2023–24 NCHC season explained

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Season:2023–24
Season:2023–24
Conference:National Collegiate Hockey Conference
Shortconference:NCHC
Division:Division I
Sport:ice hockey
Pixels:225 px
Duration:October 7, 2023–
March 9, 2023
No Of Teams:8
Draft Link:2024 NHL Entry Draft
Top Pick:Zeev Buium
Picked By:Minnesota Wild
Regular Season:
Season Champs:North Dakota
Mvp:Jackson Blake
Mvp Link:NCHC Player of the Year
Top Scorer:Jackson Blake
Tournament:
Tournament Champs:Denver
Tournament Place:Omaha
Mvp2:McKade Webster
Mvp Link2:Frozen Faceoff MVP
Top Scorer2:Jackson Blake
Ncaa:
Bids:4
Conf Rec:4–3
Best:National Champion
Ncaa Team:Denver
North Dakota
Omaha
Western Michigan
Prevseason:2022–23
Nextseason:2024–25
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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]

Coaches

Records

TeamHead coachSeason at schoolRecord at schoolNCHC record
Colorado College 322–46–612–32–3
Denver 6116–53–1368–42–9
Miami 528–90–1317–71–9
Minnesota Duluth 24444–368–96127–93–21
North Dakota 9180–92–31112–62–19
Omaha 794–101–1261–74–9
St. Cloud State 6106–60–16 66–42–12
Western Michigan 349–27–229–18–2

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

TeamTotal
Colorado College 1–0–01–1–00–1–02–0–00–0–02–1–16–3–1
Denver3–0–00–0–00–0–12–0–01–1–03–1–09–2–1
Miami 4–2–00–0–01–1–00–0–00–0–01–0–16–3–1
Minnesota Duluth 1–0–00–1–13–0–20–2–00–1–00–0–04–4–3
North Dakota 1–0–01–0–03–0–11–1–00–0–02–0–08–1–1
Omaha 2–0–00–1–12–0–00–0–01–0–02–1–07–2–1
St. Cloud State 0–0–00–1–13–3–00–0–00–0–01–1–04–5–1
Western Michigan 0–0–00–0–03–0–12–0–00–0–04–0–09–0–1
Overall12–2–02–4–315–5–57–3–02–2–015–4–253–20–10

Statistics

Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes[2]

PlayerClassTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Sophomore 23 11 25 36 14
Freshman 24 6 25 31 14
Sophomore 24 16 12 28 23
Junior 24 12 16 28 8
Junior 24 6 20 26 10
Junior 23 15 10 25 4
Senior 24 11 13 24 21
Senior 24 9 15 24 13
Junior 24 8 15 23 13
Sophomore 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

PlayerClassTeamGPMinWLTGASOSV%GAA
Sophomore 24 1448:51 14 8 2 52 0 .927 2.15
Senior 24 1433:01 11 13 0 61 1 .903 2.55
Senior 22 1362:32 15 7 1 62 3 .898 2.73
Senior 16 956:20 9 5 1 45 2 .894 2.82
Junior 16 925:09 10 4 2 44 1 .907 2.85

Conference tournament

See main article: 2024 NCHC Tournament.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

Ranking

See main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.

USCHO

Colorado College NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Denver 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Miami NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Minnesota Duluth 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
North Dakota 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Omaha NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
St. Cloud State 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Western Michigan 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[3]

USA Today

Colorado College - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Denver - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Miami - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Minnesota Duluth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
North Dakota - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Omaha - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
St. Cloud State - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Western Michigan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[4]

Pairwise

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 bgcolor=gold3
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 bgcolor=gold6
Omaha 32 45 44 33 43 38 21 19 21 23 23 23 18 20 19 19 17 18 17 16 11 11 bgcolor=gold10
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 bgcolor=gold13
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.[5]

Awards

NCAA

Award Recipient
Matt Davis, Denver
[6]
West First Team Position
Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado Collegealign=center G
Zeev Buium, Denveralign=center D
Jackson Blake, North Dakotaalign=center F
Jack Devine, Denveralign=center F
West Second Team Position
Dylan Anhorn, St. Cloud Statealign=center D
Noah Laba, Colorado Collegealign=center F
Massimo Rizzo, Denveralign=center F
Matt Davis, Denveralign=center G
Sean Behrens, Denveralign=center D
Zeev Buium, Denveralign=center D
Tristan Broz, Denveralign=center F
Rieger Lorenz, Denveralign=center F

NCHC

Award[7] Recipient
Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Zeev Buium, Denver
Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College
Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Sean Behrens, Denver
Zeev Buium, Denver
Noah Laba, Colorado College
Luke Grainger, Western Michigan
Three Stars Award Noah Laba, Colorado College
Darian Gotz, Minnesota Duluth
Kris Mayotte, Colorado College
McKade Webster, Denver
[8]
  Position   Second Team
Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado Collegealign=center GLudvig Persson, North Dakota
Zeev Buium, Denveralign=center DShai Buium, Denver
Dylan Anhorn, St. Cloud Statealign=center DJack Peart, St. Cloud State
Jackson Blake, North Dakotaalign=center FLuke Grainger, Western Michigan
Jack Devine, Denveralign=center FMassimo Rizzo, Denver
Noah Laba, Colorado Collegealign=center FBen Steeves, Minnesota Duluth
Honorable Mention   Position   Rookie Team[9]
Šimon Latkoczy, Omahaalign=center GIsak Posch, St. Cloud State
Sean Behrens, Denveralign=center DZeev Buium, Denver
Jake Livanavage, North Dakotaalign=center DJake Livanavage, North Dakota
Garrett Pyke, North Dakotaalign=center D
Cameron Berg, North Dakotaalign=center FMiko Matikka, Denver
Sam Colangelo, Western Michiganalign=center FAlex Bump, Western Michigan
Riese Gaber, North Dakotaalign=center FTanner Ludtke, Omaha
Šimon Latkoczy, Omahaalign=center G
Zeev Buium, Denveralign=center D
Griffin Ludtke, Omahaalign=center D
McKade Webster, Denveralign=center F
Zach Urdahl, Omahaalign=center F
Miko Matikka, Denveralign=center F

2024 NHL Entry Draft

See main article: 2024 NHL Entry Draft.

1 12 Denver Minnesota Wild
1 18 † North Dakota Chicago Blackhawks
1 30 † North Dakota New York Rangers
2 42 † Minnesota Duluth Buffalo Sabres
2 47 † Minnesota Duluth Detroit Red Wings
2 48 † St. Cloud State St. Louis Blues
3 76 † North Dakota Colorado Avalanche
4 101 † St. Cloud State Columbus Blue Jackets
4 121 † Denver Colorado Avalanche
4 128 † Denver Tampa Bay Lightning
5 132 † Omaha Colorado Avalanche
6 175 † Western Michigan Pittsburgh Penguins
6 182 † St. Cloud State Anaheim Ducks
6 185 † Denver Colorado Avalanche
7 198 † Denver Los Angeles Kings
7 207 † North Dakota Pittsburgh Penguins
7 208 † Colorado College Detroit Red Wings
† incoming freshman[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule . NCHC . September 5, 2021.
  2. News: Player Stats . HCHC . July 28, 2022.
  3. Web site: USCHO Division I Men's Poll . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
  4. Web site: USA Today Men's Poll . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
  5. Web site: Men's Division I PairWise Rankings . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
  6. News: Top 25 men’s college hockey players earn distinction as CCM/AHCA Hockey All-Americans for 2023-24 season . USCHO.com . April 12, 2024 . April 12, 2024.
  7. Web site: NCHC Unveils 2023-2024 Individual Award Winners . nchchockey.com . Michael . Weisman . March 21, 2024 . March 21, 2024.
  8. Web site: NCHC Unveils 2023-2024 All-Conference Teams . nchchockey.com . Michael . Weisman . March 13, 2024 . March 13, 2024.
  9. Web site: NCHC Reveals 2023-24 All-Rookie Team . nchchockey . Michael . Weisman . March 12, 2024 . March 13, 2024.
  10. News: NCAA player rankings, selections in 2024 NHL Draft . USCHO.com . June 29, 2024.

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