The 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 5, 2019, and was intended to conclude with the Frozen Four in April 2020. This would have been the 73rd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held, and was US college hockey's 126th year overall. However, the postseason tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In February, seven members that had previously announced their withdrawal from the WCHA following the 2020–21 season announced that they were reforming the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and that the new conference would begin play with the 2021–22 season.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA, along with several conferences, decided to ban spectators from attending many of the games played after March 10, 2020, including the 2020 Frozen Four. Additionally, due to the threat of infection, Harvard and Yale withdrew from their conference tournament on March 11, effectively ending their seasons. On March 12, the NCAA canceled the tournament outright, along with all other winter and spring championships.
Polls
Regular season Season tournaments Tournament Dates Teams Champion IceBreaker Invitational October 11–12 4 Ohio State Friendship Four November 29–30 4 Northeastern Ledyard Bank Classic December 28–29 4 Dartmouth Mariucci Classic December 28–29 4 Minnesota Catamount Cup December 28–29 4 Vermont Great Lakes Invitational December 30–31 4 Michigan Tech Fortress Invitational January 3–4 4 Providence Connecticut Ice January 25–26 4 Sacred Heart Beanpot February 3, 10 4 Northeastern
Standings
PairWise Rankings The PairWise Rankings (PWR) are a statistical tool designed to approximate the process by which the NCAA selection committee decides which teams get at-large bids to the 16-team NCAA tournament. Although the NCAA selection committee does not use the PWR as presented by USCHO, the PWR has been accurate in predicting which teams will make the tournament field.
For Division I men, all teams are included in comparisons starting in the 2013–14 season (formerly, only teams with a Ratings Percentage Index of .500 or above, or teams under consideration, were included). The PWR method compares each team with every other such team, with the winner of each “comparison” earning one PWR point. After all comparisons are made, the points are totaled up and rankings listed accordingly.
With 60 Division I men's teams, the greatest number of PWR points any team could earn is 59, winning the comparison with every other team. Meanwhile, a team that lost all of its comparisons would have no PWR points.
Teams are then ranked by PWR point total, with ties broken by the teams' RPI ratings, which starting in 2013-14 is weighted for home and road games and includes a quality wins bonus (QWB) for beating teams in the top 20 of the RPI (it also is weighted for home and road).
When it comes to comparing teams, the PWR uses three criteria which are combined to make a comparison: RPI, record against common opponents and head-to-head competition. Starting in 2013–14, the comparison of record against teams under consideration was dropped because all teams are now under comparison.
+ NCAA Division I Men's Hockey Final PairWise Rankings Rank Team PWR RPI Conference 1 59 .6220* NCHC 2 58 .6012* WCHA 3 57 .5958* ECAC Hockey 4 55 .5785 Hockey East 4 55 .5744 NCHC 4 55 .5704 NCHC 7 53 .5560 Big Ten 8 52 .5520 Hockey East 9 51 .5490* ECAC Hockey 10 49 .5449 WCHA 10 49 .5422* Big Ten 12 48 .5398* Independent 13 47 .5388 Hockey East 14 46 .5356 ECAC Hockey 15 45 .5325 Hockey East 15 45 .5317 Big Ten 17 42 .5313 Hockey East 17 42 .5313 Big Ten 19 40 .5309 NCHC 19 40 .5289 Big Ten 21 39 .5271 Hockey East 22 38 .5241 NCHC 23 37 .5198 Atlantic Hockey 24 36 .5172 WCHA 25 35 .5194 Big Ten 26 34 .5164 WCHA 27 33 .5161 Atlantic Hockey 28 32 .5148 Big Ten 29 31 .5139 ECAC Hockey 30 29 .5109 Hockey East 31 28 .5118 Hockey East 31 28 .5106 Hockey East 33 27 .5101 WCHA 33 27 .5101 WCHA 35 24 .5060 NCHC 35 24 .5019 ECAC Hockey 37 23 .5010 Atlantic Hockey 37 23 .4911 Atlantic Hockey 39 21 .4910 ECAC Hockey 39 21 .4892 ECAC Hockey 41 19 .4784 NCHC 41 19 .4727 NCHC 43 16 .4721 ECAC Hockey 43 16 .4679 WCHA 45 15 .4661 Hockey East 46 14 .4644 Atlantic Hockey 46 14 .4537 Atlantic Hockey 48 12 .4529 Atlantic Hockey 48 12 .4514 Atlantic Hockey 50 10 .4492 Atlantic Hockey 51 9 .4476 Atlantic Hockey 52 8 .4459 ECAC Hockey 53 7 .4446 Hockey East 54 6 .4327 ECAC Hockey 54 6 .4293 WCHA 56 4 .4198 WCHA 57 3 .4182 ECAC Hockey 58 2 .4118 WCHA 59 1 .4077 ECAC Hockey 60 0 .3944 Atlantic Hockey *A team's RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating a weak opponent Note: A team's record is based only on games against other Division I hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament PairWise Rankings were last updated March 1, 2020
Player stats
Scoring leaders Updated as of games played on March 8, 2020.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM Sophomore Providence 34 10 42 52 64 Junior North Dakota 33 15 30 45 8 Senior Minnesota State 31 20 24 44 8 Sophomore Providence 34 19 25 44 29 Freshman Harvard 31 14 29 43 4 Junior Boston University 34 14 29 43 20 Freshman Boston College 34 19 23 42 10 Senior Maine 34 10 32 42 12 Senior Boston College 34 10 32 42 10 Junior Arizona State 36 10 30 40 24
Leading goaltenders The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average, minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played.
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 Sophomore Minnesota State 37 2156:25 30 4 2 47 10 .942 1.31 Junior Cornell 29 1733:36 23 2 4 45 5 .931 1.56 Sophomore Bemidji State 33 1989:15 21 8 4 54 4 .937 1.63 Senior Clarkson 34 2019:49 23 8 3 60 4 .938 1.78 Senior American International 19 1049:01 10 8 1 32 4 .926 1.83 Sophomore Michigan 35 2071:55 18 13 4 64 6 .939 1.85 Junior Massachusetts 20 1094:19 13 6 0 34 3 .919 1.86 Sophomore Massachusetts 18 943:58 8 5 2 30 2 .927 1.91 Freshman Boston College 33 1979:12 23 8 2 65 5 .931 1.97 Junior Quinnipiac 34 1967:57 21 10 2 66 3 .920 2.01
Awards
NCAA Award RecipientHobey Baker Award Scott Perunovich, Minnesota–DuluthSpencer Penrose Award Brad Berry, North DakotaMike Schafer, CornellTim Taylor Award Alex Newhook, Boston CollegeMike Richter Award Jeremy Swayman, MaineDerek Hines Unsung Hero Award Jared Pike, American InternationalLowes' Senior CLASS Award Nolan Nicholas, Alaska AnchorageTournament Most Outstanding Player Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemicAHCA All-American Teams East First Team Position West First TeamJeremy Swayman, Maine GDryden McKay, Minnesota StateDavid Farrance, Boston University DIan Mitchell, DenverJack Rathbone, Harvard DScott Perunovich, Minnesota–DuluthMorgan Barron, Cornell FJordan Kawaguchi, North DakotaJack Dugan, Providence FHugh McGing, Western MichiganJohn Leonard, Massachusetts FMarc Michaelis, Minnesota State East Second Team Position West Second TeamFrank Marotte, Clarkson GHunter Shepard, Minnesota–DuluthYanni Kaldis, Cornell DCole Hults, Penn StateMike Lee, Sacred Heart DConnor Mackey, Minnesota State DAlec Rauhauser, Bowling GreenNick Abruzzese, Harvard FNoah Cates, Minnesota–DuluthJason Cotton, Sacred Heart FCole Koepke, Minnesota–DuluthTyler Madden, Northeastern FNate Sucese, Penn State
Atlantic Hockey Award RecipientPlayer of the Year Jason Cotton, Sacred HeartRookie of the Year Braeden Tuck, Sacred HeartBest Defensive Forward Brady Tomlak, Air ForceBest Defenseman Mike Lee, Sacred HeartIndividual Sportsmanship Award Alex Wilkinson, ArmyRegular Season Scoring Trophy Austin McIlmurray, Sacred HeartRegular Season Goaltending Award Zackarias Skog, American InternationalCoach of the Year Eric Lang, American InternationalTournament MVP Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemicAll-Atlantic Hockey Teams First Team Position Second TeamZackarias Skog, American International GJustin Kapelmaster, Robert MorrisMike Lee, Sacred Heart DAdam Brubacher, RITBrennan Kapcheck, American International DPatrik Demel, American InternationalBlake Christensen, American International FDominic Franco, ArmyJason Cotton, Sacred Heart FMatt Hoover, CansiusAustin McIlmurray, Sacred Heart FNick Hutchison, CansiusJakov Novak, Bentley F – Third Team Position Rookie TeamJosh Benson, Sacred Heart GChad Veltri, NiagaraLogan Drackett, RIT G – Brandon Koch, Air Force DAnthony Firriolo, ArmyMatt Stief, Cansius DBrandon Koch, Air ForceJack Billings, Niagara FElijiah Gonsalves, RITMartin Mellberg, American International FMatt Gosiewski, BentleyHugo Reinhardt, American International FBraeden Tuck, Sacred Heart
Big Ten Award RecipientPlayer of the Year Cole Hults, Penn StateDefensive Player of the Year Cole Hults, Penn State Goaltender of the Year Strauss Mann, MichiganFreshman of the Year Cole Caufield, WisconsinScoring Champion Cole Caufield, WisconsinCoach of the Year Bob Motzko, MinnesotaTournament Most Outstanding Player Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemicAll-Big Ten Teams First Team Position Second TeamStrauss Mann, Michigan GJohn Lethemon, Michigan StateWyatt Kalynuk, Wisconsin DJerad Rosburg, Michigan StateCole Hults, Penn State DDennis Cesana, Michigan StateCole Caufield, Wisconsin FEvan Barratt, Penn StateNate Sucese, Penn State FTanner Laczynski, Ohio StatePatrick Khodorenko, Michigan State FJake Slaker, Michigan Freshman Team Position –Jared Moe, Minnesota G–Jackson LaCombe, Minnesota D–Cam York, Michigan D–John Beecher, Michigan F–Cole Caufield, Wisconsin F–Ben Meyers, Minnesota F–
ECAC Award RecipientPlayer of the Year Morgan Barron, CornellBest Defensive Forward Josh Dunne, ClarksonBest Defensive Defenseman Alex Green, CornellRookie of the Year Nick Abruzzese, HarvardKen Dryden Award Frank Marotte, ClarksonStudent-Athlete of the Year Zach Tsekos, ClarksonTim Taylor Award Mike Schafer, CornellMost Outstanding Player in Tournament Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemicAll-ECAC Hockey Teams First Team Position Second Team Frank Marotte, Clarkson G Owen Savory, Rensselaer Yanni Kaldis, Cornell D Connor McCarthy, Clarkson Jack Rathbone, Harvard D Will Reilly, Rensselaer Nick Abruzzese, Harvard F Jack Drury, Harvard Morgan Barron, Cornell F Curtis Hall, Yale Drew O'Connor, Dartmouth F Odeen Tufto, Quinnipiac Third Team Position Rookie Team Matthew Galajda, Cornell G Mitchell Gibson, Harvard Peter Diliberatore, Quinnipiac D Dylan Anhorn, Union Alex Green, Cornell D Henry Thrun, Harvard Devin Brosseau, Clarkson F Nick Abruzzese, Harvard Josh Dunne, Clarkson F John Farinacci, Harvard Haralds Egle, Clarkson F Gabriel Seger, Union
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