title: 2022 Hockey East women's ice hockey tournament
text: # 2022 Hockey East women's ice hockey tournament
  
  The 2022 Women's Hockey East Association tournament was played between February 23 and March 8. The opening round, quarterfinals and semifinals were played on campus locations. The championship was hosted by the highest remaining seed, Northeastern. Northeastern defeated Connecticut 3-1 to earn their 5th straight tournament championship. They also earned the conference's automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
  
  ## Standings
  
  2021–22 WHEA standingsvte :
  
  | | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
  | #3 Northeastern †* | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 67 | 96 | 27 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 136 | 40 |
  | Vermont | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 57 | 86 | 56 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 107 | 76 |
  | UConn | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 66 | 49 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 99 | 64 |
  | Boston College | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 47 | 71 | 63 | 34 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 88 | 84 |
  | Maine | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 41 | 57 | 59 | 35 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 75 | 87 |
  | Boston University | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 57 | 58 | 33 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 70 | 82 |
  | Providence | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 39 | 52 | 53 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 67 | 67 |
  | New Hampshire | 26 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 30 | 51 | 74 | 34 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 71 | 95 |
  | Merrimack | 27 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 53 | 86 | 34 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 61 | 116 |
  | Holy Cross | 27 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 100 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 46 | 120 |
  | Championship: March 8, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 20, 2022 |||||||||||||||
  
  ## Bracket
  
  | Opening Round February 23 | Opening Round February 23 | Opening Round February 23 | Quarterfinals February 25 & 26 | Quarterfinals February 25 & 26 | Quarterfinals February 25 & 26 | Semifinals March 2 | Semifinals March 2 | Semifinals March 2 | Championship March 8 | Championship March 8 | Championship March 8 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | 6 | Boston University | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 10 | Holy Cross | 1 | 3 | Connecticut | 3 | | | | | | |
  | 7 | Providence | 3 | | | | 3 | Connecticut | 3 | | | |
  | | | | | | | 2 | Vermont | 1 | | | |
  | | | | 7 | Providence | 1 | | | | | | |
  | | | | 2 | Vermont | 4 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Connecticut | 1 |
  | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Northeastern | 3 |
  | | | | 5 | Maine | 2 | | | | | | |
  | 9 | Merrimack | 4 | 4 | Boston College | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | New Hampshire | 1 | | | | 5 | Maine | 1 | | | |
  | | | | | | | 1 | Northeastern | 3 | | | |
  | | | | 9 | Merrimack | 0 | | | | | | |
  | | | | 1 | Northeastern | 8 | | | | | | |
  
  Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
  
  