The 2022 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. This was the first year the tournament featured an expanded field of 11 teams. The first round and quarterfinals were played on at the campuses of seeded teams on March 10 and 12, 2022, while the Frozen Four was played on March 18 and 20, 2022 at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pennsylvania. Yale made the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history and subsequently made the Frozen Four for the first time ever. Ohio State won the tournament with a 3âÂÂ2 win over Minnesota-Duluth to win their first national championship. They became only the fifth different team to win the NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament.
In the first year under this qualification format, the winners of all four Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other seven teams were selected at-large. The top five teams were then seeded.
<small>Note: each * denotes one overtime period</small>
ESPN had US television rights to the semifinals and national championship after entering into a multi-year contract to carry the event. The Quarterfinals were streamed on ESPN+, CollegeSportsLive, and BigTen+. ESPN+ carried the Frozen Four and the Championship, while ESPNU also carried the Championship.
Women's Frozen Four and Championship
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Most Outstanding Player