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.

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Format

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

2018–19 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Standings
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLT3/SWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#5 St. Cloud State †241923262945239306315685
#1 Minnesota Duluth *2414910437548422911213379
#18 Western Michigan 241310114179783721151129115
#3 Denver 24111033395556412412511683
#20 North Dakota 2412111037565537181729390
Colorado College 24912303066664117204117114
Omaha 245172118538636924390132
Miami 2451721184986381123487122
Championship: March 23, 2019
† indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the Semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 15–18 		Semifinals
March 22 		Championship
March 23
           
1St. Cloud State56
8 Miami 2 3
1St. Cloud State5
6 Colorado College 2
4 Denver24
5 North Dakota 0 2
1 St. Cloud State 2
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2Minnesota–Duluth3**
3 Western Michigan 1 52
6 Colorado College22 3
2Minnesota–Duluth3Third Place
4 Denver 0
2Minnesota–Duluth2*44Denver6
7 Omaha 1 1 6 Colorado College 1

* denotes overtime periods

Results

All times are local.

Quarterfinals

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

March 15St. Cloud State5 – 2Miami Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Recap  
(Ahcan, J. Poehling) Nick Poehling – 03:43
(Brodzinski, B. Lizotte) Robby Jackson – PP – 17:35		First periodNo scoring
(N. Poehling, J. Poehling) Ryan Poehling – GW – 14:30Second period11:18 – Ben Lown (Mahalak, Rymsha)
(unassisted) Jack Ahcan – 03:57
(Fitzgerald, J. Lizotte) Easton Brodzinski – 16:12		Third period00:24 – River Rymsha (Gruden)
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Dávid Hrenák Goalie stats Ryan Larkin ( 32 saves / 37 shots )
March 16St. Cloud State6 – 3Miami Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period06:23 – Karch Bachman (Daschke)
(Hentges) Easton Brodzinski – 04:32
(Jackson, B. Lizotte) Jimmy Schuldt – 05:55		Second period11:53 – Karch Bachman (Lown, Mahalak)
(Newell, Schuldt) Robby Jackson – 00:49
(Brodzinski) Sam Hentges – GW – 06:42
(Hentges) Easton Brodzinski – 11:12
(Jackson, Newell) Blake Lizotte – EN – 17:27		Third period04:38 – 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

March 15Minnesota–Duluth2 – 1OTOmaha AMSOIL Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Mackay, Samberg) Riley Tufte – 03:31Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period19:04 – EA – Kevin Conley (Jones, Weiss)
(Miller, Anderson) Nick Swaney – GW – 13:42First overtime periodNo scoring
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Hunter Shepard Goalie stats Evan Weninger ( 39 saves / 41 shots )
March 16Minnesota–Duluth4 – 1Omaha AMSOIL Arena Recap  
(Anderson, Samberg) Jackson Cates – 11:46First period09:40 – Taylor Ward (Morelli, Olofsson)
(Anderson, Krieger) Kobe Roth – GW PP – 07:14
(Richards, Mackay) Cole Koepke – 19:54		Second periodNo scoring
(Cates, Wolff) Peter Krieger – 06:11Third periodNo 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

March 16Western Michigan1 – 2Colorado College Lawson Ice Arena Recap  
(Passolt, Rueschhoff) Drew Worrad – 02:04First period11:57 – Mason Bergh (Conzo, Bradley)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoring overtime period06:42 – GW – Erik Middendorf (Copeland, Versich)
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Trevor Gorsuch Goalie stats Alex Leclerc ( 29 saves / 30 shots )
March 17Western Michigan5 – 2Colorado College Lawson Ice Arena Recap  
(Allison, Lee) Dawson DiPietro – 01:56First periodNo scoring
(DiPietro, Lee) Colt Conrad – 16:51
(Conrad, Passolt) Corey Schueneman – GW – 19:33		Second period09:40 – Troy Conzo (Bergh)
19:48 – Bryan Yoon (Michaud)
(Orchard, Passolt) Austin Rueschhoff – 01:44
(Schueneman) Dawson DiPietro – 13:08		Third periodNo scoring
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Trevor Gorsuch Goalie stats Alex Leclerc ( 35 saves / 40 shots )
March 18Western Michigan2 – 3Colorado College Lawson Ice Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period16:47 – PP – Westin Michaud (Bergh, Yoon)
(Passolt, Orchard) Austin Rueschhoff – 18:49Second periodNo scoring
(Orchard, Passolt) Austin Rueschhoff – EA – 17:36Third period05:16 – Alex Berardinelli (Copeland, Michaud)
07:16 – GW – Trevor 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

March 15Denver2 – 0North Dakota Magness Arena Recap  
(Lukosevicius, Davies) Tyson McLellan – GW – 19:00First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Heikkinen) Griffin Mendel – 11:44Third periodNo scoring
( 32 saves / 32 shots ) Filip Larsson Goalie stats Peter Thome ( 15 saves / 17 shots )
March 16Denver4 – 2North Dakota Magness Arena Recap  
(Lancaster, Mitchell) Cole Guttman – PP – 03:45First period14:33 – Nick Jones (Mismash, Bernard-Docker)
(Mendel, Mitchell) Colin Staub – 01:02
(Guttman, Pettersen) Jarid Lukosevicius – GW – 14:38		Second periodNo scoring
(unassisted) Jaakko Heikkinen – EN – 18:27Third period05:42 – Nick Jones (Shaw)
( 40 saves / 42 shots ) Filip Larsson Goalie stats Peter Thome ( 14 saves / 17 shots )
Denver won series 2–0

Semifinals

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

March 22St. Cloud State5 – 2Colorado College Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(B. Lizotte, Schuldt) Patrick Newell - PP - 12:51
(J. Lizotte) Nolan Walker - 12:51		First period09:47 - PP - Westin Michaud (Bradley, Yoon)
(Meier, B. Lizotte) Robby Jackson - GW - 09:38Second period04:39 - Nick Jones (Olson, Poolman)
(Newell, Fitzgerald) Jack Ahcan - 12:51
(Fitzgerald, Bushy) Nick Poehling - 16:47		Third period14:47 - 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

March 22Denver0 – 3Minnesota–Duluth Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(unassisted) Cole Koepke - GW - 00:42
(unassisted) Louie Roehl - EN - 18:22
(unassisted) Cole Koepke - EN - 19:39		Third periodNo scoring
( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Hunter Shepard Goalie stats Filip Larsson ( 30 saves / 31 shots )

Third place

(4) Denver vs. (6) Colorado College

March 23Denver6 – 1Colorado College Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Pettersen) Jarid Lukosevicius - 05:49First period15:01 - PP - Trey Bradley (Bergh, Versich)
(Lancaster, Pettersen) Ian Mitchell - GW PP - 08:29
(Davies, Stapley) Liam Finlay - 09:28		Second periodNo scoring
(Finlay, McLellan) Ian Mitchell - 00:27
(McLellan, Mitchell) Liam Finlay - 05:37
(Stapley, Mitchell) Tyson McLellan - 12:11		Third periodNo scoring
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Devin Cooley Goalie stats Alex Leclerc ( 23 saves / 29 shots )

Championship

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

March 17St. Cloud State2 – 32OTMinnesota–Duluth Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(B. Lizotte, Newell) Robby Jackson - EA - 07:45First period10:49 - Mikey Anderson (Perunovich, Mackay)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(B. Lizotte, Achan) Patrick Newell - PP - 00:28Third period15:09 - SH - Billy Exell (Laderoute)
No scoringSecond overtime period07:29 - GW - Nick Swaney (Laderoute, Jacques)
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Dávid Hrenák Goalie stats Hunter Shepard ( 37 saves / 39 shots )

Tournament awards

Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[3]

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