2017–18 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
2017–18 NCAA men's ice hockey season | |||||
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Duration | October 1, 2017– April 7, 2018 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 2018 | ||||
National championship | Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota | ||||
NCAA champion | Minnesota–Duluth | ||||
Hobey Baker Award | Adam Gaudette (Northeastern) | ||||
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The 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 2017 and ended with the Frozen Four in April 2018.[1] This was the 71st season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held, and US college hockey's 124th year overall.
Conference realignment
The only conference change for 2017-18 was that Notre Dame moved from Hockey East to the Big Ten as an associate member for men's hockey.
School | Former Conference | New Conference |
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Hockey East | Big Ten |
Polls
Regular season
Standings
Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Mercyhurst† | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 90 | 81 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 124 | 111 | |
Canisius | 28 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 34 | 94 | 76 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 117 | 108 | |
Holy Cross | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 80 | 70 | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 97 | 100 | |
Army | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 80 | 70 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 93 | 91 | |
#14 Air Force * | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 73 | 64 | 43 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 115 | 94 | |
RIT | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 91 | 90 | 37 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 114 | 127 | |
Robert Morris | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 79 | 78 | 41 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 119 | 118 | |
American International | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 63 | 75 | 39 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 88 | 116 | |
Niagara | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 76 | 90 | 36 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 93 | 123 | |
Bentley | 28 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 72 | 87 | 37 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 96 | 114 | |
Sacred Heart | 28 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 79 | 96 | 39 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 107 | 135 | |
Championship: March 17, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018 |
Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#2 Notre Dame†* | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 66 | 47 | 40 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 117 | 87 | |
#3 Ohio State | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 77 | 55 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 131 | 85 | |
#4 Michigan | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 70 | 72 | 40 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 136 | 121 | |
#13 Penn State | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 70 | 72 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 138 | 120 | |
#18 Minnesota | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 65 | 69 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 102 | 100 | |
Wisconsin | 24 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 69 | 83 | 37 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 115 | 124 | |
Michigan State | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 53 | 77 | 36 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 91 | 117 | |
Championship: March 17, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 12, 2018 |
Overall record | ||||||
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GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
Arizona State | 34 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 77 | 123 |
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 20, 2018 |
Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#8 Cornell† | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 61 | 32 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 102 | 52 | |
Union | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 70 | 48 | 38 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 115 | 98 | |
#12 Clarkson | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 74 | 49 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 122 | 75 | |
Harvard | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 68 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 104 | 85 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 55 | 69 | 35 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 83 | 107 | |
Colgate | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 49 | 46 | 40 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 87 | 88 | |
#15 Princeton* | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 77 | 79 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 131 | 110 | |
Yale | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 67 | 59 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 87 | 88 | |
Quinnipiac | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 59 | 56 | 38 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 105 | 106 | |
Brown | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 45 | 63 | 31 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 67 | 104 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 86 | 37 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 73 | 129 | |
St. Lawrence | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 43 | 76 | 37 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 80 | 122 | |
Championship: March 17, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated February 26, 2018 |
Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#19 Boston College† | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 79 | 53 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 108 | 99 | |
#11 Northeastern | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 79 | 49 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 136 | 81 | |
#7 Providence | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 70 | 50 | 40 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 117 | 85 | |
#10 Boston University* | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 72 | 60 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 124 | 105 | |
Connecticut | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 70 | 62 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 100 | 102 | |
Maine | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 65 | 74 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 117 | 115 | |
Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 68 | 75 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 101 | 99 | |
Massachusetts | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 60 | 74 | 39 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 104 | 119 | |
Vermont | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 75 | 37 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 79 | 112 | |
Merrimack | 24 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 51 | 70 | 37 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 83 | 105 | |
New Hampshire | 24 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 48 | 71 | 36 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 88 | 104 | |
Championship: March 17, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2018 |
Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#6 St. Cloud State † | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 93 | 59 | 40 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 144 | 101 | |
#5 Denver* | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 76 | 53 | 41 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 135 | 86 | |
#1 Minnesota–Duluth | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 79 | 56 | 42 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 132 | 92 | |
#17 North Dakota | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 71 | 68 | 40 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 117 | 95 | |
Omaha | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 75 | 97 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 121 | 134 | |
Western Michigan | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 82 | 94 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 115 | 129 | |
Colorado College | 24 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 63 | 85 | 37 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 99 | 121 | |
Miami | 24 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 62 | 89 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 103 | 128 | |
Championship: March 17, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018 |
Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#9 Minnesota State† | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 116 | 58 | 40 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 153 | 84 | |
#20 Northern Michigan | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 85 | 64 | 43 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 130 | 108 | |
Bowling Green | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 87 | 63 | 41 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 122 | 100 | |
Bemidji State | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 77 | 63 | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 103 | 95 | |
#16 Michigan Tech* | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 82 | 75 | 44 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 134 | 117 | |
Ferris State | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 68 | 86 | 38 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 87 | 122 | |
Alabama–Huntsville | 28 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 69 | 86 | 37 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 84 | 121 | |
Alaska | 28 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 74 | 85 | 36 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 97 | 118 | |
Lake Superior State | 28 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 59 | 90 | 36 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 76 | 121 | |
Alaska Anchorage | 28 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 55 | 102 | 34 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 65 | 124 | |
Championship: March 17, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018 |
2018 NCAA tournament
Regional semifinals[2] | Regional Finals | Frozen Four | National championship | ||||||||||||||||
1 | St. Cloud State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Air Force | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Air Force | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
West Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Minnesota–Duluth | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Minnesota–Duluth | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
MW1 | Ohio State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Ohio State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Princeton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Ohio State | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Denver | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Denver | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Penn State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Notre Dame | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Cornell | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Boston University | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Boston University | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Northeast Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Michigan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Michigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Northeastern | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
NE2 | Michigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Notre Dame | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Notre Dame | 4* | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Michigan Tech | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Notre Dame | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
East Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Providence | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Providence | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Clarkson | 0 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[3]
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Adam Gaudette | Junior | Northeastern | 38 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 41 |
Max Véronneau | Junior | Princeton | 36 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 12 |
Dylan Sikura | Senior | Northeastern | 35 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 22 |
Ryan Kuffner | Junior | Princeton | 36 | 29 | 23 | 52 | 6 |
Henrik Borgström | Sophomore | Denver | 40 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 18 |
Cooper Marody | Junior | Michigan | 40 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 24 |
Brady Ferguson | Senior | Robert Morris | 41 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 20 |
Dylan McLaughlin | Junior | Canisius | 37 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 10 |
Troy Terry | Junior | Denver | 39 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 6 |
Adam Rockwood | Senior | Northern Michigan | 43 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 18 |
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Matthew Galajda | Freshman | Cornell | 29 | 1669:20 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 9 | .939 | 1.51 |
Colton Point | Sophomore | Colgate | 33 | 1997:05 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 58 | 6 | .944 | 1.74 |
Connor LaCouvee | Senior | Minnesota State | 31 | 1800:13 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 54 | 3 | .914 | 1.80 |
Jake Kielly | Sophomore | Clarkson | 39 | 2336:59 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 71 | 8 | .929 | 1.82 |
Tanner Jaillet | Senior | Denver | 39 | 2293:26 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 72 | 5 | .928 | 1.88 |
Hunter Shepard | Sophomore | Minnesota–Duluth | 41 | 2392:49 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 76 | 8 | .925 | 1.91 |
Cayden Primeau | Freshman | Northeastern | 34 | 2004:32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 64 | 4 | .931 | 1.92 |
Cale Morris | Sophomore | Notre Dame | 37 | 2192:43 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 71 | 4 | .944 | 1.94 |
Corbin Kaczperski | Sophomore | Yale | 12 | 684:31 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | .933 | 2.02 |
Dávid Hrenák | Freshman | St. Cloud State | 24 | 1356:52 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 3 | .922 | 2.03 |
Awards
Big Ten
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ECAC
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Hockey East
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NCHC
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WCHA
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See also
References
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- ^ "WCHA Announces 2017–18 Individual Awards". WCHA.com. 2018-03-13.
- ^ "WCHA Announces 2017–18 All-League Teams". WCHA.com. 2018-03-08.
- ^ "Hobey Baker Award 10 Finalists Announced". College Hockey News.
- ^ "Galajda, Jaillet, Morris, Point, Primeau named finalists for 2018 Mike Richter Award". USCHO.com. 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2018-03-23.