# 2019 NCHC Tournament

The 2019 NCHC Tournament is the sixth tournament in league history. It was played between March 15 and 23, 2019. Quarterfinal were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota-Duluth received the NCHC's automatic bid to the 2019 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 Xcel Energy 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.
Game 1 of the series between Western Michigan and Colorado College was delayed 1 day due to the effects from Winter Storm Ulmer.

### Standings

2018–19 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #5 St. Cloud State † | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 62 | 94 | 52 | 39 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 156 | 85 |
| #1 Minnesota Duluth * | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 75 | 48 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 133 | 79 |
| #18 Western Michigan | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 79 | 78 | 37 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 129 | 115 |
| #3 Denver | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 55 | 56 | 41 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 116 | 83 |
| #20 North Dakota | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 56 | 55 | 37 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 93 | 90 |
| Colorado College | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 66 | 66 | 41 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 117 | 114 |
| Omaha | 24 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 53 | 86 | 36 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 90 | 132 |
| Miami | 24 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 49 | 86 | 38 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 87 | 122 |
| Championship: March 23, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll ||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the Semifinals
| Quarterfinals March 15–18 | Quarterfinals March 15–18 | Quarterfinals March 15–18 | Quarterfinals March 15–18 | Quarterfinals March 15–18 | | | Semifinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 |
| 1 | St. Cloud State | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Miami | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Miami | 2 | 3 | | | | 1 | St. Cloud State | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 6 | Colorado College | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Denver | 2 | 4 | | | | 6 | Colorado College | 2 | | | |
| 5 | North Dakota | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | North Dakota | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | St. Cloud State | 2 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 1 | St. Cloud State | 2 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 3** |
| 3 | Western Michigan | 1 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 3** |
| 6 | Colorado College | 2 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 6 | Colorado College | 2 | 2 | 3 | | | 2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 3 | Third Place | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | | | | | | 4 | Denver | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 2* | 4 | | | | 4 | Denver | 0 | 4 | Denver | 6 |
| 7 | Omaha | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 6 | Colorado College | 1 |
* denotes overtime periods

## Results

All times are local.

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) St. Cloud State vs. (8) Miami

* St. Cloud State won series 2–0

#### (2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (7) Omaha

* Minnesota–Duluth won series 2–0

#### (3) Western Michigan vs. (6) Colorado College

* Colorado College won series 2–1

#### (4) Denver vs. (5) North Dakota

* Denver won series 2–0

### Championship
#### (1) St. Cloud State vs. (2) Minnesota–Duluth
## Tournament awards
### Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team

* F Robby Jackson (St. Cloud State)
* F Blake Lizotte (St. Cloud State)
* F Patrick Newell (St. Cloud State)
* D Jimmy Schuldt (St. Cloud State)
* D Mikey Anderson (Minnesota–Duluth)
* G Hunter Shepard* (Minnesota–Duluth)
* Most Valuable Player(s)