The 2021–22 Niagara Purple Eagles men's ice hockey season was the 26th season of play for the program, the 24th at the Division I level, and the 12th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Purple Eagles represented Niagara University and were coached by Jason Lammers, in his 5th season.

Season Niagara didn't have much to celebrate during the season. For most of the year they were near the bottom of the conference standings and were among the worst in terms of both goals scored and goals allowed. However, the Eagles did show flashes of strong play and posted one of the program's best wins when they defeated #10 Notre Dame after Christmas.

In the final week of the regular season, the team managed to take down conference champion American International in a shootout. When they entered the postseason they were set against Bentley, who had gone winless in their previous eleven games. Unfortunately, Niagara dropped both games at home and saw their season come to an abrupt end.

Departures Jack Billings Forward Graduation (signed with Iowa Heartlanders) Jared Brandt Defenseman Graduation (signed with Reading Royals) Cameron Cook Forward Signed professional contract (Evansville Thunderbolts) Eric Cooley Forward Graduate transfer to Ohio State Croix Evingson Defenseman Graduation (signed with Jacksonville Icemen) Justin Kendall Forward Graduation (retired) Dylan Mills Forward Signed professional contract (Evansville Thunderbolts) Scott Persson Defenseman Joined club team Trevor Poeze Forward Left program (retired) Patrick Pugliese Goaltender Transferred to Trinity Reed Robinson Forward Left program (retired) Ludwig Stenlund Forward Signed professional contract (HC Vita Hästen) Alex Truscott Forward Left program (retired) Brian Wilson Goaltender Graduation (signed with Evansville Thunderbolts)

Recruiting Jason Ahearn Forward 20 Staten Island, NY Noah Carlin Defenseman 21 Marine City, MI Jack DeBoer Forward 21 Madison, NJ; transfer from Boston University Mike Faulkner Defenseman 25 The Bronx, NY; graduate transfer from Hobart Olivier Gauthier Forward 22 Ferme-Neuve, QC; transfer from Alaska Anchorage Zane Kindrachuk Forward 21 Calgary, AB Albin Nilsson Forward 23 Ljungby, SWE; transfer from Providence Shane Ott Forward 21 Centennial, CO Lars Christian Rødne Forward 21 Stavanger, NOR Alexandre Roy Defenseman 23 Saint-Vallier, QC; transfer from Omaha Jake Sibell Goaltender 21 Isanti, MN

Roster As of September 6, 2021.

Standings

Schedule and results

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Niagara Lost Series 0–2

Scoring statistics F 36 7 16 23 2 C 32 8 13 21 16 F 36 11 8 19 18 F 36 8 10 18 8 D 35 3 14 17 39 C 29 8 7 15 6 D 36 5 10 15 28 LW 30 5 6 11 4 D 32 2 7 9 18 F 22 6 2 8 2 F 33 3 5 8 32 C 35 3 5 8 14 D 36 2 6 8 33 F 28 1 7 8 6 F 35 4 3 7 19 D 32 1 6 7 16 D 36 1 6 7 31 D 11 1 5 6 2 LW 33 1 4 5 10 D 28 0 4 4 12 C 21 2 0 2 10 G 28 0 1 1 0 F 2 0 0 0 0 G 3 0 0 0 0 D 4 0 0 0 2 G 11 0 0 0 0 D 22 0 0 0 6 Total 82 145 227 334

Goaltending statistics 29 1569 10 14 2 77 675 1 .898 2.94 15 498 1 6 1 32 246 0 .885 3.85 8 91 0 2 0 6 53 0 .898 3.94 Empty Net - 33 - - - 4 - - - - Total 36 2193 11 22 3 119 974 1 .891 3.26

Rankings

PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.

Awards and honors Shane Ott Atlantic Hockey Rookie Team

References