2023–24 NCHC season

The 2023–24 NCHC season is the 11th season of play for National Collegiate Hockey Conference and takes place during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season will began on October 7, 2023, and conclude on March 9, 2023.
==St. Thomas==
On May 15, 2024 it was annouced that the St. Thomas Tommies would be leaving the Central Collegiate Hockey Association for the National Collegiate Hockey Conference for the 2026-27 season.https://www.uscho.com/2024/05/15/st-thomas-leaving-ccha-will-join-nchc-to-create-10-team-conference-for-2026-27-college-hockey-season/
==Coaches==
===Records===
Team 	Head coach	Season at school	Record at school	NCHC record
Colorado College	 	3 	22–46–6 	12–32–3
Denver 	 	6 	116–53–13 	68–42–9
Miami 	 	5 	28–90–13 	17–71–9
Minnesota Duluth	 	24 	444–368–96 	127–93–21
North Dakota 	 	9 	180–92–31 	112–62–19
Omaha 	 	7 	94–101–12 	61–74–9
St. Cloud State 	 	6 	106–60–16 	66–42–12
Western 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 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Total
Colorado 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 	9–2–1
Miami 	4–2–0 	0–0–0	1–1–0 	0–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–1 	6–3–1
Minnesota Duluth	1–0–0 	0–1–1	3–0–2 	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–0–0 	4–4–3
North Dakota 	1–0–0 	1–0–0	3–0–1 	1–1–0	0–0–0	2–0–0 	8–1–1
Omaha 	2–0–0 	0–1–1	2–0–0 	0–0–0	1–0–0	2–1–0 	7–2–1
St. Cloud State 	0–0–0 	0–1–1	3–3–0 	0–0–0	0–0–0	1–1–0 	4–5–1
Western Michigan	0–0–0 	0–0–0	3–0–1 	2–0–0	0–0–0	4–0–0 	9–0–1
Overall 	12–2–0	2–4–3	15–5–5	7–3–0	2–2–0	15–4–2	53–20–10
==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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Denver 	4 	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Miami 	NR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota Duluth	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Dakota 	7 	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Omaha 	NR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. Cloud State 	8 	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Western Michigan	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
===USA Today===
Colorado College	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Denver 	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Miami 	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota Duluth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Dakota 	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Omaha 	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. Cloud State 	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Western Michigan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
===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	15
Denver 	1 	14	21	11	2 	4 	7 	4 	7 	8 	8 	6 	8 	6 	6 	8 	7 	5 	6 	3 	3 	3 	3
Miami 	11	13	4 	4 	31	36	43	43	41	43	45	41	40	44	43	44	47	47	45	46	47	49	49
Minnesota Duluth	23	30	22	35	28	41	41	47	39	33	33	32	31	25	26	26	25	26	27	28	26	30	30
North Dakota 	32	2 	6 	15	8 	7 	4 	6 	1 	5 	6 	6 	7 	3 	2 	2 	2 	3 	3 	3 	3 	3 	6
Omaha 	32	45	44	33	43	38	21	19	21	23	23	23	18	20	19	19	17	18	17	16	11	11	10
St. Cloud State 	15	37	41	52	23	14	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	11	13	14	13	11	11	14	15	14	15
Western 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==
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Player of the Year 	Player of the Year 	Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Rookie of the Year 	Rookie of the Year 	Zeev Buium, Denver
Goaltender of the Year 	Goaltender of the Year 	Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College
Forward of the Year 	Forward of the Year 	Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Defensive Defenseman of the Year	Defensive Defenseman of the Year	Sean Behrens, Denver
Offensive Defenseman of the Year	Offensive Defenseman of the Year	Zeev Buium, Denver
Defensive Forward of the Year 	Defensive Forward of the Year 	Noah Laba, Colorado College
Scholar-Athlete of the Year 	Scholar-Athlete of the Year 	Luke Grainger, Western Michigan
Three Stars Award 	Three Stars Award 	Noah Laba, Colorado College
Sportsmanship Award 	Sportsmanship Award 	Darian Gotz, Minnesota Duluth
Herb Brooks Coach of the Year 	Herb Brooks Coach of the Year 	Kris Mayotte, Colorado College
Frozen Faceoff MVP 	Frozen 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
Šimon 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
==References==
==External links==
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