2016 NCHC Tournament

The 2016 NCHC Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2016, at four conference arenas and the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]

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 Target 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.[2]

Conference Standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 North Dakotadagger241941159894944346416281
#4 St. Cloud State*2417611531045341319117590
#6 Denver2417520537452412510613496
#16 Minnesota–Duluth24111031376444401916510782
Miami249132231546536151838697
Omaha24815102560833618171103107
Western Michigan2451811175610336825380142
Colorado College244191013479936629171145
Champions: St. Cloud State
dagger indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 13, 2016

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  First Round
March 11–13		 Semifinals
March 18		 Championship
March 19
                               
  1 North Dakota 7 5 — 1 North Dakota 2  
8 Colorado College 1 1 — 4 Minnesota-Duluth 4  
  2 St. Cloud State 4* 4 —
7 Western Michigan 3 2 —     2 St. Cloud State 3
  4 Minnesota-Duluth 1
  3 Denver 5 4** —
6 Omaha 2 3 —
Third Place
  4 Minnesota-Duluth 5 3 — 2 St. Cloud State 4
5 Miami 4 1 — 3 Denver 2   1 North Dakota 1
3 Denver 4

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Tournament awards

Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s) [3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nchchockey.com/news_article/show/623876?referrer_id=878553
  2. ↑ http://www.nchchockey.com/page/show/878713-format
  3. ↑ http://www.nchchockey.com/news_article/show/627476?referrer_id=1144437
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