2024_NCHC_Tournament

2024 NCHC Tournament

College ice hockey tournament

The 2024 NCHC Tournament is the 11th tournament in league history. It was played between March 15 and 23, 2024. 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.

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2024 NCHC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 15–23, 2024
Teams	8
Finals site	Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, Minnesota
Champions	Denver (3rd title)
Winning coach	David Carle (1st title)
MVP	McKade Webster (Denver)
NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2023 2025 →

Format

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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2023–24 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
#8 North Dakota †	24	15	8	1	1	4	0	49	87	67	40	26	12	2	151	105
#1 Denver *	24	15	7	2	3	0	1	45	110	80	42	30	9	3	198	119
#18 St. Cloud State	24	11	9	4	1	3	2	41	77	74	38	17	16	5	121	114
#15 Colorado College	24	14	8	2	5	2	0	41	66	56	37	21	13	3	111	93
#12 Omaha	24	13	8	3	5	0	3	40	68	74	40	23	13	4	117	112
#14 Western Michigan	24	11	13	0	1	5	0	35	78	64	38	21	16	1	136	97
Minnesota Duluth	24	8	14	2	3	3	2	28	65	80	37	12	20	5	103	125
Miami	24	1	21	2	0	2	0	7	44	100	36	7	26	3	78	135
Championship: March 23, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Frozen Faceoff Championship Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll Updated: April 1, 2024

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals.

Quarterfinals March 15–17					Semifinals March 22			Championship March 23

1	North Dakota	5	7	-

8	Miami	1	1	-
					1	North Dakota	3

					5	Omaha	6
2	Denver	4	5	-

7	Minnesota Duluth	0	2	-
								5	Omaha	1

								2	Denver	4
3	St. Cloud State	5	1	5

6	Western Michigan	2	6	1
					2	Denver	5*

					3	St. Cloud State	4
4	Colorado College	4*	1	1

5	Omaha	3	3	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Note: All game times are local.

Quarterfinals

(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Miami

March 15, 2024
7:07 pm

North Dakota

5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Miami

Ralph Engelstad Arena
Attendance: 11,320

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Game reference

Hobie Hedquist

Goalies

Logan Neaton

Referees:
Bobby Lukkason
Sterling Egan
Linesmen:
Tyler Liffrig
Kyle Stephens

(James, Zmolek) Jake Schmaltz (1) – 19:59	1–0
(Pyke, Gaber) Owen McLaughlin (13) – GW – 29:23	2–0
	2–1	30:20 – Ryan Sullivan (5) (Dukovac, Daskas)
(Livanavage, Berg) Riese Gaber (17) – 32:13	3–1
(Kunz) Jackson Blake (20) – 41:48	4–1
(McLaughlin, Blake) Jake Livanavage (4) – 45:13	5–1

21 min

Penalties

9 min

Shots

March 16, 2024
6:07 pm

North Dakota

7–1
(1–0, 1–0, 5–1)

Miami

Ralph Engelstad Arena
Attendance: 11,569

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Game reference

Hobie Hedquist

Goalies

Logan Neaton

Referees:
Bobby Lukkason
Sterling Egan
Linesmen:
Tyler Liffrig
Kyle Stephens

(unassisted) Riese Gaber (18) – 13:17	1–0
(Blake, Perron) Jackson Kunz (7) – GW PP – 20:37	2–0
(McLaughlin, Kunz) Jackson Blake (21) – 41:38	3–0
(Kunz, Blake) Logan Britt (7) – 44:09	4–0
(Schmaltz, Zmolek) Dylan James (9) – 49:32	5–0
	5–1	51:22 – Artur Turansky (5) (Kumlin, Simanovičs)
(Wiebe, Schmaltz) Ben Strinden (6) – 58:24	6–1
(Perron, Livanavage) Hunter Johannes (10) – 58:52	7–1

8 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

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North Dakota wins series 2–0

(2) Denver vs. (7) Minnesota Duluth

March 15, 2024
7:07 pm

Denver

4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Minnesota Duluth

Magness Arena
Attendance: 5,461

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Game reference

Matt Davis

Goalies

Matthew Thiessen

Referees:
Ryan Hersey
Nathan Wieler
Linesmen:
Lucas Bisbee
Chase McGee

(Olvestad, Thompson) McKade Webster (11) – GW – 12:58	1–0
(Harris, Broz) Jack Devine (26) – 33:56	2–0
(Broz, Harris) Jack Devine (27) – 39:38	3–0
(Thompson, Z. Buium) Connor Caponi (11) – EN – 59:43	4–0

8 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

March 16, 2024
6:07 pm

Denver

5–2
(0–0, 3–0, 2–2)

Minnesota Duluth

Magness Arena
Attendance: 6,005

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Game reference

Matt Davis

Goalies

Matthew Thiessen

Referees:
Ryan Hersey
Nathan Wieler
Linesmen:
Lucas Bisbee
Chase McGee

(Harris, Behrens) Aidan Thompson (11) – PP – 23:53	1–0
(Wright, Cebrian) Rieger Lorenz (13) – 24:20	2–0
(Broz, Davis) Sean Behrens (4) – GW – 34:02	3–0
	3–1	47:00 – PP – Luke Loheit (10) (Gallatin, Bettens)
	3–2	57:56 – EA – Kyle Bettens (6) (Biondi, Gallatin)
(Devine) Tristan Broz (14) – EN – 58:47	4–2
(Wright) Rieger Lorenz (14) – EN – 59:38	5–2

8 min

Penalties

22 min

Shots

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Denver wins series 2–0

(3) St. Cloud State vs. (6) Western Michigan

March 15, 2024
7:37 pm

St. Cloud State

5–2
(1–0, 1–0, 3–2)

Western Michigan

Herb Brooks National Hockey Center
Attendance: 3,026

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Game reference

Isak Posch

Goalies

Cameron Rowe

Referees:
Brian Hawkes
Stephen Reneau
Linesmen:
Dana Penkivech
Jeff Schultz

(Luedtke, Hall) Jack Rogers (3) – 11:22	1–0
(Anhorn, Ingram) Tyson Gross (6) – 29:33	2–0
(Peart, Gross) Veeti Miettinen (17) – GW SH – 47:14	3–0
	3–1	48:45 – Alex Bump (12) (Grainger, Colangelo)
	3–2	50:44 – Alex Bump (13) (Sjolund, Berger)
(Ver. Miettinen, Peart) Mason Salquist (7) – PP – 58:24	4–2
(Ver. Miettinen, Salquist) Josh Luedtke (3) – PP – 57:15	5–2

8 min

Penalties

19 min

Shots

March 16, 2024
6:07 pm

St. Cloud State

1–6
(0–0, 1–1, 0–5)

Western Michigan

Herb Brooks National Hockey Center
Attendance: 2,495

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Game reference

Isak Posch

Goalies

Cameron Rowe

Referees:
Brian Hawkes
Stephen Reneau
Linesmen:
Dana Penkivech
Jeff Schultz

(Kupka, Anhorn) Tyson Gross (7) – 27:12	1–0
	1–1	37:02 – Sam Colangelo (21) (Bump, Fiedler)
	1–2	41:56 – GW PP – Dylan Wendt (22) (Bump, Grainger)
	1–3	52:04 – PP – Luke Grainger (14) (Wendt, Sjolund)
	1–4	57:24 – Sam Colangelo (22) (Bump, Grainger)
	1–5	58:16 – EN – Sam Colangelo (23) (Galambos, Washe)
	1–6	59:44 – Dylan Wendt (23) (Crusberg-Roseen, Costantini)

24 min

Penalties

20 min

Shots

March 17, 2024
6:07 pm

St. Cloud State

5–1
(3–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Western Michigan

Herb Brooks National Hockey Center
Attendance: —

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Game reference

Isak Posch

Goalies

Cameron Rowe

Referees:
Brian Hawkes
Stephen Reneau
Linesmen:
Dana Penkivech
Jeff Schultz

(Gross, Kupka) Veeti Miettinen (19) – 3:27	1–0
(Hall, Luedtke) Jack Rogers (4) – GW – 9:10	2–0
(Salquist) Barrett Hall (7) – 11:17	3–0
	3–1	11:36 – Matteo Costantini (12) (Wendt, Hillebrand)
(Gross, Kupka) Veeti Miettinen (20) – PP – 22:41	4–1
(AuCoin, Rosborough) Josh Luedtke (4) – 36:49	5–1

14 min

Penalties

21 min

Shots

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St. Cloud State wins series 2–1

(4) Colorado College vs. (5) Omaha

March 15, 2024
7:07 pm

Colorado College

4–3 (OT)
(0–0, 1–3, 2–0, 1–0)

Omaha

Ed Robson Arena
Attendance: 3,410

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Kaidan Mbereko

Goalies

Šimon Latkoczy

Referees:
Nick Krebsbach
Brandon Schmitt
Linesmen:
Erik Contino
Dylan Peper

	0–1	25:30 – Ty Mueller (4) (G. Ludtke)
	0–2	25:51 – Jack Randl (13) (Lemay, T. Ludtke)
	0–3	33:24 – Jacob Slipec (2) (Guévin)
(Werner, Veremyev) Chase Foley (1) – PP – 34:13	1–3
(Wisdom, Andrews) Klavs Veinbergs (3) – PP – 49:15	2–3
(Veremyev, Link) Noah Laba (20) – EA – 59:10	3–3
(Wisdom, Foley) Gleb Veremyev (15) – GW – 71:53	4–3

2 min

Penalties

17 min

Shots

March 16, 2024
6:07 pm

Colorado College

1–3
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Omaha

Ed Robson Arena
Attendance: 3,425

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Kaidan Mbereko

Goalies

Šimon Latkoczy

Referees:
Nick Krebsbach
Brandon Schmitt
Linesmen:
Erik Contino
Dylan Peper

	0–1	3:13 – Tanner Ludtke (11) (G. Ludtke, Miller)
(Werner) Chase Foley (2) – 7:17	1–1
	1–2	16:46 – GW – Jimmy Glynn (7) (Proctor, Bremer)
	1–3	47:37 – Brock Bremer (5) (T. Ludtke, Sullivan)

4 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

March 17, 2024
6:07 pm

Colorado College

1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Omaha

Ed Robson Arena
Attendance: 3,416

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Game reference

Kaidan Mbereko

Goalies

Šimon Latkoczy

Referees:
Nick Krebsbach
Brandon Schmitt
Linesmen:
Erik Contino
Dylan Peper

(Laba, Werner) Klavs Veinbergs (4) – PP – 15:34	1–0
	1–1	37:20 – Jimmy Glynn (11) (Lansdell, Bremer)
	1–2	46:39 – GW – Brock Bremer (6) (G. Ludtke)

2 min

Penalties

4 min

Shots

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Omaha wins series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) North Dakota vs. (5) Omaha

March 22, 2024
4:07 pm

North Dakota

3–6
(1–1, 1–2, 1–3)

Omaha

Xcel Energy Center
Attendance: 8,977

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Hobie Hedquist

Goalies

Šimon Latkoczy

Referees:
Sterling Egan
Brian Hankes
Linesmen:
Jeff Schultz
Dana Penkivech

(Blake, McLaughlin) Jackson Kunz (8) – 1:18	1–0
	1–1	18:30 – PP – Zach Urdahl (11) (Lansdell, Guévin)
	1–2	26:17 – Matt Miller (7) (Urdahl, Sullivan)
	1–3	37:06 – Jimmy Glynn (9) (G. Ludtke, Lansdell)
(Strinden, Britt) Hunter Johannes (11) – 39:36	2–3
	2–4	41:18 – GW – Brock Bremer (7) (Lansdell, Krenzen)
(Berg, Blake) Jake Livanavage (5) – PP – 49:50	3–4
	3–5	50:58 – Zach Urdahl (12) (G. Ludtke, Miller)
	3–6	55:16 – EN – Zach Urdahl (13) (Sullivan, G. Ludtke)

6 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

(2) Denver vs. (3) St. Cloud State

March 22, 2024
7:37 pm

Denver

5–4 (OT)
(2–2, 2–2, 0–0, 1–0)

St. Cloud State

Xcel Energy Center
Attendance: 8,977

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Matt Davis

Goalies

Isak Posch

Referees:
Brandon Schmitt
Nick Krebsbach
Linesmen:
Eric Frank
Sam Rankin

	0–1	1:40 – Cooper Wylie (3) (unassisted)
(Lorenz, Cebrian) Zeev Buium (10) – 8:38	1–1
	1–2	9:55 – Nick Portz (2) (Rosborough)
(Thompson) McKade Webster (12) – 17:16	2–2
	2–3	21:00 – Adam Ingram (10) (Ver. Miettinen, Okabe)
(S. Buium, Z. Buium) Miko Matikka (17) – PP – 25:30	3–3
	3–4	28:06 – PP – Barrett Hall (7) (Kupka, Anhorn)
(S. Buium, Thompson) Miko Matikka (18) – 38:17	4–4
(Harris) Zeev Buium (11) – GW – 66:21	5–4

2 min

Penalties

7 min

Shots

Championship

(2) Denver vs. (5) Omaha

March 23, 2024
7:30 pm

Denver

4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Omaha

Xcel Energy Center
Attendance: 6,929

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Matt Davis

Goalies

Šimon Latkoczy

Referees:
Ryan Hersey
Nathan Wieler
Linesmen:
Tyler Liffrig
Erik Contino

	0–1	13:56 – Brock Bremer (8) (Proctor)
(Matikka) McKade Webster (13) – 21:33	1–1
(Buckberger, S. Buium) McKade Webster (14) – GW – 24:54	2–1
(Devine, Z. Buium) Miko Matikka (19) – EA – 55:50	3–1
(Wright) Rieger Lorenz (15) – 58:00	4–1

6 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

Tournament awards

Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team

G: Šimon Latkoczy (Omaha)
D: Zeev Buium (Denver)
D: Griffin Ludtke (Omaha)
F: McKade Webster * (Denver)
F: Zach Urdahl (Omaha)
F: Miko Matikka (Denver)

* Most Valuable Player(s)^[2]

References

[1]
"Format". nchchockey.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
[2]
"Denver Wins 2024 NCHC Frozen Faceoff". NCHC. March 24, 2024. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

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