2021–22 PHF season

2021–22 PHF season
2021–22 PHF season
League	Premier Hockey Federation
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	November 6, 2021 – March 27, 2022
Number of matches	20
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	ESPN+; ESPN2 and TSN2 (Isobel Cup finals)
Regular season
Season Champions	Connecticut Whale
Top scorer	Kennedy Marchment (Connecticut)
Isobel Cup
Champions	Boston Pride
Runners-up	Connecticut Whale
Finals MVP	Taylor Wenczkowski
Premier Hockey Federation seasons
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 PHF season was the seventh season of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), which was known as the National Women's Hockey League during the previous six seasons, in North America. After mostly playing in a bubble environment the previous season due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the PHF commenced the 2021–22 season with a normal travel-based schedule.

League business

Following the 2021 Isobel Cup Finals, Lisa Haley was appointed as the league's vice president of hockey operations.^[1]

On April 28, 2021, the league announced that it was planning to double the salary cap of every franchise to $300,000, based on projections of financial stability for the seventh season.^[2]

On September 7, 2021, it was announced that the league would be renamed from the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) to the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF).^[3]^[4]

On February 23, 2022, the league announced that all teams were allowed to sign one additional player for the remainder of the season and spend an additional $10,000 above the current $300,000 salary cap. Additionally, all clubs would also be allowed to dress 18 skaters per game, up from 17 for the rest of the 2021–22 season.^[5]

Expansion

Plans for an expansion team in Montreal, Quebec, for the seventh season were delayed. Boston Pride president Miles Arnone, a member of the BTM Group, the group behind establishing the expansion club, confirmed the league announcement. With concerns over the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the earliest season for an expansion team in Montreal would be 2022–23.^[6]

Team ownership

On May 10, the NWHL announced the sale and transfer of ownership of the Connecticut Whale to Shared Hockey Enterprises (SHE), LLC, led by Tobin Kelly.^[7] The Whale became the first of the four founding teams to be sold to outside ownership after the league's October 2020 announcement of its transition to joint venture models. The Metropolitan Riveters then were sold to BTM Partners on May 26, giving them control of three of the league's six franchises. A transfer of ownership from W Hockey Partners, the new ownership installed John Boynton to serve as the Riveters' chairman.^[8] The NWHL finished selling its league operated teams to independent ownership with the sale of the Buffalo Beauts and Minnesota Whitecaps to a joint partnership of NLTT Ventures, LLC, and Top Tier Sports on June 28, 2021.^[9]

Front office changes

General managers
Off–season
Team	2020–21 GM	2021–22 GM	Notes
Toronto Six	Mandy Cronin	Krystiana (Krysti) Clarke^[10]	Clarke's background has included a role as manager of operations with York United FC of Canadian Premier League soccer

(*) Indicates interim.

Coaching changes

Coaches
Off–season
Team	2020–21 coach	2021–22 coach	Notes
Toronto Six	Digit Murphy	Mark Joslin^[11]	Joslin spent the last four seasons with the Ontario Junior Hockey League's Toronto Patriots

Regular season

Standings

The regular season schedule was published on August 5, 2021.^[12]^[13]

Standings as of March 22, 2022.^[14]

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts^[a]^[b]	RW	OTW	SOW	GF	GA	Diff	PIM
Connecticut Whale	20	15	3	2	47	15	0	0	74	44	+30	142
Toronto Six	20	16	3	1	46	13	3	0	66	45	+21	154
Boston Pride	20	10	5	5	32	7	2	1	48	47	+1	152
Metropolitan Riveters	20	7	12	1	21	6	1	0	54	65	-11	195
Minnesota Whitecaps	20	6	13	1	19	6	0	0	62	64	-12	202
Buffalo Beauts	20	6	14	0	15	3	3	0	44	73	-29	176

^ 3 points are awarded for a regulation win, 2 points are awarded for an overtime/shootout win, 1 point is awarded for an overtime/shootout loss, 0 points are awarded for a regulation loss^[15]
^ Tiebreaker order is: Points, Head-to-head record, Regulation wins, Wins, Goal Differential^[14]

Schedule

All times listed are Eastern Time.

Regular season schedule
Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Notes
November 6	Connecticut	1–4	Metropolitan
	Toronto	4–3	Buffalo
	Minnesota	4–6	Boston
November 7	Minnesota	0–1	Boston
November 7	Connecticut	6–5	Metropolitan
November 13	Boston	4–3	Connecticut	OT
November 14	Boston	1–3	Connecticut
November 20	Connecticut	1–5	Toronto
	Buffalo	4–3	Metropolitan	OT
	Boston	0–2	Minnesota
November 21	Connecticut	2–3	Toronto
	Boston	2–1	Minnesota	OT
	Buffalo	3–5	Metropolitan
December 4	Minnesota	1–5	Connecticut
December 4	Toronto	1–2	Boston	SO
December 5	Minnesota	2–4	Connecticut
December 5	Toronto	2–8	Boston
December 11	Metropolitan	1–2	Toronto
December 11	Buffalo	—	Minnesota		Postponed^[16]
December 12	Metropolitan	0–3	Toronto
December 12	Buffalo	—	Minnesota		Postponed^[16]
December 18	Boston	—	Metropolitan		Postponed^[17]
	Connecticut	3–1	Buffalo
	Toronto	4–0	Minnesota
December 19	Toronto	2–1	Minnesota
	Connecticut	3–1	Buffalo
	Boston	—	Metropolitan		Postponed^[17]
January 8	Minnesota	—	Toronto		Postponed^[18]
January 8	Boston	—	Buffalo		Postponed^[18]
January 9	Boston	—	Buffalo		Postponed^[18]
January 9	Minnesota	—	Toronto		Postponed^[18]
January 15	Metropolitan	1–5	Connecticut
January 15	Buffalo	1–6	Toronto
January 16	Buffalo	3–8	Toronto
January 16	Metropolitan	2–3	Connecticut
January 22	Toronto	—	Connecticut		Postponed^[19]
	Minnesota	3–1	Buffalo
	Metropolitan	1–3	Boston
January 23	Toronto	—	Connecticut		Postponed^[19]
	Minnesota	6–1	Buffalo
	Metropolitan	4–3	Boston
February 5	Connecticut	3–2	Boston
February 5	Buffalo	1–8	Minnesota		Rescheduled from December 11^[20]
February 6	Buffalo	6–2	Minnesota		Rescheduled from December 12^[20]
February 6	Connecticut	6–1	Boston
February 12	Minnesota	2–6	Toronto		Rescheduled from January 8^[21]
February 12	Metropolitan	2–3	Buffalo
February 13	Minnesota	1–2	Toronto		Rescheduled from January 9^[21]
February 13	Metropolitan	3–2	Buffalo
February 19	Metropolitan	2–5	Minnesota
February 20	Metropolitan	7–4	Minnesota
February 21	Toronto	0–3	Buffalo
February 26	Toronto	4–3	Metropolitan
February 26	Buffalo	3–4	Boston
February 27	Buffalo	0–1	Boston
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[16] 3 points are awarded for a regulation win, 2 points are awarded for an overtime/shootout win, 1 point is awarded for an overtime/shootout loss, 0 points are awarded for a regulation loss^[15]

[17] Tiebreaker order is: Points, Head-to-head record, Regulation wins, Wins, Goal Differential^[14]

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