2018–19 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

2018–19 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
The KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York hosted the 2019 Frozen Four
Duration	October 6, 2018– April 13, 2019
NCAA tournament	2019
National championship	KeyBank Center Buffalo, New York
NCAA champion	Minnesota–Duluth
Hobey Baker Award	Cale Makar (Massachusetts)
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 2018 and ended with the Frozen Four in April 2019.^[1] This was the 72nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held, and United States college ice hockey's 125th year overall.

Polls[]

Regular season[]

Overtime rule changes[]

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a proposal to allow conferences to use one of two alternative formats to award points in their league standings after the mandatory five-on-five, five-minute overtime period.

After a traditional five-minute, five-on-five overtime, conferences may use either a five-minute, three-on-three overtime period and a shootout or only a shootout to award additional conference points. Conferences are not required to use one of the alternative systems and may end play after the five-minute overtime.

During non-conference regular-season games, these alternative options are not permitted, and a game would end in a tie after the traditional five-minute overtime.

In regular-season tournaments that require advancement, a 20-minute sudden death format can be implemented for overtime, instead of the traditional five-minute overtime period. These tournaments also may use the three-on-three and shootout or the standalone shootout format.^[2]

Each conference's approach if no goal is scored in the initial five-minute overtime:^[3]

• Atlantic Hockey, ECAC & Hockey East: game ends in tie
• Big Ten, NCHC & WCHA: Five-minute, three-on-three overtime; if still tied a sudden-death shootout follows

Points Explanation:^[4]

• Atlantic Hockey, ECAC & Hockey East: Teams are awarded two points for each conference win in regulation or five-on-five overtime. Teams are awarded one point for a tie.
• Big Ten, NCHC & WCHA: Teams are awarded three points for each conference win in regulation or five-on-five overtime. A three-on-three overtime or shootout win is worth two points in the standings while the team that loses the three-on-three overtime/shootout receives just one point. The three-on-three overtime and shootouts only affect conference standings while the game is officially a tie for NCAA purposes.

Season tournaments[]

Standings[]

2018–19 Atlantic Hockey Standings v t
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#16 American International †*	28	18	9	1	37	102	77		41	23	17	1	129	119
Bentley	28	15	9	4	34	94	75		37	17	15	5	113	98
Air Force	28	14	10	4	32	65	63		36	16	15	5	90	92
Sacred Heart	28	14	11	3	31	85	73		37	16	17	4	107	106
RIT	28	13	11	4	30	81	76		38	17	17	4	113	111
Niagara	28	11	12	5	27	94	96		41	17	19	5	127	140
Mercyhurst	28	11	13	4	26	88	94		38	13	20	5	113	134
Robert Morris	28	11	15	2	24	72	78		40	16	22	2	102	127
Holy Cross	28	10	14	4	24	81	89		36	10	21	5	91	112
Army	28	8	13	7	23	71	82		39	12	20	7	94	117
Canisius	28	8	16	4	20	77	107		37	12	20	5	103	133
Championship: March 23, 2019 indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

2018–19 ECAC Hockey Standings v t
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#7 Quinnipiac	22	14	6	2	30	77	47		38	26	10	2	133	73
#8 Cornell	22	13	5	4	30	64	41		36	21	11	4	108	73
#11 Clarkson*	22	13	7	2	28	65	42		39	26	11	2	122	78
#14 Harvard	22	13	7	2	28	77	58		33	19	11	3	106	83
Dartmouth	22	10	9	3	23	53	55		34	13	17	4	87	93
Yale	22	11	10	1	23	53	57		33	15	15	3	85	88
Union	22	10	10	2	22	60	64		39	20	13	6	112	102
Brown	22	8	9	5	21	52	59		34	15	14	5	89	97
Princeton	22	8	12	2	18	60	66		31	10	18	3	83	96
Colgate	22	7	12	3	17	43	64		36	10	23	3	55	111
Rensselaer	22	7	13	2	16	49	67		36	10	23	3	69	117
St. Lawrence	22	3	17	2	8	51	84		37	6	29	2	75	149
Championship: March 23, 2019 indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

2018–19 Hockey East Standings v t
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Massachusetts	24	18	6	0	36	92	51		41	31	10	0	151	83
#4 Providence	24	14	7	3	31	76	44		42	24	12	6	133	84
#9 Northeastern*	24	15	8	1	31	76	52		39	27	11	1	118	81
#19 Massachusetts–Lowell	24	12	7	5	29	65	55		37	19	13	5	100	85
Boston University	24	12	9	3	27	64	65		38	16	18	4	99	104
Maine	24	11	9	4	26	64	60		36	15	17	4	90	99
Boston College	24	10	11	3	23	62	60		39	14	22	3	90	110
New Hampshire	24	8	10	6	22	55	67		36	12	15	9	90	103
Connecticut	24	7	15	2	16	52	77		34	12	20	2	81	107
Vermont	24	5	16	3	13	41	59		34	12	19	3	72	82
Merrimack	24	4	18	2	10	48	105		34	7	24	3	67	134
Championship: March 23, 2019 indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

2018–19 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Standings v t
	Conference record									Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#5 St. Cloud State †	24	19	2	3	2	62	94	52		39	30	6	3	156	85
#1 Minnesota–Duluth *	24	14	9	1	0	43	75	48		42	29	11	2	133	79
#18 Western Michigan	24	13	10	1	1	41	79	78		37	21	15	1	129	115
#3 Denver	24	11	10	3	3	39	55	56		41	24	12	5	116	83
#20 North Dakota	24	12	11	1	0	37	56	55		37	18	17	2	93	90
Colorado College	24	9	12	3	0	30	66	66		41	17	20	4	117	114
Omaha	24	5	17	2	1	18	53	86		36	9	24	3	90	132
Miami	24	5	17	2	1	18	49	86		38	11	23	4	87	122
Championship: March 23, 2019 indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

2018–19 Western Collegiate Hockey Association Standings v t
	Conference record									Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#6 Minnesota State †*	28	22	5	1	1	68	99	43		42	32	8	2	147	76
Northern Michigan	28	18	8	2	0	56	82	57		39	21	16	2	104	96
#13 Bowling Green	28	16	8	4	3	55	77	52		41	25	11	5	133	75
Lake Superior State	28	16	10	2	0	50	91	69		38	23	13	2	123	93
Bemidji State	28	13	11	4	2	45	71	63		38	15	17	6	95	94
Michigan Tech	28	13	12	3	1	43	68	63		38	14	20	4	90	101
Alaska	28	12	14	2	2	40	57	81		36	12	21	3	72	114
Alabama–Huntsville	28	8	18	2	2	28	61	93		38	8	28	2	67	129
Ferris State	28	7	18	3	0	24	68	96		36	10	23	3	90	123
Alaska Anchorage	28	2	23	3	2	11	29	86		34	3	28	3	40	115
Championship: March 23, 2019 indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

PairWise Rankings[]

The PairWise Rankings (PWR) are a statistical tool designed to approximate the process by which the NCAA selection committee decides which teams get at-large bids to the 16-team NCAA tournament. Although the NCAA selection committee does not use the PWR as presented by USCHO, the PWR has been accurate in predicting which teams will make the tournament field.

For Division I men, all teams are included in comparisons starting in the 2013-14 season (formerly, only teams with a Ratings Percentage Index of .500 or above, or teams under consideration, were included). The PWR method compares each team with every other such team, with the winner of each “comparison” earning one PWR point. After all comparisons are made, the points are totaled up and rankings listed accordingly.

With 60 Division I men's teams, the greatest number of PWR points any team could earn is 59, winning the comparison with every other team. Meanwhile, a team that lost all of its comparisons would have no PWR points.

Teams are then ranked by PWR point total, with ties broken by the teams’ RPI ratings, which starting in 2013-14 is weighted for home and road games and includes a quality wins bonus (QWB) for beating teams in the top 20 of the RPI (it also is weighted for home and road).

When it comes to comparing teams, the PWR uses three criteria which are combined to make a comparison: RPI, record against common opponents and head-to-head competition. Starting in 2013-14, the comparison of record against teams under consideration was dropped because all teams are now under comparison.^[6]

2019 NCAA Tournament[]

Note: * denotes overtime period

Player stats[]

Scoring leaders[]

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes^[8]

Leading goaltenders[]

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average.^[8]
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Awards[]