2015 NCHC Tournament

The 2015 NCHC Tournament was the second tournament in league history. It was played between March 13 and March 21, 2015. 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, Miami received the NCHC's automatic bid to the 2015 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/news_article/show/491055?referrer_id=878553
===Conference Standings===
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
 Team GP W L T SW GF GA P overall GP W L T GF GA
 North Dakota 24 16 6 2 0 72 55 50 35 25 7 3 117 76
 Miami(Ohio) 24 13 9 1 1 73 60 44 34 21 12 1 102 78
 Nebraska-Omaha 24 9 8 4 3 67 56 43 34 18 10 6 94 80
 Denver 24 12 10 1 1 79 68 41 34 20 12 2 109 83
 Minnesota-Duluth 24 12 9 3 0 68 59 39 36 20 13 3 106 85
 St. Cloud State 24 11 12 1 0 69 56 34 34 16 17 1 95 85
 Western Micigan 24 2 13 5 4 51 73 27 34 13 16 5 88 93
 Colorado College 24 1 19 3 1 43 95 10 33 6 24 3 78 128
==Bracket==
Teams are reseeded after the first round
* denotes overtime periods
==Results==
===Quarterfinals===
All times are local.
====(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Colorado College====
====(2) Miami vs. (7) Western Michigan====
====(3) Omaha vs. (6) St. Cloud State====
====(4) Denver vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth====
===Semifinals===
====(1) North Dakota vs. (6) St. Cloud State====
====(2) Miami vs. (4) Denver====
===Third Place===
====(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Denver====
===Championship===
====(2) Miami vs. (6) St. Cloud State====
==Tournament awards==
===Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team===
*F Blake Coleman* (Miami)
*F Austin Czarnik (Miami)
*F Joey Benik (St. Cloud State)
*D Louie Belpedio (Miami)
*D Tim Daly (St. Cloud State)
*G Charlie Lindgren (St. Cloud State)
* Most Valuable Player(s)
==References==
NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Category:National Collegiate Hockey Conference Tournament
Category:Ice hockey in Minnesota
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