2022 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

he 2022 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. This is the first year the tournament will feature 11 teams. The first round and quarterfinals will be played on at the campuses of seeded teams in March 2022, with the Frozen Four played on March 18 and 20, 2022 at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pennsylvania.
== Qualifying teams ==
In the seventh year under this qualification format, the winners of all four Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other seven teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded.
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Seed	School 	Conference 	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance	Last bid
1 	Ohio State 	WCHA 	29-6-0 	Tournament champion	3rd 	2021
2 	Minnesota 	WCHA 	29-8-1 	At-large bid 	18th 	2020
3 	Northeastern 	Hockey East	30-4-2 	Tournament champion	5th 	2021
4 	Colgate 	ECAC Hockey	30-7-1 	Tournament champion	3rd 	2021
 	Wisconsin 	WCHA 	25-7-1 	At-large bid 	15th 	2021
 	Minnesota-Dultuh	WCHA 	24-11-1	At-large bid 	13th 	2021
 	Clarkson 	ECAC 	22-11-3	At-large bid 	9th 	2020
 	Syracuse 	CHA 	15-10-6	Tournament champion	2nd 	2019
 	Quinnipiac 	ECAC 	25-9-3 	At-large bid 	3rd 	2016
 	Harvard 	ECAC 	22-9-1 	At-large bid 	12th 	2015
 	Yale 	ECAC 	25-8-1 	At-large bid 	1st 	Never
== Bracket ==
Note: each * denotes one overtime period
== Results ==
=== First Round ===
==== Quinnipiac vs. Syracuse ====
==== Wisconsin vs. Clarkson ====
==== Minnesota-Duluth vs. Harvard ====
=== National Quarterfinals ===
==== Wisconsin vs. (3) Northeastern ====
==== (5) Yale vs. (4) Colgate ====
==== Minnesota-Duluth vs. (2) Minnesota ====
==== Quinnipiac vs. (1) Ohio State ====
=== National Semifinals ===
==== Minnesota-Duluth vs. (3) Northeastern ====
==== (5) Yale vs. (1) Ohio State ====
=== National Championship ===
==== Minnesota-Duluth vs. (1) Ohio State ====
== Media ==
=== Television ===
ESPN had US television rights to the semifinals and national championship after entering into a multi-year contract to carry the event. The Quarterfinals were streamed on ESPN+, CollegeSportsLive, and BigTen+. ESPN+ carried the Frozen Four and the Championship, while ESPNU also carried the Championship.
==== Broadcast assignments ====
Women's Frozen Four and Championship
* Clay Matvick, AJ Mleczko, and Hilary Knight.
== See also ==
* NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
* 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
== References ==
Category:NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
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