2022_NCHC_Tournament
2022 NCHC Tournament
College ice hockey tournament
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.
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| 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) |
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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.[1]
Standings
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||
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| 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
Quarterfinals
(1) Denver vs. (8) Miami
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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More information Denver Won Series 2–0 ...
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(2) North Dakota vs. (7) Colorado College
| 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 | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
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More information North Dakota Won Series 2–0 ...
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(3) Western Michigan vs. (6) Omaha
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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More information Western Michigan Won Series 2–0 ...
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(4) St. Cloud State vs. (5) Minnesota Duluth
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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More information Minnesota Duluth Won Series 2–0 ...
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Semifinals
(1) Denver vs. (5) Minnesota Duluth
| 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 | ||||||
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(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Western Michigan
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Championship
(3) Western Michigan vs. (5) Minnesota Duluth
| 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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Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team
- F: Blake Biondi (Minnesota Duluth)
- F: Ty Glover (Western Michigan)
- F: Dominic James (Minnesota Duluth)
- D: Ronnie Attard (Western Michigan)
- D: Wyatt Kaiser (Minnesota Duluth)
- G: Ryan Fanti* (Minnesota Duluth)
- "Format". Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- "UMD Blanks WMU to Capture 2022 Frozen Faceoff Title". NCHC. March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.