2022 NCHC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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Dates | March 11–19, 2022 |
Teams | 8 |
Finals site | Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, Minnesota |
Champions | Minnesota Duluth (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Scott Sandelin (3rd title) |
MVP | Ryan Fanti (Minnesota Duluth) |
NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
The 2022 NCHC Tournament was the ninth tournament in league history. It was played between March 11 and 19, 2022. 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, Minnesota Duluth earned the NCHC's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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]
Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
#1 Denver † | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 98 | 55 | 41 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 175 | 93 | ||
#9 North Dakota † | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 78 | 58 | 39 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 119 | 99 | ||
#6 Western Michigan | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 84 | 68 | 39 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 138 | 101 | ||
#11 St. Cloud State | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 84 | 69 | 37 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 133 | 97 | ||
#5 Minnesota Duluth * | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 61 | 56 | 42 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 109 | 93 | ||
Omaha | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 65 | 74 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 123 | 102 | ||
Colorado College | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 48 | 87 | 36 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 79 | 116 | ||
Miami | 24 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 54 | 105 | 36 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 94 | 153 | ||
Championship: March 19, 2022 † 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
Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Semifinals March 18 | Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Denver | 5 | 5 | - | ||||||||||||
8 | Miami | 2 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||
1 | Denver | 0 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Minnesota Duluth | 2 | ||||||||||||||
2 | North Dakota | 2 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||
7 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||
5 | Minnesota Duluth | 3 | ||||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Western Michigan | 0 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Western Michigan | 4 | 5* | - | ||||||||||||
6 | Omaha | 2 | 4 | - | ||||||||||||
2 | North Dakota | 2 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Western Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||||
4 | St. Cloud State | 2 | 3 | - | ||||||||||||
5 | Minnesota Duluth | 5 | 4* | - |
* denotes overtime periods
March 11, 2022 7:07 PM | Denver | 5 – 2 (1–1, 2–0, 2–1) | Miami | Magness Arena Attendance: 4,255 |
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Magnus Chrona | Goalies | Ludvig Persson | Referees: Mike Sheehan Sterling Egan Linesmen: John Grandt Erik Contino | ||||||||||||||||||||
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18 min | Penalties | 20 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Shots | 22 |
March 12, 2022 6:07 PM | Denver | 5 – 1 (1–0, 2–0, 2–1) | Miami | Magness Arena Attendance: 5,210 |
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Magnus Chrona | Goalies | Ludvig Persson | Referees: Mike Sheehan Sterling Egan Linesmen: John Grandt Erik Contino | |||||||||||||||||
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19 min | Penalties | 24 min | ||||||||||||||||||
44 | Shots | 25 |
Denver Won Series 2–0 |
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March 11, 2022 7:07 PM | North Dakota | 2 – 1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0) | Colorado College | Ralph Engelstad Arena Attendance: 10,475 |
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Zach Driscoll | Goalies | Matt Vernon | Referees: Brandon Schmitt Timm Walsh Linesmen: Justin Hills Tyler Liffrig | ||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
23 | Shots | 16 |
March 12, 2022 6:07 PM | North Dakota | 2 – 1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0) | Colorado College | Ralph Engelstad Arena Attendance: 10,095 |
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Zach Driscoll | Goalies | Matt Vernon | Referees: Brandon Schmitt Timm Walsh Linesmen: Justin Hills Tyler Liffrig | ||||||||
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19 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
22 | Shots | 30 |
North Dakota Won Series 2–0 |
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March 11, 2022 7:05 PM | Western Michigan | 4 – 2 (1–2, 0–0, 3–0) | Omaha | Lawson Arena Attendance: 3,107 |
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Brandon Bussi | Goalies | Isaiah Saville | Referees: Nick Krebsbach Joe Sullivan Linesmen: Dan Cohen Eric Frank | |||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 31 |
March 12, 2022 7:05 PM | Western Michigan | 5 – 4 (OT) (1–2, 3–1, 0–1, 1–0) | Omaha | Lawson Arena Attendance: 3,669 |
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Brandon Bussi | Goalies | Isaiah Saville | Referees: Nick Krebsbach Joe Sullivan Linesmen: Dan Cohen Eric Frank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 22 |
Western Michigan Won Series 2–0 |
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March 11, 2022 7:07 PM | St. Cloud State | 2 – 5 (1–1, 1–4, 0–0) | Minnesota Duluth | Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Attendance: 2,594 |
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Jaxon Castor | Goalies | Ryan Fanti | Referees: Ryan Hersey Dan Dreger Linesmen: Jeff Schultz Dana Penkivech | ||||||||||||||||||||
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11 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Shots | 38 |
March 12, 2022 6:07 PM | St. Cloud State | 3 – 4 (OT) (1–0, 1–0, 1–3, 0–1) | Minnesota Duluth | Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Attendance: 3,227 |
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Jaxon Castor | Goalies | Ryan Fanti | Referees: Ryan Hersey Dan Dreger Linesmen: Jeff Schultz Dana Penkivech | ||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Shots | 41 |
Minnesota Duluth Won Series 2–0 |
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March 18, 2022 4:00 PM | Denver | 0 – 2 (0-1, 0–0, 0-1) | Minnesota Duluth | Xcel Energy Center Attendance: 10,253 |
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Magnus Chrona | Goalies | Ryan Fanti | Referees: Nathan Wieler Joe Sullivan Linesmen: Justin Hills Erik Contino | |||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||
30 | Shots | 31 |
March 18, 2022 7:30 PM | North Dakota | 2 – 4 (1–1, 1-2, 0-1) | Western Michigan | Xcel Energy Center Attendance: 10,253 |
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Zach Driscoll | Goalies | Brandon Bussi | Referees: Timm Walsh Dan Dreger Linesmen: Jeff Schultz Dana Penkivech | |||||||||||||||||
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11 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
23 | Shots | 26 |
March 19, 2022 7:30 PM | Western Michigan | 0 - 3 (0-1, 0-1, 0-1) | Minnesota Duluth | Xcel Energy Center Attendance: 7,814 |
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Brandon Bussi | Goalies | Ryan Fanti | Referees: Nick Krebsbach Ryan Hersey Linesmen: John Grandt Tyler Liffrig | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
19 | Shots | 25 |
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