2021β22 CCHA season | |
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Season | 2021β22 |
Conference | CCHA |
Division | Division I |
Sport | ice hockey |
Duration | October 2, 2021β April 9, 2022 |
Number of teams | 8 |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Minnesota State |
Season MVP | Dryden McKay |
Top scorer | Brian Halonen |
CCHA tournament | |
Tournament champions | Minnesota State |
Runners-up | Bemidji State |
Top scorer | Sam Morton (7) |
NCAA tournament | |
Bids | 2 |
Record | 3β2 |
Best Finish | National runner-up |
Team(s) | Minnesota State |
CCHA seasons « 2012β13 2022β23 » |
The 2021β22 CCHA season was the 43rd season of play for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and part of the 2021β22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season began on October 2, 2021, and concluded on February 26, 2022. [1] The conference tournament began on March 4 and ended on March 19, 2022.
On February 18, 2020, 7 schools that had previously announced their departure from the WCHA after the 2020β21 season in order to form a new conference officially announced that their new conference would be a reestablished CCHA. [2] Bowling Green, which had been a founding member of the CCHA in 1971 and remained in the conference until its dissolution in 2013, had retained control of the name in the interim.
A year earlier, St. Thomas was involuntarily removed from the MIAC, which would take effect after the 2020β21 scholastic year. [3] In July 2020 the NCAA gave permission for the university to promote its athletic programs from Division III directly to Division I without the normal waiting period or ineligibilities. [4] Within two weeks time, St. Thomas applied for and was approved as the 8th member of the conference to begin play this season. [5]
After the conclusion of the 2020β21 season, AlabamaβHuntsville, another WCHA team, submitted a bid to be accepted as the conference's 9th member. On May 5, 2021, the CCHA rejected AlabamaβHuntsville's inclusion. [6]
Enrico Blasi, formerly the head coach at Miami, was announced as St. Thomas' first head coach at the Division I level on April 2, 2021. [7] At the start of his tenure with St. Thomas, Blasi was just 2 wins shy of 400 for his career. [8]
Team | Head coach | Season at school | Record at school | CCHA record |
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Bemidji State | Tom Serratore | 21 | 335β307β92 | 0β0β0 |
Bowling Green | Ty Eigner | 3 | 41β23β5 | 0β0β0 |
Ferris State | Bob Daniels | 30 | 462β538β107 | 247β277β72 |
Lake Superior State | Damon Whitten | 8 | 99β133β27 | 0β0β0 |
Michigan Tech | Joe Shawhan | 5 | 74β64β13 | 0β0β0 |
Minnesota State | Mike Hastings | 10 | 236β90β24 | 0β0β0 |
Northern Michigan | Grant Potulny | 5 | 75β64β10 | 0β0β0 |
St. Thomas | Enrico Blasi | 1 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 |
Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#2 Minnesota State β * | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 115 | 28 | 44 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 178 | 60 | |
#14 Michigan Tech | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 93 | 53 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 118 | 75 | |
Bemidji State | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 83 | 81 | 39 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 118 | 121 | |
Lake Superior State | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 69 | 64 | 37 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 107 | 104 | |
Northern Michigan | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 86 | 99 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 132 | 136 | |
Bowling Green | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 67 | 87 | 37 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 94 | 119 | |
Ferris State | 26 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 66 | 99 | 36 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 90 | 135 | |
St. Thomas | 26 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 45 | 112 | 36 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 61 | 168 | |
Championship: March 19, 2022 β indicates conference regular season champion ( MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion ( Mason Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.
The CCHA was a bit of a mixed bag with their nonconference results. As many teams finished with losing records as winning marks and the league had nearly an even finish overall. The biggest drag on the CCHA was the performance against the Big Ten, which put the league in poor standings for the postseason. While the record was improved by their results against ECAC Hockey, that conference was one of the weakest for this season and didn't help as much as it might have in other years.
Team | Atlantic Hockey | Big Ten | ECAC Hockey | Hockey East | Independent | NCHC | Total |
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Bemidji State | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 1β1β0 | 1β5β0 | 2β6β0 |
Bowling Green | 0β0β0 | 0β2β0 | 2β0β1 | 0β1β0 | 0β0β0 | 1β0β1 | 3β3β2 |
Ferris State | 1β1β0 | 0β2β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 1β3β0 | 2β6β0 |
Lake Superior State | 0β0β0 | 0β2β0 | 3β0β1 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 1β1β0 | 4β3β1 |
Michigan Tech | 0β0β0 | 2β2β1 | 1β1β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 3β3β1 |
Minnesota State | 0β0β0 | 0β1β0 | 0β0β0 | 3β0β0 | 2β0β0 | 3β1β0 | 8β2β0 |
Northern Michigan | 0β0β0 | 0β1β0 | 2β0β0 | 2β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 2β0β0 | 6β1β0 |
St. Thomas | 0β0β0 | 0β2β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β4β0 | 0β2β0 | 0β8β0 |
Overall | 1β1β0 | 2β12β1 | 8β1β2 | 5β1β0 | 3β5β0 | 9β12β1 | 28β32β4 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes [9]
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Brian Halonen | Senior | Michigan Tech | 26 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 18 |
Julian Napravnik | Senior | Minnesota State | 22 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 0 |
Nathan Smith | Junior | Minnesota State | 22 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 18 |
Owen Sillinger | Senior | Bemidji State | 26 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 24 |
Trenton Bliss | Senior | Michigan Tech | 25 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 18 |
Brendan Furry | Sophomore | Minnesota State | 26 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 8 |
Cade Borchardt | Junior | Minnesota State | 26 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 8 |
Hank Crone | Senior | Northern Michigan | 22 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 10 |
Louis Boudon | Junior | Lake Superior State | 26 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 25 |
Alex Ierullo | Senior | Bemidji State | 26 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 20 |
Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% =
Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
[10]
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dryden McKay | Senior | Minnesota State | 25 | 1482 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | .942 | 1.05 |
Blake Pietila | Junior | Michigan Tech | 26 | 1503 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 5 | .911 | 1.99 |
Ethan Langenegger | Sophomore | Lake Superior State | 16 | 953 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 3 | .925 | 2.27 |
Seth Eisele | Sophomore | Lake Superior State | 11 | 658 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | .911 | 2.64 |
Charlie Glockner | Freshman | Northern Michigan | 14 | 686 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | .907 | 2.80 |
Quarterfinals March 4β6 | Semifinals March 12 | Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota State | 3 | 8 | - | ||||||||||||
8 | St. Thomas | 2 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota State | 8 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Northern Michigan | 1 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Michigan Tech | 3* | 3** | - | ||||||||||||
7 | Ferris State | 2 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota State | 2* | ||||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Bemidji State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Bemidji State | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
6 | Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Michigan Tech | 2 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Bemidji State | 5 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Lake Superior State | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
5 | Northern Michigan | 5 | 2 | 5 |
Note: * denotes overtime periods
March 24, 2022 12:00 PM | (1) Minnesota State | 4 β 3 (2β0, 1β2, 1β1) | (4) Harvard |
MVP Arena Attendance: 2,345 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dryden McKay | Goalies | Mitchell Gibson | Referees: Joe Sullivan Dan Dreger Linesmen: Justin Hills Geoff Shultz | ||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Shots | 22 |
March 24, 2022 1:00 PM | (2) Minnesota Duluth | 3 β 0 (1β0, 0β0, 2β0) | (3) Michigan Tech |
Budweiser Events Center Attendance: 3,138 |
Game reference | |||||||||||
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Ryan Fanti | Goalies | Blake Pietila | Referees: Colin Kronforst Sean Fernandez Linesmen: Justin Cornell Pat Richardson | ||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 15 min | |||||||||
25 | Shots | 28 |
March 26, 2022 6:30 PM | (1) Minnesota State | 1 β 0 (1β0, 0β0, 0β0) | (3) Notre Dame |
MVP Arena Attendance: 3,449 |
Game reference | |||||
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Dryden McKay | Goalies | Matthew Galajda | Referees: Geno Bindo Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Bill Kingdon | ||
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6 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||
33 | Shots | 23 |
April 7, 2022 8:30 PM | (E1) Minnesota State | 5 β 1 (0β1, 2β0, 3β0) | (NE2) Minnesota |
TD Garden Attendance: 17,850 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dryden McKay | Goalies | Justen Close | Referees: Ryan Sweeney Michael Schubert Linesmen: Anthony Valle Shane Kanaly | |||||||||||||||||
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0 min | Penalties | 0 min | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | Shots | 17 |
April 9, 2022 8:00 PM | (E1) Minnesota State | 1β5 (1β0, 0β0, 0β5) | (W1) Denver |
TD Garden Attendance: 17,850 |
Game reference | ||||
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Referees: Geno Binda Jr. Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Bill Kingdon Kevin Briganti | ||||
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | MSU | Sam Morton (9) β PP | Sowder and Sandelin | 13:59 | 1β0 MSU |
2nd | None | ||||
3rd | DEN | Ryan Barrow (8) | Benning and Devine | 44:46 | 1β1 |
DEN | Michael Benning (15) β GW | Buium and Wright | 47:33 | 2β1 DEN | |
DEN | Massimo Rizzo (12) | Mazur and Lee | 53:34 | 3β1 DEN | |
DEN | Brett Stapley (18) β EN | unassisted | 57:28 | 4β1 DEN | |
DEN | Cameron Wright (23) β EN | Mazur | 58:00 | 5β1 DEN | |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | DEN | Michael Benning | Tripping | 12:23 | 2:00 |
MSU | Nathan Smith | Roughing | 15:28 | 2:00 | |
2nd | MSU | Bench | Too Many Men | 27:07 | 2:00 |
3rd | MSU | Sam Morton | Tripping | 45:26 | 2:00 |
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Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Final |
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Bemidji State | 14 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 20 | NR | 20 | 20 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Bowling Green | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Ferris State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Lake Superior State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Michigan Tech | NR | NR | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
Minnesota State | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Northern Michigan | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 19 | NR | NR | NR | 19 | 20 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
St. Thomas | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
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Bemidji State | 15 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Bowling Green | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Ferris State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Lake Superior State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Michigan Tech | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Minnesota State | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Northern Michigan | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
St. Thomas | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Final |
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Bemidji State | 14 | 49 | 39 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
Bowling Green | 14 | 38 | 29 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 34 |
Ferris State | 13 | 44 | 51 | 45 | 42 | 36 | 43 | 48 | 49 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 44 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 51 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 49 |
Lake Superior State | 12 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 30 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 38 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 32 |
Michigan Tech | 14 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
Minnesota State | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Northern Michigan | 14 | 15 | 25 | 35 | 39 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 25 |
St. Thomas | 14 | 32 | 41 | 48 | 51 | 55 | 53 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 |
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results. [13]
Award | Recipient | |
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Hobey Baker Award | Dryden McKay, Minnesota State | |
Spencer Penrose Award | Mike Hastings, Minnesota State | |
AHCA All-American Teams [14] | ||
West First Team | Position | Team |
Dryden McKay | G | Minnesota State |
Nathan Smith | F | Minnesota State |
West Second Team | Position | Team |
Brian Halonen | F | Michigan Tech |
All-Tournament Team | ||
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Player | Pos | Team |
Jack McNeely | D | Minnesota State |
Sam Morton | F | Minnesota State |
Round | Pick | Player | College | NHL team |
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7 | 217 | Reese Laubachβ | Minnesota State | San Jose Sharks |
7 | 219 | Cade Littlerβ | Minnesota State | Calgary Flames |
β incoming freshman [18]
2021β22 CCHA season | |
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Season | 2021β22 |
Conference | CCHA |
Division | Division I |
Sport | ice hockey |
Duration | October 2, 2021β April 9, 2022 |
Number of teams | 8 |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Minnesota State |
Season MVP | Dryden McKay |
Top scorer | Brian Halonen |
CCHA tournament | |
Tournament champions | Minnesota State |
Runners-up | Bemidji State |
Top scorer | Sam Morton (7) |
NCAA tournament | |
Bids | 2 |
Record | 3β2 |
Best Finish | National runner-up |
Team(s) | Minnesota State |
CCHA seasons « 2012β13 2022β23 » |
The 2021β22 CCHA season was the 43rd season of play for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and part of the 2021β22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season began on October 2, 2021, and concluded on February 26, 2022. [1] The conference tournament began on March 4 and ended on March 19, 2022.
On February 18, 2020, 7 schools that had previously announced their departure from the WCHA after the 2020β21 season in order to form a new conference officially announced that their new conference would be a reestablished CCHA. [2] Bowling Green, which had been a founding member of the CCHA in 1971 and remained in the conference until its dissolution in 2013, had retained control of the name in the interim.
A year earlier, St. Thomas was involuntarily removed from the MIAC, which would take effect after the 2020β21 scholastic year. [3] In July 2020 the NCAA gave permission for the university to promote its athletic programs from Division III directly to Division I without the normal waiting period or ineligibilities. [4] Within two weeks time, St. Thomas applied for and was approved as the 8th member of the conference to begin play this season. [5]
After the conclusion of the 2020β21 season, AlabamaβHuntsville, another WCHA team, submitted a bid to be accepted as the conference's 9th member. On May 5, 2021, the CCHA rejected AlabamaβHuntsville's inclusion. [6]
Enrico Blasi, formerly the head coach at Miami, was announced as St. Thomas' first head coach at the Division I level on April 2, 2021. [7] At the start of his tenure with St. Thomas, Blasi was just 2 wins shy of 400 for his career. [8]
Team | Head coach | Season at school | Record at school | CCHA record |
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Bemidji State | Tom Serratore | 21 | 335β307β92 | 0β0β0 |
Bowling Green | Ty Eigner | 3 | 41β23β5 | 0β0β0 |
Ferris State | Bob Daniels | 30 | 462β538β107 | 247β277β72 |
Lake Superior State | Damon Whitten | 8 | 99β133β27 | 0β0β0 |
Michigan Tech | Joe Shawhan | 5 | 74β64β13 | 0β0β0 |
Minnesota State | Mike Hastings | 10 | 236β90β24 | 0β0β0 |
Northern Michigan | Grant Potulny | 5 | 75β64β10 | 0β0β0 |
St. Thomas | Enrico Blasi | 1 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 |
Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#2 Minnesota State β * | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 115 | 28 | 44 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 178 | 60 | |
#14 Michigan Tech | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 93 | 53 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 118 | 75 | |
Bemidji State | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 83 | 81 | 39 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 118 | 121 | |
Lake Superior State | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 69 | 64 | 37 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 107 | 104 | |
Northern Michigan | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 86 | 99 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 132 | 136 | |
Bowling Green | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 67 | 87 | 37 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 94 | 119 | |
Ferris State | 26 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 66 | 99 | 36 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 90 | 135 | |
St. Thomas | 26 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 45 | 112 | 36 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 61 | 168 | |
Championship: March 19, 2022 β indicates conference regular season champion ( MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion ( Mason Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.
The CCHA was a bit of a mixed bag with their nonconference results. As many teams finished with losing records as winning marks and the league had nearly an even finish overall. The biggest drag on the CCHA was the performance against the Big Ten, which put the league in poor standings for the postseason. While the record was improved by their results against ECAC Hockey, that conference was one of the weakest for this season and didn't help as much as it might have in other years.
Team | Atlantic Hockey | Big Ten | ECAC Hockey | Hockey East | Independent | NCHC | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bemidji State | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 1β1β0 | 1β5β0 | 2β6β0 |
Bowling Green | 0β0β0 | 0β2β0 | 2β0β1 | 0β1β0 | 0β0β0 | 1β0β1 | 3β3β2 |
Ferris State | 1β1β0 | 0β2β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 1β3β0 | 2β6β0 |
Lake Superior State | 0β0β0 | 0β2β0 | 3β0β1 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 1β1β0 | 4β3β1 |
Michigan Tech | 0β0β0 | 2β2β1 | 1β1β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 3β3β1 |
Minnesota State | 0β0β0 | 0β1β0 | 0β0β0 | 3β0β0 | 2β0β0 | 3β1β0 | 8β2β0 |
Northern Michigan | 0β0β0 | 0β1β0 | 2β0β0 | 2β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 2β0β0 | 6β1β0 |
St. Thomas | 0β0β0 | 0β2β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β0β0 | 0β4β0 | 0β2β0 | 0β8β0 |
Overall | 1β1β0 | 2β12β1 | 8β1β2 | 5β1β0 | 3β5β0 | 9β12β1 | 28β32β4 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes [9]
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Halonen | Senior | Michigan Tech | 26 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 18 |
Julian Napravnik | Senior | Minnesota State | 22 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 0 |
Nathan Smith | Junior | Minnesota State | 22 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 18 |
Owen Sillinger | Senior | Bemidji State | 26 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 24 |
Trenton Bliss | Senior | Michigan Tech | 25 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 18 |
Brendan Furry | Sophomore | Minnesota State | 26 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 8 |
Cade Borchardt | Junior | Minnesota State | 26 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 8 |
Hank Crone | Senior | Northern Michigan | 22 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 10 |
Louis Boudon | Junior | Lake Superior State | 26 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 25 |
Alex Ierullo | Senior | Bemidji State | 26 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 20 |
Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% =
Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
[10]
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dryden McKay | Senior | Minnesota State | 25 | 1482 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | .942 | 1.05 |
Blake Pietila | Junior | Michigan Tech | 26 | 1503 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 5 | .911 | 1.99 |
Ethan Langenegger | Sophomore | Lake Superior State | 16 | 953 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 3 | .925 | 2.27 |
Seth Eisele | Sophomore | Lake Superior State | 11 | 658 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | .911 | 2.64 |
Charlie Glockner | Freshman | Northern Michigan | 14 | 686 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | .907 | 2.80 |
Quarterfinals March 4β6 | Semifinals March 12 | Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota State | 3 | 8 | - | ||||||||||||
8 | St. Thomas | 2 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota State | 8 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Northern Michigan | 1 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Michigan Tech | 3* | 3** | - | ||||||||||||
7 | Ferris State | 2 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota State | 2* | ||||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Bemidji State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Bemidji State | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
6 | Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Michigan Tech | 2 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Bemidji State | 5 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Lake Superior State | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
5 | Northern Michigan | 5 | 2 | 5 |
Note: * denotes overtime periods
March 24, 2022 12:00 PM | (1) Minnesota State | 4 β 3 (2β0, 1β2, 1β1) | (4) Harvard |
MVP Arena Attendance: 2,345 |
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Dryden McKay | Goalies | Mitchell Gibson | Referees: Joe Sullivan Dan Dreger Linesmen: Justin Hills Geoff Shultz | ||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Shots | 22 |
March 24, 2022 1:00 PM | (2) Minnesota Duluth | 3 β 0 (1β0, 0β0, 2β0) | (3) Michigan Tech |
Budweiser Events Center Attendance: 3,138 |
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Ryan Fanti | Goalies | Blake Pietila | Referees: Colin Kronforst Sean Fernandez Linesmen: Justin Cornell Pat Richardson | ||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 15 min | |||||||||
25 | Shots | 28 |
March 26, 2022 6:30 PM | (1) Minnesota State | 1 β 0 (1β0, 0β0, 0β0) | (3) Notre Dame |
MVP Arena Attendance: 3,449 |
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Dryden McKay | Goalies | Matthew Galajda | Referees: Geno Bindo Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Bill Kingdon | ||
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6 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||
33 | Shots | 23 |
April 7, 2022 8:30 PM | (E1) Minnesota State | 5 β 1 (0β1, 2β0, 3β0) | (NE2) Minnesota |
TD Garden Attendance: 17,850 |
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Dryden McKay | Goalies | Justen Close | Referees: Ryan Sweeney Michael Schubert Linesmen: Anthony Valle Shane Kanaly | |||||||||||||||||
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0 min | Penalties | 0 min | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | Shots | 17 |
April 9, 2022 8:00 PM | (E1) Minnesota State | 1β5 (1β0, 0β0, 0β5) | (W1) Denver |
TD Garden Attendance: 17,850 |
Game reference | ||||
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Referees: Geno Binda Jr. Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Bill Kingdon Kevin Briganti | ||||
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | MSU | Sam Morton (9) β PP | Sowder and Sandelin | 13:59 | 1β0 MSU |
2nd | None | ||||
3rd | DEN | Ryan Barrow (8) | Benning and Devine | 44:46 | 1β1 |
DEN | Michael Benning (15) β GW | Buium and Wright | 47:33 | 2β1 DEN | |
DEN | Massimo Rizzo (12) | Mazur and Lee | 53:34 | 3β1 DEN | |
DEN | Brett Stapley (18) β EN | unassisted | 57:28 | 4β1 DEN | |
DEN | Cameron Wright (23) β EN | Mazur | 58:00 | 5β1 DEN | |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | DEN | Michael Benning | Tripping | 12:23 | 2:00 |
MSU | Nathan Smith | Roughing | 15:28 | 2:00 | |
2nd | MSU | Bench | Too Many Men | 27:07 | 2:00 |
3rd | MSU | Sam Morton | Tripping | 45:26 | 2:00 |
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Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Final |
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Bemidji State | 14 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 20 | NR | 20 | 20 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Bowling Green | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Ferris State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Lake Superior State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Michigan Tech | NR | NR | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
Minnesota State | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Northern Michigan | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 19 | NR | NR | NR | 19 | 20 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
St. Thomas | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
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Bemidji State | 15 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Bowling Green | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Ferris State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Lake Superior State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Michigan Tech | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Minnesota State | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Northern Michigan | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
St. Thomas | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Final |
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Bemidji State | 14 | 49 | 39 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
Bowling Green | 14 | 38 | 29 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 34 |
Ferris State | 13 | 44 | 51 | 45 | 42 | 36 | 43 | 48 | 49 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 44 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 51 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 49 |
Lake Superior State | 12 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 30 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 38 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 32 |
Michigan Tech | 14 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
Minnesota State | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Northern Michigan | 14 | 15 | 25 | 35 | 39 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 25 |
St. Thomas | 14 | 32 | 41 | 48 | 51 | 55 | 53 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 |
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results. [13]
Award | Recipient | |
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Hobey Baker Award | Dryden McKay, Minnesota State | |
Spencer Penrose Award | Mike Hastings, Minnesota State | |
AHCA All-American Teams [14] | ||
West First Team | Position | Team |
Dryden McKay | G | Minnesota State |
Nathan Smith | F | Minnesota State |
West Second Team | Position | Team |
Brian Halonen | F | Michigan Tech |
All-Tournament Team | ||
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Player | Pos | Team |
Jack McNeely | D | Minnesota State |
Sam Morton | F | Minnesota State |
Round | Pick | Player | College | NHL team |
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7 | 217 | Reese Laubachβ | Minnesota State | San Jose Sharks |
7 | 219 | Cade Littlerβ | Minnesota State | Calgary Flames |
β incoming freshman [18]