2021-22 MIAC Women's Season

This is the 2021-22 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women's hockey season.
==Membership Changes==
*The conference announced on May 22, 2019 that the St. Thomas Tommies will be involuntarily removed from the conference in all sports after the 2020-21 academic year. The decision was made after consideration with the other members of the conference as St. Thomas has accounted for nearly half of the conference championships in all sports from 2003 to 2018. The school is leaving the conference in good standing.https://www.miacathletics.com/general/2018-19/releases/20190510vxuc8l On July 15, 2020 the women's program was announced as joining the Western Collegiate Hockey Association for the 2021-22 season and the men were reporting they would announce a conference affiliation at a later datehttps://www.uscho.com/2020/07/15/st-thomas-joining-wcha-womens-conference-with-2021-22-season-big-win-for-womens-hockey/
*On May 27, 2020 the College of St. Scholsatica announced that the St. Scholastica Saints men's ice hockey and St. Scholastica Saints women's ice hockey teams would be joining the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association for the 2021-22 playing season replacing the St. Thomas Tommies (NCAA) men's ice hockey and St. Thomas Tommies (NCAA) women's ice hockey teams respectively.https://www.uscho.com/2020/05/27/st-scholastica-mens-womens-hockey-teams-moving-from-ncha-to-miac-effective-21-22-season/
==Membership==
Team 	Location 	Arena
Augsburg Auggies 	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Ed Saugestad Rink
Bethel Royals 	Arden Hills, Minnesota	Bethel University Arena
Concordia Cobbers 	Moorhead, Minnesota 	Moorhead Sports Center
Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties	St. Peter, Minnesota 	Don Roberts Arena
Hamline Pipers 	St. Paul, Minnesota 	TRIA Rink at Treasure Island Center
St. Benedict Bennies 	St. Joseph, Minnesota 	Dave Torrey Arena
St. Catherine Wildcats 	St. Paul, Minnesota 	Drake Arena
St. Mary's Cardinals 	Winona, Minnesota 	St. Mary's Ice Arena
St. Olaf Oles 	Northfield, Minnesota 	St. Olaf Ice Arena
St. Scholastica Saints 	Duluth, Minnesota 	MARS Lakeview Arena
==Standings==
As teams played an unequal number of games points percentage was used to determine the standings and seeding for the conference tournament.
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Team 	GP 	W 	L 	OW 	OL 	GF 	GA 	% 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
Gustavus Adolphus 	16 	13 	1 	1 	1 	61 	13 	.875 	28 	23 	3 	2 	112 	28
Hamline Pipers 	16 	11 	5 	0 	0 	56 	27 	.688 	25 	15 	10 	0 	82 	54
St. Mary's Cardinals 	16 	9 	5 	2 	0 	28 	31 	.642 	25 	13 	10 	2 	45 	60
St. Scholastica Saints 	15 	8 	5 	2 	0 	41 	33 	.622 	24 	12 	10 	2 	70 	65
Augsburg Auggies 	16 	8 	6 	0 	2 	44 	36 	.542 	25 	12 	11 	2 	73 	70
St. Benedict Bennies 	14 	6 	7 	1 	0 	28 	32 	.476 	23 	10 	12 	1 	56 	65
Bethel Royals 	13 	5 	6 	0 	2 	18 	26 	.436 	21 	8 	11 	2 	37 	57
Concordia Cobbers 	16 	5 	10 	0 	1 	35 	46 	.333 	25 	10 	14 	1 	57 	68
St. Catherine Wildcats 	16 	4 	12 	0 	0 	33 	54 	.250 	25 	8 	16 	1 	57 	69
St. Olaf Oles 	18 	3 	15 	0 	0 	19 	65 	.167 	26 	9 	17 	0 	41 	84
==Conference Tournament==
Traditionally, the top five teams qualify for the conference tournament. However, due to issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams qualified for the tournament. The tournament champion earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===First Round===
*Bethel Royals defeated St. Olaf Oles 3-1
*Concordia Cobbers defeated St. Catherine Wildcats 1-0
===Quarterfinals===
*Gustavus Adolphus defeated Concordia Cobbers 5-1
*Hamline Pipers defeated Bethel Royals 8-0
*St. Mary's Cardinals defeated St. Benedict Bennies 5-3
*St. Scholastica Saints defeated Augsburg Auggies 6-3
===Semifinals===
*Gustavus Adolphus defeated St. Scholastica Saints 5-0
*Hamline Pipers defeated St. Mary's Cardinals 4-2
===Final===
*Gustavus Adolphus defeated Hamline Pipers 6-1
The Gustavus Adolphus earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
==References==
Category:2022 in hockey
Category:MIAC Seasons