2016 NCHC Tournament
| 2016 NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 11–19, 2016 |
| Teams | 2 |
| Finals site |
Target Center Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Champions | St. Cloud State Huskies (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Bob Motzko (1st title) |
| MVP | Mikey Eyssimont (St. Cloud State Huskies) |
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The 2016 NCHC Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2016, at four conference arenas and the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]
Format
The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. 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 first round series advance to the Target Center for the NCHC Frozen Faceoff. The Frozen Faceoff uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.[2]
Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| 2015–16 National Collegiate Hockey Conference standings | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#1 North Dakota | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 89 | 49 | 44 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 162 | 81 | |
| #4 St. Cloud State* | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 104 | 53 | 41 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 175 | 90 | |
| #6 Denver | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 74 | 52 | 41 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 134 | 96 | |
| #16 Minnesota–Duluth | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 64 | 44 | 40 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 107 | 82 | |
| Miami (OH) | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 54 | 65 | 36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 86 | 97 | |
| Omaha | 24 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 60 | 83 | 36 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 103 | 107 | |
| Western Michigan | 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 56 | 103 | 36 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 80 | 142 | |
| Colorado College | 24 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 47 | 99 | 36 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 71 | 145 | |
| Championship: March 19, 2016 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 13, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First Round March 11–13 |
Semifinals March 18 |
Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | North Dakota | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | St. Cloud State | 4* | 4 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Western Michigan | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | St. Cloud State | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Denver | 5 | 4** | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Omaha | 2 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Third Place | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | St. Cloud State | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Miami | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | Denver | 2 | 1 | North Dakota | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Denver | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods
Tournament awards
Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team
- F Mikey Eyssimont* (St. Cloud State)
- F Dominic Toninato (Minnesota-Duluth)
- F Nick Schmaltz (North Dakota)
- D Ethan Prow (St. Cloud State)
- D Willie Raskob (Minnesota-Duluth)
- G Charlie Lindgren (St. Cloud State)