Collegiate 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]
Tournament procedure
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.
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Tournament bracket
* denotes overtime period
Results
Note: All game times are local.
Midwest Region – Allentown, Pennsylvania
Regional semifinals
Regional Final
East Region – Albany, New York
Regional semifinals
Regional Final
Northeast Region – Worcester, Massachusetts
Regional semifinals
Regional Final
West Region – Loveland, Colorado
Regional semifinals
Regional Final
Frozen Four – Boston, Massachusetts
National semifinals
National Championship
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
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
- ^ a b "2019–22 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA.com.
- ^ "Men's Ice Hockey". NCAA. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ "AIC 3, Michigan 5 F". USCHO. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "Quinnipiac 4, Michigan 7 F". USCHO. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ "Harvard 3, Minnesota State 4 F". USCHO. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "Notre Dame 2, North Dakota 1 F OT1". USCHO. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "Notre Dame 0, Minnesota State 1 F". USCHO. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
- ^ "Northeastern 1, Western Michigan 2 F OT1". USCHO. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "Massachusetts 3, Minnesota 4 F OT1". USCHO. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "Minnesota 3, Western Michigan 0 F". USCHO. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "UMass Lowell 2, Denver 3 F". USCHO. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "Michigan Tech 0, Minnesota Duluth 3 F". USCHO. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "Minnesota Duluth 1, Denver 2 F". USCHO. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
- ^ #2 Minnesota vs #1 Minnesota State Hockey Game Highlights, 2022 NCAA Frozen Four Semifinal on YouTube
- ^ Trefzger, Ed (April 9, 2022). "Most Outstanding Player Benning redeems himself for penalty with Denver's game-winning goal". USCHO. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ Margolis, Rachel (December 15, 2011). "ESPN and NCAA® Extend Rights Agreement through 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
- ^ McKay, Julie (March 20, 2022). "Back to Boston: ESPN Networks Set to Host NCAA Division I Men's Hockey Championship". ESPN. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
