2022 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2022 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2021–22 season, the 37th such tournament in NCAA history. Because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, it was the first tournament held since 2019. The top ranked team in the nation, Adrian, won the program's first national championship.
==Qualifying teams==
Twelve teams qualified for the tournament in the following ways: (Pool A) eight teams received bids as a result of being conference tournament champions from conferences that possessed an automatic bid, (Pool C) four additional teams received at-large bids based upon their records.
East	East 	East 	East 	East 	East 	East 	West	West 	West 	West 	West 	West 	West
Seed	School 	Conference	Record	Berth Type 	Appearance	Last Bid	Seed	School 	Conference	Record 	Berth Type 	Appearance	Last Bid
1 	Utica (2) 	UCHC 	25–2–1	Tournament Champion	3rd 	2020 	1 	Adrian (1) 	NCHA 	28–1–0 	Tournament Champion	10th 	2020
2 	Geneseo State (3) 	SUNYAC 	22–3–1	Tournament Champion	9th 	2020 	2 	Augsburg (4)	MIAC 	24–4–0 	At–Large 	7th 	2019
3 	Babson 	NEHC 	19–5–2	Tournament Champion	16th 	2020 	3 	St. Norbert 	NCHA 	23–6–0 	At–Large 	20th 	2019
4 	Hobart 	NEHC 	19–5–2	At–Large 	10th 	2019 	4 	St. Olaf 	MIAC 	11–14–3	Tournament Champion	2nd 	2006
5 	University of New England	CCC 	21–3–1	Tournament Champion	3rd 	2019 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Elmira 	UCHC 	18–6–2	At–Large 	16th 	2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Plymouth State 	MASCAC 	19–5–2	Tournament Champion	5th 	2020 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Trinity 	NESCAC 	17–7–1	Tournament Champion	8th 	2019 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Format==
The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination.
The top four rated teams received byes into the quarterfinal round and were arranged so that if they were to advance to the semifinals, the first seed would play the fourth seed and the second seed would play the third seed. Because two western teams received byes, the two eastern schools that were furthest west geographically, and did not receive byes, were placed in the same quarterfinal bracket and set to play against the eastern-most of the two western teams to receive byes. This was done so that the travel distance for the victor would be as short as possible. The remaining two western teams were placed in the same quarterfinal bracket as the other western quarterfinalist.
The remaining four eastern teams were arranged so that the highest-ranked first round team would play the lowest-ranked first round team with the winner advancing to play the lower eastern quarterfinalist. The higher-ranked of the two eastern quarterfinalists would play the winner of the final first round game. 
In the First Round and Quarterfinals the higher-seeded team served as host. Beginning with the semifinals, all games were held at the Herb Brooks Arena.
==Tournament Bracket==
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==All-Tournament Team==
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
==Record by conference==
Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
NCHA 	2 	4–1 	 	1 	1 	1
MIAC 	2 	1–2 	 	1 	- 	-
NEHC 	2 	2–2 	 	- 	- 	-
UCHC 	2 	0–2 	 	- 	- 	-
SUNYAC 	1 	2–1 	 	1 	1 	-
CCC 	1 	2–1 	 	1 	- 	-
NESCAC 	1 	0–1 	 	- 	- 	-
MASCAC 	1 	0–1 	 	- 	- 	-
==References==
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==External links==
*2022 Division III Bracket
 
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