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The 2021 NCHC Tournament was the eighth tournament in league history. Typically the tournament is scheduled across two separate weekends in mid-march with quarterfinal games hosted on campus locations, while the final four games are played at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. However, on February 8, 2021, NCHC announced that the tournament would be played entirely in Grand Forks.[1]

Format[]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, changes to the traditional tournament format were made for this season. All games will be single-elimination as opposed to a best-of-three games quarterfinals, and no third-place game will occur. All eight conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the quarterfinals round series will advance to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.[2]

Standings[]

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#2 North Dakota dagger* 23 16 4 1 2 53 92 44 23 18 4 1 92 44
#6 St. Cloud State 23 12 6 0 2 43 74 61 23 14 9 0 74 61
#10 Minnesota–Duluth 23 12 7 2 2 42 69 50 23 13 8 2 69 50
#11 Omaha 23 10 8 1 4 38 76 67 23 13 9 1 76 67
Denver 22 9 10 1 1 31 61 60 22 9 12 1 61 60
Western Michigan 23 9 11 3 2 30 69 82 23 9 11 3 69 82
Colorado College 22 4 14 2 2 18 35 77 22 4 16 2 35 77
Miami 23 5 15 2 0 18 44 79 23 5 16 2 44 79
Championship: March 16, 2021
dagger indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Frozen Faceoff Championship Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated February 21, 2021

Bracket[]

Teams are reseeded for the Semifinals

  Quarterfinals
March 12–13
Semifinals
March 15
Championship
March 16
                           
  1  North Dakota 6 1  North Dakota 2*  
8  Miami 2 5  Denver 1  
  2  St. Cloud State 2
7  Colorado College 1     1  North Dakota 5
  2  St. Cloud State 3
  3  Minnesota-Duluth 5*
6  Western Michigan 4
  4  Omaha 4 2  St. Cloud State 3
5  Denver 5 3  Minnesota-Duluth 2  

* denotes overtime periods

References[]

  1. NCHC (2021-02-08). NCHC Announces Adjusted Postseason Format for 2021 (en-us).
  2. Format. Retrieved on 14 April 2017.
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