National Collegiate Hockey Conference Tournament

National Collegiate Hockey Conference Tournament
Conference Hockey Championship
Sport	Ice hockey
Conference	NCHC
Format	Single-elimination, best two-of-three tournament
Current stadium	Target Center[1]
Current location	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Played	2014–present
Last contest	2016 NCHC Tournament
Current champion	St. Cloud State
Most championships	Denver, Miami (OH) St. Cloud State, [ (1)[2]
Official website	The Official Site of NCHC Hockey
Host stadiums
Target Center
Host locations
Minneapolis, Minnesota

The National Collegiate Hockey Conference Tournament is the conference tournament for the NCHC. The winner of the tournament received an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament which has occurred every year the NCHC has been in existence. The tournament is a successor to the CCHA Tournament which was discontinued after the conference dissolved due to the major realignment of ice hockey conferences that culminated in 2013–14.^[3]

The inaugural tournament was held in 2014 and included all 8 member teams in a three-round championship.

NCHC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions

Formats

2014

The NCHC Tournament begins with three-round format featuring all conference teams. The quarterfinals consist of four best-of-three series while all subsequent rounds are single-elimination.

Championship appearances

As of 2014

By school No. School Record Pct 2 St. Cloud State 1–1 .500 2 Miami 1–1 .500 1 Denver 1-0 1.000 1 Duluth 0-1 .000

By coach[4][5] No. Coach Record Pct 2 Bob Motzko 1–1 .500 2 Enrico Blasi 1–1 .500 1 Jim Montgomery 1-0 1.000 1 Scott Sandelin 0-1 .000

Formation^[6]

After the Big Ten announced it was forming a hockey conference beginning with the 2013–14 season several teams from the WCHA decided to break from the conference and form a new contingent. As traditional powers Denver and North Dakota were among the teams leaving the NCHC's invitation to some of the remaining CCHA teams was appealing enough to get two more universities to join, swelling the NCHC's ranks to eight. Eventually all of the CCHA teams joined other conferences prior to 2013–14 necessitating it's dissolution.^[7]

References

1. "Target Center". NCHC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
2. "NCHC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
3. "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
4. "Denver Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-05-18.
5. "Miami Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
6. "NCHC Histoty". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
7. "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.

External links

• The Official Site of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference