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2021–22 CCHA season

The 2021–22 CCHA season was the 43rd season of play for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and part of the 2021–22 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.

2021–22 CCHA season
Season2021–22
ConferenceCCHA
DivisionDivision I
Sportice hockey
DurationOctober 2, 2021–
April 9, 2022
Number of teams8
Regular season
Season championsMinnesota State
Season MVPDryden McKay
Top scorerBrian Halonen
CCHA tournament
Tournament championsMinnesota State
  Runners-upBemidji State
Top scorerSam Morton (7)
NCAA tournament
Bids2
Record3–2
Best FinishNational runner-up
Team(s)Minnesota State
CCHA seasons
« 2012–13 2022–23 »

Revival

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On February 18, 2020, 7 schools that had previously announced their departure from the WCHA after the 2020–21 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 2020–21 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 2020–21 season, Alabama–Huntsville, another WCHA team, submitted a bid to be accepted as the conference's 9th member. On May 5, 2021, the CCHA rejected Alabama–Huntsville's inclusion.[6]

Coaches

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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]

Records

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Team Head coach Season at school Record at school CCHA record
Bemidji State Tom Serratore 21 335–307–92 0–0–0
Bowling Green Ty Eigner 3 41–23–5 0–0–0
Ferris State Bob Daniels 30 462–538–107 247–277–72
Lake Superior State Damon Whitten 8 99–133–27 0–0–0
Michigan Tech Joe Shawhan 5 74–64–13 0–0–0
Minnesota State Mike Hastings 10 236–90–24 0–0–0
Northern Michigan Grant Potulny 5 75–64–10 0–0–0
St. Thomas Enrico Blasi 1 0–0–0 0–0–0

Standings

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2021–22 Central Collegiate Hockey Association Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#2 Minnesota State †* 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
† indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Non-Conference record

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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.

Regular season record

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Team Atlantic Hockey Big Ten ECAC Hockey Hockey East Independent NCHC Total
Bemidji State 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 1–5–0 2–6–0
Bowling Green 0–0–0 0–2–0 2–0–1 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–0–1 3–3–2
Ferris State 1–1–0 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–3–0 2–6–0
Lake Superior State 0–0–0 0–2–0 3–0–1 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 4–3–1
Michigan Tech 0–0–0 2–2–1 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–3–1
Minnesota State 0–0–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 3–0–0 2–0–0 3–1–0 8–2–0
Northern Michigan 0–0–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 6–1–0
St. Thomas 0–0–0 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–4–0 0–2–0 0–8–0
Overall 1–1–0 2–12–1 8–1–2 5–1–0 3–5–0 9–12–1 28–32–4

Statistics

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Leading scorers

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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

Leading goaltenders

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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

Bracket

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Main article: 2022 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament
Quarterfinals
March 4–6 		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

NCAA tournament

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Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

Regional semifinal

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East

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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

West

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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

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East

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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

National semifinal

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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

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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
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st MSU Sam Morton (9) – PP Sowder and Sandelin 13:59 1–0 MSU
2nd None
3rd DEN Ryan Barrow (8) Benning and Devine 44:46 1–1
DEN Michael Benning (15) – GW Buium and Wright 47:33 2–1 DEN
DEN Massimo Rizzo (12) Mazur and Lee 53:34 3–1 DEN
DEN Brett Stapley (18) – EN unassisted 57:28 4–1 DEN
DEN Cameron Wright (23) – EN Mazur 58:00 5–1 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

Ranking

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Main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

USCHO

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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
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

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USA Today

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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 24 Final
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

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Pairwise

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Final
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]

Awards

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NCAA

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Award Recipient
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

CCHA

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Award Recipient
Player of the Year Dryden McKay, Minnesota State
Forward of the Year Nathan Smith, Minnesota State
Defenseman of the Year Jake Livingstone, Minnesota State
Goaltender of the Year Dryden McKay, Minnesota State
Rookie of the Year Bradley Marek, Ferris State
Coach of the Year Mike Hastings, Minnesota State
All-CCHA Teams
First Team[15]   Position   Second Team[16]
Dryden McKay, Minnesota State G Blake Pietila, Michigan Tech
Jake Livingstone, Minnesota State D Colin Swoyer, Michigan Tech
Elias Rosén, Bemidji State D Jacob Bengtsson, Lake Superior State
Nathan Smith, Minnesota State F Owen Sillinger, Bemidji State
Brian Halonen, Michigan Tech F Louis Boudon, Lake Superior State
Julian Napravnik, Minnesota State F Trenton Bliss, Michigan Tech
F AJ Vanderbeck, Northern Michigan
Rookie Team[17]   Position  
Mattias Sholl, Bemidji State G
Charlie Glockner, Northern Michigan G
Eric Parker, Bowling Green D
Bennett Zmolek, Minnesota State D
Bradley Marek, Ferris State F
Austen Swankler, Bowling Green F
Josh Nixon, Lake Superior State F

NCAA tournament

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All-Tournament Team
Player Pos Team
Jack McNeely D Minnesota State
Sam Morton F Minnesota State

2022 NHL Entry Draft

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Main article: 2022 NHL Entry Draft
Round Pick Player College NHL team
7 217 Reese Laubach† Minnesota State San Jose Sharks
7 219 Cade Littler† Minnesota State Calgary Flames

† incoming freshman [18]

References

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  1. ^ "Composite Schedule". Central Collegiate Hockey Association. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "Seven NCAA hockey schools leaving WCHA rebranding themselves as new CCHA conference". USCHO.com. February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "D-III Powerhouse St. Thomas Is Getting Kicked Out of Its Conference Because It's Too Good at Sports". Sports Illustrated. May 22, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "At the rink, it's 'Tommie Time,' as St. Thomas moves hockey programs to Division I". Duluth News Tribune. July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  5. ^ "St. Thomas men's team moves to Division I, will join new CCHA for 2021-22 season". USCHO.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  6. ^ "As CCHA rejects Alabama Huntsville membership, Atlantic Hockey yet to respond, UAH suspends operations immediately". USCHO.com. May 5, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  7. ^ "Staff and Board". You Can Play Project. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  8. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Coaching Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  9. ^ "2021-2022 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics". CCHA. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  10. ^ "2021-2022 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics". CCHA. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  11. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  12. ^ "USA Today Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  13. ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  14. ^ "Four players return to 2021-22 Division I men's All-American teams, led by three-time pick Dryden McKay". USCHO.com. April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  15. ^ "Six players earn All-CCHA First Team honors". CCHA. March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  16. ^ "Four teams represented on All-CCHA Second Team". CCHA. March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  17. ^ "Six teams represented on CCHA All-Rookie Team". CCHA. March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  18. ^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2022 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
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