2024 NCHC Tournament
2024 NCHC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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Dates | March 15–23, 2024 |
Teams | 8 |
Finals site | Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, Minnesota |
Champions | Denver (3rd title) |
Winning coach | David Carle (1st title) |
MVP | McKade Webster (Denver) |
NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2023 2025 → |
The 2024 NCHC Tournament is the 11th tournament in league history. It was played between March 15 and 23, 2024. 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.
Format
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.[1]
Standings
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Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
#8 North Dakota † | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 87 | 67 | 40 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 151 | 105 | ||
#1 Denver * | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 110 | 80 | 42 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 198 | 119 | ||
#18 St. Cloud State | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 77 | 74 | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 121 | 114 | ||
#15 Colorado College | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 66 | 56 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 111 | 93 | ||
#12 Omaha | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 68 | 74 | 40 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 117 | 112 | ||
#14 Western Michigan | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 78 | 64 | 38 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 136 | 97 | ||
Minnesota Duluth | 24 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 65 | 80 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 103 | 125 | ||
Miami | 24 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 100 | 36 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 78 | 135 | ||
Championship: March 23, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Frozen Faceoff Championship Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll Updated: April 1, 2024 |
Bracket
Teams are reseeded for the semifinals.
Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Semifinals March 22 | Championship March 23 | ||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota | 5 | 7 | - | ||||||||||||
8 | Miami | 1 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota | 3 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Omaha | 6 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Denver | 4 | 5 | - | ||||||||||||
7 | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||
5 | Omaha | 1 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Denver | 4 | ||||||||||||||
3 | St. Cloud State | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
6 | Western Michigan | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Denver | 5* | ||||||||||||||
3 | St. Cloud State | 4 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Colorado College | 4* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
5 | Omaha | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
Note: All game times are local.
Quarterfinals
(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Miami
March 15, 2024 7:07 pm | North Dakota | 5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0) | Miami | Ralph Engelstad Arena Attendance: 11,320 |
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Hobie Hedquist | Goalies | Logan Neaton | Referees: Bobby Lukkason Sterling Egan Linesmen: Tyler Liffrig Kyle Stephens | |||||||||||||||||
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21 min | Penalties | 9 min | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | Shots | 24 |
March 16, 2024 6:07 pm | North Dakota | 7–1 (1–0, 1–0, 5–1) | Miami | Ralph Engelstad Arena Attendance: 11,569 |
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Hobie Hedquist | Goalies | Logan Neaton | Referees: Bobby Lukkason Sterling Egan Linesmen: Tyler Liffrig Kyle Stephens | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 29 |
North Dakota wins series 2–0 |
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(2) Denver vs. (7) Minnesota Duluth
March 15, 2024 7:07 pm | Denver | 4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0) | Minnesota Duluth | Magness Arena Attendance: 5,461 |
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Matt Davis | Goalies | Matthew Thiessen | Referees: Ryan Hersey Nathan Wieler Linesmen: Lucas Bisbee Chase McGee | |||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 17 |
March 16, 2024 6:07 pm | Denver | 5–2 (0–0, 3–0, 2–2) | Minnesota Duluth | Magness Arena Attendance: 6,005 |
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Matt Davis | Goalies | Matthew Thiessen | Referees: Ryan Hersey Nathan Wieler Linesmen: Lucas Bisbee Chase McGee | ||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 22 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 30 |
Denver wins series 2–0 |
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(3) St. Cloud State vs. (6) Western Michigan
March 15, 2024 7:37 pm | St. Cloud State | 5–2 (1–0, 1–0, 3–2) | Western Michigan | Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Attendance: 3,026 |
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Isak Posch | Goalies | Cameron Rowe | Referees: Brian Hawkes Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Jeff Schultz | ||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 19 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 28 |
March 16, 2024 6:07 pm | St. Cloud State | 1–6 (0–0, 1–1, 0–5) | Western Michigan | Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Attendance: 2,495 |
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Isak Posch | Goalies | Cameron Rowe | Referees: Brian Hawkes Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Jeff Schultz | ||||||||||||||||||||
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24 min | Penalties | 20 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Shots | 40 |
March 17, 2024 6:07 pm | St. Cloud State | 5–1 (3–1, 2–0, 0–0) | Western Michigan | Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Attendance: — |
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Isak Posch | Goalies | Cameron Rowe | Referees: Brian Hawkes Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Jeff Schultz | |||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 21 min | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 33 |
St. Cloud State wins series 2–1 |
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(4) Colorado College vs. (5) Omaha
March 15, 2024 7:07 pm | Colorado College | 4–3 (OT) (0–0, 1–3, 2–0, 1–0) | Omaha | Ed Robson Arena Attendance: 3,410 |
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Kaidan Mbereko | Goalies | Šimon Latkoczy | Referees: Nick Krebsbach Brandon Schmitt Linesmen: Erik Contino Dylan Peper | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 17 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Shots | 15 |
March 16, 2024 6:07 pm | Colorado College | 1–3 (1–2, 0–0, 0–1) | Omaha | Ed Robson Arena Attendance: 3,425 |
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Kaidan Mbereko | Goalies | Šimon Latkoczy | Referees: Nick Krebsbach Brandon Schmitt Linesmen: Erik Contino Dylan Peper | |||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
40 | Shots | 21 |
March 17, 2024 6:07 pm | Colorado College | 1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1) | Omaha | Ed Robson Arena Attendance: 3,416 |
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Kaidan Mbereko | Goalies | Šimon Latkoczy | Referees: Nick Krebsbach Brandon Schmitt Linesmen: Erik Contino Dylan Peper | ||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
32 | Shots | 22 |
Omaha wins series 2–1 |
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Semifinals
(1) North Dakota vs. (5) Omaha
March 22, 2024 4:07 pm | North Dakota | 3–6 (1–1, 1–2, 1–3) | Omaha | Xcel Energy Center Attendance: 8,977 |
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Hobie Hedquist | Goalies | Šimon Latkoczy | Referees: Sterling Egan Brian Hankes Linesmen: Jeff Schultz Dana Penkivech | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Shots | 35 |
(2) Denver vs. (3) St. Cloud State
March 22, 2024 7:37 pm | Denver | 5–4 (OT) (2–2, 2–2, 0–0, 1–0) | St. Cloud State | Xcel Energy Center Attendance: 8,977 |
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Matt Davis | Goalies | Isak Posch | Referees: Brandon Schmitt Nick Krebsbach Linesmen: Eric Frank Sam Rankin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 7 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Shots | 25 |
Championship
(2) Denver vs. (5) Omaha
March 23, 2024 7:30 pm | Denver | 4–1 (0–1, 2–0, 2–0) | Omaha | Xcel Energy Center Attendance: 6,929 |
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Matt Davis | Goalies | Šimon Latkoczy | Referees: Ryan Hersey Nathan Wieler Linesmen: Tyler Liffrig Erik Contino | ||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 16 |
Tournament awards
- G: Šimon Latkoczy (Omaha)
- D: Zeev Buium (Denver)
- D: Griffin Ludtke (Omaha)
- F: McKade Webster * (Denver)
- F: Zach Urdahl (Omaha)
- F: Miko Matikka (Denver)