The 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began in September 2021 and ended with the

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's championship game at

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on March 20, 2022.

Polls

Regular season

Realignment

In 2019 the

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, an

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league, took the unprecedented step of removing St. Thomas from its membership because of concerns about "athletic competitive parity." Because the removal affected all sports and was effective at the end of the 2020–21 season, St. Thomas had time to decide what it would do next. The women's ice hockey program was given the green light to jump directly to the Division I level in July 2020. The women's hockey team joined the

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for the 2021–22 season. On May 26, 2021, Robert Morris announced that it was dropping both men's and women's hockey effective immediately.

Standings

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Player stats

Scoring leaders

The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on March 20, 2022.

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in

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.
''GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% =

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; GAA = Goals against average''

NCAA tournament

References

2021–22 NCAA Division I women's hockey season

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