List of NCHC Tournament champions
National Collegiate Hockey Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I ice hockey-only conference that was created as a result of the formation of the Big Ten ice hockey conference.
The tournament began play in 2014 with an 8-team championship in three rounds.
The NCHC tournament is a successor to the CCHA Tournament which was discontinued after the conference dissolved due to the 2013–14 NCAA conference realignment.[1]
Champions[2]
| Year | Winning team | Coach | Losing team | Coach | Score | Location | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Denver | Jim Montgomery | Miami | Enrico Blasi | 4–3 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Target Center | [3] |
| 2015 | Miami | Enrico Blasi | St. Cloud State | Bob Motzko | 3–2 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Target Center | [4] |
| 2016 | St. Cloud State | Bob Motzko | Minnesota-Duluth | Scott Sandelin | 3–1 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Target Center | [5] |
| 2017 | Minnesota-Duluth | Scott Sandelin | North Dakota | Brad Berry | 4–3 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Target Center | |
| 2018 | Denver (2) | Jim Montgomery | St. Cloud State | Bob Motzko | 4–1 | Saint Paul, Minnesota | Xcel Energy Center | |
| 2019 | Minnesota-Duluth (2) | Scott Sandelin | St. Cloud State | Brett Larson | 3-2** | Saint Paul, Minnesota | Xcel Energy Center | |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | [6] | ||||||
References
- ^ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ "NCHC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
- ^ "2014 NCHC Tournament" (PDF). NCHC Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
- ^ "2015 NCHC Tournament" (PDF). NCHC Hockey. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
- ^ "Frozen Faceoff Live". NCHC Hockey. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
- ^ "NCHC Tournament Cancelled Effective Immediately". nchchockey.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.