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2019 NCHC Tournament

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The 2019 NCHC Tournament is the sixth tournament in league history. It was played between March 15 and 23, 2019. Quarterfinal were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota-Duluth received the NCHC's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. All eight conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are 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 advance to the Xcel Energy Center for the NCHC Frozen Faceoff. The Frozen Faceoff uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.[1]

Game 1 of the series between Western Michigan and Colorado College was delayed 1 day due to the effects from Winter Storm Ulmer.[2]

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 St. Cloud State 24 19 2 3 2 62 94 52 39 30 6 3 156 85
#1 Minnesota Duluth * 24 14 9 1 0 43 75 48 42 29 11 2 133 79
#18 Western Michigan 24 13 10 1 1 41 79 78 37 21 15 1 129 115
#3 Denver 24 11 10 3 3 39 55 56 41 24 12 5 116 83
#20 North Dakota 24 12 11 1 0 37 56 55 37 18 17 2 93 90
Colorado College 24 9 12 3 0 30 66 66 41 17 20 4 117 114
Omaha 24 5 17 2 1 18 53 86 36 9 24 3 90 132
Miami 24 5 17 2 1 18 49 86 38 11 23 4 87 122
Championship: March 23, 2019
† indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

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Teams are reseeded for the Semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 15–18
Semifinals
March 22
Championship
March 23
           
1 St. Cloud State 5 6
8 Miami 2 3
1 St. Cloud State 5
6 Colorado College 2
4 Denver 2 4
5 North Dakota 0 2
1 St. Cloud State 2
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 Minnesota–Duluth 3**
3 Western Michigan 1 5 2
6 Colorado College 2 2 3
2 Minnesota–Duluth 3 Third Place
4 Denver 0
2 Minnesota–Duluth 2* 4 4 Denver 6
7 Omaha 1 1 6 Colorado College 1

* denotes overtime periods

Results

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All times are local.

Quarterfinals

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(1) St. Cloud State vs. (8) Miami

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March 15 St. Cloud State 5 – 2 Miami Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Recap  
(Ahcan, J. Poehling) Nick Poehling – 03:43
(Brodzinski, B. Lizotte) Robby JacksonPP – 17:35
First period No scoring
(N. Poehling, J. Poehling) Ryan PoehlingGW – 14:30 Second period 11:18 – Ben Lown (Mahalak, Rymsha)
(unassisted) Jack Ahcan – 03:57
(Fitzgerald, J. Lizotte) Easton Brodzinski – 16:12
Third period 00:24 – River Rymsha (Gruden)
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Dávid Hrenák Goalie stats Ryan Larkin ( 32 saves / 37 shots )
March 16 St. Cloud State 6 – 3 Miami Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 06:23 – Karch Bachman (Daschke)
(Hentges) Easton Brodzinski – 04:32
(Jackson, B. Lizotte) Jimmy Schuldt – 05:55
Second period 11:53 – Karch Bachman (Lown, Mahalak)
(Newell, Schuldt) Robby Jackson – 00:49
(Brodzinski) Sam HentgesGW – 06:42
(Hentges) Easton Brodzinski – 11:12
(Jackson, Newell) Blake LizotteEN – 17:27
Third period 04:38 – Brian Hawkinson (Corbett, Hutton)
( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Dávid Hrenák Goalie stats Ryan Larkin ( 39 saves / 44 shots )
St. Cloud State won series 2–0


(2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (7) Omaha

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March 15 Minnesota–Duluth 2 – 1 OT Omaha AMSOIL Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Mackay, Samberg) Riley Tufte – 03:31 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:04 – EAKevin Conley (Jones, Weiss)
(Miller, Anderson) Nick SwaneyGW – 13:42 First overtime period No scoring
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Hunter Shepard Goalie stats Evan Weninger ( 39 saves / 41 shots )
March 16 Minnesota–Duluth 4 – 1 Omaha AMSOIL Arena Recap  
(Anderson, Samberg) Jackson Cates – 11:46 First period 09:40 – Taylor Ward (Morelli, Olofsson)
(Anderson, Krieger) Kobe RothGW PP – 07:14
(Richards, Mackay) Cole Koepke – 19:54
Second period No scoring
(Cates, Wolff) Peter Krieger – 06:11 Third period No scoring
( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Hunter Shepard Goalie stats Evan Weninger ( 29 saves / 33 shots )
Minnesota–Duluth won series 2–0


(3) Western Michigan vs. (6) Colorado College

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March 16 Western Michigan 1 – 2 Colorado College Lawson Ice Arena Recap  
(Passolt, Rueschhoff) Drew Worrad – 02:04 First period 11:57 – Mason Bergh (Conzo, Bradley)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring overtime period 06:42 – GWErik Middendorf (Copeland, Versich)
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Trevor Gorsuch Goalie stats Alex Leclerc ( 29 saves / 30 shots )
March 17 Western Michigan 5 – 2 Colorado College Lawson Ice Arena Recap  
(Allison, Lee) Dawson DiPietro – 01:56 First period No scoring
(DiPietro, Lee) Colt Conrad – 16:51
(Conrad, Passolt) Corey SchuenemanGW – 19:33
Second period 09:40 – Troy Conzo (Bergh)
19:48 – Bryan Yoon (Michaud)
(Orchard, Passolt) Austin Rueschhoff – 01:44
(Schueneman) Dawson DiPietro – 13:08
Third period No scoring
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Trevor Gorsuch Goalie stats Alex Leclerc ( 35 saves / 40 shots )
March 18 Western Michigan 2 – 3 Colorado College Lawson Ice Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 16:47 – PPWestin Michaud (Bergh, Yoon)
(Passolt, Orchard) Austin Rueschhoff – 18:49 Second period No scoring
(Orchard, Passolt) Austin RueschhoffEA – 17:36 Third period 05:16 – Alex Berardinelli (Copeland, Michaud)
07:16 – GWTrevor Gooch (Yoon, Bergh)
( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Trevor Gorsuch Goalie stats Alex Leclerc ( 32 saves / 34 shots )
Colorado College won series 2–1


(4) Denver vs. (5) North Dakota

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March 15 Denver 2 – 0 North Dakota Magness Arena Recap  
(Lukosevicius, Davies) Tyson McLellanGW – 19:00 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Heikkinen) Griffin Mendel – 11:44 Third period No scoring
( 32 saves / 32 shots ) Filip Larsson Goalie stats Peter Thome ( 15 saves / 17 shots )
March 16 Denver 4 – 2 North Dakota Magness Arena Recap  
(Lancaster, Mitchell) Cole GuttmanPP – 03:45 First period 14:33 – Nick Jones (Mismash, Bernard-Docker)
(Mendel, Mitchell) Colin Staub – 01:02
(Guttman, Pettersen) Jarid LukoseviciusGW – 14:38
Second period No scoring
(unassisted) Jaakko HeikkinenEN – 18:27 Third period 05:42 – Nick Jones (Shaw)
( 40 saves / 42 shots ) Filip Larsson Goalie stats Peter Thome ( 14 saves / 17 shots )
Denver won series 2–0


Semifinals

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(1) St. Cloud State vs. (6) Colorado College

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March 22 St. Cloud State 5 – 2 Colorado College Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(B. Lizotte, Schuldt) Patrick Newell - PP - 12:51
(J. Lizotte) Nolan Walker - 12:51
First period 09:47 - PP - Westin Michaud (Bradley, Yoon)
(Meier, B. Lizotte) Robby Jackson - GW - 09:38 Second period 04:39 - Nick Jones (Olson, Poolman)
(Newell, Fitzgerald) Jack Ahcan - 12:51
(Fitzgerald, Bushy) Nick Poehling - 16:47
Third period 14:47 - PP - Westin Michaud (Yoon, Bergh)
( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Dávid Hrenák Goalie stats Alex Leclerc ( 22 saves / 27 shots )


(2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (4) Denver

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March 22 Denver 0 – 3 Minnesota–Duluth Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(unassisted) Cole Koepke - GW - 00:42
(unassisted) Louie Roehl - EN - 18:22
(unassisted) Cole Koepke - EN - 19:39
Third period No scoring
( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Hunter Shepard Goalie stats Filip Larsson ( 30 saves / 31 shots )


Third place

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(4) Denver vs. (6) Colorado College

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March 23 Denver 6 – 1 Colorado College Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Pettersen) Jarid Lukosevicius - 05:49 First period 15:01 - PP - Trey Bradley (Bergh, Versich)
(Lancaster, Pettersen) Ian Mitchell - GW PP - 08:29
(Davies, Stapley) Liam Finlay - 09:28
Second period No scoring
(Finlay, McLellan) Ian Mitchell - 00:27
(McLellan, Mitchell) Liam Finlay - 05:37
(Stapley, Mitchell) Tyson McLellan - 12:11
Third period No scoring
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Devin Cooley Goalie stats Alex Leclerc ( 23 saves / 29 shots )


Championship

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(1) St. Cloud State vs. (2) Minnesota–Duluth

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March 17 St. Cloud State 2 – 3 2OT Minnesota–Duluth Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(B. Lizotte, Newell) Robby Jackson - EA - 07:45 First period 10:49 - Mikey Anderson (Perunovich, Mackay)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(B. Lizotte, Achan) Patrick Newell - PP - 00:28 Third period 15:09 - SH - Billy Exell (Laderoute)
No scoring Second overtime period 07:29 - GW - Nick Swaney (Laderoute, Jacques)
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Dávid Hrenák Goalie stats Hunter Shepard ( 37 saves / 39 shots )


Tournament awards

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* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

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  1. ^ "Format". Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "WMU hockey playoff series vs. Colorado College pushed back to Saturday". Michigan Live. March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "Minnesota Duluth Tops St. Cloud State in Double OT for Frozen Faceoff Title". SB Nation. March 23, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.