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2022 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 2022 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States scheduled for on April 7–9, 2022. The tournament involved 16 teams in single-elimination play to determine the national champion at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the highest level of competition in college hockey. The tournament's Frozen Four—the semifinals and finals—were hosted by Hockey East at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

2022 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams16
Finals site
ChampionsDenver Pioneers (9th title)
Runner-upMinnesota State Mavericks (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachDavid Carle (1st title)
MOPMichael Benning (Denver)
Attendance17,850 (Championship)
53,550 (Frozen Four)
95,195 (Tournament)

Tournament procedure

Boston
Allentown
Albany
Worcester
Loveland
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2022 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)

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:[1]

March 24 & 26, 2022
East Regional, MVP Arena – Albany, New York (Hosts: Union)
West Regional, Budweiser Events Center – Loveland, Colorado (Host: Denver)
March 25 & 27, 2022
Midwest Regional, PPL Center – Allentown, Pennsylvania (Host: Penn State)
Northeast Regional, DCU Center – Worcester, Massachusetts (Host: Holy Cross)

The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four:

April 7–9
TD Garden – Boston, Massachusetts (Host: Hockey East)

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 20, 2022.[2]

The NCHC received five bids, the Big Ten and Hockey East each received three, the CCHA and ECAC both received two, and one team from Atlantic Hockey received a berth.

Midwest Regional – AllentownEast Regional – Albany
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1Michigan (1)Big Ten29–9–1Tournament champion39th20211Minnesota State (2)CCHA35–5–0Tournament champion8th2021
2QuinnipiacECAC31–6–3At-Large bid8th20212North DakotaNCHC24–13–1At-Large bid34th2021
3St. Cloud StateNCHC18–14–4At-Large bid16th20213Notre DameBig Ten27–11–0At-Large bid13th2021
4American InternationalAtlantic Hockey22–12–3Tournament champion3rd20214HarvardECAC21–10–3Tournament champion26th2019
Northeast Regional – WorcesterWest Regional – Loveland
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1Western Michigan (3)NCHC25–11–1At-Large bid7th20171Denver (4)NCHC27–9–1At-Large bid29th2019
2MinnesotaBig Ten24–12–0At-Large bid39th20212Minnesota DuluthNCHC21–15–4Tournament champion15th2021
3MassachusettsHockey East22–12–2Tournament champion4th20213Michigan TechCCHA21–12–3At-Large bid14th2018
4NortheasternHockey East25–12–1At-Large bid8th20194Massachusetts LowellHockey East21–10–3At-Large bid9th2017

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Tournament bracket

Regional semifinals
March 24–25		Regional Finals
March 26–27		Semifinals
April 7		Championship
April 9
            
1Michigan (1)5
4American International3
1Michigan (1)7
Midwest – Allentown – Fri/Sun
2Quinnipiac4
2Quinnipiac5
3St. Cloud State4
MW1Michigan (1)2
W1Denver (4)3*
1Denver (4)3
4Massachusetts Lowell2
1Denver (4)2
West – Loveland – Thu/Sat
2Minnesota Duluth1
2Minnesota Duluth3
3Michigan Tech0
W1Denver5
E1Minnesota State1
1Western Michigan (3)2*
4Northeastern1
1Western Michigan (3)0
Northeast – Worcester – Fri/Sun
2Minnesota3
2Minnesota4*
3Massachusetts3
NE2Minnesota1
E1Minnesota State (2)5
1Minnesota State (2)4
4Harvard3
1Minnesota State (2)1
East – Albany – Thu/Sat
3Notre Dame0
2North Dakota1
3Notre Dame2*

* denotes overtime period

Results

Note: All game times are local.

Midwest Region – Allentown, Pennsylvania

Regional semifinals

March 25, 2022
3:00 PM		(1) Michigan5 – 3
(2–1, 3–1, 0–1)		(4) American InternationalPPL Center
Attendance: 2,155
Game reference
Erik PortilloGoaliesAlec CalvarusoReferees:
Cameron Lynch
Brad LeBlanc
Linesmen:
Patrick Dapuzzo
Steve Drain
(Hughes, Moyle) Garrett Van Wyhe (5) – 03:371–0
(Brisson, Beniers) Ethan Edwards (3) – 04:162–0
2–112:32 – Brian Rigali (13) (Bennett, Galambos)
(Power, Johnson) Brendan Brisson (20) – PP – 20:433–1
(Brisson, Johnson) Matty Beniers (20) – GW – 22:434–1
4–226:15 – Justin Young (12) (Theodore)
(Power, Samoskevich) Dylan Duke (10) – 26:435–2
5–353:48 – PP – Blake Bennett (19) (Barriga, Young)
8 minPenalties6 min
31Shots32
March 25, 2022
8:00 PM		(2) Quinnipiac5 – 4
(2–0, 1–3, 2–1)		(3) St. Cloud StatePPL Center
Attendance: 2,155
Game reference
Yaniv PeretsGoaliesJaxon CastorReferees:
Ryan Sweeney
Mike Schubert
Linesmen:
Anthony Valle
Shane Kanaly
(Metsa, Brind'Amour) Brendan Less (4) – 04:371–0
(Rasanen) TJ Friedmann (10) – 17:262–0
2–121:08 – Nolan Walker (10) (Hentges)
2–227:21 – Sam Hentges (12) (Walker)
(de Jong, Metsa) Michael Lombardi (14) – 30:123–2
3–332:39 – Kyler Kupka (19) (Bushy, Fitzgerald)
(Mendel, Chorney) Ethan de Jong (11) – 40:274–3
(Mendel, de Jong) Jayden Lee (5) – GW – 48:375–3
5–458:44 – EA – Nolan Walker (19) (unassisted)
2 minPenalties0 min
16Shots34

Regional Final

March 27, 2022
6:30 PM		(1) Michigan7 – 4
(2–0, 2–0, 3–4)		(2) QuinnipiacPPL Center
Attendance: 3,256
Game reference
Erik PortilloGoaliesYaniv Perets out 40:00
Dylan St. Cyr in 40:00		Referees:
Geoff Miller
Steve Rouillard
Linesmen:
Jeff McCorkle
Kyle Richetelle
(Power, Lambert) Nolan Moyle (6) – 00:331–0
(Hughes) Jimmy Lambert (5) – 14:362–0
(Brisson, Power) Thomas Bordeleau (11) – PP – 26:063–0
(Blankenburg) Garrett Van Wyhe (6) – SH – 38:544–0
4–144:12 – Jayden Lee (6) (Brind'Amour, van Nes)
4–249:01 – Wyatt Bongiovanni (16) (de Jong)
4–351:02 – Desi Burgart (8) (Smilanic, Quillan)
(Bordeleau, Estapa) Michael Pastujov (11) – GW EN – 56:235–3
(Power) Nolan Moyle (7) – EN – 58:376–3
(Bordeleau, Power) Brendan Brisson (21) – PP – 59:257–3
7–459:38 – Zach Metsa (10) (Quillan, Leyh)
6 minPenalties4 min
30Shots34

East Region – Albany, New York

Regional semifinals

March 24, 2022
12:00 PM		(1) Minnesota State4 – 3
(2–0, 1–2, 1–1)		(4) HarvardMVP Arena
Attendance: 2,345
Game reference
Dryden McKayGoaliesMitchell GibsonReferees:
Joe Sullivan
Dan Dreger
Linesmen:
Justin Hills
Geoff Shultz
(Hirose, Groll) Connor Gregga (6) – 14:121–0
(Hirose) Reggie Lutz (14) – PP – 17:462–0
(unassisted) Brendan Furry (12) – 22:063–0
3–136:42 – Sean Farrell (11) (Coronato, Abruzzese)
3–237:30 – Alex Gaffney (8) (Laferriere)
(Groll, Hirose) Ondřej Pavel (11) – GW – 45:594–2
4–356:29 – PP EA – Casey Dornbach (9) (Farrell, Laferriere)
4 minPenalties6 min
40Shots22
March 24, 2022
6:00 PM		(2) North Dakota1 – 2 (OT)
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1)		(3) Notre DameMVP Arena
Attendance: 2,345
Game reference
Zach DriscollGoaliesMatthew GalajdaReferees:
Geno Binda Jr.
Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
Bill Kingdon
(Ness) Brent Johnson (2) – 18:431–0
1–121:03 – Landon Slaggert (12) (G. Slaggert)
1–261:38 – GW PP – Graham Slaggert (12) (Leivermann, L. Slaggert)
6 minPenalties6 min
24Shots25

Regional Final

March 26, 2022
6:30 PM		(1) Minnesota State1 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		(3) Notre DameMVP Arena
Attendance: 3,449
Game reference
Dryden McKayGoaliesMatthew GalajdaReferees:
Geno Bindo
Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
Bill Kingdon
(Furry) Nathan Smith (19) – GW – 19:441–0
6 minPenalties2 min
33Shots23

Northeast Region – Worcester, Massachusetts

Regional semifinals

March 25, 2022
12:00 PM		(1) Western Michigan2 – 1 (OT)
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 1–0)		(4) NortheasternDCU Center
Attendance: 6,002
Game reference
Brandon BussiGoaliesDevon LeviReferees:
Brendan Blanchard
Chris Leavitt
Linesmen:
Brendan Lewis
Matt Terreri
(Worrad, Frank) Cole Gallant (9) – 14:011–0
1–156:40 – Aidan McDonough (25) (Colangelo)
(unassisted) Luke Grainger (9) – GW – 61:332–1
2 minPenalties6 min
36Shots31
March 25, 2022
6:00 PM		(2) Minnesota4 – 3 (OT)
(1–2, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		(3) MassachusettsDCU Center
Attendance: 6,002
Game reference
Justen CloseGoaliesMatt MurrayReferees:
Ryan Hersey
Nick Krebsbach
Linesmen:
John Grandt
Tyler Liffrig
0–114:09 – EA – Reed Lebster (8) (Kiefiuk, Ufko)
0–215:05 – PP – Garrett Wait (13) (Ufko, Trivigno)
(Meyers, Knies) Ryan Johnson (3) – 18:021–2
1–321:24 – Reed Lebster (9) (Kiefiuk, Del Gaizo)
(Nelson, Pitlick) Tristan Broz (6) – 37:092–3
(unassisted) Matthew Knies (13) – PP – 53:173–3
(Huglen, Nelson) Ben Meyers (17) – GW – 68:314–3
2 minPenalties4 min
24Shots23

Regional Final

March 27, 2022
4:00 PM		(1) Western Michigan0 – 3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)		(2) MinnesotaDCU Center
Attendance: 2,848
Game reference
Brandon BussiGoaliesJusten CloseReferees:
Joe Carusone
C.J. Hanfin
Linesmen:
Brian Oliver
Ryan Knapp
0–110:10 – GW – Matthew Knies (14) (Faber, Meyers)
0–240:33 – PP – Aaron Huglen (7) (Meyers, LaCombe)
0–358:03 – SH EN – Blake McLaughlin (13) (unassisted)
2 minPenalties4 min
24Shots26

West Region – Loveland, Colorado

Regional semifinals

March 24, 2022
7:00 PM		(1) Denver3 – 2
(1–1, 0–0, 2–1)		(4) Massachusetts LowellBudweiser Events Center
Attendance: 3,138
Game reference
Magnus ChronaGoaliesOwen SavoryReferees:
Tony Czech
Kenny Anderson
Linesmen:
Sam Shikowsky
Nicholas Bradshaw
0–109:42 – Lucas Condotta (10) (Stefanson, Korencik)
(Lee, Tuomisto) Brett Stapley (16) – 18:361–1
(Benning) Carter Savoie (21) – 49:262–1
2–254:21 – Connor Sodergren (7) (McDonald, Crasa)
(Mazur) Cameron Wright (21) – GW – 57:033–2
19 minPenalties10 min
28Shots18
March 24, 2022
1:00 PM		(2) Minnesota Duluth3 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)		(3) Michigan TechBudweiser Events Center
Attendance: 3,138
Game reference
Ryan FantiGoaliesBlake PietilaReferees:
Colin Kronforst
Sean Fernandez
Linesmen:
Justin Cornell
Pat Richardson
(unassisted) Kobe Roth (17) – GW – 14:541–0
(unassisted) Kyler Kleven (3) – 46:092–0
(unassisted) Kobe Roth (18) – EN – 59:533–0
8 minPenalties15 min
25Shots28

Regional Final

March 26, 2022
2:00 PM		(1) Denver2 – 1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)		(2) Minnesota DuluthBudweiser Events Center
Attendance: 4,812
Game reference
Magnus ChronaGoaliesRyan FantiReferees:
Colin Kronforst
Sean Fernandez
Linesmen:
Justin Cornell
Pat Richardson
0–114:40 – Darian Gotz (2) (Roth, Bender)
(Brink) Cole Guttman (19) – 17:241–1
(Behrens, Guttman) Carter Savoie (22) – GW – 53:442–1
8 minPenalties8 min
34Shots25

Frozen Four – Boston, Massachusetts

National semifinals

April 7, 2022
5:00 PM		(MW1) Michigan2 – 3 (OT)
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1, 0–1)		(W1) DenverTD Garden
Attendance: 17,850
Game reference
Erik PortilloGoaliesMagnus ChronaReferees:
Joe Carusone
CJ Hanafin
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Brian Oliver
0–111:22 – Brett Stapley (17) (Barrow, Lee)
(Moyle, Van Wyhe) Jimmy Lambert (6) – 24:031–1
1–245:36 – Cameron Wright (22) (Benning, Rizzo)
(Pastujov, Estapa) Thomas Bordeleau (12) – 49:092–2
2–374:53 – GW – Carter Savoie (23) (Brink, Benning)
6 minPenalties0 min
21Shots33
April 7, 2022
8:30 PM		(E1) Minnesota State5 – 1
(0–1, 2–0, 3–0)		(NE2) MinnesotaTD Garden
Attendance: 17,850
Game reference
Dryden McKayGoaliesJusten CloseReferees:
Ryan Sweeney
Michael Schubert
Linesmen:
Anthony Valle
Shane Kanaly
0–109:00 – Matthew Knies (15) (Brodzinski)
(Sowder, Pavel) Benton Maass (6) – 27:221–1
(Silye, Livingstone) Reggie Lutz (15) – GW – 33:312–1
(McNeely, Groll) Ondřej Pavel (12) – 41:573–1
(Morton) David Silye (8) – 53:174–1
(unassisted) Brendan Furry (13) – EN – 58:515–1
0 minPenalties0 min
32Shots17

National Championship

April 9, 2022
8:00 PM		(E1) Minnesota State1–5
(1–0, 0–0, 0–5)		(W1) DenverTD Garden
Attendance: 17,850
Game reference
Referees:
Geno Binda Jr.
Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Bill Kingdon
Kevin Briganti
Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stMSUSam Morton (9) – PPSowder and Sandelin13:591–0 MSU
2ndNone
3rdDENRyan Barrow (8)Benning and Devine44:461–1
DENMichael Benning (15) – GWBuium and Wright47:332–1 DEN
DENMassimo Rizzo (12)Mazur and Lee53:343–1 DEN
DENBrett Stapley (18) – ENunassisted57:284–1 DEN
DENCameron Wright (23) – ENMazur58:005–1 DEN
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayerPenaltyTimePIM
1stDENMichael BenningTripping12:232:00
MSUNathan SmithRoughing15:282:00
2ndMSUBenchToo Many Men27:072:00
3rdMSUSam MortonTripping45:262:00
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
DENMagnus Chrona27160:00
MSUDryden McKay15358:22

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)[15]

Record by conference

ConferenceBidsRecordWin %Regional FinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions
NCHC55–4.5563111
CCHA23–2.600111–
Big Ten35–3.62532––
ECAC Hockey21–2.3331–––
Hockey East30–3.000––––
Atlantic Hockey10–1.000––––

Media

Television

ESPN has US television rights to all games during the tournament for the seventeenth consecutive year.[16][17] ESPN will air every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN2, ESPNews, or ESPNU. Additionally all matches will be streamed online via the ESPN app.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals

Frozen Four

  • John Buccigross, Barry Melrose, and Colby Cohen – Boston, Massachusetts

Radio

Westwood One 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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