2022–23 NCHC men's ice hockey season

The 2022–23 NCHC men's ice hockey season was the 10th season of play for National Collegiate Hockey Conference and took place during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 1, 2022 and concluded on March 25, 2023. 
*On July 5, 2023 the National Collegiate Hockey Conference announced the addition of the Arizona State Sun Devils Men's Ice Hockey team to the conference for the 2024-25 playing season. Arizona State previously played as an independent.https://nchchockey.com/news/2023/7/5/mens-ice-hockey-arizona-state-to-join-nchc-starting-in-2024-2025-season.aspx
==Coaches==
===Records===
Team 	Head coach	Season at school	Record at school	NCHC record
Colorado College	 	2 	9–24–3 	6–17–1
Denver 	 	5 	86–43–13 	49–37–9
Miami 	 	4 	20–66–9 	14–53–6
Minnesota Duluth	 	23 	428–348–95 	117–79–21
North Dakota 	 	8 	162–77–25 	102–52–15
Omaha 	 	6 	75–86–9 	48–65–7
St. Cloud State 	 	5 	81–47–13 	54–33–9
Western Michigan	 	2 	26–12–1 	14–9–1
==Standings==
==Non-Conference record==
Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.
NCHC had a good season against non-conference opponents. While only one member team had a losing record outside of league play (Colorado College), three teams were only just above .500. Additionally, most of the conference's wins came against either the CCHA or Independent programs, many of which were low-ranked teams and didn't help the NCHC's position as much as they otherwise could have. This caused the NCHC to have just three teams in the top 15 of the rankings as opposed to the five they had the year before with a nearly-identical overall record.
===Regular season record===
Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Total
Colorado College	1–1–0	0–0–0	0–0–0 	1–3–0	0–0–0	2–2–0 	4–6–0
Denver 	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0 	0–0–0	2–2–0	5–1–0 	7–3–0
Miami 	3–1–0	0–2–0	1–0–1 	0–0–0	1–1–0	0–0–0 	5–4–1
Minnesota Duluth	0–0–0	0–2–0	1–2–1 	2–0–0	0–0–0	2–0–0 	5–4–1
North Dakota 	2–0–0	0–0–0	2–1–1 	0–1–1	0–0–0	2–1–0 	6–3–2
Omaha 	0–2–0	0–0–0	1–0–1 	1–1–0	0–0–0	3–1–0 	5–4–1
St. Cloud State 	0–0–0	3–1–0	5–1–0 	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0 	8–2–0
Western Michigan	0–0–0	1–3–0	5–0–0 	0–0–0	1–0–0	1–1–0 	8–4–0
Overall 	6–4–0	4–8–0	15–4–4	4–5–1	4–3–0	15–6–0	48–30–5
==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	 	24	11	20	31 	6
 	Senior 	 	24	17	12	29 	11
 	Senior 	 	24	17	12	29 	31
 	Freshman 	 	24	10	19	29 	14
 	Senior 	 	24	12	13	25 	18
 	Sophomore	 	24	15	9 	24 	24
 	Freshman 	 	24	6 	18	24 	12
 	Junior 	 	24	13	10	23 	27
 	Freshman 	 	22	9 	14	23 	4
 	Sophomore	 	23	8 	15	23 	8
 	Junior 	 	24	8 	15	23 	0
===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
 	Freshman	 	12	675:51 	7 	3 	1	22	2 	.933	1.95
 	Senior 	 	22	1291:16	17	4 	0	48	4 	.915	2.23
 	Freshman	 	22	1221:26	5 	13	2	46	3 	.930	2.26
 	Junior 	 	24	1406:57	15	7 	1	55	2 	.912	2.35
 	Graduate	 	20	1106:18	9 	5 	4	44	3 	.902	2.39
==Conference tournament==
==NCAA tournament==
===Regional semifinal===
====East====
====West====
===Regional final===
====West====
==Ranking==
===USCHO===
Colorado College	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	-
Denver 	1 	-	1 	1 	4 	3 	2 	2 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	-	1 	4 	3 	5 	4 	4 	3 	3 	3 	3 	3 	4 	-	-
Miami 	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	-
Minnesota Duluth	5 	-	4 	4 	10	19	19	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	-
North Dakota 	4 	-	3 	3 	7 	6 	10	12	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	17	17	-	-
Omaha 	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	19	16	15	14	14	17	18	20	-	-
St. Cloud State 	13	-	10	10	8 	2 	4 	4 	4 	3 	3 	4 	4 	-	4 	3 	4 	1 	5 	6 	6 	6 	6 	7 	7 	6 	-	-
Western Michigan	14	-	18	18	17	17	18	17	14	15	14	17	18	-	13	12	10	9 	10	9 	8 	5 	8 	7 	9 	9 	-	-
===USA Today===
Colorado College	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	-
Denver 	1 	1 	1 	1 	4 	3 	2 	2 	1 	1 	2 	1 	1 	2 	2 	3 	3 	3 	4 	4 	3 	3 	3 	3 	3 	4 	-	-
Miami 	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	-
Minnesota Duluth	5 	5 	4 	4 	10	19	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	-
North Dakota 	4 	4 	3 	3 	7 	7 	11	13	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	16	16	-	-
Omaha 	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	16	16	15	15	14	18	19	NR	-	-
St. Cloud State 	13	13	11	10	8 	2 	4 	4 	5 	3 	3 	4 	4 	4 	4 	4 	4 	1 	5 	6 	6 	6 	6 	8 	7 	6 	-	-
Western Michigan	12	12	18	18	17	16	18	17	12	15	14	17	19	19	14	12	10	9 	10	9 	8 	5 	8 	8 	9 	11	-	-
===Pairwise===
Colorado College	22	9 	24	45	47	45	34	42	45	45	41	31	30	29	33	33	35	30	39	38	40	36	31
Denver 	22	1 	15	6 	5 	3 	2 	1 	5 	3 	4 	3 	5 	4 	5 	7 	6 	5 	4 	3 	3 	3 	4
Miami 	12	8 	18	5 	15	26	28	29	37	36	35	39	41	44	46	46	44	44	47	43	44	44	45
Minnesota Duluth	10	32	35	38	35	33	42	38	32	39	39	33	28	36	31	24	24	24	23	25	23	22	22
North Dakota 	22	39	12	24	31	23	27	28	22	22	22	17	13	22	23	19	20	22	21	21	21	18	18
Omaha 	22	50	51	47	30	35	30	31	25	21	27	24	26	22	20	17	16	17	13	16	18	19	20
St. Cloud State 	3 	15	7 	1 	2 	2 	6 	4 	4 	4 	6 	5 	3 	5 	2 	5 	7 	7 	5 	5 	7 	7 	6
Western Michigan	13	18	22	13	20	15	11	18	13	18	22	14	12	10	9 	10	8 	8 	6 	9 	8 	10	10
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==
===NCHC===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Player of the Year 	Player of the Year 	Jason Polin, Western Michigan
Rookie of the Year 	Rookie of the Year 	Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Goaltender of the Year 	Goaltender of the Year 	Magnus Chrona, Denver
Forward of the Year 	Forward of the Year 	Jason Polin, Western Michigan
Defensive Defenseman of the Year 	Defensive Defenseman of the Year	Justin Lee, Denver
Offensive Defenseman of the Year 	Offensive Defenseman of the Year	Michael Benning, Denver
Defensive Forward of the Year 	Defensive Forward of the Year 	Jami Krannila, St. Cloud State
Scholar-Athlete of the Year 	Scholar-Athlete of the Year 	Ethan Frisch, North Dakota
Three Stars Award 	Three Stars Award 	Magnus Chrona, Denver
Sportsmanship Award 	Sportsmanship Award 	Spencer Meier, St. Cloud State
Herb Brooks Coach of the Year 	Herb Brooks Coach of the Year 	Pat Ferschweiler, Western Michigan
 	 	
First Team 	  Position   	Second Team
Magnus Chrona, Denver 	G 	Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College
Michael Benning, Denver 	D 	Jack Peart, St. Cloud State
Chris Jandric, North Dakota 	D 	Wyatt Kaiser, Minnesota Duluth
Jason Polin, Western Michigan 	F 	Carter Mazur, Denver
Massimo Rizzo, Denver 	F 	Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Jami Krannila, St. Cloud State 	F 	Riese Gaber, North Dakota
Honorable Mention 	  Position   	Rookie Team
Simon Latkoczy, Omaha 	G 	Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College
Sean Behrens, Denver 	D 	Joaquim Lemay, Omaha
Dylan Anhorn, St. Cloud State 	D 	Jacob Guevin, Omaha
Hunter McKown, Colorado College 	F 	Jackson Blake, North Dakota
Ben Steeves, Minnesota Duluth 	F 	Ryan McAllister, Western Michigan
Jack Randl, Omaha 	F 	Ben Steeves, Minnesota Duluth
Ryan McAllister, Western Michigan	F 	
Zach Okabe, St. Cloud State 	F 	
===NCHC Tournament===
 	 	
Jami Krannila	Jami Krannila	Minnesota Duluth
 	 	
Player 	Pos 	Team
Jaxon Castor 	G 	St. Cloud State
Bryan Yoon 	D 	Colorado College
Jack Peart 	D 	St. Cloud State
Jami Krannila	F 	St. Cloud State
Zach Okabe 	F 	St. Cloud State
Hunter McKown	F 	Colorado College
==References==
==External links==
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