2023 NCHC Tournament

2023 NCHC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 10–18, 2023
Teams8
Finals siteXcel Energy Center
Saint Paul, Minnesota
ChampionsSt. Cloud State (2nd title)
Winning coachBrett Larson (1st title)
MVPJami 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]

Format

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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]

Standings

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2022–23 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Standings
Conference record Overall record
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

Bracket

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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

Results

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All times are local.

Quarterfinals

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(1) Denver vs. (8) Miami

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March 10, 2023
7:00 PM		Denver6–2
(2–1, 1–1, 3–0)		MiamiMagness Arena
Attendance: 4,873
Game reference
Matt DavisGoaliesLudvig PerssonReferees:
Brian Hankes
Sterling Egan
Linesmen:
John Grandt
Erik Contino
0–129:20 – P. J. Fletcher (5) (Kumlin, Dukovac)
(Dornbach, Thompson) Jack Devine (10) – PP – 07:381–1
(Broz, King) Jack Devine (11) – 31:052–1
(Mazur, Dornbach) Jack Devine (12) – PP GW – 32:033–1
3–238:39 – PP – Joe Cassetti (20) (Rydqvist, Barbolini)
(Benning, Thompson) Jack Devine (13) – PP – 42:184–2
(Broz) Tristan Lemyre (3) – 49:505–2
(Lemyre, Lee) Connor Caponi (2) – EN – 58:536–2
14 minPenalties14 min
34Shots32
March 11, 2023
6:00 PM		Denver7–2
(4–1, 2–1, 1–0)		MiamiMagness Arena
Attendance: 5,567
Game reference
(out 55:30) Matt Davis
(in 55:30) Jack Caruso		GoaliesLudvig Persson (out 28:16)
Logan Neaton (in 28:16)		Referees:
Brian Hankes
Sterling Egan
Linesmen:
John Grandt
Erik Contino
(Thompson, Mazur) Casey Dornbach (13) – 00:361–0
(Dornbach, Mayhew) Aidan Thompson (10) – 02:372–0
(Haskins, Buium) Owen Ozar (1) – GW – 03:243–0
3–106:11 – PP – Ryan Savage (6) (Dukovac, Murray)
(Mayhew, King) Shai Buium (4) – PP – 18:244–1
(King, Mayhew) Tristan Lemyre (4) – PP – 24:495–1
(Lemyre) Lucas Olvestad (1) – 28:166–1
6–236:06 – Artur Turansky (20) (Barbolini)
(Mayhew) Jack Devine (14) – 58:587–2
8 minPenalties10 min
29Shots23
Denver Won Series 2–0

(2) Western Michigan vs. (7) Colorado College

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March 10, 2023
5:00 PM		Western Michigan1–3
(1–0, 0–0, 0–3)		Colorado CollegeLawson Arena
Attendance: 3,218
Game reference
Cameron RoweGoaliesKaidan MberekoReferees:
Brandon Schmitt
Nathan Wieler
Linesmen:
Dan Cohen
Eric Frank
(Polin, Sasson) Ryan McAllister (12) – 14:501–0
1–153:36 – Logan Will (5) (Straky, Christy)
1–254:16 – GW – Tyler Coffey (12) (Laba, Andrews)
1–354:35 – PP – Hunter McKown (20) (Yoon, Cooley)
6 minPenalties17 min
26Shots25
March 11, 2023
4:00 PM		Western Michigan2–3 (OT)
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1)		Colorado CollegeLawson Arena
Attendance: 3,557
Game reference
Cameron RoweGoaliesKaidan MberekoReferees:
Brandon Schmitt
Nathan Wieler
Linesmen:
Dan Cohen
Eric Frank
(Sasson, Fiedler) Ryan McAllister (13) – 10:321–0
1–110:46 – Noah Serdachny (3) (Cooley)
1–227:15 – Noah Laba (11) (McKown, Straky)
(McAllister, Galambos) Max Sasson (15) – 50:262–2
2–363:08 – GW – Matthew Gleason (4) (Cozzi, Will)
6 minPenalties6 min
30Shots31
Colorado College Won Series 2–0

(3) Omaha vs. (6) North Dakota

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March 3, 2023
6:07 PM		Omaha2–1
(0–0, 2–0, 0–1)		North DakotaBaxter Arena
Attendance: 6,510
Game reference
Simon LatkoczyGoaliesDrew DeRidderReferees:
Dan Dreger
Ryan Hersey
Linesmen:
Sam Rankin
Jeff Schultz
(Pennington, Slipec) Jacob Guevin (4) – 24:291–0
(Guevin, Bohlsen) Davis Pennington (1) – GW – 27:002–0
2–158:46 – EA – Riese Gaber (20) (Schmaltz, Jandric)
19 minPenalties10 min
28Shots41
March 11, 2023
6:07 PM		Omaha1–3
(0–0, 2–0, 0–1)		North DakotaBaxter Arena
Attendance: 7,348
Game reference
Simon LatkoczyGoaliesDrew DeRidderReferees:
Dan Dreger
Ryan Hersey
Linesmen:
Sam Rankin
Jeff Schultz
0–110:01 – Jackson Blake (16) (Jamernik, Gaber)
(Guevin, Bremer) Joaquim Lemay (2) – PP – 12:241–1
1–258:46 – GW PP – Tyler Kleven (7) (Jamernik, Gaber)
1–358:59 – EN – Dylan James (7) (Sidorski)
10 minPenalties14 min
25Shots22
March 12, 2023
5:07 PM		Omaha2–5
(1–0, 1–2, 0–3)		North DakotaBaxter Arena
Attendance: 5,571
Game reference
Simon LatkoczyGoaliesDrew DeRidderReferees:
Dan Dreger
Ryan Hersey
Linesmen:
Sam Rankin
Jeff Schultz
(Pennington, Berg) Jimmy Glynn (4) – 14:141–0
1–122:36 – PP – Jake Schmaltz (5) (Hain)
(Proctor, Krenzen) Cameron Berg (10) – 32:042–1
2–258:46 – SH – Dylan James (8) (Caulfield)
2–354:46 – GW – Griffin Ness (7) (Sidorski, Albrecht)
2–456:11 – Tyler Kleven (8) (unassisted)
2–556:28 – Gavin Hain (11) (Caulfield)
16 minPenalties12 min
14Shots36
North Dakota Won Series 2–1

(4) St. Cloud State vs. (5) Minnesota Duluth

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March 10, 2023
6:30 PM		St. Cloud State3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		Minnesota DuluthHerb Brooks National Hockey Center
Attendance: 2,620
Game reference
Dominic BasseGoaliesZach StejskalReferees:
Joe Sullivan
Timm Walsh
Linesmen:
Dana Penkivech
Elliott Bucholz
(unassisted) Josh Luedtke (2) – 03:221–0
1–132:20 – PP – Dominic James (9) (Kaiser, Steeves)
(Trejbal, Spellacy) Micah Miller (3) – GW – 38:112–1
(Bushy) Micah Miller (4) – EN – 58:333–1
6 minPenalties9 min
25Shots25
March 11, 2023
5:00 PM		St. Cloud State1–5
(1–1, 0–3, 0–1)		Minnesota DuluthHerb Brooks National Hockey Center
Attendance: -
Game reference
Dominic BasseGoaliesZach StejskalReferees:
Joe Sullivan
Timm Walsh
Linesmen:
Dana Penkivech
Elliott Bucholz
(Kupka, Spellacy) Micah Miller (5) – 07:081–0
1–112:40 – Carter Loney (3) (Bettens, Olson)
1–223:00 – GW – Wyatt Kaiser (20) (Smith, Howard)
1–326:17 – Ben Steeves (21) (James)
1–426:33 – Dominic James (10) (Loheit, Kaiser)
1–557:59 – EN – Carter Loney (20) (Bettens, Olson)
2 minPenalties4 min
35Shots23
March 12, 2023
5:00 PM		St. Cloud State3–1
(0–0, 3–1, 0–0)		Minnesota DuluthHerb Brooks National Hockey Center
Attendance: -
Game reference
Jaxon CastorGoaliesZach StejskalReferees:
Joe Sullivan
Timm Walsh
Linesmen:
Dana Penkivech
Elliott Bucholz
0–120:38 – PP – Luke Loheit (9) (James, Kaiser)
(Miettinen, Salquist) Cooper Wylie (2) – 26:101–1
(Salquist) Adam Ingram (7) – GW – 26:242–1
(Ahcan, Kupka) Grant Cruikshank (21) – 32:033–1
2 minPenalties2 min
32Shots37
St. Cloud State Won Series 2–1

Semifinals

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(1) Denver vs. (7) Colorado College

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March 17, 2023[5]
4:00 PM		Denver0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		Colorado CollegeXcel Energy Center
Attendance: 10,242
Game reference
(out 49:28) Magnus Chrona
(in 49:28) Matt Davis		GoaliesKaidan MberekoReferees:
Dan Dreger
Brandon Schmitt
Linesmen:
Dana Penkivech
Jeff Schultz
0–133:22 – GW PP – Hunter McKown (21) (Andrews, Laba)
8 minPenalties8 min
23Shots26

(4) St. Cloud State vs. (6) North Dakota

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March 17, 2023
7:30 PM		St. Cloud State3–2 (OT)
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)		North DakotaXcel Energy Center
Attendance: 10,242
Game reference
Jaxon CastorGoaliesDrew DeRidderReferees:
Sterling Egan
Nathan Wieler
Linesmen:
Justin Hills
Erik Contino
0–106:18 – PP – Ethan Frisch (9) (Schmaltz, Blake)
(Wylie, Cruikshank) Veeti Miettinen (11) – PP – 03:221–1
1–232:29 – Judd Caulfield (9) (Senden, Hain)
(Okabe, Miettinen) Jami Krannila (20) – 45:062–2
(Krannila, Miettinen) Zach Okabe (17) – GW – 65:453–2
8 minPenalties10 min
21Shots25

Championship

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(4) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Colorado College

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March 18, 2023[6]
7:30 PM		St. Cloud State3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)		Colorado CollegeXcel Energy Center
Attendance: 6,877
Game reference
Jaxon CastorGoaliesKaidan MberekoReferees:
Joe Sullivan
Ryan Hersey
Linesmen:
John Grandt
Tyler Liffrig
(Okabe) Jami Krannila (21) – GW – 14:541–0
(Miller) Grant Cruikshank (22) – 42:432–0
(Cruikshank) Kyler Kupka (10) – 46:403–0
6 minPenalties2 min
26Shots17

Tournament awards

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Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team

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* Most Valuable Player(s)[7]

References

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  1. ^ Johnson, Alec (March 18, 2023). "St. Cloud State Captures 2023 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship". nchchockey.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  2. ^ Glenn, Reid (March 20, 2023). "St. Cloud State wins NCHC title, gets set for Minnesota State". St. Cloud Times. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  3. ^ "Format". nchchockey.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 NCHC Tournament Bracket" (PDF). nchchockey.com. March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  5. ^ Hatten, Mick (March 13, 2023). "The NCHC Frozen Faceoff is set, here's when the teams will play". therinklive.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  6. ^ Childs, Adam (March 18, 2023). "How to Watch NCHC Championship: Colorado College vs St. Cloud State in Men's College Hockey: Stream Live, TV Channel". SI.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  7. ^ "St. Cloud State blanks Colorado College, wins second NCHC playoff championship". uscho.com. March 19, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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