NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame hockey team will be the No. 3 seed at the Albany NCAA Regional and will face No. 2 seed North Dakota on Thursday, March 24 at 6 p.m. ET in the first round of the 2022 NCAA championship. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU.
The NCAA Championship field of 16 was announced on the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Selection Show on ESPNU Sunday evening. The Regional’s other first round game will feature No. 1 seed Minnesota State and No. 4 seed Harvard. The Regional Finals are slated for Saturday, March 26.
The additional 2022 Regional sites include Allentown, Pennsylvania (March 25 & 27), Loveland, Colorado (March 24 & 26) and Worcester, Massachusetts (March 25 & 27). The four regional winners will advance to the 2022 Frozen Four on April 7 and 9 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
2022 NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket
It marks the sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament field the Irish have earned an invite to, a program-best streak. It is the second-longest active streak, trailing only Minnesota Duluth (7).
Notre Dame, which made back-to-back Frozen Four appearances in 2017 and 2018 and advanced to the 2018 national title game, has made the NCAA tournament for the 13th time in program history and for the 12th time under head coach Jeff Jackson.
The Irish have also appeared in nine of the last 11 NCAA Tournament fields. In addition to 2017 and 2018, Jackson also guided the Irish to Frozen Four appearances in 2008 and 2011.
Notre Dame’s All-Time NCAA Tournament Results
2004 – Midwest Regional (at Grand Rapids, Michigan)
L — Minnesota 5, Notre Dame 2
2007 – Midwest Regional (at Grand Rapids, Michigan)
W — Notre Dame 3, Alabama-Huntsville 2 (2 OT)
L — Michigan State, 2 Notre Dame 1
2008 – West Regional (at Colorado Springs, Colorado)
W — Notre Dame 7, New Hampshire 3
W — Notre Dame 3, Michigan State 1
2008 – NCAA Frozen Four (at Denver, Colorado)
W — Notre Dame 5, Michigan 4 (OT)
L — Boston College 4, Notre Dame 1
2009 – Midwest Regional (at Grand Rapids, Michigan)
L — Bemidji State 5, Notre Dame 1
2011 – Northeast Regional (at Manchester, New Hampshire)
W — Notre Dame 4, Merrimack 3 (OT)
W — Notre Dame 2, New Hampshire 1
2011 – NCAA Frozen Four (at St. Paul, Minnesota)
L — Minnesota Duluth 4, Notre Dame 3
2013 – Midwest Regional (at Toledo, Ohio)
L — St. Cloud State 4, Notre Dame 1
2014 – West Regional (at St. Paul, Minnesota)
L — St. Cloud State 4, Notre Dame 3 (OT)
2016 – Midwest Regional (at Cincinnati, Ohio)
L — Michigan 3, Notre Dame 2 (OT)
2017 – Northeast Regional (at Manchester, New Hampshire)
W — Notre Dame 3, Minnesota 2
W — Notre Dame 3, UMass Lowell 2 (OT)
2017 – Frozen Four (at Chicago, Illinois)
L — Denver 6, Notre Dame 1
2018 – East Regional (at Bridgeport, Connecticut)
W — Notre Dame 4, Michigan Tech 3 (OT)
W — Notre Dame 2, Providence 1
2018 Frozen Four (at Saint Paul, Minnesota)
W — Notre Dame 4, Michigan 3
L — Minnesota Duluth 2, Notre Dame 1
2019 – Northeast Regional (at Manchester, New Hampshire)
W — Notre Dame 3, Clarkson 2 (OT)
L — Massachusetts 4, Notre Dame 0
2020 – No NCAA Tournament (COVID-19)
2021 – Albany Regional (at Albany, New York)
DNP – COVID-19 protocols
2021-22 Team Awards
- Prior to the NCAA Selection Show, the team celebrated the season to date by bestowing their 2021-22 Team Awards as voted by the team:
- Compton Family Leadership in Service Award
- Graham Slaggert
- Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rockne Student-Athlete Award
- Charlie Raith
- Brian “Duke” Walsh Offensive Player of the Year
- Max Ellis
- William Donald Nyrop Defensive Player of the Year
- Adam Karashik
- The Charles “Lefty” Smith Coaches’ Award
- Conor Klaers and Charlie Raith
- Most Improved Player
- Cam Burke
- Notre Dame Rookie of the Year
Hunter Strand - Notre Dame Monogram Club Team MVP
- Spencer Stastney
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