2021–22 Ferris State Bulldogs men's ice hockey season

The 2021–22 Ferris State Bulldogs men's ice hockey season will be the 47th season of play for the program. They will represent Ferris State University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. This season will mark the 36th season in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). They will be coached by Bob Daniels, in his 30th season, and play their home games at Ewigleben Arena.
==Season==
Ferris State joined with six other members of the WCHA to restart the CCHA for the 2021–22 season. Ferris State was eager to leave the previous season behind after posting one of the worst records in the history of college hockey. Straight away, the team's offense looked much better, scoring four goals in each of their first two games and equaling their win total from the previous season after just the first weekend.
While the Bulldogs put up several more wins over the succeeding month, including over #2 Minnesota State, the team was being let down by subpar goaltending. After going through an 8-game losing skid in November, where they surrendered at least 5 goals against on 5 occasions, head coach Bob Daniels knew something had to be done. He was able to lure Noah Giesbrecht from Windsor after the fall semester and the team began to respond to the new netminder. Giesbrecht put together a solid stretch and helped the Bulldogs produce their only weekend sweep of the season, downing Bemidji State in late-January. Giesbrecht would end up sharing the goal with senior Logan Stein by the end of the season and Ferris State ended the year with 11 wins, 10 more than they had all of the previous year.
The Bulldogs' goaltenders shone in the postseason, turning aside a barrage of shots from Michigan Tech in both games. While the team managed to push the Huskies into overtime twice, they weren't able to get the final goal on either occasion.
==Departures==
Lucas Finner	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Max Finner 	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
Coale Norris	Forward 		Graduate transfer to Bowling Green
Justin Smith	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
Hunter Wendt	Forward 		Transferred to Adrian
Jake Willets	Defenseman		Transferred to Lake Superior State
==Recruiting==
Nico DeVita 	Defenseman		20	Bellevue, WA
Kaleb Ergang 	Forward 		20	Spruce Grove, AB
Zach Faremouth 	Forward 		21	Jackson, MI
Noah Giesbrecht 	Goaltender		22	South Surrey, BC; mid-season transfer from Windsor
Nick Grimaldi 	Forward 		22	Plymouth, MI
Bradley Marek 	Forward 		20	Big Rapids, MI
Brendon Michaelian	Defenseman		23	Wixom, MI; transfer from Robert Morris
Nick Nardecchia 	Forward 		20	Macomb, MI
==Roster==
As of January 10, 2022.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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|colspan=12|Ferris State Lost Series 0–2
==Scoring statistics==
 	F 	35	8 	15 	23 	12
 	F 	36	10	9 	19 	12
 	F 	29	7 	12 	19 	32
 	F 	35	6 	11 	17 	49
 	F 	31	3 	11 	14 	16
 	F 	34	10	3 	13 	50
 	F 	30	5 	8 	13 	23
 	D 	34	1 	12 	13 	10
 	LW	28	4 	8 	12 	22
 	D 	36	4 	8 	12 	28
 	RW	21	5 	6 	11 	17
 	F 	16	4 	4 	8 	22
 	RW	25	4 	3 	7 	20
 	D 	36	4 	3 	7 	16
 	F 	32	3 	4 	7 	48
 	D 	29	1 	6 	7 	10
 	F 	25	4 	2 	6 	6
 	D 	18	2 	4 	6 	6
 	D 	24	1 	5 	6 	6
 	RW	28	2 	3 	5 	14
 	F 	23	1 	4 	5 	27
 	D 	28	0 	5 	5 	20
 	D 	29	1 	2 	3 	10
 	F 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	F 	5 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	26	0 	0 	0 	2
Total	 	 	90	147	237	494
 	4 	43 	0 	0 	0	2 	23 	0	.920	2.74
 	10	598 	3 	6 	1	32 	269	0	.894	3.21
 	26	1316	7 	16	0	79 	608	0	.885	3.60
 	8 	229 	1 	2 	0	17 	89 	0	.840	4.45
Empty Net	- 	15 	- 	- 	-	5 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	36	2201	11	24	1	135	989	0	.881	3.65
==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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