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2023–24 NCHC
's ice hockey season
Season 2023–24
Conference NCHC
Division Division I
Sport 's ice hockey
Duration October 7, 2023–
March 9, 2023
Number of teams 8
NHL Entry Draft
Regular season
Season champions North Dakota
Season MVP Jackson Blake
Top scorer Jackson Blake
NCHC Tournament
Tournament champions Denver
  Runners-up Omaha
Tournament MVP McKade Webster
Top scorer Jackson Blake
NCAA tournament
Bids 4
Team(s) Denver
North Dakota
Omaha
Western Michigan
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The 2023–24 NCHC season is the 11th season of play for National Collegiate Hockey Conference and takes place during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season will began on October 7, 2023, and conclude on March 9, 2023.[1]

St. Thomas[]

On May 15, 2024 it was annouced that the St. Thomas Tommies would be leaving the Central Collegiate Hockey Association for the National Collegiate Hockey Conference for the 2026-27 season.[2]

Coaches[]

Records[]

Team Head coach Season at school Record at school NCHC record
Colorado College Mayotte, KrisKris Mayotte 3 22–46–6 12–32–3
Denver Carle, DavidDavid Carle 6 116–53–13 68–42–9
Miami Bergeron, ChrisChris Bergeron 5 28–90–13 17–71–9
Minnesota Duluth Sandelin, ScottScott Sandelin 24 444–368–96 127–93–21
North Dakota Berry, BradBrad Berry 9 180–92–31 112–62–19
Omaha Gabinet, MikeMike Gabinet 7 94–101–12 61–74–9
St. Cloud State Larson, BrettBrett Larson 6 106–60–16 66–42–12
Western Michigan Ferschweiler, PatPat Ferschweiler 3 49–27–2 29–18–2

Standings[]

2023–24 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 North Dakota 24 15 8 1 1 4 0 49 87 67 40 26 12 2 151 105
#3 Denver * 24 15 7 2 3 0 1 45 110 80 42 30 9 3 198 119
#18 St. Cloud State 24 11 9 4 1 3 2 41 77 74 38 17 16 5 121 114
#15 Colorado College 24 14 8 2 5 2 0 41 66 56 37 21 13 3 111 93
#11 Omaha 24 13 8 3 5 0 3 40 68 74 40 23 13 4 117 112
#14 Western Michigan 24 11 13 0 1 5 0 35 78 64 38 21 16 1 136 97
Minnesota Duluth 24 8 14 2 3 3 2 28 65 80 37 12 20 5 103 125
Miami 24 1 21 2 0 2 0 7 44 100 36 7 26 3 78 135
Championship: March 23, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Frozen Faceoff Championship Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Updated: April 1, 2024

Non-Conference record[]

Only one conference member (St. Cloud State) ended up with a losing record in non-conference play. While this, ordinarily, would put the NCHC in good standing, several of the teams had very weak opponents. This was typified by Western Michigan, whose strongest opponent on the season was St. Lawrence (48th in the pairwise). The result was that, despite finishing 33 games over .500, the NCHC finished behind the Big Ten and Hockey East in ranking average.

Regular season record[]

Team Atlantic Hockey Big Ten CCHA ECAC Hockey Hockey East Independent Total
Colorado College 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 2–1–1 6–3–1
Denver 3–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–1 2–0–0 1–1–0 3–1–0 9–2–1
Miami 4–2–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–1 6–3–1
Minnesota Duluth 1–0–0 0–1–1 3–0–2 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 4–4–3
North Dakota 1–0–0 1–0–0 3–0–1 1–1–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 8–1–1
Omaha 2–0–0 0–1–1 2–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0 2–1–0 7–2–1
St. Cloud State 0–0–0 0–1–1 3–3–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 4–5–1
Western Michigan 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–0–1 2–0–0 0–0–0 4–0–0 9–0–1
Overall 12–2–0 2–4–3 15–5–5 7–3–0 2–2–0 15–4–2 53–20–10

Statistics[]

Leading scorers[]

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes[3]

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Blake, JacksonJackson Blake Sophomore North Dakota 23 11 25 36 14
Buium, ZeevZeev Buium Freshman Denver 24 6 25 31 14
Laba, NoahNoah Laba Sophomore Colorado College 24 16 12 28 23
Devine, JackJack Devine Junior Denver 24 12 16 28 8
Buium, ShaiShai Buium Junior Denver 24 6 20 26 10
Berg, CameronCameron Berg Junior North Dakota 23 15 10 25 4
Colangelo, SamSam Colangelo Senior Western Michigan 24 11 13 24 21
Grainger, LukeLuke Grainger Senior Western Michigan 24 9 15 24 13
Broz, TristanTristan Broz Junior Denver 24 8 15 23 13
Rizzo, MassimoMassimo Rizzo Sophomore Denver 16 4 19 23 8

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
Mbereko, KaidenKaiden Mbereko Sophomore Colorado College 24 1448:51 14 8 2 52 0 .927 2.15
Rowe, CameronCameron Rowe Senior Western Michigan 24 1433:01 11 13 0 61 1 .903 2.55
Persson, LudvigLudvig Persson Senior North Dakota 22 1362:32 15 7 1 62 3 .898 2.73
Basse, DominicDominic Basse Senior St. Cloud State 16 956:20 9 5 1 45 2 .894 2.82
Davis, MattMatt Davis Junior Denver 16 925:09 10 4 2 44 1 .907 2.85

Conference tournament[]

Main article: 2024 NCHC Tournament

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals.

Quarterfinals
March 15–17
Semifinals
March 22
Championship
March 23
           
1 North Dakota 5 7 -
8 Miami 1 1 -
1 North Dakota 3
5 Omaha 6
2 Denver 4 5 -
7 Minnesota Duluth 0 2 -
5 Omaha 1
2 Denver 4
3 St. Cloud State 5 1 5
6 Western Michigan 2 6 1
2 Denver 5*
3 St. Cloud State 4
4 Colorado College 4* 1 1
5 Omaha 3 3 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


NCAA tournament[]

Ranking[]

USCHO[]

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

[4]

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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Denver - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Miami - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Minnesota Duluth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
North Dakota - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Omaha - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
St. Cloud State - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Western Michigan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[5]

Pairwise[]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Final
Colorado College 32 18 7 18 20 16 26 25 29 24 23 16 18 18 18 17 17 11 15 11 11 14 15
Denver 1 14 21 11 2 4 7 4 7 8 8 6 8 6 6 8 7 5 6 3 3 3 3
Miami 11 13 4 4 31 36 43 43 41 43 45 41 40 44 43 44 47 47 45 46 47 49 49
Minnesota Duluth 23 30 22 35 28 41 41 47 39 33 33 32 31 25 26 26 25 26 27 28 26 30 30
North Dakota 32 2 6 15 8 7 4 6 1 5 6 6 7 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 6
Omaha 32 45 44 33 43 38 21 19 21 23 23 23 18 20 19 19 17 18 17 16 11 11 10
St. Cloud State 15 37 41 52 23 14 12 13 14 14 13 12 12 11 13 14 13 11 11 14 15 14 15
Western Michigan 32 16 2 16 12 30 15 13 12 11 10 10 10 10 14 11 11 10 12 15 13 13 13

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[]

Award[7] Recipient
Player of the Year Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Rookie of the Year Zeev Buium, Denver
Goaltender of the Year Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College
Forward of the Year Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Defensive Defenseman of the Year Sean Behrens, Denver
Offensive Defenseman of the Year Zeev Buium, Denver
Defensive Forward of the Year Noah Laba, Colorado College
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Luke Grainger, Western Michigan
Three Stars Award Noah Laba, Colorado College
Sportsmanship Award Darian Gotz, Minnesota Duluth
Herb Brooks Coach of the Year Kris Mayotte, Colorado College
Frozen Faceoff MVP McKade Webster, Denver
All-NCHC Teams[8]
First Team   Position   Second Team
Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College G Ludvig Persson, North Dakota
Zeev Buium, Denver D Shai Buium, Denver
Dylan Anhorn, St. Cloud State D Jack Peart, St. Cloud State
Jackson Blake, North Dakota F Luke Grainger, Western Michigan
Jack Devine, Denver F Massimo Rizzo, Denver
Noah Laba, Colorado College F Ben Steeves, Minnesota Duluth
Honorable Mention   Position   Rookie Team[9]
Šimon Latkoczy, Omaha G Isak Posch, St. Cloud State
Sean Behrens, Denver D Zeev Buium, Denver
Jake Livanavage, North Dakota D Jake Livanavage, North Dakota
Garrett Pyke, North Dakota D
Cameron Berg, North Dakota F Miko Matikka, Denver
Sam Colangelo, Western Michigan F Alex Bump, Western Michigan
Riese Gaber, North Dakota F Tanner Ludtke, Omaha

References[]

  1. Schedule. NCHC. Retrieved on September 5, 2021.
  2. https://www.uscho.com/2024/05/15/st-thomas-leaving-ccha-will-join-nchc-to-create-10-team-conference-for-2026-27-college-hockey-season/
  3. "Player Stats", HCHC. Retrieved on July 28, 2022. 
  4. USCHO Division I Men's Poll. USCHO.com. Retrieved on November 26, 2019.
  5. USA Today Men's Poll. USCHO.com. Retrieved on November 26, 2019.
  6. Men's Division I PairWise Rankings. USCHO.com. Retrieved on November 26, 2019.
  7. Weisman, Michael (March 21, 2024). NCHC Unveils 2023-2024 Individual Award Winners.
  8. Weisman, Michael (March 13, 2024). NCHC Unveils 2023-2024 All-Conference Teams.
  9. Weisman, Michael (March 12, 2024). NCHC Reveals 2023-24 All-Rookie Team. Retrieved on March 13, 2024.

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