The 2022 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the national championship tournament for men's

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in the United States scheduled for on April 7–9, 2022. The tournament involved 16 teams in

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play to determine the national champion at the Division I level of the

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(NCAA), the highest level of competition in college hockey. The tournament's Frozen Four—the semifinals and finals—were hosted by

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at the

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, 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,

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(Hosts:

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) :West Regional,

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– Loveland, Colorado (Host:

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) ;March 25 & 27, 2022 :Midwest Regional, PPL Center – Allentown, Pennsylvania (Host: Penn State) :Northeast Regional,

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(Host: Holy Cross) The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four: ;April 7–9 :

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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

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each received three, the CCHA and ECAC both received two, and one team from

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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

Regional semifinals

Regional Final

East Region –
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Regional semifinals

Regional Final

Northeast Region –
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Regional semifinals

Regional Final

West Region – Loveland, Colorado

Regional semifinals

Regional Final

Frozen Four – Boston, Massachusetts

National semifinals

National Championship

All-Tournament team

*G: Magnus Chrona (Denver) *D: Michael Benning* (Denver) *D: Jack McNeely (Minnesota State) *F: Carter Savoie (Denver) *F: Ryan Barrow (Denver) *F: Sam Morton (Minnesota State) * Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

Media

Television

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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

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, or ESPNU. Additionally all matches will be streamed online via the ESPN app.

Broadcast assignments

''Regionals'' *

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, and

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– Worcester, Massachusetts *

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and Sean Ritchlin – Allentown, Pennsylvania *

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and Dave Starman – Albany, New York * Dan Kelly and

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– Loveland, Colorado ''Frozen Four'' * John Buccigross, Barry Melrose, and Colby Cohen – Boston, Massachusetts

Radio

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has exclusive radio rights to the Frozen Four and will broadcast both the semifinals and the championship. * Brian Tripp, Dave Starman, and Shireen Saski

References

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Tournament procedure

Qualifying teams

Tournament bracket

Results

Midwest Region – Allentown, Pennsylvania

Regional semifinals

Regional Final

East Region – Albany, New York Albany ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New York, also the seat and largest city of Albany County. Albany is on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River, and about north of New York C ...

Regional semifinals

Regional Final

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Regional semifinals

Regional Final

West Region – Loveland, Colorado

Regional semifinals

Regional Final

Frozen Four – Boston, Massachusetts

National semifinals

National Championship

All-Tournament team

Record by conference

Media

Television

Broadcast assignments

Radio

References

East Region –
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Northeast Region –
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