2023–24 NCHC season

The 2023–24 NCHC season was the 11th season of play for the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and took place during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 7, 2023, and concluded on March 9, 2023.

Coaches

Records Team Head coach Season at school Record at school NCHC recordColorado College 3 22–46–6 12–32–3Denver 6 116–53–13 68–42–9Miami 5 28–90–13 17–71–9Minnesota Duluth 24 444–368–96 127–93–21North Dakota 9 180–92–31 112–62–19Omaha 7 94–101–12 61–74–9 St. Cloud State 6 106–60–16 66–42–12Western Michigan 3 49–27–2 29–18–2

Standings

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 Team TotalColorado College 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 2–1–1 6–3–1 Denver 3–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–1 2–0–0 1–1–0 3–1–0 9–2–1Miami 4–2–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–1 6–3–1Minnesota Duluth 1–0–0 0–1–1 3–0–2 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 4–4–3North Dakota 1–0–0 2–1–0 3–0–1 0–0–0 1–1–0 2–0–0 9–2–1Omaha 2–0–0 0–1–1 2–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0 2–1–0 7–2–1St. Cloud State 0–0–0 0–1–1 3–3–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 4–5–1Western Michigan 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–0–1 2–0–0 0–0–0 4–0–0 9–0–1Overall 12–2–0 3–5–3 15–5–5 6–2–0 3–3–0 15–4–2 54–21–10

Statistics Leading scorers GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM 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 Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% 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

NCAA tournament

Ranking

USCHO Colorado College NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 20 17 18 16 14 15 15 10 11 10 10 12 15 15Denver 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 6 5 4 5 6 5 3 5 4 3 3 3 1 Miami NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Minnesota Duluth 17 17 14 11 14 18 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR North Dakota 7 7 5 4 3 4 2 1 2 1 4 4 4 6 5 2 2 2 4 3 3 5 4 5 8Omaha NR NR NR 20 NR NR NR NR 20 NR NR NR NR 19 NR 20 19 18 19 18 16 12 11 11 12St. Cloud State 8 10 20 NR NR NR 19 17 17 15 14 14 14 13 15 16 16 16 15 15 17 18 17 18 18Western Michigan 12 12 9 10 11 12 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 11 12 15 14 13 13 12 15 14 15 14 14 USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 11 and 25.

USA Hockey Colorado College NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 20 18 18 17 16 15 16 10 14 12 10 13 15 15 15Denver 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 5 5 5 6 6 4 6 6 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 1Miami NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRMinnesota Duluth 17 18 14 12 14 18 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRNorth Dakota 8 7 5 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 7 5 2 2 2 5 3 3 5 4 5 8 8Omaha NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 19 NR 19 19 18 19 18 17 13 11 12 12 13St. Cloud State 7 9 18 NR NR NR 17 16 17 15 15 14 14 12 14 15 16 15 15 13 16 18 17 17 18 18Western Michigan 10 12 10 10 11 12 16 15 15 13 12 12 10 11 12 14 14 13 12 11 14 12 15 13 14 14 USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.

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 15Denver 1 14 21 11 2 4 7 4 7 8 8 6 8 6 6 8 7 5 6 3 3 3 3Miami 11 13 4 4 31 36 43 43 41 43 45 41 40 44 43 44 47 47 45 46 47 49 49Minnesota Duluth 23 30 22 35 28 41 41 47 39 33 33 32 31 25 26 26 25 26 27 28 26 30 30North Dakota 32 2 6 15 8 7 4 6 1 5 6 6 7 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 6Omaha 32 45 44 33 43 38 21 19 21 23 23 23 18 20 19 19 17 18 17 16 11 11 10St. Cloud State 15 37 41 52 23 14 12 13 14 14 13 12 12 11 13 14 13 11 11 14 15 14 15Western Michigan 32 16 2 16 12 30 15 13 12 11 10 10 10 10 14 11 11 10 12 15 13 13 13 Note: Teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.

Awards NCAA Award Recipient Tournament Most Outstanding Player Matt Davis, Denver West First Team Position Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College G Zeev Buium, Denver D Jackson Blake, North Dakota F Jack Devine, Denver F West Second Team Position Dylan Anhorn, St. Cloud State D Noah Laba, Colorado College F Massimo Rizzo, Denver F Matt Davis, Denver G Sean Behrens, Denver D Zeev Buium, Denver D Tristan Broz, Denver F Rieger Lorenz, Denver F

NCHC Award RecipientPlayer of the Year Jackson Blake, North DakotaRookie of the Year Zeev Buium, DenverGoaltender of the Year Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado CollegeForward of the Year Jackson Blake, North DakotaDefensive Defenseman of the Year Sean Behrens, DenverOffensive Defenseman of the Year Zeev Buium, DenverDefensive Forward of the Year Noah Laba, Colorado CollegeScholar-Athlete of the Year Luke Grainger, Western MichiganThree Stars Award Noah Laba, Colorado CollegeSportsmanship Award Darian Gotz, Minnesota DuluthHerb Brooks Coach of the Year Kris Mayotte, Colorado CollegeFrozen Faceoff MVP McKade Webster, Denver First Team   Position   Second Team Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College G Ludvig Persson, North Dakota Zeev Buium, Denver D Shai Buium, Denver Dylan Anhorn, St. Cloud State D Jack Peart, St. Cloud State Jackson Blake, North Dakota F Luke Grainger, Western Michigan Jack Devine, Denver F Massimo Rizzo, Denver Noah Laba, Colorado College F Ben Steeves, Minnesota Duluth Honorable Mention   Position   Rookie Team Simon Latkoczy, Omaha G Isak Posch, St. Cloud State Sean Behrens, Denver D Zeev Buium, Denver Jake Livanavage, North Dakota D Jake Livanavage, North Dakota Garrett Pyke, North Dakota D Cameron Berg, North Dakota F Miko Matikka, Denver Sam Colangelo, Western Michigan F Alex Bump, Western Michigan Riese Gaber, North Dakota F Tanner Ludtke, Omaha Simon Latkoczy, Omaha G Zeev Buium, Denver D Griffin Ludtke, Omaha D McKade Webster, Denver F Zach Urdahl, Omaha F Miko Matikka, Denver F

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

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