The 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began in September 2021 and ended with the
2022 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game at
Pegula Ice Arena in
State College, Pennsylvania
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on March 20, 2022.
Polls
Regular season
Realignment
In 2019 the
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
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, an
NCAA Division III
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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
WCHA 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 goals against average
Goals against average (GAA), also known as average goals against (AGA), is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on spo ...
.''GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% =
Save percentage
Save percentage (often known by such symbols as SV%, SVS%, SVP, PCT) is a statistic in various Goal (sports), goal-scoring sports that track Save (goaltender), saves as a statistic.
In ice hockey and lacrosse and association football, it is a sta ...
; GAA = Goals against average''
NCAA tournament
References
2021–22 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
NCAA
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NCAA Division I women's ice hockey seasons
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