2023–24 NCHC season

2023–24 NCHC season
Season2023–24
ConferenceNCHC
DivisionDivision I
Sportice hockey
DurationOctober 7, 2023–
March 9, 2023
Number of teams8
NHL Entry Draft
Top draft pickZeev Buium
Picked byMinnesota Wild
Regular season
Season championsNorth Dakota
Season MVPJackson Blake
Top scorerJackson Blake
NCHC Tournament
Tournament championsDenver
  Runners-upOmaha
Tournament MVPMcKade Webster
Top scorerJackson Blake
NCAA tournament
Bids4
Record4–3
Best FinishNational Champion
Team(s)Denver
North Dakota
Omaha
Western Michigan
NCHC seasons
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The 2023–24 NCHC season is the 11th season of play for National Collegiate Hockey Conference and takes place during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season will began on October 7, 2023, and conclude on March 9, 2023.[1]

Coaches

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Records

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Team Head coach Season at school Record at school NCHC record
Colorado College Kris Mayotte 3 22–46–6 12–32–3
Denver David Carle 6 116–53–13 68–42–9
Miami Chris Bergeron 5 28–90–13 17–71–9
Minnesota Duluth Scott Sandelin 24 444–368–96 127–93–21
North Dakota Brad Berry 9 180–92–31 112–62–19
Omaha Mike Gabinet 7 94–101–12 61–74–9
St. Cloud State Brett Larson 6 106–60–16 66–42–12
Western Michigan Pat Ferschweiler 3 49–27–2 29–18–2

Standings

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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

Non-Conference record

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Only one conference member (St. Cloud State) ended up with a losing record in non-conference play. While this, ordinarily, would put the NCHC in good standing, several of the teams had very weak opponents. This was typified by Western Michigan, whose strongest opponent on the season was St. Lawrence (48th in the pairwise). The result was that, despite finishing 33 games over .500, the NCHC finished behind the Big Ten and Hockey East in ranking average.

Regular season record

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Team Atlantic Hockey Big Ten CCHA ECAC Hockey Hockey East Independent Total
Colorado College 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 2–1–1 6–3–1
Denver 3–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–1 2–0–0 1–1–0 3–1–0 9–2–1
Miami 4–2–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–1 6–3–1
Minnesota Duluth 1–0–0 0–1–1 3–0–2 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 4–4–3
North Dakota 1–0–0 1–0–0 3–0–1 1–1–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 8–1–1
Omaha 2–0–0 0–1–1 2–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0 2–1–0 7–2–1
St. Cloud State 0–0–0 0–1–1 3–3–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 4–5–1
Western Michigan 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–0–1 2–0–0 0–0–0 4–0–0 9–0–1
Overall 12–2–0 2–4–3 15–5–5 7–3–0 2–2–0 15–4–2 53–20–10

Statistics

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Leading scorers

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GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes[2]

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Jackson Blake Sophomore North Dakota 23 11 25 36 14
Zeev Buium Freshman Denver 24 6 25 31 14
Noah Laba Sophomore Colorado College 24 16 12 28 23
Jack Devine Junior Denver 24 12 16 28 8
Shai Buium Junior Denver 24 6 20 26 10
Cameron Berg Junior North Dakota 23 15 10 25 4
Sam Colangelo Senior Western Michigan 24 11 13 24 21
Luke Grainger Senior Western Michigan 24 9 15 24 13
Tristan Broz Junior Denver 24 8 15 23 13
Massimo Rizzo Sophomore Denver 16 4 19 23 8

Leading goaltenders

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Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA
Kaiden Mbereko Sophomore Colorado College 24 1448:51 14 8 2 52 0 .927 2.15
Cameron Rowe Senior Western Michigan 24 1433:01 11 13 0 61 1 .903 2.55
Ludvig Persson Senior North Dakota 22 1362:32 15 7 1 62 3 .898 2.73
Dominic Basse Senior St. Cloud State 16 956:20 9 5 1 45 2 .894 2.82
Matt Davis Junior Denver 16 925:09 10 4 2 44 1 .907 2.85

Conference tournament

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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)

NCAA tournament

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Ranking

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USCHO

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Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Final
Colorado College NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Denver 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Miami NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Minnesota Duluth 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
North Dakota 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Omaha NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
St. Cloud State 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Western Michigan 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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USA Hockey

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Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Final
Colorado College - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Denver - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Miami - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Minnesota Duluth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
North Dakota - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Omaha - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
St. Cloud State - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Western Michigan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Pairwise

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Final
Colorado College 32 18 7 18 20 16 26 25 29 24 23 16 18 18 18 17 17 11 15 11 11 14 15
Denver 1 14 21 11 2 4 7 4 7 8 8 6 8 6 6 8 7 5 6 3 3 3 3
Miami 11 13 4 4 31 36 43 43 41 43 45 41 40 44 43 44 47 47 45 46 47 49 49
Minnesota Duluth 23 30 22 35 28 41 41 47 39 33 33 32 31 25 26 26 25 26 27 28 26 30 30
North Dakota 32 2 6 15 8 7 4 6 1 5 6 6 7 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 6
Omaha 32 45 44 33 43 38 21 19 21 23 23 23 18 20 19 19 17 18 17 16 11 11 10
St. Cloud State 15 37 41 52 23 14 12 13 14 14 13 12 12 11 13 14 13 11 11 14 15 14 15
Western Michigan 32 16 2 16 12 30 15 13 12 11 10 10 10 10 14 11 11 10 12 15 13 13 13

Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.[5]

Awards

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NCAA

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Award Recipient
Tournament Most Outstanding Player Matt Davis, Denver
AHCA All-American Teams[6]
West First Team Position
Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College G
Zeev Buium, Denver D
Jackson Blake, North Dakota F
Jack Devine, Denver F
West Second Team Position
Dylan Anhorn, St. Cloud State D
Noah Laba, Colorado College F
Massimo Rizzo, Denver F
NCAA All-Tournament team
Matt Davis, Denver G
Sean Behrens, Denver D
Zeev Buium, Denver D
Tristan Broz, Denver F
Rieger Lorenz, Denver F

NCHC

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Award[7] Recipient
Player of the Year Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Rookie of the Year Zeev Buium, Denver
Goaltender of the Year Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College
Forward of the Year Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Defensive Defenseman of the Year Sean Behrens, Denver
Offensive Defenseman of the Year Zeev Buium, Denver
Defensive Forward of the Year Noah Laba, Colorado College
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Luke Grainger, Western Michigan
Three Stars Award Noah Laba, Colorado College
Sportsmanship Award Darian Gotz, Minnesota Duluth
Herb Brooks Coach of the Year Kris Mayotte, Colorado College
Frozen Faceoff MVP McKade Webster, Denver
All-NCHC Teams[8]
First Team   Position   Second Team
Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College G Ludvig Persson, North Dakota
Zeev Buium, Denver D Shai Buium, Denver
Dylan Anhorn, St. Cloud State D Jack Peart, St. Cloud State
Jackson Blake, North Dakota F Luke Grainger, Western Michigan
Jack Devine, Denver F Massimo Rizzo, Denver
Noah Laba, Colorado College F Ben Steeves, Minnesota Duluth
Honorable Mention   Position   Rookie Team[9]
Šimon Latkoczy, Omaha G Isak Posch, St. Cloud State
Sean Behrens, Denver D Zeev Buium, Denver
Jake Livanavage, North Dakota D Jake Livanavage, North Dakota
Garrett Pyke, North Dakota D
Cameron Berg, North Dakota F Miko Matikka, Denver
Sam Colangelo, Western Michigan F Alex Bump, Western Michigan
Riese Gaber, North Dakota F Tanner Ludtke, Omaha
Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team
Šimon Latkoczy, Omaha G
Zeev Buium, Denver D
Griffin Ludtke, Omaha D
McKade Webster, Denver F
Zach Urdahl, Omaha F
Miko Matikka, Denver F
Round Pick Player College NHL team
1 12 Zeev Buium Denver Minnesota Wild
1 18 Sacha Boisvert North Dakota Chicago Blackhawks
1 30 E. J. Emery North Dakota New York Rangers
2 42 Adam Kleber Minnesota Duluth Buffalo Sabres
2 47 Max Plante Minnesota Duluth Detroit Red Wings
2 48 Colin Ralph St. Cloud State St. Louis Blues
3 76 William Zellers North Dakota Colorado Avalanche
4 101 Tanner Henricks St. Cloud State Columbus Blue Jackets
4 121 Jake Fisher Denver Colorado Avalanche
4 128 Hagen Burrows Denver Tampa Bay Lightning
5 132 Louka Cloutier Omaha Colorado Avalanche
6 175 Joona Vaisanen Western Michigan Pittsburgh Penguins
6 182 Austin Burnevik St. Cloud State Anaheim Ducks
6 185 Tory Pitner Denver Colorado Avalanche
7 198 James Reeder Denver Los Angeles Kings
7 207 Mac Swanson North Dakota Pittsburgh Penguins
7 208 Fisher Scott Colorado College Detroit Red Wings

† incoming freshman [10]

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule". NCHC. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Stats". HCHC. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  3. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  4. ^ "USA Hockey Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "Top 25 men's college hockey players earn distinction as CCM/AHCA Hockey All-Americans for 2023-24 season". USCHO.com. April 12, 2024. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  7. ^ Weisman, Michael (March 21, 2024). "NCHC Unveils 2023-2024 Individual Award Winners". nchchockey.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  8. ^ Weisman, Michael (March 13, 2024). "NCHC Unveils 2023-2024 All-Conference Teams". nchchockey.com. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  9. ^ Weisman, Michael (March 12, 2024). "NCHC Reveals 2023-24 All-Rookie Team". nchchockey. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  10. ^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2024 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
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