2022 Hockey East women's ice hockey tournament
| 2022 Hockey East Women's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | February 23– March 8, 2022 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Northeastern (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Dave Flint (5th title) |
| MVP | Alina Mueller (Northeastern) |
Hockey East Women's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2021 | |
The 2022 Women's Hockey East Association tournament was played between February 23 and March 8. The opening round, quarterfinals and semifinals were played on campus locations. The championship was hosted by the highest remaining seed, Northeastern. Northeastern defeated Connecticut 3-1 to earn their 5th straight tournament championship. They also earned the conference's automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.[1]
Standings[edit]
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| #3 Northeastern †* | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 67 | 96 | 27 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 136 | 40 | ||
| Vermont | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 57 | 86 | 56 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 107 | 76 | ||
| UConn | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 66 | 49 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 99 | 64 | ||
| Boston College | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 47 | 71 | 63 | 34 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 88 | 84 | ||
| Maine | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 41 | 57 | 59 | 35 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 75 | 87 | ||
| Boston University | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 57 | 58 | 33 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 70 | 82 | ||
| Providence | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 39 | 52 | 53 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 67 | 67 | ||
| New Hampshire | 26 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 30 | 51 | 74 | 34 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 71 | 95 | ||
| Merrimack | 27 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 53 | 86 | 34 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 61 | 116 | ||
| Holy Cross | 27 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 100 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 46 | 120 | ||
| Championship: March 8, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 20, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Bracket[edit]
| Opening Round February 23 | Quarterfinals February 25 & 26 | Semifinals March 2 | Championship March 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Boston University | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Holy Cross | 1 | 3 | Connecticut | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Providence | 3 | 3 | Connecticut | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Vermont | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Providence | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Vermont | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Connecticut | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Northeastern | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Maine | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Merrimack | 4 | 4 | Boston College | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | New Hampshire | 1 | 5 | Maine | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Northeastern | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Merrimack | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Northeastern | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "No. 3 Northeastern Wins Fifth-Straight Hockey East Championship". Northeastern University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "2021-22 Hockey East Women's Standings - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "2022 Hockey East Women's Tournament Central - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2022-05-30.