 	.244
==McCaw Cup Playoffs==
The top 5 teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. Due to time constraints the whole tournament is single elimination. Both finalist qualify for the 2022 U-Sport Women's ice hockey championship to be held March 24-27, 2022 at MacLaughlin Arena on the campus of the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
===First Round===
*Queen's Golden Gaels defeated UOIT Ridgebacks 4-2
*Western Ontario Mustangs defeated Windsor Lancers 1-0 (default-COVID-19 protocol related)https://oua.ca/news/2022/3/8/womens-hockey-windsor-western-womens-hockey-playoff-game-cancelled.aspx
===Quarterfinals===
*Toronto Varsity Blues defeated Queen's Golden Gaels 2-0
*Nipissing Lakers defeated TMU Bold 3-1
*Western Ontario Mustangs defeated Waterloo Warriors 2-1
*Brock Badgers defeated Guelph Gryphons 2-1
===Semifinals===
*Nipissing Lakers defeated Toronto Varsity Blues 3-2 
*Brock Badgers defeated Western Ontario Mustangs 3-0
===Final===
*Brock Badgers defeated Nipissing Lakers 2-1
Brock Badgers (as conference champion) and Nipissing Lakers (as runner-up) advanced to the 2022 U-Sport Women's ice hockey championship Playoffs.
==References==
Category:2022 in hockey
Category:OUA Women's Seasons