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2022 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship

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2022 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship
Season2021–22
TeamsEight
Finals siteMacLauchlan Arena
Charlottetown, P.E.I.
ChampionsConcordia Stingers (3rd title)
Runner-upNipissing Lakers
Winning coachJulie Chu (1st title)
Championship MVPStéphanie Lalancette (Concordia)
TelevisionCBC Sports[1]

The 2022 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held March 24–27, 2022, in Charlottetown, P.E.I., to determine a national champion for the 2021–22 U Sports women's ice hockey season.[2][3] The top-seeded Concordia Stingers defeated the sixth-seeded Nipissing Lakers to win the third championship in program history and first since the back-to-back titles in 1998 and 1999.[4] The Stingers did not allow a goal during the tournament with three straight shutouts and all but one of the 11 games featured a shutout.

Host

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The tournament was played at MacLauchlan Arena at the University of Prince Edward Island.[3] It is the second consecutive tournament to be hosted by UPEI, as well as their second time hosting overall.[5] This was the first U Sports women's ice hockey championship played since 2019 following two years of cancelled tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[6][7]

Participating teams

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Seed Team Qualified Record Last Total
1 Concordia Stingers RSEQ Champion 11–3–1 1999 2
2 UNB Reds AUS Champion 15–3–3 None 0
3 UBC Thunderbirds Canada West Champion 14–6–2 None 0
4 Brock Badgers OUA Champion 5–2–4–5 None 0
5 Saskatchewan Huskies Canada West Finalist 11–7–2 None 0
6 Nipissing Lakers OUA Finalist 8–2–0–4 None 0
7 McGill Martlets RSEQ Finalist 12–3–0 2014 4
8 UPEI Panthers AUS Quarterfinalist (Host) 13–7–2 None 0

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Championship bracket

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First Round: March 24/25 Semi-Finals: March 26 Gold Medal Game: March 27
         
1 Concordia Stingers 7
8 UPEI Panthers 0
1 Concordia Stingers 2
5 Saskatchewan Huskies 0
4 Brock Badgers 0
5 Saskatchewan Huskies 4
1 Concordia Stingers 4
6 Nipissing Lakers 0
2 UNB Reds 5
7 McGill Martlets 4
2 UNB Reds 0 Bronze Medal Game: March 27
6 Nipissing Lakers 4
3 UBC Thunderbirds 0 2 UNB Reds 0
6 Nipissing Lakers 1 5 Saskatchewan Huskies 2

Consolation bracket

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Semi-Finals: March 26 Fifth Place Game: March 27
      
3 UBC Thunderbirds 4
7 McGill Martlets 0
3 UBC Thunderbirds 4
8 UPEI Panthers 0
4 Brock Badgers 0
8 UPEI Panthers 2

References

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  1. ^ "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "U Sports prepares for 2021-22 National Championship Season; awards four new Volleyball Championship hosts". usports.ca. U Sports. June 28, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "U Sports Calendar". usports.ca. U Sports. June 17, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship: Veteran trio leads Trinity Western to national glory". usports.ca. U Sports. March 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "Women's Ice Hockey National Championships History". U Sports. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "U Sports hockey championships cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". Sportsnet. March 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "U Sports unable to offer national championships in winter 2021". usports.ca. U Sports. October 15, 2020.
  8. ^ "U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Ice Hockey" (PDF). U Sports. September 2021.
  9. ^ "Women's Hockey: Stingers earn first No. 1 seed in more than 20 years ahead of Cavendish Farms championship". U Sports. March 20, 2022.
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