The 2022 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held March 24–27, 2022, in Charlottetown, P.E.I., to determine a national champion for the 2021–22

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season. The top-seeded

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defeated the sixth-seeded Nipissing Lakers to win the third championship in program history and first since the back-to-back titles in 1998 and 1999. The Stingers did not allow a goal during the tournament with three straight

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s and all but one of the 11 games featured a shutout.

Host

The tournament was played at MacLauchlan Arena at the

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. It is the second consecutive tournament to be hosted by UPEI, as well as their second time hosting overall. This was the first U Sports women's ice hockey championship played since

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following two years of cancelled tournaments due to the

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Participating teams

Championship bracket

Consolation bracket

References

External links

Tournament Web Site
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