NCHA Men's Tournament

The NCHA men's tournament is an annual Division III conference tournament that has taken place since 1986. The winner of the tournament has received an automatic bit to the NCAA Tournament since they were first offered in 2000.
==History==
When the NCHA formed in 1981 the NCAA was already holding a preliminary tournament to help determine the bids for the NCAA Tournament. They continued to do so until 1985 after which the western conferences began playing their own postseason tournaments. For the first year the NCHA tournament format was a Two-game, total goal series for both rounds. That was changed to a point system the following year; the teams would play two games against one another and whoever had the most points would advance (2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie). If the two teams were tied after two games than a 20-minute 'mini-game' was played to determine the winner. In 1993 the tournament was expanded to include all 6 teams with all rounds following the same point system format. Two seasons later the tournament was expanded again, this time to 8 teams, before returning to a 6-team championship the following year. In 1997 Bemidji State was no longer eligible to participate in any Division III tournament but remained in the NCHA for three more seasons. The following year the 8-team tournament was restored. When Lake Forest left the conference in 2009 the tournament shifted to a 7-team format but was restored to an 8-team arrangement after membership was reshuffled in 2013.
In 2016 the conference standings were altered by splitting teams into two divisions, North and South. The tournament was also changed to include only six teams, three from each division, with the top teams advancing to the semifinal round. The remaining teams would play within their division for the quarterfinals and then the opposite divisions for the semifinals. Two years later the tournament was returned to an 8-team format, however, the teams would play both the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds within their divisions leaving the championship as the only interdivisional game.
==1986==
Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Bemidji State 	12–6–0
2 	Mankato State 	11–5–2
3 	St. Scholastica 	11–6–1
4 	Wisconsin–River Falls	11–5–0
==1987==
Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	St. Cloud State 	13–6–1
2 	Mankato State 	13–6–1
3 	Bemidji State 	12–7–1
4 	Wisconsin–River Falls	15–5–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==1988==
Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Wisconsin–River Falls 	20–4–0
2 	Bemidji State 	15–6–3
3 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	15–7–2
4 	Mankato State 	14–8–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==1989==
Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	23–1–0
2 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	13–8–3
3 	Bemidji State 	12–10–2
4 	Mankato State 	11–10–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==1990==
Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	19–2–3
2 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	15–8–1
3 	Mankato State 	13–9–2
4 	Wisconsin–River Falls 	11–10–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==1991==
Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Mankato State 	16–3–5
2 	Bemidji State 	17–4–3
3 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	16–8–0
4 	Wisconsin–Superior 	13–11–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==1992==
Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	14–4–2
2 	Wisconsin–Superior 	14–5–1
3 	Mankato State 	11–7–2
4 	Bemidji State 	9–8–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==1993==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	17–1–2 	4 	Wisconsin–Superior 	9–11–0
2 	Bemidji State 	14–6–0 	5 	Lake Forest 	5–15–0
3 	Wisconsin–River Falls 	10–9–1 	6 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	3–16–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==1994==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Wisconsin–Superior 	13–4–3 	4 	Wisconsin–River Falls	10–6–4
2 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	13–6–1 	5 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	3–15–2
3 	Bemidji State 	12–6–2 	6 	Lake Forest 	2–16–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==1995==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Bemidji State 	16–3–1 	5 	Wisconsin–River Falls	10–6–4
2 	Wisconsin–Superior 	14–5–1 	6 	St. Norbert 	6–12–2
3 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	10–5–5 	7 	Lake Forest 	5–13–2
4 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	12–8–0 	8 	St. Scholastica 	0–20–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==1996==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Wisconsin–River Falls	16–3–1 	4 	St. Norbert 	9–9–2
2 	Bemidji State 	13–5–2 	5 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	7–12–1
3 	Wisconsin–Superior 	12–6–2 	6 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	7–12–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==1997==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	St. Norbert 	16–4–0 	4 	Wisconsin–River Falls	13–7–0
2 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	14–5–1 	5 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	7–12–1
3 	Wisconsin–Superior 	13–6–1 	6 	Wisconsin–Stout 	6–14–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==1998==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	St. Norbert 	17–3–0 	5 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	6–14–0
2 	Wisconsin–River Falls 	14–5–1 	6 	Lake Forest 	5–13–2
3 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	14–6–0 	7 	Wisconsin–Stout 	3–16–1
4 	Wisconsin–Superior 	14–6–0 	8 	St. Scholastica 	1–19–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==1999==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	St. Norbert 	12–2–2 	5 	Wisconsin–Stout 	6–9–1
2 	Wisconsin–River Falls 	12–4–0 	6 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	4–10–2
3 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	10–6–0 	7 	Lake Forest 	4–12–0
4 	Wisconsin–Superior 	9–6–1 	8 	St. Scholastica 	2–14–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2000==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	12–2–0 	5 	Lake Forest 	7–7–0
2 	St. Norbert 	10–3–1 	6 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	5–9–0
3 	Wisconsin–Superior 	10–4–0 	7 	Wisconsin–Stout 	1–12–1
4 	Wisconsin–River Falls 	8–4–2 	8 	St. Scholastica 	1–13–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2001==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Wisconsin–Superior 	11–3–0 	5 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	7–7–0
2 	Wisconsin–River Falls	10–4–0 	6 	St. Scholastica 	3–10–1
3 	St. Norbert 	9–4–1 	7 	Lake Forest 	3–11–0
4 	Wisconsin–Stout 	9–5–0 	8 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	3–11–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2002==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	St. Norbert 	12–0–2 	5 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	7–6–1
2 	Wisconsin–Superior 	8–3–3 	6 	Lake Forest 	4–10–0
3 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	8–4–2 	7 	Wisconsin–Stout 	4–10–0
4 	Wisconsin–River Falls 	7–5–2 	8 	St. Scholastica 	1–13–0
Note: As the top seed, St. Norbert's arena was used for the semifinal and championship rounds.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2003==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	St. Norbert 	12–1–1 	5 	Lake Forest 	6–7–1
2 	Wisconsin–Superior 	11–2–1 	6 	St. Scholastica 	2–11–1
3 	Wisconsin–River Falls 	11–2–1 	7 	Wisconsin–Stout 	2–12–0
4 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	8–6–0 	8 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	1–12–1
Note: As the top seed, St. Norbert's arena was used for the semifinal and championship rounds.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2004==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	St. Norbert 	11–2–1 	5 	Wisconsin–Stout 	5–7–2
2 	Wisconsin–River Falls	8–3–3 	6 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	5–7–2
3 	Wisconsin–Superior 	7–4–3 	7 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	4–9–1
4 	Lake Forest 	7–5–2 	8 	St. Scholastica 	1–11–2
Note: As the top seed, St. Norbert's arena was used for the semifinal and championship rounds.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2005==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	St. Norbert 	12–0–2 	5 	Lake Forest 	7–7–0
2 	Wisconsin–Superior 	9–2–3 	6 	Wisconsin–Stout 	2–9–3
3 	Wisconsin–River Falls 	9–5–0 	7 	St. Scholastica 	2–10–2
4 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	7–6–1 	8 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	1–10–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2006==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	St. Norbert 	10–2–2 	5 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	6–6–2
2 	Wisconsin–River Falls	9–4–1 	6 	St. Scholastica 	6–7–1
3 	Wisconsin–Superior 	7–5–2 	7 	Wisconsin–Stout 	6–8–0
4 	Lake Forest 	7–7–0 	8 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	0–12–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2007==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Wisconsin–River Falls	10–3–1 	5 	St. Scholastica 	6–7–1
2 	St. Norbert 	10–3–1 	6 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	3–10–1
3 	Wisconsin–Stout 	10–3–1 	7 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	2–9–3
4 	Wisconsin–Superior 	9–4–1 	8 	Lake Forest 	0–11–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2008==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	St. Norbert 	10–0–4 	5 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	6–7–1
2 	Wisconsin–River Falls	8–5–1 	6 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	5–6–3
3 	Wisconsin–Stout 	7–5–2 	7 	St. Scholastica 	4–7–3
4 	Wisconsin–Superior 	6–4–4 	8 	Lake Forest 	1–13–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2009==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Wisconsin–Superior	11–1–2 	5 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	6–7–1
2 	Wisconsin–Stout 	10–2–2 	6 	Wisconsin–River Falls 	4–9–1
3 	St. Scholastica 	9–4–1 	7 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	3–10–1
4 	St. Norbert 	8–5–1 	8 	Lake Forest 	0–13–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2010==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	St. Norbert 	14–2–2 	5 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	6–12–0
2 	St. Scholastica 	11–3–4 	6 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	4–10–4
3 	Wisconsin–River Falls	9–7–2 	7 	Wisconsin–Superior 	3–11–4
4 	Wisconsin–Stout 	6–8–4 	 	 	
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2011==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	St. Norbert 	14–3–1 	5 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	8–9–1
2 	Wisconsin–Superior 	10–8–0 	6 	Wisconsin–River Falls	7–10–1
3 	Wisconsin–Stout 	10–8–0 	7 	St. Scholastica 	4–14–0
4 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	8–9–1 	 	 	
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2012==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	St. Norbert 	12–4–2 	5 	Wisconsin–Superior 	4–7–7
2 	St. Scholastica 	9–5–4 	6 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	5–11–2
3 	Wisconsin–River Falls 	10–6–2 	7 	Wisconsin–Stout 	4–13–1
4 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	8–6–4 	 	 	
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2013==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Wisconsin–Eau Claire 	14–3–1 	5 	Wisconsin–Superior 	6–10–2
2 	St. Norbert 	13–4–1 	6 	Wisconsin–River Falls	5–9–4
3 	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	8–9–1 	7 	Wisconsin–Stout 	5–13–0
4 	St. Scholastica 	7–10–1 	 	 	
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2014==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	St. Norbert 	16–2–0 	5 	Marian 	10–7–1
2 	Adrian 	14–1–3 	6 	Concordia (WI)	7–9–2
3 	St. Scholastica	10–5–3 	7 	MSOE 	6–12–0
4 	Lake Forest 	11–7–0 	8 	Lawrence 	5–12–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2015==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Adrian 	16–1–1 	5 	Marian 	9–8–1
2 	St. Norbert	13–4–1 	6 	St. Scholastica	8–8–2
3 	Lake Forest	12–5–1 	7 	Lawrence 	6–12–0
4 	MSOE 	11–7–0 	8 	Concordia (WI) 	4–14–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2016==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
N1 	St. Norbert 	17–2–1 	S1 	Adrian 	17–2–1
N2 	St. Scholastica	12–7–1 	S2 	Marian 	15–4–1
N3 	Lawrence 	8–9–3 	S3 	Concordia (WI)	7–10–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2017==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
N1 	St. Norbert 	15–4–1 	S1 	Adrian 	17–3–0
N2 	St. Scholastica	10–9–1 	S2 	Marian 	12–7–1
N3 	Northland 	9–10–1 	S3 	Lake Forest	12–8–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==2018==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
N1 	St. Norbert 	15–3–0 	S1 	Adrian 	17–1–0
N2 	Marian 	12–6–0 	S2 	Concordia (WI)	12–6–0
N3 	St. Scholastica	9–8–1 	S3 	Lake Forest 	10–6–2
N4 	Lawrence 	8–9–1 	S4 	MSOE 	7–10–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2019==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
N1 	St. Norbert	14–3–1 	S1 	Adrian 	13–4–1
N2 	Marian 	11–5–2 	S2 	Lake Forest	9–5–4
N3 	Northland 	9–7–2 	S3 	Aurora 	8–9–1
N4 	Finlandia 	6–10–2 	S4 	MSOE 	7–8–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2020==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
N1 	Marian 	13–7–0 	S1 	Adrian 	15–3–2
N2 	St. Norbert 	11–7–2 	S2 	Lake Forest	14–4–2
N3 	Lawrence 	5–13–2 	S3 	Trine 	10–7–3
N4 	St. Scholastica	5–14–1 	S4 	Aurora 	8–6–6
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2021==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School	Conference record
N1 	Concordia (WI) 	6–2–0–1–1–0 	S1 	Adrian	8–0–0–0–0–0
N2 	Marian 	5–3–0–0–0–0 	S2 	Aurora	4–4–0–1–1–0
N3 	Lawrence 	4–4–0–0–1–0 	S3 	MSOE 	3–4–1–1–2–1
N4 	St. Scholastica	4–4–0–1–1–0 	S4 	Trine 	3–4–1–1–0–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2022==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Adrian 	18–0–0–0–0–0 	5 	Lawrence 	8–8–2–0–0–1
2 	St. Norbert	16–2–0–0–0–0 	6 	MSOE 	8–9–1–0–0–1
3 	Aurora 	12–6–0–0–0–0 	7 	Marian 	5–11–2–0–0–2
4 	Trine 	11–7–0–0–0–0 	8 	Lake Forest	5–11–2–0–0–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2023==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Adrian 	13–4–1–1–0–1 	5 	MSOE 	9–9–0–1–2–0
2 	Aurora 	13–3–2–2–0–0 	6 	Marian 	8–8–2–3–2–1
3 	St. Norbert	12–5–1–0–2–0 	7 	Lake Forest 	7–8–3–2–0–2
4 	Trine 	12–6–0–1–2–0 	8 	Concordia (WI)	4–13–1–1–2–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==2024==
Seed	School 	Conference record	Seed	School 	Conference record
1 	Adrian 	16–2–0–1–0–0 	5 	MSOE 	8–9–1–1–2–1
2 	St. Norbert	15–3–0–3–0–0 	6 	Lawrence 	6–10–2–1–1–0
3 	Trine 	13–5–0–3–1–0 	7 	Marian 	5–12–1–1–2–1
4 	Aurora 	12–6–0–1–0–0 	8 	Concordia (WI)	6–12–0–2–2–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics
==Championships==
===Current Teams===
School	Championships
 	16
 	5
 	1
===Former Teams===
School 	Championships
Wisconsin–Superior 	6
Wisconsin–Stevens Point	5
Bemidji State 	2
Wisconsin–River Falls 	2
St. Cloud State 	1
Wisconsin–Stout 	1
==References==
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