2022–23_NCHC_men's_ice_hockey_season

2022–23 NCHC season

Sports season

The 2022–23 NCHC season was the 10th season of play for National Collegiate Hockey Conference and took place during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 1, 2022, and concluded on March 25, 2023.^[1]

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Team	Head coach	Season at school	Record at school	NCHC record
Colorado College	Kris Mayotte	2	9–24–3	6–17–1
Denver	David Carle	5	86–43–13	49–37–9
Miami	Chris Bergeron	4	20–66–9	14–53–6
Minnesota Duluth	Scott Sandelin	23	428–348–95	117–79–21
North Dakota	Brad Berry	8	162–77–25	102–52–15
Omaha	Mike Gabinet	6	75–86–9	48–65–7
St. Cloud State	Brett Larson	5	81–47–13	54–33–9
Western Michigan	Pat Ferschweiler	2	26–12–1	14–9–1

2022–23 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Standings v t e
	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

Team	Atlantic Hockey	Big Ten	CCHA	ECAC Hockey	Hockey East	Independent	Total
Colorado College	1–1–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	1–3–0	0–0–0	2–2–0	4–6–0
Denver	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	2–2–0	5–1–0	7–3–0
Miami	3–1–0	0–2–0	1–0–1	0–0–0	1–1–0	0–0–0	5–4–1
Minnesota Duluth	0–0–0	0–2–0	1–2–1	2–0–0	0–0–0	2–0–0	5–4–1
North Dakota	2–0–0	0–0–0	2–1–1	0–1–1	0–0–0	2–1–0	6–3–2
Omaha	0–2–0	0–0–0	1–0–1	1–1–0	0–0–0	3–1–0	5–4–1
St. Cloud State	0–0–0	3–1–0	5–1–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	8–2–0
Western Michigan	0–0–0	1–3–0	5–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	8–4–0
Overall	6–4–0	4–8–0	15–4–4	4–5–1	4–3–0	15–6–0	48–30–5

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Massimo Rizzo	Sophomore	Denver	24	11	20	31	6
Jason Polin	Senior	Western Michigan	24	17	12	29	11
Jami Krannila	Senior	St. Cloud State	24	17	12	29	31
Jackson Blake	Freshman	North Dakota	24	10	19	29	14
Zach Okabe	Senior	St. Cloud State	24	12	13	25	18
Carter Mazur	Sophomore	Denver	24	15	9	24	24
Ryan McAllister	Freshman	Western Michigan	24	6	18	24	12
Riese Gaber	Junior	North Dakota	24	13	10	23	27
Aidan Thompson	Freshman	Denver	22	9	14	23	4
Max Sasson	Sophomore	Western Michigan	23	8	15	23	8
Veeti Miettinen	Junior	St. Cloud State	24	8	15	23	0

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Šimon Latkoczy	Freshman	Omaha	12	675:51	7	3	1	22	2	.933	1.95
Magnus Chrona	Senior	Denver	22	1291:16	17	4	0	48	4	.915	2.23
Kaiden Mbereko	Freshman	Colorado College	22	1221:26	5	13	2	46	3	.930	2.26
Cameron Rowe	Junior	Western Michigan	24	1406:57	15	7	1	55	2	.912	2.35
Drew DeRidder	Graduate	North Dakota	20	1106:18	9	5	4	44	3	.902	2.39

2022–23 NCHC season

AHCA West All-American Second Team^[7]
Player	Position	Team
Michael Benning	D	Denver
Carter Mazur	F	Denver
Jason Polin	F	Western Michigan
Massimo Rizzo	F	Denver

Award		Recipient ^[8]
Player of the Year		Jason Polin, Western Michigan
Rookie of the Year		Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Goaltender of the Year		Magnus Chrona, Denver
Forward of the Year		Jason Polin, Western Michigan
Defensive Defenseman of the Year		Justin Lee, Denver
Offensive Defenseman of the Year		Michael Benning, Denver
Defensive Forward of the Year		Jami Krannila, St. Cloud State
Scholar-Athlete of the Year		Ethan Frisch, North Dakota
Three Stars Award		Magnus Chrona, Denver
Sportsmanship Award		Spencer Meier, St. Cloud State
Herb Brooks Coach of the Year		Pat Ferschweiler, Western Michigan
All-NCHC Teams^[9]^[10]
First Team	Position	Second Team
Magnus Chrona, Denver	G	Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College
Michael Benning, Denver	D	Jack Peart, St. Cloud State
Chris Jandric, North Dakota	D	Wyatt Kaiser, Minnesota Duluth
Jason Polin, Western Michigan	F	Carter Mazur, Denver
Massimo Rizzo, Denver	F	Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Jami Krannila, St. Cloud State	F	Riese Gaber, North Dakota
Honorable Mention	Position	Rookie Team
Šimon Latkoczy, Omaha	G	Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College
Sean Behrens, Denver	D	Joaquim Lemay, Omaha
Dylan Anhorn, St. Cloud State	D	Jacob Guévin, Omaha
Hunter McKown, Colorado College	F	Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Ben Steeves, Minnesota Duluth	F	Ryan McAllister, Western Michigan
Jack Randl, Omaha	F	Ben Steeves, Minnesota Duluth
Ryan McAllister, Western Michigan	F
Zach Okabe, St. Cloud State	F

Tournament MVP
Jami Krannila		Minnesota Duluth
Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team^[11]
Player	Pos	Team
Jaxon Castor	G	St. Cloud State
Bryan Yoon	D	Colorado College
Jack Peart	D	St. Cloud State
Jami Krannila	F	St. Cloud State
Zach Okabe	F	St. Cloud State
Hunter McKown	F	Colorado College

Round	Pick	Player	College	NHL team
2	35	Adam Gajan ^†	Minnesota Duluth	Chicago Blackhawks
3	81	Tanner Ludtke ^†	Omaha	Arizona Coyotes
3	82	Zach Nehring ^†	Western Michigan	Winnipeg Jets
3	94	Jayden Perron ^†	North Dakota	Carolina Hurricanes
4	98	Andrew Strathmann ^†	North Dakota	Columbus Blue Jackets
4	105	Ty Mueller	Omaha	Vancouver Canucks
4	115	Jayson Shaugabay ^†	Minnesota Duluth	Tampa Bay Lightning
4	119	Matthew Perkins ^†	Minnesota Duluth	Vancouver Canucks
4	124	Beckett Hendrickson ^†	Minnesota Duluth	Boston Bruins
5	133	Sam Harris ^†	Denver	Montreal Canadiens
5	149	Aaron Pionk ^†	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Wild
6	166	Carsen Musser ^†	Colorado College	Arizona Coyotes
6	179	Warren Clark ^†	St. Cloud State	Tampa Bay Lightning
6	183	Ty Henricks ^†	Western Michigan	New York Rangers
6	190	Michael Emerson ^†	North Dakota	Carolina Hurricanes
6	196	David Klee ^†	North Dakota	San Jose Sharks
7	204	Owen Beckner ^†	Colorado College	Ottawa Senators
7	212	Zaccharya Wisdom ^†	Colorado College	Seattle Kraken
7	214	Casper Nassen ^†	Miami	Boston Bruins