2021–22 RIT Tigers men's ice hockey season

The 2021–22 RIT Tigers men's ice hockey season was the 58th season of play for the program, the 17th at the Division I level, and the 16th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Tigers represented the Rochester Institute of Technology and were coached by Wayne Wilson, in his 23rd season.
==Season==
At the start of the season, Wayne Wilson was just 9 wins shy of reaching 400 for his career. RIT shot out of the gate, trying to get their coach to that mark as quickly as they could. The team's good start, which included a surprising win over ranked Notre Dame, got Wilson to the milestone in late November and had the Tigers well positioned in Atlantic Hockey.
Unfortunately, the winter break and COVID-19 delays combined to stop all of the team's momentum as RIT played just two games (both losses) over the succeeding 6 weeks. A pair of poor stretches in January and February dropped the team down around the .500 mark and saw the Tigers' switch starting goaltenders from Kolby Matthews to Frehshman, Tommy Scarfone. Scarfone had a tough beginning to his college career, allowing 6 goals in his first start (albeit on 45 shots), but made the most of his opportunities afterwards.
Despite being outscored by a fair margin during the season, RIT's 4th-place finish gave the team a home date for the conference quarterfinals and the Tigers were able to use that advantage to give them a narrow 2–1 series win over Sacred Heart. In their semifinal game, the Tigers answered goals from Air Force on three separate occasions but could not equal the score a fourth time and lost the game 3–4.
==Departures==
Logan Drackett 	Goaltender		Graduation (signed with Jacksonville Icemen)
Alden Dupuis 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Morinville Kings)
Regan Seiferling	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Bryson Traptow 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
==Recruiting==
Tanner Andrew 	Forward 		21	Virden, MB
Gianfranco Cassaro	Defenseman 		22	Nobleton, ON; transfer from Massachusetts
Grady Hobbs 	Forward 		21	Deloraine, MB
Evan Miller 	Forward 		21	Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
Thomas Scarfone 	Goaltender 		20	L'Île-Bizard, QC
Doug Scott 	Defenseman 		21	North Vancouver, BC
Carter Wilkie 	Forward/Defenseman		21	Calgary, AB
==Roster==
As of September 7, 2021.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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|colspan=12|RIT Won Series 2–1
==Scoring Statistics==
 	F/D 	38	13	17 	30 	4
 	C 	38	15	12 	27 	12
 	LW 	37	9 	12 	21 	19
 	F 	29	11	8 	19 	12
 	D 	38	5 	13 	18 	24
 	LW/RW	38	7 	7 	14 	14
 	F 	36	6 	8 	14 	31
 	D 	38	2 	11 	13 	10
 	LW 	37	6 	5 	11 	39
 	F 	32	3 	8 	11 	22
 	RW 	34	5 	4 	9 	10
 	D 	38	3 	5 	8 	29
 	C/RW 	15	2 	4 	6 	8
 	C/RW 	38	1 	5 	6 	16
 	D 	36	1 	4 	5 	33
 	C 	29	1 	3 	4 	0
 	D 	36	0 	4 	4 	45
 	D 	38	0 	3 	3 	34
 	C 	35	1 	1 	2 	8
 	D 	11	1 	0 	1 	2
 	C 	2 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	LW 	13	0 	1 	1 	4
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	F 	7 	0 	0 	0 	7
 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	20	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	0 	0 	0 	32
Total	 	 	92	136	228	452
==Goaltending statistics==
 	20	1169	8 	9 	1	48 	545 	2	.919	2.46
 	19	1055	10	6 	3	61 	483 	0	.888	3.47
 	2 	80 	0 	1 	0	5 	30 	0	.857	3.75
Empty Net	- 	15 	- 	- 	-	1 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	38	2318	18	16	4	115	1058	2	.902	2.98
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	22 	23 	24 	25 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	- 	NR
USA Today	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.
==References==
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