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[email protected] Tuesday, May 24, 2016 For Immediate Release NCHC 2015-16 Season: Year in Review Summarizing the conference’s third season and looking ahead to the future COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Looking back on a successful third season of the National College Hockey Conference (NCHC), the NCHC has built upon its first two seasons of competition while continuing to make strides and improvements both on and off the ice. Among the highlights of the 2015-16 campaign was a new 3-on-3 overtime format, a new television partner, the creation of the NCHC Postgraduate Scholarship and the conference’s first NCAA National Champion in North Dakota. The NCHC held its Annual Meeting with all coaches, Athletic Directors and Faculty Athletics Representatives in Naples, Fla. April 25-26, along with Presidents/Chancellors in Colorado Springs, Colo. May 19, to discuss several topics, including a recap of last season, as well as possible changes for the future. The following is a review of the NCHC’s successes and accomplishments during 2015-16, which includes some topics discussed at the Annual Meeting, as well as other possible changes for the future and some changes that have already been approved. “Collectively, the membership of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference continues to set the bar higher each and every year.