2017 NCHC Tournament
| 2017 NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 10–18, 2017 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site |
Target Center Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Champions | Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Scott Sandelin (1st title) |
| MVP | Alex Iafallo (Minnesota-Duluth) |
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NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2017 NCHC Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 10 and March 18, 2017. Opening weekend games were hosted at the higher seeds at campus sites with the four winners meeting at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the Frozen Face-off.[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
2016–17 National Collegiate Hockey Conference standings | |||||||||||||||
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| Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#1 Denver | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 82 | 42 | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 121 | 69 | |
| #2 Minnesota–Duluth* | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 83 | 56 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 111 | 75 | |
| #10 Western Michigan | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 79 | 75 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 118 | 96 | |
| #9 North Dakota | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 69 | 63 | 35 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 109 | 89 | |
| St. Cloud State | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 64 | 69 | 34 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 98 | 98 | |
| Omaha | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 74 | 89 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 117 | 120 | |
| Miami | 24 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 57 | 80 | 34 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 84 | 103 | |
| Colorado College | 24 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 43 | 77 | 34 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 69 | 112 | |
| Championship: March 18, 2017 Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First Round March 10–12 |
Semifinals March 17 |
Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Denver | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | Denver | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Colorado College | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | North Dakota | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | 5* | 5 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 3 | — | 4 | North Dakota | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Western Michigan | 1 | 5 | 2* | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Omaha | 2* | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Third Place | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | North Dakota | 5 | 6* | — | 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | St. Cloud State | 2 | 5 | — | 3 | Western Michigan | 2 | 1 | Denver | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Western Michigan | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods
Tournament awards
Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team
- F Alex Iafallo* (Minnesota-Duluth)
- F Tyson Jost (North Dakota)
- F Dominic Toninato (Minnesota-Duluth)
- D Tucker Poolman (North Dakota)
- D Neal Pionk (Minnesota-Duluth)
- G Hunter Miksa (Minnesota-Duluth)
Notes:
References
- ↑ NCHC (10 March 2016). "NCHC Tournament Opens with Quarterfinal Series this Weekend". Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ↑ "Format". Retrieved 14 April 2017.