2021-22 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season

The 2021-22 Yale Bulldogs Men's ice hockey season was the 126th season of play for the program and the 60th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Bulldogs represented Yale University and were coached by Keith Allain, in his 15th season.
==Season==
After ending an unbroken string of 125 years of varsity hockey, Yale returned to the ice looking to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the past. Unfortunately, due in part to missing all of the past season, the Bulldogs were very slow out of the gate and were never really able to find their stride.
Yale lost each of their first six games, however, more concerning was that the team went scoreless in four of those contests. Their offence did pick up a bit in early December but it didn't stay that way for long. Over the course of the season Yale's scoring was dreadful, averaging less than two goals a game. While the defense didn't play particularly well, it was able to keep the Bulldogs in most games. The pop-gun offense, however, could rarely take advantage.
The team played in two in-season tournaments during the year, finishing last in both. The Bulldogs also ended up dead-last in the ECAC Hockey standings and finished the year season with the second-worst PairWise ranking. Despite their lack of success, Yale did give Colgate a fight in the postseason, pushing the first game into overtime. However, just like the majority of the season, Yale couldn't find timely scoring and ended up getting swept out of the conference tournament.
==Departures==
Brett Jewell 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Nick MacNab 	Goaltender		Graduation (retired)
Eddie Massaro 	Goaltender		Graduation (retired)
Brian Matthews	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Kevin O'Neil 	Forward 		Graduate transfer to Connecticut
Dante Palecco 	Forward 		Graduate transfer to Sacred Heart
Tyler Welsh 	Forward 		Graduate transfer to Long Island
==Recruiting==
Ryan Carmichael	Forward/Defenseman		22	Greenwich, CT; transfer from Notre Dame
Will Dineen 	Forward 		20	Hinsdale, IL
Briggs Gammill 	Forward 		20	New Canaan, CT
Dylan Herzog 	Defenseman 		20	Auburn, WA
Kieran O'Hearn 	Defenseman 		21	North Delta, BC
Luke Pearson 	Goaltender 		20	Whitby, ON
Connor Sullivan	Defenseman 		21	Plymouth, MA
==Roster==
As of August 19, 2021.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	C 	26	8 	5 	13 	23
 	F 	30	4 	8 	12 	43
 	F 	27	3 	9 	12 	18
 	F 	28	4 	7 	11 	73
 	F 	30	3 	8 	11 	24
 	F 	24	6 	4 	10 	2
 	F 	22	5 	4 	9 	21
 	F 	30	4 	5 	9 	33
 	D 	30	4 	4 	8 	4
 	LW 	24	3 	5 	8 	8
 	D 	23	2 	6 	8 	4
 	D 	29	2 	4 	6 	33
 	D/F	28	1 	3 	4 	6
 	D 	28	1 	3 	4 	8
 	F 	30	2 	1 	3 	19
 	RW 	17	1 	2 	3 	4
 	D 	28	1 	2 	3 	4
 	D 	28	0 	3 	3 	10
 	D 	29	0 	3 	3 	14
 	F 	19	1 	1 	2 	2
 	LW 	17	0 	1 	1 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	0 	0 	2
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	6
Total	 	 	55	88	143	351
==Goaltending statistics==
 	10	521 	2	6 	0	21	229	0	.916	2.42
 	18	1087	6	10	1	49	445	0	.901	2.71
 	5 	217 	0	5 	0	15	100	0	.870	4.14
Empty Net	- 	5 	-	- 	-	2 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	30	1830	8	21	1	87	774	0	.900	2.82
==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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