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 will host the 2019 Frozen Four
Duration	October 6, 2018– April 13, 2019
NCAA tournament	2019
National championship	KeyBank Center Buffalo, New York
NCAA champions	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 will end with the Frozen Four in April 2019. This is the 72nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship will be held, and United States college ice hockey's 124th year overall.

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.

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

• 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:

• 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.

Conferences

• 2018-19 Atlantic Hockey Season
• 2018-19 Big Ten Season
• 2018-19 NCAA Division I Men's Independents
• 2018-19 ECAC Men's Season
• 2018-19 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Season
• 2018-19 NCHC Season
• 2018-19 WCHA Men's Season

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.

NCAA Division I Men's Hockey Final PairWise Rankings

Rank	Team	PWR	RPI	Conference
1	St. Cloud State	58	.6117*	NCHC
1	Minnesota–Duluth	58	.5833	NCHC
3	Minnesota State	57	.5796*	WCHA
4	Massachusetts	56	.5763	Hockey East
5	Clarkson	55	.5609*	ECAC Hockey
6	Northeastern	54	.5593	Hockey East
7	Quinnipiac	53	.5588*	ECAC Hockey
8	Denver	52	.5579	NCHC
9	Ohio State	51	.5550	Big Ten
10	Arizona State	50	.5508	Independent
11	Cornell	49	.5457	ECAC Hockey
12	Notre Dame	47	.5433	Big Ten
12	Harvard	47	.5425	ECAC Hockey
14	Providence	46	.5423	Hockey East
15	Bowling Green	45	.5408*	WCHA
16	Penn State	44	.5374	Big Ten
17	Western Michigan	43	.5339	NCHC
17	Union	43	.5338	ECAC Hockey
19	Minnesota	41	.5260	Big Ten
20	North Dakota	40	.5281*	NCHC
21	UMass Lowell	39	.5246	Hockey East
22	Lake Superior State	38	.5215*	WCHA
23	Colorado College	37	.5131*	NCHC
24	Northern Michigan	36	.5120	WCHA
25	Boston University	34	.5101	Hockey East
26	Brown	33	.5115	ECAC Hockey
26	Wisconsin	33	.5083	Big Ten
28	Michigan	31	.5052	Big Ten
28	Maine	31	.5032	Hockey East
30	Yale	30	.5036	ECAC Hockey
31	American International	28	.5012	Atlantic Hockey
31	Michigan State	28	.5003	Big Ten
33	New Hampshire	27	.4936	Hockey East
34	Boston College	26	.4958	Hockey East
35	Bemidji State	25	.4864	WCHA
35	RIT	25	.4849	Atlantic Hockey
37	Dartmouth	22	.4800	ECAC Hockey
37	Miami	22	.4790	NCHC
37	Vermont	22	.4776	Hockey East
40	Bentley	21	.4781	Atlantic Hockey
41	Sacred Heart	20	.4780	Atlantic Hockey
42	Michigan Tech	18	.4748	WCHA
43	Air Force	17	.4745	Atlantic Hockey
44	Princeton	16	.4740	ECAC Hockey
45	Niagara	15	.4738	Atlantic Hockey
45	Connecticut	15	.4713	Hockey East
47	Omaha	13	.4684	NCHC
48	Alaska	12	.4666	WCHA
49	Robert Morris	11	.4625	Atlantic Hockey
50	Colgate	10	.4619	ECAC Hockey
51	Rensselaer	9	.4615	ECAC Hockey
52	Army	8	.4541	Atlantic Hockey
53	Mercyhurst	7	.4515	Atlantic Hockey
53	Canisius	7	.4510	Atlantic Hockey
55	Merrimack	5	.4447	Hockey East
56	Holy Cross	4	.4435	Atlantic Hockey
57	Ferris State	3	.4420	WCHA
58	Alabama–Huntsville	2	.4299	WCHA
59	St. Lawrence	1	.4186	ECAC Hockey
60	Alaska Anchorage	0	.3935	WCHA
*A team's RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating a weak opponent Note: A team's record is based only on games against other Division I hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament; PairWise Rankings were last updated March 25, 2019, 12:22pm ET

2019 NCAA Tournament

	Regional Semifinals March 29–30					Regional Finals March 30–31					Semifinals April 11					Championship April 13
	1	St. Cloud State (1)	1
	4	American International	2
						4	American International	0
						2	Denver	3
	2	Denver	2
	3	Ohio State	0
											W2	Denver	3
										NE1	Massachusetts (4)	4*
	1	Massachusetts (4)	4
	4	Harvard	0
						1	Massachusetts (4)	4
						3	Notre Dame	0
	2	Clarkson	2
	3	Notre Dame	3*
																NE1	Massachusetts (4)	0
															MW1	Minnesota–Duluth (2)	3
	1	Minnesota–Duluth (2)	2*
	4	Bowling Green	1
						1	Minnesota–Duluth (2)	3
						2	Quinnipiac	1
	2	Quinnipiac	2
	3	Arizona State	1
											MW1	Minnesota–Duluth (2)	4
										E4	Providence	1
	1	Minnesota State (3)	3
	4	Providence	6
						4	Providence	4
						3	Cornell	0
	2	Northeastern	1
	3	Cornell	5

Note: * denotes overtime period

Player stats

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Limoges, AlexAlex Limoges	Sophomore	Penn State	39	23	27	50	10
Hirose, TaroTaro Hirose	Junior	Michigan State	36	15	35	50	14
Makar, CaleCale Makar	Sophomore	Massachusetts	41	16	33	49	31
Newell, PatrickPatrick Newell	Senior	St. Cloud State	39	21	26	47	8
Duszak, JosephJoseph Duszak	Junior	Mercyhurst	37	16	31	47	42
Christensen, BlakeBlake Christensen	Junior	American International	41	16	31	47	22
Pritchard, JacobJacob Pritchard	Senior	Massachusetts	41	16	31	47	8
Wilkins, JoshJosh Wilkins	Junior	Providence	40	20	26	46	10
Pitlick, RemRem Pitlick	Junior	Minnesota	38	21	24	45	30
Sturm, NicoNico Sturm	Junior	Clarkson	39	14	31	45	33
Fox, AdamAdam Fox	Junior	Harvard	32	9	36	45	14

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average.
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
Shortridge, AndrewAndrew Shortridge	Junior	Quinnipiac	27	1544:39	18	7	2	39	4	.940	1.51
Lindberg, FilipFilip Lindberg	Freshman	Massachusetts	17	939:31	11	4	0	25	4	.934	1.60
McKay, DrydenDryden McKay	Freshman	Minnesota State	34	2011:26	24	7	2	59	4	.927	1.76
Sheppard, HunterHunter Sheppard	Junior	Minnesota–Duluth	42	2556:19	29	11	2	75	7	.923	1.76
Bednard, RyanRyan Bednard	Junior	Bowling Green	32	1961:52	20	8	4	58	3	.927	1.77
Galajda, MatthewMatthew Galajda	Sophomore	Cornell	27	1591:50	16	7	3	48	5	.923	1.81
Cooley, DevinDevin Cooley	Sophomore	Denver	20	1169:27	11	6	2	36	4	.934	1.85
Nappier, TommyTommy Nappier	Sophomore	Ohio State	20	1160:38	12	4	3	36	4	.934	1.86
Hawkey, HaydenHayden Hawkey	Senior	Providence	41	2463:31	24	12	5	75	8	.921	1.88
Kielly, JakeJake Kielly	Junior	Clarkson	39	2325:53	26	11	2	74	5	.929	1.91

Awards

NCAA Award Recipient Hobey Baker Award Cale Makar, Massachusetts Spencer Penrose Award Greg Carvel, Massachusetts Tim Taylor Award Joel Farabee, Boston University Mike Richter Award Cayden Primeau, Northeastern Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award Brendon Kearney, Ohio State Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Kyle Haak, Air Force Tournament Most Outstanding Player Parker Mackay, Minnesota-Duluth AHCA All-American Teams East First Team   Position   West First Team Cayden Primeau, Northeastern G Hunter Shepard, Minnesota–Duluth Cale Makar, Massachusetts D Jimmy Schuldt, St. Cloud State Adam Fox, Harvard D Quinn Hughes, Michigan Nico Sturm, Clarkson F Rem Pitlick, Minnesota Ryan Kuffner, Princeton F Patrick Newell, St. Cloud State Mitchell Chaffee, Massachusetts F Taro Hirose, Michigan State East Second Team   Position   West Second Team Andrew Shortridge, Quinnipiac G Joey Daccord, Arizona State Joseph Duszak, Mercyhurst D Scott Perunovich, Minnesota–Duluth Jeremy Davies, Northeastern D Bobby Nardella, Notre Dame D Jack Ahcan, St. Cloud State Josh Wilkins, Providence F Troy Loggins, Northern Michigan David Cotton, Boston College F Blake Lizotte, St. Cloud State Blake Christensen, American International F Mason Jobst, Ohio State

Atlantic Hockey Award Recipient Player of the Year Joseph Duszak, Mercyhurst Rookie of the Year Ludwig Stenlund, Niagara Best Defensive Forward Joshua Lammon, Mercyhurst Best Defenseman Joseph Duszak, Mercyhurst Individual Sportsmanship Award Dylan McLaughlin, Canisius Regular Season Scoring Trophy Blake Christensen, American International Regular Season Goaltending Award Billy Christopoulos, Air Force Coach of the Year Eric Lang, American International Tournament MVP Zackarias Skog, American International All-Atlantic Hockey Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Billy Christopoulos, Air Force G Aidan Pelino, Bentley Joseph Duszak, Mercyhurst D Tanner Jago, Bentley Brennan Kapcheck, American International D Dalton MacAfee, Army Derek Barach, Mercyhurst F Abbott Girduckis, RIT Blake Christensen, American International F Luke Santerno, Bentley Dylan McLaughlin, Cansius F Alex Tonge, Robert Morris Third Team   Position   Rookie Team Francis Marotte, Robert Morris G Josh Benson, Sacred Heart Adam Brubacher, RIT D Josh McDougall, Mercyhurst Noah Delmas, Niagara D Matt Slick, Holy Cross Erik Brown, RIT F Austin Magera, Sacred Heart Jonathan Desbiens, Bentley F Ludwig Stenlund, Niagara Austin Magera, Sacred Heart F Anthony Vincent, Holy Cross Ludwig Stenlund, Niagara F –

Big Ten Award Recipient Player of the Year Taro Hirose, Michigan State Defensive Player of the Year Sasha Larocque, Ohio State Goaltender of the Year Tommy Nappier, Ohio State Freshman of the Year Sammy Walker, Minnesota Scoring Champion Taro Hirose, Michigan State Coach of the Year Steve Rohlik, Ohio State Tournament Most Outstanding Player Cale Morris, Notre Dame All-Big Ten Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Tommy Nappier, Ohio State G Cale Morris, Notre Dame Quinn Hughes, Michigan D Sasha Larocque, Ohio State Bobby Nardella, Notre Dame D Wyatt Kalynuk, Wisconsin Taro Hirose, Michigan State F Patrick Khodorenko, Michigan State Rem Pitlick, Minnesota F Tyler Sheehy, Minnesota Nick Schilkey, Ohio State F – Honorable Mention   Position   Freshman Team Mat Robson, Minnesota G Drew DeRidder, Michigan State Cole Hults, Penn State D Dennis Cesana, Michigan State K'Andre Miller, Wisconsin D K'Andre Miller, Wisconsin Zach Osburn, Michigan State D – Brandon Biro, Penn State F Michael Graham, Notre Dame Tanner Laczynski, Ohio State F Sammy Walker, Minnesota Mitchell Lewandowski, Michigan State F Gustaf Westlund, Ohio State Will Lockwood, Michigan F – Dylan Malmquist, Notre Dame F –

ECAC Award Recipient Player of the Year Adam Fox, Harvard Best Defensive Forward Nico Sturm, Clarkson Best Defensive Defenseman Matt Nuttle, Cornell Rookie of the Year Casey Dornbach, Harvard Ken Dryden Award Andrew Shortridge, Quinnipiac Student-Athlete of the Year Devin Brosseau, Clarkson Tim Taylor Award Casey Jones, Clarkson Most Outstanding Player in Tournament Devin Brosseau, Clarkson All-ECAC Hockey Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Andrew Shortridge, Quinnipiac G Jake Kielly, Clarkson Adam Fox, Harvard D Yanni Kaldis, Cornell Chase Priskie, Quinnipiac D Aaron Thow, Clarkson Morgan Barron, Cornell F Haralds Egle, Clarkson Ryan Kuffner, Princeton F Odeen Tufto, Quinnipiac Joe Snively, Yale F Max Véronneau, Princeton Third Team   Position   Rookie Team Matthew Galajda, Cornell G Owen Savory, RPI Josh Teves, Princeton D Peter DiLiberatore, Quinnipiac Reilly Walsh, Harvard D Jack Rathbone, Harvard Cam Donaldson, Cornell F Wyatt Bongiovanni, Quinnipiac Cole Maier, Union F Casey Dornbach, Harvard Bobby McMann , Colgate F Jack Drury, Harvard

Hockey East Award Recipient Player of the Year Cale Makar, Massachusetts Best Defensive Forward Chase Pearson, Maine Best Defensive Defenseman Vincent Desharnais, Providence Rookie of the Year Joel Farabee, Boston University Goaltending Champions Cayden Primeau, Northeastern Len Ceglarski Sportmanship Award Jacob Bryson, Providence Three Stars Award Cayden Primeau, Northeastern Scoring Champion Mitchell Chaffee, Massachusetts Charlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award UMass Lowell Bob Kullen Award (Coach of the Year) Greg Carvel, Massachusetts William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player Cayden Primeau, Northeastern Hockey East All-Star Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Cayden Primeau, Northeastern G Stefanos Lekkas, Vermont Jeremy Davies, Northeastern D Jacob Bryson, Providence Cale Makar, Massachusetts D Dante Fabbro, Boston University Mitchell Chaffee, Massachusetts F John Leonard, Massachusetts David Cotton, Boston College F Chase Pearson, Maine Josh Wilkins, Providence F Jacob Pritchard, Massachusetts Third Team   Position   Rookie Team Jeremy Swayman, Maine G Tomáš Vomáčka, Connecticut Marc Del Gaizo, Massachusetts D Marc Del Gaizo, Massachusetts Mario Ferraro, Massachusetts D – Brady Keeper, Maine D – Brandon Duhaime, Providence F Jack Dugan, Providence Karl El-Mir, Connecticut F Joel Farabee, Boston University Mitchell Fossier, Maine F Chase Gresock, Merrimack – F Tyler Madden, Northeastern Honorable Mention   Position     Hayden Hawkey, Providence G – Casey Fitzgerald, Boston College D – Tyler Madden, Northeastern F –

NCHC Award Recipient Player of the Year Jimmy Schuldt, St. Cloud State Rookie of the Year Taylor Ward, Omaha Goaltender of the Year Hunter Shepard, Minnesota–Duluth Forward of the Year Patrick Newell, St. Cloud State Defensive Defenseman of the Year Jimmy Schuldt, St. Cloud State Offensive Defenseman of the Year Scott Perunovich, Minnesota–Duluth Defensive Forward of the Year Justin Richards, Minnesota–Duluth Scholar-Athlete of the Year Mason Bergh, Colorado College Three Stars Award Hunter Shepard, Minnesota–Duluth Sportsmanship Award Patrick Newell, St. Cloud State Herb Brooks Coach of the Year Brett Larson, St. Cloud State Frozen Faceoff MVP Hunter Shepard, Minnesota–Duluth All-NCHC Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Hunter Shepard, Minnesota–Duluth G Dávid Hrenák, St. Cloud State Jimmy Schuldt, St. Cloud State D Ian Mitchell, Denver Scott Perunovich, Minnesota–Duluth D Jack Ahcan, St. Cloud State Patrick Newell, St. Cloud State F Hugh McGing, Western Michigan Ryan Poehling, St. Cloud State F Justin Richards, Minnesota–Duluth Blake Lizotte, St. Cloud State F Mason Morelli, Omaha Honorable Mention   Position   Rookie Team Alex Leclerc, Colorado College G Adam Scheel, North Dakota Filip Larsson, Denver G Filip Larsson, Denver Colton Poolman, North Dakota D Bryan Yoon, Colorado College Mikey Anderson, Minnesota–Duluth D Nick Perbix, St. Cloud State Trey Bradley, Colorado College F Noah Cates, Minnesota–Duluth Nick Swaney, Minnesota–Duluth F Taylor Ward, Omaha – F Nolan Walker, St. Cloud State

WCHA Award Recipient Player of the Year Troy Loggins, Northern Michigan Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year Max Coatta, Minnesota State Defensive Player of the Year Philip Beaulieu, Northern Michigan Rookie of the Year Cooper Zech, Ferris State Scoring Champion Troy Loggins, Northern Michigan Goaltender of the Year Atte Tolvanen, Northern Michigan Coach of the Year Mike Hastings, Minnesota State Most Valuable Player in Tournament All-WCHA Hockey Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Atte Tolvanen, Northern Michigan G Dryden McKay, Minnesota State Philip Beaulieu, Northern Michigan D Justin Baudry, Bemidji State Cooper Zech, Ferris State D Alec Rauhauser, Bowling Green Diego Cuglietta, Lake Superior State F Brandon Kruse, Bowling Green Troy Loggins, Northern Michigan F Adam Rockwood, Northern Michigan Marc Michaelis, Minnesota State F Parker Tuomie, Minnesota State Third Team   Position   Rookie Team Ryan Bednard, Bowling Green G Dryden McKay, Minnesota State Connor Mackey, Minnesota State D Chris Jandric, Alaska Ian Scheid, Minnesota State D Cooper Zech, Ferris State Max Humitz, Lake Superior State F Ashton Calder, Minnesota State Steven Jandric, Alaska F Brian Halonen, Michigan Tech Anthony Nellis, Lake Superior State F Julian Napravnik, Minnesota State – F Owen Sillinger, Bemidji State References