2022–23 NCHC season

2022–23 NCHC season
2022–23 NCHC season
Season	2022–23
Conference	NCHC
Division	Division I
Sport	ice hockey
Duration	October 1, 2022–; March 25, 2023
Number of teams	8
NHL Entry Draft
Top draft pick	Ty Mueller
Picked by	Vancouver Canucks
Regular season
Season champions	Denver
Season MVP	Jason Polin
Top scorer	Massimo Rizzo
NCHC Tournament
Tournament champions	St. Cloud State
Runners-up	Colorado College
Tournament MVP	Jami Kranilla
Top scorer	Jack Devine (5)
NCAA tournament
Bids	3
Record	1–3
Best Finish	Regional Final
Team(s)	St. Cloud State
	NCHC seasons; « 2021–22 2023–24 »

The 2022–23 NCHC season was the 10th season of play for National Collegiate Hockey Conference and took place during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 1, 2022, and concluded on March 25, 2023.^[1]

Coaches

Records

Team	Head coach	Season at school	Record at school	NCHC record
Colorado College	Kris Mayotte	2	9–24–3	6–17–1
Denver	David Carle	5	86–43–13	49–37–9
Miami	Chris Bergeron	4	20–66–9	14–53–6
Minnesota Duluth	Scott Sandelin	23	428–348–95	117–79–21
North Dakota	Brad Berry	8	162–77–25	102–52–15
Omaha	Mike Gabinet	6	75–86–9	48–65–7
St. Cloud State	Brett Larson	5	81–47–13	54–33–9
Western Michigan	Pat Ferschweiler	2	26–12–1	14–9–1

Standings

2022–23 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Standings v t e
	Conference record										Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#6 Denver †	24	19	5	0	2	1	0	56	94	53	40	30	10	0	150	86
#11 Western Michigan	24	15	8	1	2	0	0	44	86	60	39	23	15	1	148	102
#20 Omaha	24	13	9	2	2	2	1	42	71	64	37	19	15	3	109	97
#5 St. Cloud State *	24	12	9	3	2	1	3	41	85	68	41	25	13	3	133	95
Minnesota Duluth	24	10	14	0	1	4	0	33	65	81	37	16	20	1	95	114
#17 North Dakota	24	10	10	4	3	0	2	33	75	70	39	18	15	6	127	110
Colorado College	24	6	15	3	0	2	2	25	37	60	38	13	22	3	79	99
Miami	24	3	18	3	0	2	0	14	39	96	36	8	24	4	73	137
Championship: March 18, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Frozen Faceoff Championship Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Non-Conference record

Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.

NCHC had a good season against non-conference opponents. While only one member team had a losing record outside of league play (Colorado College), three teams were only just above .500. Additionally, most of the conference's wins came against either the CCHA or Independent programs, many of which were low-ranked teams and didn't help the NCHC's position as much as they otherwise could have. This caused the NCHC to have just three teams in the top 15 of the rankings as opposed to the five they had the year before with a nearly-identical overall record.

Regular season record

Team	Atlantic Hockey	Big Ten	CCHA	ECAC Hockey	Hockey East	Independent	Total
Colorado College	1–1–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	1–3–0	0–0–0	2–2–0	4–6–0
Denver	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	2–2–0	5–1–0	7–3–0
Miami	3–1–0	0–2–0	1–0–1	0–0–0	1–1–0	0–0–0	5–4–1
Minnesota Duluth	0–0–0	0–2–0	1–2–1	2–0–0	0–0–0	2–0–0	5–4–1
North Dakota	2–0–0	0–0–0	2–1–1	0–1–1	0–0–0	2–1–0	6–3–2
Omaha	0–2–0	0–0–0	1–0–1	1–1–0	0–0–0	3–1–0	5–4–1
St. Cloud State	0–0–0	3–1–0	5–1–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	8–2–0
Western Michigan	0–0–0	1–3–0	5–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	8–4–0
Overall	6–4–0	4–8–0	15–4–4	4–5–1	4–3–0	15–6–0	48–30–5

Statistics

Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes^[2]

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Massimo Rizzo	Sophomore	Denver	24	11	20	31	6
Jason Polin	Senior	Western Michigan	24	17	12	29	11
Jami Krannila	Senior	St. Cloud State	24	17	12	29	31
Jackson Blake	Freshman	North Dakota	24	10	19	29	14
Zach Okabe	Senior	St. Cloud State	24	12	13	25	18
Carter Mazur	Sophomore	Denver	24	15	9	24	24
Ryan McAllister	Freshman	Western Michigan	24	6	18	24	12
Riese Gaber	Junior	North Dakota	24	13	10	23	27
Aidan Thompson	Freshman	Denver	22	9	14	23	4
Max Sasson	Sophomore	Western Michigan	23	8	15	23	8
Veeti Miettinen	Junior	St. Cloud State	24	8	15	23	0

Leading goaltenders

Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.
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
Šimon Latkoczy	Freshman	Omaha	12	675:51	7	3	1	22	2	.933	1.95
Magnus Chrona	Senior	Denver	22	1291:16	17	4	0	48	4	.915	2.23
Kaiden Mbereko	Freshman	Colorado College	22	1221:26	5	13	2	46	3	.930	2.26
Cameron Rowe	Junior	Western Michigan	24	1406:57	15	7	1	55	2	.912	2.35
Drew DeRidder	Graduate	North Dakota	20	1106:18	9	5	4	44	3	.902	2.39

Conference tournament

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals.^[3]

Quarterfinals March 10–12					Semifinals March 17			Championship March 18

1	Denver	6	7	-

8	Miami	2	2	-
					1	Denver	0

					7	Colorado College	1
2	Western Michigan	1	2	-

7	Colorado College	3	3*	-
								7	Colorado College	0

								4	St. Cloud State	3
3	Omaha	2	1	2

6	North Dakota	1	3	5
					4	St. Cloud State	3*

					6	North Dakota	2
4	St. Cloud State	3	1	3

5	Minnesota Duluth	1	5	1

* denotes overtime periods

NCAA tournament

Regional semifinal

East

March 23, 2023
5:30 PM

(1) Denver

0 – 2
(0–2, 0–0, 0–0)

(4) Cornell

SNHU Arena
Attendance: 3,631

Game reference

Magnus Chrona

Goalies

Ian Shane

Referees:
Andrew Bruggerman
Sean Fernandez
Linesmen:
Tommy George
Jake Davis

	0–1	02:49 – GW – Jack O'Leary (6) (Andreev, Stienburg)
	0–2	11:28 – Ben Berard (11) (O'Leary)

11 min

Penalties

7 min

27

Shots

27

March 23, 2023
2:00 PM

(2) Boston University

5 – 1
(1–0, 3–1, 1–0)

(3) Western Michigan

SNHU Arena
Attendance: 3,631

Game reference

Drew Commesso

Goalies

Cameron Rowe

Referees:
Scott Roth
Mike Forys
Linesmen:
Nathan Voll
Tyler Landman

(O'Brien, Phillips) Lane Hutson (15) – 15:24	1–0
(Fensore) Quinn Hutson (15) – GW – 28:53	2–0
(Phillips) Matt Brown (16) – 30:20	3–0
	3–1	32:24 – Jason Polin (30) (McAllister, Washe)
(Wilmer) Wilmer Skoog (15) – 37:16	4–1
(unassisted) Ethan Phillips (3) – EN – 57:34	5–1

8 min

Penalties

8 min

28

Shots

25

West

March 23, 2023
4:00 PM

(2) St. Cloud State

4 – 0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

(3) Minnesota State

Scheels Arena
Attendance: 5,061

Game reference

Jaxon Castor

Goalies

Keenan Rancier

Referees:
Cameron Lynch
Chris Pitoscia
Linesmen:
Adam Wood
Stephen Drain

(Cruikshank, Ingram) Veeti Miettinen (12) – PP GW – 32:30	1–0
(Rogers, Ahcan) Jack Peart (3) – 37:23	2–0
(Spellacy, Miettinen) Zach Okabe (18) – 53:03	3–0
(Miller) Grant Cruikshank (23) – EN – 56:44	4–0

8 min

Penalties

6 min

21

Shots

34

Regional final

West

March 25, 2023
6:30 PM

(1) Minnesota

4 – 1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

(2) St. Cloud State

Scheels Arena
Attendance: 5,326

Game reference

Justen Close

Goalies

Jaxon Castor

Referees:
Jeremy Tufts
Steven Rouillard
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
Bill Kingdon

(Nelson, Nevers) Bryce Brodzinski (19) – 06:40	1–0
	1–1	23:07 – Adam Ingram (8) (Wylie, Cruikshank)
(LaCombe) Logan Cooley (3) – GW – 25:57	2–1
(Cooley) Jackson LaCombe (9) – 51:44	3–1
(unassisted) Jaxon Nelson (9) – EN – 59:29	4–1

10 min

Penalties

6 min

30

Shots

28

Ranking

USCHO

Team	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Final
Colorado College	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR
Denver	1	-	1	1	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	4	3	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	-	6
Miami	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR
Minnesota Duluth	5	-	4	4	10	19	19	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR
North Dakota	4	-	3	3	7	6	10	12	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	17	17	-	17
Omaha	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	19	16	15	14	14	17	18	20	-	20
St. Cloud State	13	-	10	10	8	2	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	-	4	3	4	1	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	-	5
Western Michigan	14	-	18	18	17	17	18	17	14	15	14	17	18	-	13	12	10	9	10	9	8	5	8	7	9	9	-	11

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USA Today

Team	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Final
Colorado College	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Denver	1	1	1	1	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	7	6
Miami	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Minnesota Duluth	5	5	4	4	10	19	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
North Dakota	4	4	3	3	7	7	11	13	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	16	16	16	18
Omaha	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	16	16	15	15	14	18	19	NR	NR	NR
St. Cloud State	13	13	11	10	8	2	4	4	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	5	6	6	6	6	8	7	6	5	5
Western Michigan	12	12	18	18	17	16	18	17	12	15	14	17	19	19	14	12	10	9	10	9	8	5	8	8	9	11	11	12

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Pairwise

Team	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Final
Colorado College	22	9	24	45	47	45	34	42	45	45	41	31	30	29	33	33	35	30	39	38	40	36	31
Denver	22	1	15	6	5	3	2	1	5	3	4	3	5	4	5	7	6	5	4	3	3	3	4
Miami	12	8	18	5	15	26	28	29	37	36	35	39	41	44	46	46	44	44	47	43	44	44	45
Minnesota Duluth	10	32	35	38	35	33	42	38	32	39	39	33	28	36	31	24	24	24	23	25	23	22	22
North Dakota	22	39	12	24	31	23	27	28	22	22	22	17	13	22	23	19	20	22	21	21	21	18	18
Omaha	22	50	51	47	30	35	30	31	25	21	27	24	26	22	20	17	16	17	13	16	18	19	20
St. Cloud State	3	15	7	1	2	2	6	4	4	4	6	5	3	5	2	5	7	7	5	5	7	7	6
Western Michigan	13	18	22	13	20	15	11	18	13	18	22	14	12	10	9	10	8	8	6	9	8	10	10

Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.^[6]

Awards

NCAA

AHCA West All-American Second Team^[7]
Player	Position	Team
Michael Benning	D	Denver
Carter Mazur	F	Denver
Jason Polin	F	Western Michigan
Massimo Rizzo	F	Denver

NCHC

Award		Recipient ^[8]
Player of the Year		Jason Polin, Western Michigan
Rookie of the Year		Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Goaltender of the Year		Magnus Chrona, Denver
Forward of the Year		Jason Polin, Western Michigan
Defensive Defenseman of the Year		Justin Lee, Denver
Offensive Defenseman of the Year		Michael Benning, Denver
Defensive Forward of the Year		Jami Krannila, St. Cloud State
Scholar-Athlete of the Year		Ethan Frisch, North Dakota
Three Stars Award		Magnus Chrona, Denver
Sportsmanship Award		Spencer Meier, St. Cloud State
Herb Brooks Coach of the Year		Pat Ferschweiler, Western Michigan
All-NCHC Teams^[9]^[10]
First Team	Position	Second Team
Magnus Chrona, Denver	G	Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College
Michael Benning, Denver	D	Jack Peart, St. Cloud State
Chris Jandric, North Dakota	D	Wyatt Kaiser, Minnesota Duluth
Jason Polin, Western Michigan	F	Carter Mazur, Denver
Massimo Rizzo, Denver	F	Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Jami Krannila, St. Cloud State	F	Riese Gaber, North Dakota
Honorable Mention	Position	Rookie Team
Šimon Latkoczy, Omaha	G	Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College
Sean Behrens, Denver	D	Joaquim Lemay, Omaha
Dylan Anhorn, St. Cloud State	D	Jacob Guévin, Omaha
Hunter McKown, Colorado College	F	Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Ben Steeves, Minnesota Duluth	F	Ryan McAllister, Western Michigan
Jack Randl, Omaha	F	Ben Steeves, Minnesota Duluth
Ryan McAllister, Western Michigan	F
Zach Okabe, St. Cloud State	F

NCHC Tournament

Tournament MVP
Jami Krannila		Minnesota Duluth
Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team^[11]
Player	Pos	Team
Jaxon Castor	G	St. Cloud State
Bryan Yoon	D	Colorado College
Jack Peart	D	St. Cloud State
Jami Krannila	F	St. Cloud State
Zach Okabe	F	St. Cloud State
Hunter McKown	F	Colorado College

2023 NHL Entry Draft

Round	Pick	Player	College	NHL team
2	35	Adam Gajan ^†	Minnesota Duluth	Chicago Blackhawks
3	81	Tanner Ludtke ^†	Omaha	Arizona Coyotes
3	82	Zach Nehring ^†	Western Michigan	Winnipeg Jets
3	94	Jayden Perron ^†	North Dakota	Carolina Hurricanes
4	98	Andrew Strathmann ^†	North Dakota	Columbus Blue Jackets
4	105	Ty Mueller	Omaha	Vancouver Canucks
4	115	Jayson Shaugabay ^†	Minnesota Duluth	Tampa Bay Lightning
4	119	Matthew Perkins ^†	Minnesota Duluth	Vancouver Canucks
4	124	Beckett Hendrickson ^†	Minnesota Duluth	Boston Bruins
5	133	Sam Harris ^†	Denver	Montreal Canadiens
5	149	Aaron Pionk ^†	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Wild
6	166	Carsen Musser ^†	Colorado College	Arizona Coyotes
6	179	Warren Clark ^†	St. Cloud State	Tampa Bay Lightning
6	183	Ty Henricks ^†	Western Michigan	New York Rangers
6	190	Michael Emerson ^†	North Dakota	Carolina Hurricanes
6	196	David Klee ^†	North Dakota	San Jose Sharks
7	204	Owen Beckner ^†	Colorado College	Ottawa Senators
7	212	Zaccharya Wisdom ^†	Colorado College	Seattle Kraken
7	214	Casper Nassen ^†	Miami	Boston Bruins

† incoming freshman ^[12]

References

^ "Schedule". NCHC. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
^ "Player Stats". HCHC. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
^ "2023 NCHC Tournament Bracket" (PDF). nchchockey.com. March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
^ "USA Today Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
^ "Two Northeastern players repeat as first-team All-Americans". USCHO.com. April 7, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
^ "Western Michigan's Polin named NCHC player of year, Denver's Chrona top goalie, North Dakota's Blake best rookie for '22-23 campaign". USCHO. March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
^ "NCHC Reveals 2022-23 All-Conference Teams". NCHC. March 8, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
^ "NCHC Announces 2022-23 All-Rookie Team". nchchockey.com. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
^ "St. Cloud State blanks Colorado College, wins second NCHC playoff championship". uscho.com. March 19, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2023 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 9, 2022.

External links

Official website

[1] "Schedule". NCHC. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

[2] "Player Stats". HCHC. Retrieved July 28, 2022.

[3] "2023 NCHC Tournament Bracket" (PDF). nchchockey.com. March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

[4] "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.

[5] "USA Today Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.

[6] "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.

[7] "Two Northeastern players repeat as first-team All-Americans". USCHO.com. April 7, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

[8] "Western Michigan's Polin named NCHC player of year, Denver's Chrona top goalie, North Dakota's Blake best rookie for '22-23 campaign". USCHO. March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.

[9] "NCHC Reveals 2022-23 All-Conference Teams". NCHC. March 8, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[10] "NCHC Announces 2022-23 All-Rookie Team". nchchockey.com. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[11] "St. Cloud State blanks Colorado College, wins second NCHC playoff championship". uscho.com. March 19, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

[12] "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2023 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 9, 2022.

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v t e National Collegiate Hockey Conference
Current teams	Arizona State Sun Devils Colorado College Tigers Denver Pioneers Miami RedHawks Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs North Dakota Fighting Hawks Omaha Mavericks St. Cloud State Huskies Western Michigan Broncos
Future teams	St. Thomas Tommies (joining in 2026)
Venues	Mullett Arena (Arizona State) Ed Robson Arena (Colorado College) Magness Arena (Denver) Steve Cady Arena (Miami) AMSOIL Arena (Minnesota Duluth) Ralph Engelstad Arena (North Dakota) Baxter Arena (Omaha) Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (St. Cloud State) Lawson Arena (Western Michigan)
Future venues	Lee and Penny Anderson Arena (St. Thomas)
Seasons	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Awards	Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Goaltender of the Year Herb Brooks Coach of the Year Forward of the Year Defensive Forward of the Year Defensive Defenseman of the Year Offensive Defenseman of the Year Scholar-Athlete of the Year Sportsmanship Award All-NCHC Teams