2021-22 MIAC Men's Season

This is the 2021-22 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men'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 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/ This would become a moot point as the 2021 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament would be cancelled anyway.
==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. John's Johnnies 	Collegeville, Minnesota	Dave Torrey Arena andHerb Brooks National Hockey Center
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==
The MIAC uses a system where teams are awarded three points for a regulation or overtime win, two points for a shootout win, one point for a shootout loss, no points for an regulation or overtime loss. The NCAA allows shootout for conference games; but, considers games determined in a shootout to be a tie for record keeping purposes and these standings reflect the NCAA policy for W-L-T but the Pts. totals are based on the conference's system.
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Team 	GP 	W 	L 	OL 	GF 	GA 	% 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
Augsburg Auggies 	16 	14 	2 	0 	72 	29 	.875 	30 	25 	5 	0 	113 	55
Concordia Cobbers 	16 	11 	4 	1 	59 	34 	.688 	26 	13 	10 	3 	86 	61
St. John's Johnnies 	14 	9 	4 	1 	44 	30 	.667 	27 	17 	8 	2 	91 	59
St. Scholastica Saints 	14 	8 	6 	0 	43 	47 	.548 	23 	11 	10 	2 	64 	71
Bethel Royals 	16 	8 	7 	1 	43 	52 	.479 	27 	15 	11 	1 	77 	75
St. Mary's Cardinals 	12 	5 	7 	0 	34 	39 	.417 	23 	8 	14 	1 	57 	80
St. Olaf Oles 	14 	6 	8 	0 	34 	45 	.405 	29 	11 	15 	3 	82 	94
Hamline Pipers 	14 	2 	10 	2 	34 	55 	.167 	26 	4 	18 	4 	58 	102
Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 	12 	1 	9 	2 	21 	53 	.111 	26 	6 	16 	4 	61 	93
==Ed Saugestad Trophy Conference Tournament==
===Format===
Traditionally, the top five teams qualify for the single elimination tournament. Due to numerous cancellations the tournament was expanded to include all teams with the 8th place team playing the 9th place team in the first round. The top seed plays the first round winner, the 2nd seed plays the 7 seed, 3rd plays 6th, and 4th plays 5th in the quarterfinals. Teams are not reseeded for the semifinals with the winner of the 1-8 and 4-5 games meeting in one semifinal and the 2-7 and 3-6 game winners meeting in the other semifinal. The semifinal winners meet for the conference championship, the Saugestad Cup, and the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===First Round===
*Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties defeated Hamline Pipers 4-3
===Quarterfinal===
*Augsburg Auggies defeated Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties 4-3 (ot)
*St. Olaf Oles defeated Concordia Cobbers 3-2
*St. John's Johnnies defeated St. Mary's Cardinals 5-1
*Bethel Royals defeated St. Scholastica Saints 4-3 (ot)
===Semifinals===
*Augsburg Auggies defeated Bethel Royals 7-0
*St. Olaf Oles defeated St. John's Johnnies 3-1
===Final===
*St. Olaf Oles defeated Augsburg Auggies 5-2
==References==
Category:2022 in hockey
Category:MIAC Seasons