2023-24 NCDC season

This is the 2023-24 National Collegiate Development Conference season. This is the league's seventh season.
==Membership Changes==
*On June 30, 2022 the league announced the expansion of 6 teams to form a western division to begin play with the 2023-24 season. The Utah Outliers, Ogden Mustangs, Pueblo Bulls, Northern Colorado Eagles, Idaho Falls Spud Kings, and the Provo Predators were announced as the teams.https://www.usphl.com/news_article/show/1231333?referral=rss
*On January 6, 2023 the North American Hockey League announced the addition of the Greeley, Colorado based Colorado Grit to the league for the 2023-24 season. The team will be based out of the Greeley Ice Haus and will be members o f the South Division.http://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=35748 This would lead to or be the result of the Northern Colorado Eagles no longer being added for the 2023-24 NCDC season.
*The sale of the Rock Springs Prospectors was announced in April of 2023. The team was renamed to the Rock Springs Grizzlies and was being added as a member of the NCDC for the 2023-24 season.https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/weekly-sports-league-and-franchise-report/n-5951570 They would be a replacement for the Northern Colorado Eagles in the newly formed Mountain Division.
*On March 16, 2023 the NAHL announced the addition of the Hooksett, New Hampshire based New Hampshire Mountain Kings to begin play with the 2023-24 season. The team will be based out of the Tri-Town Ice Arena and be members of the East Division.http://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=36290 On April 18th the organization would also be announced as having a team in the NA3HL starting with the 2023-24 season.http://na3hl.com/news/story.cfm?id=36493 The arena is the same arena as the New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs. When the NCDC held its' draft for the 2023-24 season the Monarchs were not part of the draft. The Boston Advantage also did not participate in the draft which was held in late April of 2023.https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/weekly-sports-league-and-franchise-report/n-5954555 Neither team played in the league for the 2023-24 season.
*On March 21, 2024 the United States Premier Hockey League announced the addition of the West Chester Wolves to the National Collegiate Development Conference and United States Premier Hockey League's Premier league for the 2024-25 season. The teams will be based out of the recently renovated PNY Sports Arena in West Chester, Pennsylvania.https://www.ncdchockey.com/west-chester-wolves-2024-25
*On April 2, 2024 the Boston Jr. Bruins announced that they had sold their franchise rights to an NCDC to the West Chester Wolves organization. The organization will continue to operate teams at the other levels of the USPHL.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/boston-junior-bruins-transfer-ncdc-franchise-to-west-chester-wolves-2/https://www.ncdchockey.com/junior-bruins-transfer-ncdc-franchise-to-west-chester-wolves
*On April 25, 2024 the league announced that the Provo Predators were purchased and would be relocating to Casper, Wyoming.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/usphl-announces-sale-of-ncdc-provo-predators-relocating-to-casper-wyoming/ No name was announced for the relocated team as part of the announcement. On May 22, 2024 the team announced its' name would be the Casper Warbirds.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/casper-ncdc-team-announces-its-new-team-name-casper-warbirds/
*On May 23, 2024 the Twin City Thunder announced that the team would be relocating to The Rinks at Exeter and appear to being renamed the Thunder Hockey Club.https://www.usphlpremier.com/thunder-hockey-club-exeter-nh-2024-25 As part of the announcement the team also indicated that it was adding a team to the Premier Division for the 2024-25 season.>https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/weekly-sports-league-and-franchise-report/n-6100285
*On June 19, 2024 the United States Premier Hockey League announced that the Boston Jr. Rangers and the Railers Jr. Hockey Club will both be joining the USPHL's NCDC and Premier leagues along with icing a combined team in the Elite league as the two teams have shared ownership in AXE Sports Group, Inc. Both organizations had been playing in the Eastern Hockey League. https://www.usphlpremier.com/boston-jr-rangers-railers-junior-hockey-club-join-usphl
*On June 25, 2024, the USPHL announced that the Seacoast Spartans would be leaving the Eastern Hockey League and joining the National Collegiate Hockey Conference for the 2024-25 season.https://www.ncdchockey.com/seacoast-spartans-to-join-ncdc-in-2024-25
==Teams==
New England Conference	New England Conference 	New England Conference
Team 	Location 	Arena
Boston Jr. Bruins 	Marlborough, Massachusetts 	New England Sports Center
Islanders Hockey Club 	Tyngsborough, Massachusetts	Skate 3
Northern Cyclones 	Hudson, New Hampshire 	Cyclones Arena
South Shore Kings 	Foxborough, Massachusetts 	Foxboro Sports Center
Twin City Thunder 	Auburn, Maine 	Norway Savings Bank Arena
Utica Jr. Comets 	Utica, New York 	Adirondack Bank Center atUtica Memorial Auditorium
South Conference 	South Conference 	South Conference
Team 	Location 	Arena
Connecticut Jr Rangers 	Stamford, Connecticut 	Chelsea Piers
Jersey Hitmen 	Wayne, New Jersey 	Capital One Bank Ice Vault Arena
Mercer Chiefs 	Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey	Ice-Land Skating Center
Rockets Hockey Club 	Berkeley Heights, New Jersey 	Prudential Center &Bridgewater Sports Arena
P.A.L. Jr. Islanders 	Hauppauge, New York& Syosset, New York 	The Rinx-Hidden Pond Park& Islanders Iceworks
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights	Pittston, Pennsylvania 	Revolution Ice Centre
Mountain Conference' 	Mountain Conference' 	Mountain Conference'
Idaho Falls Spud Kings	Idaho Falls, Idaho 	Hero Arena at the Mountain America Center
Ogden Mustangs 	Ogden, Utah 	The Ice Sheet at Ogden
Provo Predators 	Provo, Utah 	Peaks Ice Arena
Pueblo Bulls 	Pueblo, Colorado 	Pueblo Ice Arena
Rock Springs Grizzlies	Rock Springs, Wyoming 	Rock Springs Family Recreation Center
Utah Outliers 	West Valley City, Utah	Acord Ice Center
==Standings==
===New England Conference===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Islanders Hockey Club	52	36	11	4 	1 	173	122	77
South Shore Kings 	52	36	12	2 	2 	192	123	76
Utica Jr. Comets 	52	30	17	4 	1 	188	154	65
Boston Jr. Bruins 	52	25	23	3 	1 	158	196	54
Northern Cyclones 	52	17	26	6 	3 	142	177	43
Twin City Thunder 	52	16	31	4 	1 	107	169	37
===Atlantic Conference===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
P.A.L. Jr. Islanders 	52	40	7 	4 	1 	185	113	85
Mercer Chiefs 	52	27	22	2 	1 	169	173	57
Rockets Hockey Club 	52	21	23	6 	2 	164	194	50
Jersey Hitmen 	52	22	25	3 	2 	148	158	49
Connecticut Jr Rangers 	52	22	27	3 	0 	147	164	47
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights	52	20	25	6 	1 	147	177	47
===Mountain Conference===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Ogden Mustangs 	53	37	12	3 	1 	195	125	78
Utah Outliers 	53	36	13	2 	2 	189	139	76
Provo Predators 	53	28	19	1 	5 	162	159	62
Idaho Falls Spud Kings	53	24	23	4 	2 	150	172	54
Pueblo Bulls 	53	25	25	2 	1 	194	178	53
Rock Springs Grizzlies	53	9 	39	4 	1 	116	233	23
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The top five teams in the North Division the the top four teams in South Division qualify. The fourth and fifth place teams in the North meet in a sudden death game with the winner becoming the fourth seed. Division based with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd and winners meeting in Division Final and division winners meeting for the league championship. The Atlantic and New England Conference semifinal rounds are best-of-three, which the Mountain Conference is best-of-five. Each Conference Final is best-of-five. The New England and Atlantic Conference champions meet in a best-of-five series to determine a finalist with the winner playing in the Mountain Conference champion in a best-of-three series for the league championship.
====New England Conference Qualifier====
*Boston Jr. Bruins defeated Northern Cyclones 5-2
====Atlantic Conference Qualifier====
*Jersey Hitmen defeated Connecticut Jr Rangers 6-2
====New England Conference Semifinals====
*Islanders Hockey Club defeated Boston Jr. Bruins 2 games to none (5-1, 5-2) 
*South Shore Kings defeated Utica Jr. Comets 2 games to none (5-2, 2-1 (ot))
====Atlantic Conference Semifinals====
*P.A.L. Jr. Islanders defeated Jersey Hitmen 2 games to 1 (0-1, 3-1, 5-2)
*Mercer Chiefs defeated Rockets Hockey Club 2 games to 1 (1-6, 4-2, 4-2)
====Mountain Conference Semifinals====
*Ogden Mustangs defeated Idaho Falls Spud Kings 3 games to 1 (4-1, 3-1, 1-2 (ot), 4-3 (ot)) 
*Utah Outliers defeated Provo Predators 3 games to 1 (2-6, 4-2, 5-3, 2-0)
===New England Conference Final===
*South Shore Kings defeated Islanders Hockey Club 3 games to none (4-3 (2ot), 4-0, 6-2)
===Atlantic Conference Final===
*P.A.L. Jr. Islanders defeated Mercer Chiefs 3 games to 1 (6-1, 1-2, 7-4. 5-0) 
===Mountain Conference Final===
*Ogden Mustangs defeated Utah Outliers 3 games to none (4-1, 3-2 (2ot), 5-0)
===Semifinal===
*South Shore Kings defeated P.A.L. Jr. Islanders 3 games to 1 (3-4, 5-4 (ot), 5-2, 5-1)
===Final===
*South Shore Kings defeated Ogden Mustangs 2 games to 1 (3-7, 3-1, 4-3 (ot))
==References==
Category:2023-24 in ice hockey
Category:USPHL Seasons