2015 NCHC Tournament

The 2015 NCHC Ice Hockey Tournament will be played between March 13 and March 21, 2015, 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
#3 North Dakotadagger 24 16 6 2 0 50 72 55 42 29 10 3 138 94
#8 Miami (OH) * 24 14 9 1 1 44 73 60 40 25 14 1 130 100
#4 Omaha 24 12 8 4 3 43 67 56 39 20 13 6 105 90
#5 Denver 24 13 10 1 1 41 79 68 40 24 14 2 131 99
#6 Minnesota–Duluth 24 12 9 3 0 39 68 59 40 21 16 3 115 97
#10 St. Cloud State 24 11 12 1 0 34 69 56 40 20 19 1 109 97
Western Michigan 24 6 13 5 4 27 51 73 37 14 18 5 98 107
Colorado College 24 2 19 3 1 10 43 95 35 6 26 3 74 136
Championship: March 21, 2015
dagger indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2015

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  First Round
March 13–15
Semifinals
March 20
Championship
March 21
                               
  1  North Dakota 5 3 1  North Dakota 1  
8  Colorado College 1 2 6  St. Cloud State 3  
  2  Miami 5 5 4
7  Western Michigan 3 7 0     6  St. Cloud State 2
  2  Miami 3
  3  Omaha 1 1
6  St. Cloud State 2** 3
Third Place
  4  Denver 4 4 2  Miami 6
5  Minnesota-Duluth 3 0 4  Denver 3   1  North Dakota 1
4  Denver 5

Note: * denotes overtime periods

First round

All times are local.

(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Colorado College

North Dakota wins series 2 - 0

(2) Miami vs. (7) Western Michigan

Miami wins series 2–1

(3) Omaha vs. (6) St. Cloud State

St. Cloud State wins series 2 - 0

(4) Denver vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth

Denver wins series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) North Dakota vs. (6) St. Cloud State

(2) Miami vs. (4) Denver

Third Place

(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Denver

Championship

(2) Miami vs. (6) St. Cloud State

Tournament awards

Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

References

External links

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