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) |
NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2017 NCHC Tournament was the fourth tournament in league history. It was played between March 10 and March 18, 2017. 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, Minnesota-Duluth received the NCHC's automatic bid to the 2017 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 Denver |
24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 82 | 42 | 44 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 152 | 80 | |
| #2 Minnesota–Duluth* | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 83 | 56 | 42 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 140 | 95 | |
| #10 Western Michigan | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 79 | 75 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 113 | 114 | |
| #9 North Dakota | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 69 | 63 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 127 | 104 | |
| St. Cloud State | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 64 | 69 | 36 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 105 | 109 | |
| Omaha | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 74 | 89 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 122 | 128 | |
| Miami | 24 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 57 | 80 | 36 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 91 | 113 | |
| Colorado College | 24 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 43 | 77 | 36 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 70 | 120 | |
| Championship: March 18, 2017 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
Bracket[]
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| Quarterfinals 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 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
* denotes overtime periods
Results[]
All times are local.
Quarterfinals[]
(1) Denver vs. (8) Colorado College[]
| March 10 | Denver | 4 – 1 | Colorado College | Magness Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Borgström, Gambrell) Troy Terry - 01:37 (Terry, Butcher) - GW PP - 06:48 (Terry) Blake Hillman - 09:11 |
Second period | 10:56 - (Israel, Gooch) | ||||||
| (Lukosevicius, Gambrell) - PP - 12:36 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Tanner Jaillet | Goalie stats | ( 42 saves / 46 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Denver | 4 – 0 | Colorado College | Magness Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (McLellan, VanVoorhis) Logan O'Connor - GW - 04:48 (McLellan, Hammond) Logan O'Connor - 10:09 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Borgström, Cowley) Troy Terry - SH - 00:18 (unassisted) Troy Terry - PP - 11:50 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 17 saves / 17 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| Denver won series 2–0 | |
(2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (7) Miami[]
| March 10 | Minnesota–Duluth | 5 – 4 | OT | Miami | AMSOIL Arena | Recap | ||
| (unassisted) Parker Mackay - 05:21 | First period | 05:50 - (Green, Switzer) 06:25 - (Louis, Dornbrock) | ||||||
| (Wolff) Riley Tufte - 03:44 (Raskob, Molenaar) Alex Iafallo - 16:37 |
Second period | 15:54 - (Hutton, Brandt) | ||||||
| (Kuhlman, Peterson) Riley Tufte - 12:19 | Third period | 11:14 - (Hutton, Bachman) | ||||||
| (Iafallo) Dominic Toninato - GW - 07:24 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Hunter Miska | Goalie stats | ( 7 saves / 8 shots ) / ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Minnesota–Duluth | 5 – 3 | Miami | AMSOIL Arena | Recap | |||
| (Iafallo, Toninato) - 02:49 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Mackay, Osterberg) - GW - 08:59 | Second period | 10:42 - (Hutton, Sherwood) | ||||||
| (Osterberg, Wolff) - 13:25 (Anderson, Wolff) Alex Iafallo - GW - 15:37 (Anderson, Pionk) Dominic Toninato - EN - 18:55 |
Third period | 01:25 - Kiefer Sherwood (LaValle, Green) 03:17 - Anthony Louis (Knierim, Dornbrock) | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Hunter Miska | Goalie stats | ( 31 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| Minnesota–Duluth won series 2–0 | |
(3) Western Michigan vs. (6) Nebraska-Omaha[]
| March 10 | Western Michigan | 1 – 2 | OT | Nebraska-Omaha | Lawson Arena | Recap | ||
| (Conrad) - 15:34 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:38 - (Nogard) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 04:17 - GW - (Morelli) | ||||||
| ( 35 saves / 36 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Western Michigan | 5 – 2 | Nebraska-Omaha | Lawson Arena | Recap | |||
| (Allison, McGing) - 07:56 (Conrad, Allison) Hugh McGing - 10:49 |
First period | 00:48 - (Parizek, Morelli) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:13 - Austin Ortega (Pope, Olofsson) | ||||||
| (Schueneman) Wade Allison - GW - 00:52 (Conrad, Moldenhauer) Hugh McGing - 12:21 (Conrad, Bafia) - 13:11 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 27 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12 | Western Michigan | 2 – 1 | OT | Nebraska-Omaha | Lawson Arena | Recap | ||
| (unassisted) Griffen Molino - 19:31 | First period | 06:31 - (Ortega, Pope) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Courtnall, Moldenhauer) - GW - 00:34 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| Western Michigan won series 2–1 | |
(4) North Dakota vs. (5) St. Cloud State[]
| March 10 | North Dakota | 5 – 2 | St. Cloud State | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
| (Bowen, Poolman) Rhett Gardner - 13:39 (unassisted) Shane Gersich - 14:53 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Poolman, Hoff) Brock Boeser - GW PP - 16:27 | Second period | 09:43 - PP - (Eyssimont, Schuldt) | ||||||
| (Gersich, Ausmus) Austin Poganski - 12:18 (Boeser) - EN - 19:15 |
Third period | 10:48 - PP - Jimmy Schuldt (Jackson, Winiecki) | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | ( 31 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | North Dakota | 6 – 5 | OT | St. Cloud State | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | ||
| (Jost, Wolanin) Austin Poganski - PP - 19:16 | First period | 15:11 - (Widman, Poehling) | ||||||
| (Poganski) Tyson Jost - SH - 00:53 (Gardner, Johnson) Brock Boeser - 10:37 |
Second period | 08:46 - Patrick Newell (Jackson, Winiecki) | ||||||
| (Olson) Shane Gersich - 10:28 (Simonson, Smith) Christian Wolanin - 15:58 |
Third period | 17:12 - Jon Lizotte (Storm, Wahlin) 11:30 - Jon Lizotte (unassisted) 11:30 - (unassisted) | ||||||
| (Simonson, Smith) - GW - 07:38 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 30 saves / 35 shots ) Cam Johnson | Goalie stats | ( 35 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
| North Dakota won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals[]
(1) Denver vs. (4) North Dakota[]
| March 17 | Denver | 0 – 1 | North Dakota | Target Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:30 - GW - Austin Poganski (Poolman, Jost) | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 24 shots ) Tanner Jaillet | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson ( 21 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (3) Western Michigan[]
| March 17 | Minnesota–Duluth | 5 – 2 | Western Michigan | Target Center | Recap | |||
| (Iafallo, Johnson) Dominic Toninato - PP - 13:09 (Hilderman, Johnson) - 16:58 |
First period | 16:34 - Taylor Fleming (Molino, Tiffels) | ||||||
| (Mackay, Pionk) Alex Iafallo - GW - 16:11 | Second period | 07:10 - (Fleming, McGing) | ||||||
| (Johnson, Osterberg) Parker Mackay - 14:58 (unassisted) - EN - 17:59 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Hunter Miska | Goalie stats | ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
Third place[]
(1) Denver vs. (3) Western Michigan[]
| March 18 | Denver | 3 – 1 | Western Michigan | Target Center | Recap | |||
| (Davies, Hillman) - PP - 08:33 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (McLellan, Janssen) - GW - 06:37 | Second period | 05:29 - (Hadley, Molino) | ||||||
| (Davies, Hillman) - 14:42 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
Championship[]
(2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (4) North Dakota[]
| March 18 | Minnesota–Duluth | 4 – 3 | North Dakota | Target Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 13:03 - PP - Brock Boeser (Jost, Wolanin) | ||||||
| (Anderson, Iafallo) Dominic Toninato - 01:30 (Kuhlman, Peterson) Riley Tufte - 01:47 (Pionk, Iafallo) Adam Johnson - PP - 02:28 |
Second period | 09:00 - PP - Tyson Jost (Olson, Boeser) | ||||||
| (Johnson, Pionk) Joey Anderson - GW - 19:09 | Third period | 17:14 - PP - (Wolanin, Jost) | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) Hunter Miska | Goalie stats | Cam Johnson ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
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 (Minnesota-Duluth)
Notes:
- * Most Valuable Player(s)
References[]
- ^ "Format". Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Bulldogs capture 2017 Frozen Faceoff for first NCHC title". NCHC. 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
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