2016 NCHC Tournament
| 2016 NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 11–19, 2016 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Target Center Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Champions | St. Cloud State Huskies (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Bob Motzko (1st title) |
| MVP | (St. Cloud State) |
NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2016 NCHC Tournament was the third tournament in league history. It was played between March 11 and March 19, 2016. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, St. Cloud State received the NCHC's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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.[1]
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 Dakota |
24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 89 | 49 | 44 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 162 | 81 | |
| #4 St. Cloud State* | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 104 | 53 | 41 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 175 | 90 | |
| #6 Denver | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 74 | 52 | 41 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 134 | 96 | |
| #16 Minnesota–Duluth | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 64 | 44 | 40 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 107 | 82 | |
| Miami | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 54 | 65 | 36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 86 | 97 | |
| Omaha | 24 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 60 | 83 | 36 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 103 | 107 | |
| Western Michigan | 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 56 | 103 | 36 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 80 | 142 | |
| Colorado College | 24 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 47 | 99 | 36 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 71 | 145 | |
| Champions: St. Cloud State 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
| Quarterfinals 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 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
* denotes overtime periods
Results[]
All times are local.
Quarterfinals[]
(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Colorado College[]
| March 11 | North Dakota | 7 – 1 | Colorado College | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
| (Poolman, LaDue) Luke Johnson - PP - 15:27 (Dowd, Kossila) Nick Schmaltz - GW - 19:38 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Poganski, LaDue) - PP - 16:36 | Second period | 15:42 - PP - (Bergh, McCaskill) | ||||||
| (Wolanin, Wilkie) - 04:30 (Boeser, Stecher) Nick Schmaltz - PP - 13:35 (Caggiula, Schmaltz) - PP - 17:38 (Janatuinen, Sanderson) Shane Gersich - 18:32 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 15 saves / 16 shots ) Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | ( 27 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12 | North Dakota | 5 – 1 | Colorado College | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
| (Thompson, Boeser) Nick Schmaltz - 03:55 (Simonson, Chyzyk) - GW - 04:12 (Boeser, Schmaltz) - 13:36 (Schmaltz, Boeser) Drake Caggiula - 19:54 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Gardner, Johnson) Austin Poganski - 04:18 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:17 - (Israel) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | ( 10 saves / 14 shots ) / ( 13 saves / 14 shots ) | ||||||
| North Dakota won series 2–0 | |
(2) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Western Michigan[]
| March 11 | St. Cloud State | 4 – 3 | OT | Western Michigan | Herb Brooks National Hockey Center | Recap | ||
| (Schuldt, Nevalainen) - PP - 16:10 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Benik, Murray) Will Borgen - 15:37 | Second period | 03:55 - Frederik Tiffels (Rebry, Dienes) 12:30 - (Rebry, Tiffels) | ||||||
| (Murray) Kalle Kossila - 05:03 | Third period | 13:55 - (Novak, McKee) | ||||||
| (Schuldt, Papa) Patrick Newell - GW - 16:31 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Charlie Lindgren | Goalie stats | ( 41 saves / 45 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12 | St. Cloud State | 4 – 2 | Western Michigan | Herb Brooks National Hockey Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 11:31 - (Molino, Novak) | ||||||
| (Benson, Prow) - 10:23 (unassisted) Jimmy Schuldt - 10:45 (Murray, Benik) - GW - 12:11 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Borgen, Kossila) Patrick Russell - EN - 19:58 | Third period | 19:50 - EA - (Molino, LaPorte) | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Charlie Lindgren | Goalie stats | ( 40 saves / 43 shots ) | ||||||
| St. Cloud State won series 2–0 | |
(3) Denver vs. (6) Nebraska-Omaha[]
| March 11 | Denver | 5 – 2 | Nebraska-Omaha | Magness Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Hammond) Trevor Moore - 00:48 (Hillman, Shore) Troy Terry - PP - 02:52 (Romig, VanVoorhis) - GW - 03:10 |
Second period | 13:36 - PP - Jake Guentzel (Snuggerud, Ortega) 17:58 - Brian Cooper (Guentzel, Randolph) | ||||||
| (Butcher, Hammond) Danton Heinen - SH - 08:06 (unassisted) Danton Heinen - EN - 19:03 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Tanner Jaillet | Goalie stats | ( 15 saves / 19 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12 | Denver | 4 – 3 | 2OT | Nebraska-Omaha | Magness Arena | Recap | ||
| (Zajac, Butcher) - 05:29 (Zajac, Moore) Troy Terry - 17:14 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:17 - PP - Jake Guentzel (Ortega, Brady) 16:29 - SH - Austin Ortega (Klehr) | ||||||
| (Janssen, Jaillet) Danton Heinen - 01:31 | Third period | 03:57 - Austin Ortega (Guentzel, Vesel) | ||||||
| (Romig, Levin) - GW - 08:54 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 51 saves / 54 shots ) Tanner Jaillet | Goalie stats | ( 46 saves / 50 shots ) | ||||||
| Denver won series 2–0 | |
(4) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (5) Miami[]
| March 11 | Minnesota–Duluth | 5 – 4 | Miami | AMSOIL Arena | Recap | |||
| (Decowski, Sampair) - 04:34 | First period | 12:17 - (Morris, Greenberg) | ||||||
| (Kaskisuo) Andy Welinski - PP - 09:59 | Second period | 04:11 - (Lemirande) 10:17 - Anthony Louis (Gacek, Melnick) 13:16 - PP - Louie Belpedio (Louis, Sherwood) | ||||||
| (Corrin, Toninato) Adam Johnson - 04:54 (Corrin, Cameranesi) Neal Pionk - PP - 11:12 (Farley, Cameranesi) Carson Soucy - GW - 12:29 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Kasimir Kaskisuo | Goalie stats | ( 28 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12 | Minnesota–Duluth | 3 – 1 | Miami | AMSOIL Arena | Recap | |||
| (unassisted) - SH - 01:31 (Thomas, Iafallo) Andy Welinski - GW - 16:51 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kuhlman, Soucy) - SH - 12:46 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:12 - (Roslovic, Louis) | ||||||
| ( 15 saves / 16 shots ) Kasimir Kaskisuo | Goalie stats | ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) | ||||||
| Minnesota–Duluth won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals[]
(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Minnesota–Duluth[]
| March 18 | North Dakota | 2 – 4 | Minnesota–Duluth | Target Center | Recap | |||
| (Caggiula, Boeser) Nick Schmaltz - 00:49 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Ausmus, Boeser) Troy Stecher - 15:00 | Second period | 00:28 - Dominic Toninato (Raskob) 03:46 - Alex Iafallo (Raskob, Johnson) 12:24 - GW - Austin Farley (Corrin, Cameranesi) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 14:02 - Dominic Toninato (Johnson, Iafallo) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | Kasimir Kaskisuo ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
(2) St. Cloud State vs. (3) Denver[]
| March 18 | St. Cloud State | 4 – 2 | Denver | Target Center | Recap | |||
| (Prow, Kossila) - PP - 07:45 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Benik, Murray) - 11:29 | Second period | 06:29 - Troy Terry (Hammond, Heinen) | ||||||
| (Kossila, Russell) - GW - 01:41 (unassisted) Jimmy Schuldt - EN - 18:43 |
Third period | 02:13 - (Terry, Shore) | ||||||
| ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Charlie Lindgren | Goalie stats | Tanner Jaillet ( 12 saves / 15 shots ) | ||||||
Third place[]
(1) North Dakota vs. (3) Denver[]
| March 19 | North Dakota | 1 – 1 | Denver | Target Center | Recap | |||
| (Caggiula, Boeser) Nick Schmaltz - 06:09 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:21 - Danton Heinen (Moore, Gambrell) | ||||||
| ( 16 saves / 17 shots ) Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
Championship[]
(2) St. Cloud State vs. (4) Minnesota–Duluth[]
| March 19 | St. Cloud State | 3 – 1 | Minnesota–Duluth | Target Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 13:03 - Carson Soucy (Raskob, Cameranesi) | ||||||
| (Prow, Russell) - 08:59 (Schuldt, Kossila) - GW - 19:24 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kossila, Lizotte) Patrick Russell - 05:09 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Charlie Lindgren | Goalie stats | Kasimir Kaskisuo ( 15 saves / 18 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards[]
Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team[]
- F * (St. Cloud State)
- F Dominic Toninato (Minnesota-Duluth)
- F Nick Schmaltz (North Dakota)
- D Ethan Prow (St. Cloud State)
- D (Minnesota-Duluth)
- G Charlie Lindgren (St. Cloud State)
* Most Valuable Player(s) [2]
References[]
- ^ "Format".
- ^ "St. Cloud State Captures 2016 Frozen Faceoff Title". 19 March 2016.
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