List of NCHC Tournament champions

The Target Center hosted the inaugural NCHC tournament in 2014.

National Collegiate Hockey Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I ice hockey-only conference that was created as a result of the formation of the Big Ten ice hockey conference.

The tournament began play in 2014 with an 8-team championship in three rounds.

The NCHC tournament features a first round round of best of three series hosted by the higher seed, with the four winners advancing to the Frozen Faceoff.

The Frozen Faceoff was originally played at Target Center in Minneapolis, before moving to St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center beginning in 2018. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was cancelled in 2020 and hosted in its entirety by regular season champion North Dakota at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in 2021. The tournament will move entirely to campus sites starting in 2026.[1]

Champions[2]

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Year Winning team Coach Losing team Coach Score Location Venue Ref
2014 Denver Jim Montgomery Miami Enrico Blasi 4–3 Minneapolis, Minnesota Target Center [3]
2015 Miami Enrico Blasi St. Cloud State Bob Motzko 3–2 Minneapolis, Minnesota Target Center [4]
2016 St. Cloud State Bob Motzko Minnesota-Duluth Scott Sandelin 3–1 Minneapolis, Minnesota Target Center [5]
2017 Minnesota-Duluth Scott Sandelin North Dakota Brad Berry 4–3 Minneapolis, Minnesota Target Center
2018 Denver (2) Jim Montgomery St. Cloud State Bob Motzko 4–1 Saint Paul, Minnesota Xcel Energy Center
2019 Minnesota-Duluth (2) Scott Sandelin St. Cloud State Brett Larson 3–2** Saint Paul, Minnesota Xcel Energy Center
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6]
2021 North Dakota Brad Berry St. Cloud State Brett Larson 5–3 Grand Forks, North Dakota Ralph Engelstad Arena
2022 Minnesota Duluth (3) Scott Sandelin Western Michigan Pat Ferschweiler 3–0 Saint Paul, Minnesota Xcel Energy Center
2023 St. Cloud State (2) Brett Larson Colorado College Kris Mayotte 3–0 Saint Paul, Minnesota Xcel Energy Center
2024 Denver (3) David Carle Omaha Mike Gabinet 4–1 Saint Paul, Minnesota Xcel Energy Center

References

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  1. ^ "NCHC Moving Tournament Fully on Campus in 2026". College Hockey News. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  2. ^ "NCHC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  3. ^ "2014 NCHC Tournament" (PDF). NCHC Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  4. ^ "2015 NCHC Tournament" (PDF). NCHC Hockey. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  5. ^ "Frozen Faceoff Live". NCHC Hockey. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  6. ^ "NCHC Tournament Cancelled Effective Immediately". nchchockey.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
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