2015 NCHC Tournament explained

Year:2015
Conference:NCHC
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 13–21, 2015
Teams:2
Finalarena:Target Center
Finalcity:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions:Miami RedHawks
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Enrico Blasi
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Blake Coleman
Mvpteam:Miami
Prevseason Year:2014
Prevseason Link:2014 NCHC Tournament
Nextseason Year:2016
Nextseason Link:2016 NCHC Tournament

The 2015 NCHC Tournament was the second tournament in league history. It was played between March 13 and March 21, 2015. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Miami received the NCHC's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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.[1]

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

Results

Quarterfinals

All times are local.

(4) Denver vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth

Semifinals

(2) Miami vs. (4) Denver

Third Place

(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Denver

Championship

(2) Miami vs. (6) St. Cloud State

Tournament awards

Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)]]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCHC Frozen Faceoff Match-ups, Times Announced. 16 March 2015.