2023 NCHC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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Dates | March 10–18, 2023 |
Teams | 8 |
Finals site | Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, Minnesota |
Champions | St. Cloud State (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Brett Larson (1st title) |
MVP | Jami Krannila (St. Cloud State) |
NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
The 2023 NCHC Tournament was the tenth tournament in league history. It was played between March 10 and 18, 2023. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four matches were held at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. As the tournament winner, St. Cloud State earned the NCHC's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.[1][2]
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All eight conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.
The winners of the first round series advanced to the Xcel Energy Center for the NCHC Frozen Faceoff. The Frozen Faceoff used a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.[3]
Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
#6 Denver † | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 94 | 53 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 150 | 86 | ||
#11 Western Michigan | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 86 | 60 | 39 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 148 | 102 | ||
#20 Omaha | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 71 | 64 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 109 | 97 | ||
#5 St. Cloud State * | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 85 | 68 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 133 | 95 | ||
Minnesota Duluth | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 65 | 81 | 37 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 95 | 114 | ||
#17 North Dakota | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 75 | 70 | 39 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 127 | 110 | ||
Colorado College | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 37 | 60 | 38 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 79 | 99 | ||
Miami | 24 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 39 | 96 | 36 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 73 | 137 | ||
Championship: March 18, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Frozen Faceoff Championship Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
Teams are reseeded for the semifinals.[4]
Quarterfinals March 10–12 | Semifinals March 17 | Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Denver | 6 | 7 | - | ||||||||||||
8 | Miami | 2 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||
1 | Denver | 0 | ||||||||||||||
7 | Colorado College | 1 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Western Michigan | 1 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||
7 | Colorado College | 3 | 3* | - | ||||||||||||
7 | Colorado College | 0 | ||||||||||||||
4 | St. Cloud State | 3 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Omaha | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | North Dakota | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
4 | St. Cloud State | 3* | ||||||||||||||
6 | North Dakota | 2 | ||||||||||||||
4 | St. Cloud State | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | Minnesota Duluth | 1 | 5 | 1 |
* denotes overtime periods
All times are local.
March 10, 2023 7:00 PM | Denver | 6–2 (2–1, 1–1, 3–0) | Miami | Magness Arena Attendance: 4,873 |
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Matt Davis | Goalies | Ludvig Persson | Referees: Brian Hankes Sterling Egan Linesmen: John Grandt Erik Contino | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 32 |
March 11, 2023 6:00 PM | Denver | 7–2 (4–1, 2–1, 1–0) | Miami | Magness Arena Attendance: 5,567 |
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(out 55:30) Matt Davis (in 55:30) Jack Caruso | Goalies | Ludvig Persson (out 28:16) Logan Neaton (in 28:16) | Referees: Brian Hankes Sterling Egan Linesmen: John Grandt Erik Contino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 23 |
Denver Won Series 2–0 |
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March 10, 2023 5:00 PM | Western Michigan | 1–3 (1–0, 0–0, 0–3) | Colorado College | Lawson Arena Attendance: 3,218 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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Cameron Rowe | Goalies | Kaidan Mbereko | Referees: Brandon Schmitt Nathan Wieler Linesmen: Dan Cohen Eric Frank | |||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 17 min | ||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 25 |
March 11, 2023 4:00 PM | Western Michigan | 2–3 (OT) (1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1) | Colorado College | Lawson Arena Attendance: 3,557 |
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Cameron Rowe | Goalies | Kaidan Mbereko | Referees: Brandon Schmitt Nathan Wieler Linesmen: Dan Cohen Eric Frank | ||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 31 |
Colorado College Won Series 2–0 |
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March 3, 2023 6:07 PM | Omaha | 2–1 (0–0, 2–0, 0–1) | North Dakota | Baxter Arena Attendance: 6,510 |
Game reference | |||||||||||
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Simon Latkoczy | Goalies | Drew DeRidder | Referees: Dan Dreger Ryan Hersey Linesmen: Sam Rankin Jeff Schultz | ||||||||
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19 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||
28 | Shots | 41 |
March 11, 2023 6:07 PM | Omaha | 1–3 (0–0, 2–0, 0–1) | North Dakota | Baxter Arena Attendance: 7,348 |
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Simon Latkoczy | Goalies | Drew DeRidder | Referees: Dan Dreger Ryan Hersey Linesmen: Sam Rankin Jeff Schultz | |||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 22 |
March 12, 2023 5:07 PM | Omaha | 2–5 (1–0, 1–2, 0–3) | North Dakota | Baxter Arena Attendance: 5,571 |
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Simon Latkoczy | Goalies | Drew DeRidder | Referees: Dan Dreger Ryan Hersey Linesmen: Sam Rankin Jeff Schultz | ||||||||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Shots | 36 |
North Dakota Won Series 2–1 |
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March 10, 2023 6:30 PM | St. Cloud State | 3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0) | Minnesota Duluth | Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Attendance: 2,620 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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Dominic Basse | Goalies | Zach Stejskal | Referees: Joe Sullivan Timm Walsh Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Elliott Bucholz | |||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 9 min | ||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 25 |
March 11, 2023 5:00 PM | St. Cloud State | 1–5 (1–1, 0–3, 0–1) | Minnesota Duluth | Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Attendance: - |
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Dominic Basse | Goalies | Zach Stejskal | Referees: Joe Sullivan Timm Walsh Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Elliott Bucholz | |||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 23 |
March 12, 2023 5:00 PM | St. Cloud State | 3–1 (0–0, 3–1, 0–0) | Minnesota Duluth | Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Attendance: - |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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Jaxon Castor | Goalies | Zach Stejskal | Referees: Joe Sullivan Timm Walsh Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Elliott Bucholz | |||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||||||||||||
32 | Shots | 37 |
St. Cloud State Won Series 2–1 |
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March 17, 2023[5] 4:00 PM | Denver | 0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0) | Colorado College | Xcel Energy Center Attendance: 10,242 |
Game reference | |||||
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(out 49:28) Magnus Chrona (in 49:28) Matt Davis | Goalies | Kaidan Mbereko | Referees: Dan Dreger Brandon Schmitt Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Jeff Schultz | ||
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8 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||
23 | Shots | 26 |
March 17, 2023 7:30 PM | St. Cloud State | 3–2 (OT) (1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0) | North Dakota | Xcel Energy Center Attendance: 10,242 |
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Jaxon Castor | Goalies | Drew DeRidder | Referees: Sterling Egan Nathan Wieler Linesmen: Justin Hills Erik Contino | ||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 25 |
March 18, 2023[6] 7:30 PM | St. Cloud State | 3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0) | Colorado College | Xcel Energy Center Attendance: 6,877 |
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Jaxon Castor | Goalies | Kaidan Mbereko | Referees: Joe Sullivan Ryan Hersey Linesmen: John Grandt Tyler Liffrig | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
26 | Shots | 17 |