The 2022 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the national championship tournament for men's
college ice hockey in the United States scheduled for on April 7–9, 2022. The tournament involved 16 teams in
single-elimination play to determine the national champion at the
Division I level of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the highest level of competition in college hockey. The tournament's Frozen Four—the semifinals and finals—were hosted by
Hockey East at the
TD Garden in
Boston, Massachusetts.
Tournament procedure
The tournament is composed of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2022 regionals:
;March 24 & 26, 2022
:East Regional,
MVP Arena –
Albany, New York (Hosts:
Union)
:West Regional,
Budweiser Events Center
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–
Loveland, Colorado
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(Host:
Denver)
;March 25 & 27, 2022
:Midwest Regional,
PPL Center –
Allentown, Pennsylvania
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(Host:
Penn State #Redirect Pennsylvania State University
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)
:Northeast Regional,
DCU Center
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–
Worcester, Massachusetts (Host:
Holy Cross
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)
The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four:
;April 7–9
:
TD Garden –
Boston,
Massachusetts (Host:
Hockey East)
Qualifying teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 20, 2022.
The
NCHC received five bids, the
Big Ten and
Hockey East each received three, the
CCHA and
ECAC both received two, and one team from
Atlantic Hockey
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received a berth.
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Tournament bracket
* denotes overtime period
Results
Note: All game times are local.
Midwest Region –
Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Regional semifinals
Regional Final
East Region – Albany, New York
Regional semifinals
Regional Final
Northeast Region – Worcester, Massachusetts
Regional semifinals
Regional Final
West Region –
Loveland, Colorado
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Regional semifinals
Regional Final
Frozen Four – Boston, Massachusetts
National semifinals
National Championship
All-Tournament team
*G:
Magnus Chrona (Denver)
*D:
Michael Benning
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*
(Denver)
*D:
Jack McNeely
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(Minnesota State)
*F:
Carter Savoie (Denver)
*F:
Ryan Barrow (Denver)
*F:
Sam Morton (Minnesota State)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
Record by conference
Media
Television
ESPN has US television rights to all games during the tournament for the seventeenth consecutive year.
ESPN will air every game, beginning with the regionals, on
ESPN2,
ESPNews, or
ESPNU
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. Additionally all matches will be streamed online via the ESPN app.
Broadcast assignments
''Regionals''
*
John Buccigross,
Barry Melrose, and
Colby Cohen
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– Worcester, Massachusetts
*
Clay Matvick and
Sean Ritchlin – Allentown, Pennsylvania
*
Ben Holden and
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– Albany, New York
*
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and
Paul Caponigri
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– Loveland, Colorado
''Frozen Four''
* John Buccigross, Barry Melrose, and Colby Cohen – Boston, Massachusetts
Radio
Westwood One has exclusive radio rights to the Frozen Four and will broadcast both the semifinals and the championship.
*
Brian Tripp,
Dave Starman Dave may refer to:
Film, television, and theater
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, and
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