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 features a first round round of best of three series hosted by the higher seed, with the four winners advancing to the Frozen Faceoff.

The Frozen Faceoff was originally played at Target Center in Minneapolis, before moving to St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center beginning in 2018. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was cancelled in 2020 and hosted in its entirety by regular season champion North Dakota at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in 2021. The tournament will move entirely to campus sites starting in 2026.[1]

Champions[2]
Year Winning team Coach Losing team Coach Score Location Venue Ref
2014DenverJim MontgomeryMiamiEnrico Blasi4–3Minneapolis, MinnesotaTarget Center[3]
2015MiamiEnrico BlasiSt. Cloud StateBob Motzko3–2Minneapolis, MinnesotaTarget Center[4]
2016St. Cloud StateBob MotzkoMinnesota-DuluthScott Sandelin3–1Minneapolis, MinnesotaTarget Center[5]
2017Minnesota-DuluthScott SandelinNorth DakotaBrad Berry4–3Minneapolis, MinnesotaTarget Center
2018Denver (2)Jim MontgomerySt. Cloud StateBob Motzko4–1Saint Paul, MinnesotaXcel Energy Center
2019Minnesota-Duluth (2)Scott SandelinSt. Cloud StateBrett Larson3–2**Saint Paul, MinnesotaXcel Energy Center
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
2021North DakotaBrad BerrySt. Cloud StateBrett Larson5–3Grand Forks, North DakotaRalph Engelstad Arena
2022Minnesota Duluth (3)Scott SandelinWestern MichiganPat Ferschweiler3–0Saint Paul, MinnesotaXcel Energy Center
2023 St. Cloud State (2) Brett Larson Colorado College Kris Mayotte 3–0 Saint Paul, Minnesota Xcel Energy Center
2024Denver (3)David CarleOmahaMike Gabinet4–1Saint Paul, MinnesotaXcel Energy Center

References
  1. "NCHC Moving Tournament Fully on Campus in 2026". College Hockey News. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  2. "NCHC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  3. "2014 NCHC Tournament" (PDF). NCHC Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  4. "2015 NCHC Tournament" (PDF). NCHC Hockey. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  5. "Frozen Faceoff Live". NCHC Hockey. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  6. "NCHC Tournament Cancelled Effective Immediately". nchchockey.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
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