2016 NCHC Tournament

August 2023 2016 NCHC Men's 200px March 11–19, 2016 8 Target Center Minneapolis, Minnesota St. Cloud State Huskies 1st Bob Motzko 1st Mikey Eyssimont St. Cloud State 2015 2015 NCHC Tournament 2017 2017 NCHC Tournament The 2016 NCHC Tournament was the third tournament in league history. It was played between March 11 and March 19, 2016. 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, St. Cloud State received the NCHC's automatic bid to the 2016 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.http://www.nchchockey.com/page/show/878713-format Format 2016-03-24 2014-06-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20140607095121/http://www.nchchockey.com/page/show/878713-format dead 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 3/1/1 QuarterfinalsMarch 11–13 1 North Dakota 7 5 — 8 Colorado College 1 1 — 2 St. Cloud State 4* 4 — 7 Western Michigan 3 2 — 3 Denver 5 4** — 6 Omaha 2 3 — 4 Minnesota-Duluth 5 3 — 5 Miami 4 1 — SemifinalsMarch 18 1 North Dakota 2 4 Minnesota-Duluth 4 2 St. Cloud State 4 3 Denver 2 ChampionshipMarch 19 2 St. Cloud State 3 4 Minnesota-Duluth 1 Third Place 1 North Dakota 1 3 Denver 1 * denotes overtime periods Results All times are local. Quarterfinals (1) North Dakota vs. (8) Colorado College North Dakota Colorado College Ralph Engelstad Arena March 11 7 – 1 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mcc_ndk1.m11 1 (Poolman, LaDue) Luke Johnson - PP - 15:27(Dowd, Kossila) Nick Schmaltz - GW - 19:38 (Poganski, LaDue) Joel Janatuinen - PP - 16:36 15:42 - PP - Tanner Ockey (Bergh, McCaskill) (Wolanin, Wilkie) Coltyn Sanderson - 04:30(Boeser, Stecher) Nick Schmaltz - PP - 13:35(Caggiula, Schmaltz) Hayden Shaw - PP - 17:38(Janatuinen, Sanderson) Shane Gersich - 18:32 ( 15 saves / 16 shots ) Cam Johnson Jacob Nehama ( 27 saves / 34 shots ) March 12 5 – 1 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mcc_ndk1.m12 1 (Thompson, Boeser) Nick Schmaltz - 03:55(Simonson, Chyzyk) Joel Janatuinen - GW - 04:12(Boeser, Schmaltz) Hayden Shaw - 13:36(Schmaltz, Boeser) Drake Caggiula - 19:54 (Gardner, Johnson) Austin Poganski - 04:18 18:17 - Matt Hansen (Israel) ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Cam Johnson Jacob Nehama ( 10 saves / 14 shots ) / Derek Shatzer ( 13 saves / 14 shots ) North Dakota won series 2–0 (2) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Western Michigan St. Cloud State Western Michigan Herb Brooks National Hockey Center March 11 4 – 3 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mstcwmu1.m11 1 1 (Schuldt, Nevalainen) Jimmy Murray - PP - 16:10 (Benik, Murray) Will Borgen - 15:37 03:55 - Frederik Tiffels (Rebry, Dienes)12:30 - Neal Goff (Rebry, Tiffels) (Murray) Kalle Kossila - 05:03 13:55 - Colt Conrad (Novak, McKee) (Schuldt, Papa) Patrick Newell - GW - 16:31 ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Charlie Lindgren Lukas Hafner ( 41 saves / 45 shots ) March 12 4 – 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mstcwmu1.m12 1 No Scoring 11:31 - Colt Conrad (Molino, Novak) (Benson, Prow) Robby Jackson - 10:23(unassisted) Jimmy Schuldt - 10:45(Murray, Benik) David Morley - GW - 12:11 (Borgen, Kossila) Patrick Russell - EN - 19:58 19:50 - EA - Chris Dienes (Molino, LaPorte) ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Charlie Lindgren Lukas Hafner ( 40 saves / 43 shots ) St. Cloud State won series 2–0 (3) Denver vs. (6) Nebraska-Omaha Denver Nebraska-Omaha Magness Arena March 11 5 – 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mdenuno1.m11 1 No Scoring (Hammond) Trevor Moore - 00:48(Hillman, Shore) Troy Terry - PP - 02:52(Romig, VanVoorhis) Colin Staub - GW - 03:10 13:36 - PP - Jake Guentzel (Snuggerud, Ortega)17:58 - Brian Cooper (Guentzel, Randolph) (Butcher, Hammond) Danton Heinen - SH - 08:06(unassisted) Danton Heinen - EN - 19:03 ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Tanner Jaillet Kirk Thompson ( 15 saves / 19 shots ) March 12 4 – 3 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mdenuno1.m12 1 2 (Zajac, Butcher) Quentin Shore - 05:29(Zajac, Moore) Troy Terry - 17:14 11:17 - PP - Jake Guentzel (Ortega, Brady)16:29 - SH - Austin Ortega (Klehr) (Janssen, Jaillet) Danton Heinen - 01:31 03:57 - Austin Ortega (Guentzel, Vesel) (Romig, Levin) Colin Staub - GW - 08:54 ( 51 saves / 54 shots ) Tanner Jaillet Evan Weninger ( 46 saves / 50 shots ) Denver won series 2–0 (4) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (5) Miami Minnesota–Duluth Miami AMSOIL Arena March 11 5 – 4 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mmiamnd1.m11 1 (Decowski, Sampair) Austyn Young - 04:34 12:17 - Zach LaValle (Morris, Greenberg) (Kaskisuo) Andy Welinski - PP - 09:59 04:11 - Ryan Siroky (Lemirande)10:17 - Anthony Louis (Gacek, Melnick)13:16 - PP - Louie Belpedio (Louis, Sherwood) (Corrin, Toninato) Adam Johnson - 04:54(Corrin, Cameranesi) Neal Pionk - PP - 11:12(Farley, Cameranesi) Carson Soucy - GW - 12:29 ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Kasimir Kaskisuo Jay Williams ( 28 saves / 33 shots ) March 12 3 – 1 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mmiamnd1.m12 1 (unassisted) Kyle Osterberg - SH - 01:31(Thomas, Iafallo) Andy Welinski - GW - 16:51 (Kuhlman, Soucy) Tony Cameranesi - SH - 12:46 17:12 - Kevin Morris (Roslovic, Louis) ( 15 saves / 16 shots ) Kasimir Kaskisuo Jay Williams ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) Minnesota–Duluth won series 2–0 Semifinals (1) North Dakota vs. (4) Minnesota–Duluth North Dakota Minnesota–Duluth Target Center March 18 2 – 4 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mmndndk1.m18 2 (Caggiula, Boeser) Nick Schmaltz - 00:49 (Ausmus, Boeser) Troy Stecher - 15:00 00:28 - Dominic Toninato (Raskob)03:46 - Alex Iafallo (Raskob, Johnson)12:24 - GW - Austin Farley (Corrin, Cameranesi) 14:02 - Dominic Toninato (Johnson, Iafallo) ( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Cam Johnson Kasimir Kaskisuo ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) (2) St. Cloud State vs. (3) Denver St. Cloud State Denver Target Center March 18 4 – 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mdenstc1.m18 1 (Prow, Kossila) Joey Benik - PP - 07:45 (Benik, Murray) David Morley - 11:29 06:29 - Troy Terry (Hammond, Heinen) (Kossila, Russell) Mikey Eyssimont - GW - 01:41(unassisted) Jimmy Schuldt - EN - 18:43 02:13 - Evan Janssen (Terry, Shore) ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Charlie Lindgren Tanner Jaillet ( 12 saves / 15 shots ) Third place (1) North Dakota vs. (3) Denver North Dakota Denver Target Center March 19 1 – 1 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mdenndk1.m19 (Caggiula, Boeser) Nick Schmaltz - 06:09 13:21 - Danton Heinen (Moore, Gambrell) ( 16 saves / 17 shots ) Cam Johnson Evan Cowley ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Championship (2) St. Cloud State vs. (4) Minnesota–Duluth St. Cloud State Minnesota–Duluth Target Center March 19 3 – 1 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mmndstc1.m19 1 No Scoring 13:03 - Carson Soucy (Raskob, Cameranesi) (Prow, Russell) Mikey Eyssimont - 08:59(Schuldt, Kossila) Mikey Eyssimont - GW - 19:24 (Kossila, Lizotte) Patrick Russell - 05:09 ( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Charlie Lindgren Kasimir Kaskisuo ( 15 saves / 18 shots ) Tournament awards Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team F Mikey Eyssimont* (St. Cloud State) F Dominic Toninato (Minnesota-Duluth) F Nick Schmaltz (North Dakota) D Ethan Prow (St. Cloud State) D Willie Raskob (Minnesota-Duluth) G Charlie Lindgren (St. Cloud State) * Most Valuable Player(s) http://www.nchchockey.com/news_article/show/627476?referrer_id=1144437 St. Cloud State Captures 2016 Frozen Faceoff Title 19 March 2016 References NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 2016 Category:Ice hockey competitions in Minneapolis Category:College ice hockey tournaments in Minnesota Category:2016 in sports in Minnesota Category:March 2016 sports events in the United States Category:2010s in Minneapolis