The 2021–22 New Hampshire Wildcats Men's ice hockey season was the 96th season of play for the program and the 38th season in the Hockey East conference. The Wildcats represented the University of New Hampshire and were coached by Mike Souza, in his 4th season.

For much of the season, New Hampshire's attempt at rebuilding the program were hampered by a lack of offense. The Wildcats finished almost as many games being shut out (four) as scoring more than 3 goals (five). A majority of the team's victories came as a result of strong defensive play.

UNH had their moments during the year, defeating several ranked teams, but they couldn't sustain their success for long. In the first half of the season the wildcats hovered around the .500 mark. After returning from the winter break, the team went on a 5-game winning streak to get their head above water. After that good stretch, however, the team stumbled down the stretch and lost eight of their final ten games. The offense was about as strong as it had been earlier in the year but the defense faltered, allowing almost 4 goals per game over that span.

The result of their poor finish was that New Hampshire slid down the Hockey East standings and had to open the conference playoffs on the road. They travelled south to play Boston College and vastly outshot the Eagles in the match, 47–27. Unfortunately, the defense was again an issue and the team needed a hat-trick from Tyler Ward just to get the game into overtime. It was not the Wildcat's night, unfortunately, and BC netted the game-winner. The loss capped off the season which, though it was an improvement over the previous campaign, was the 8th consecutive year that UNH did not possess a winning record.

As of August 19, 2021.^[1]

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No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1		Jeremy Forman	Sophomore	G	5' 10" (1.78 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1999-09-22	Northbrook, Illinois	Corpus Christi (NAHL)	—
2		Drew Hickey	Senior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	1997-10-28	New Canaan, Connecticut	Connecticut (NCDC)	—
3		Ryan Verrier (A)	Senior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	1998-11-19	Reading, Massachusetts	Green Bay (USHL)	—
5		Will MacKinnon (C)	Senior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	2000-04-13	Plymouth, Michigan	Des Moines (USHL)	—
6		Lucas Herrmann	Junior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2000-08-01	Lancaster, New York	Madison (USHL)	—
7		Alec Semandel	Senior	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	1998-05-23	Waunakee, Wisconsin	Lake Superior State (WCHA)	—
8		Nikolai Jenson	Sophomore	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	2000-07-28	Cold Spring, Minnesota	Youngstown (USHL)	—
9		Connor Sweeney	Freshman	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2000-05-05	North Andover, Massachusetts	Islanders (NCDC)	—
10		Kalle Eriksson	Junior	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1999-09-15	Leksand, Sweden	Madison (USHL)	—
11		Jackson Pierson (A)	Senior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	1999-09-10	Zionsville, Indiana	Culver (Midget AAA)	—
12		Eric Esposito	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	1998-08-24	West Haven, Connecticut	Youngstown (USHL)	—
13		Nick Cafarelli	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	2001-12-31	Middleton, Massachusetts	Wenatchee (BCHL)	—
14		Tyler Ward	Senior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	1999-08-19	Kamloops, British Columbia	Denver (NCHC)	—
15		Chase Stevenson	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-01-13	West Kelowna, British Columbia	Trail (BCHL)	—
16		Filip Engarås	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	1999-05-16	Stockholm, Sweden	Skellefteå (J20 SuperElit)	EDM, 169th overall 2020
17		Carsen Richels	Sophomore	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2001-10-03	Ham Lake, Minnesota	Blaine (USHS–MN)	—
18		Harrison Blaisdell	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-03-18	Regina, Saskatchewan	North Dakota (NCHC)	WPG, 134th overall 2019
19		Eric MacAdams (A)	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1997-04-29	Salem, Massachusetts	Dubuque (USHL)	—
20		Colton Huard	Freshman	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2000-11-27	Foothill Ranch, California	Chicago (USHL)	—
21		Cam Gendron	Sophomore	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	1999-02-05	Hampstead, New Hampshire	New Jersey (NAHL)	—
22		Joe Hankinson	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1999-06-15	Hopkins, Minnesota	Cedar Rapids (USHL)	—
24		Robert Cronin	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	2000-08-15	Plymouth, Massachusetts	Dubuque (USHL)	—
25		Will Margel	Freshman	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2001-03-16	Potomac, Maryland	Johnstown (NAHL)	—
25		Liam Devlin	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	2001-01-07	Needham, Massachusetts	Omaha (USHL)	—
27		Luke Reid	Sophomore	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	2001-09-26	Warman, Saskatchewan	Chicago (USHL)	NSH, 166th overall 2020
28		Alex Gagne	Freshman	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	2002-08-12	Bedford, New Hampshire	Muskegon (USHL)	TBL, 192nd overall 2021
29		Joseph Cipollone	Senior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1997-03-29	Purchase, New York	Boston Jr. Bruins (NCDC)	—
31		Mike Robinson	Senior	G	6' 4" (1.93 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	1997-03-27	Bedford, New Hampshire	Springfield (NAHL)	SJS, 86th overall 2015
35		Rafe Gaughan	Freshman	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2000-02-11	Somersworth, New Hampshire	Northeast (NA3HL)	—
41		David Fessenden	Junior	G	6' 6" (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1998-04-30	Parker, Colorado	Alabama–Huntsville (WCHA)	—

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Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.^[4]