2020-21 NCHC WEEKLY RELEASE National Collegiate Hockey Conference 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Week of April 5-11, 2021 Fax: 719-645-8206 Season 8, Week 16 - Frozen Four www.NCHCHockey.com Michael Weisman • O: 719-694-9924 • C: 513-310-4869 • [email protected] • @TheNCHC 2020-21 FINAL NCHC STANDINGS Conference Overall Pts./GP Pts. GP W L T OW OL SW GF GA GP W L T Win % GF GA 1. North Dakota 2.25 54 24 18 5 1 2 1 0 94 47 29 22 6 1 .776 114 57 2. St. Cloud State 1.88 45 24 15 9 0 3 3 0 78 64 29 19 10 0 .655 96 75 3. Minnesota Duluth 1.79 43 24 13 9 2 1 2 1 72 54 27 15 10 2 .593 82 63 4. Omaha 1.67 40 24 14 9 1 4 0 1 79 69 26 14 11 1 .558 85 81 5. Denver 1.41 31 22 9 12 1 0 2 1 61 60 24 10 13 1 .438 67 66 6. Western Michigan 1.38 33 24 10 11 3 1 0 1 73 84 25 10 12 3 .460 77 89 7. Colorado College 0.82 18 22 4 16 2 0 2 2 35 77 23 4 17 2 .217 36 79 8. Miami 0.75 18 24 5 17 2 0 1 0 46 83 25 5 18 2 .240 48 89 Teams are awarded three (3) points for each conference win in regulation, two (2) points for an overtime or shootout win, and one (1) point for an overtime or shootout loss. Overtime wins and losses appear in both the W and L columns, as well as the OTW and OTL columns in a team’s conference record. Shootouts only occur if a conference game remains tied after the lone overtime, which is now 3-on-3. Due to two teams not completing all 24 games this season, the NCHC used points-per-game (points/games played) to determine the order of the final standings. THIS WEEK’S GAMES NCHC NUMBERS TO KNOW NCAA FROZEN FOUR Five of the last six NCAA Tournaments (2015-2021), the National (PPG Paints Arena - Pittsburgh, Pa.) Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) has now had two teams make the Frozen Four, with Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State Thursday, April 8 5 qualifying for the 2021 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four. (2) No. 3/7 St. Cloud State vs. (2) No. 1/5 Minnesota State, 5:00 p.m. ET TV: ESPN2 (TSN.ca/TSN app in Canada) The NCHC has now placed 12 teams in the NCAA Men’s Frozen (3) No. 5/9 Minnesota Duluth vs. (2) No. 2/6 Massachusetts, 9:00 p.m. ET Four in its eight-year history (seven NCAA Tournaments), the most TV: ESPN2 (TSN.ca/TSN app in Canada) of any conference in that span. Hockey East is second with eight Saturday, April 10 12 teams in those seven Frozen Fours. The NCHC has had at least one National Championship game, 7:00 p.m. ET team in all seven NCAA Frozen Fours since the Conference began TV: ESPN & TSN play in 2013-14, the only conference to do so. PREVIOUS WEEK’S RESULTS The NCHC is home to the last four NCAA National Champions, NCAA REGIONALS including the last two by Minnesota Duluth (2018-2019). North Friday, March 26 Dakota started the NCHC’s run in 2016 and Denver won the 4 title in 2017. The last conference to win five straight National (3) No. 9/9 Minnesota Duluth vs. (2) No. 8/8 Michigan - No Contest Championships in men’s hockey was the WCHA (2002-06). NCAA Midwest Region Semifinal - Fargo, N.D. (1) No. 1/1 North Dakota 5, (4) No. 14/15 American International 1 NCAA Midwest Region Semifinal - Fargo, N.D. NCHC NEWS & NOTES Saturday, March 27 DRESSED FOUR SUCCESS: The NCHC has had success in the Frozen (2) No. 7/7 St. Cloud State 6, (3) No. 11/10 Boston University 2 Four, with its teams posting a combined 7-4 record against non- NCAA Northeast Region Semifinal - Albany, N.Y. conference foes (semifinals and championship) in its Frozen Four history (1) No. 2/2 Minnesota 7, (4) No. 12/12 Omaha 2 (since 2014). In national semifinals only, NCHC teams are 4-4 against NCAA West Region Semifinal - Loveland, Colo. non-conference teams. There were also two intra-conference Frozen (3) No. 9/9 Minnesota Duluth 3, (1) No. 1/1 North Dakota 2 (5OT) Four games with a national semifinal in 2016 and the 2017 National NCAA Midwest Region Fnal - Fargo, N.D. Championship, which featured Denver and Minnesota Duluth. There could be a second all-NCHC National Championship in 2021 if both St. Cloud Sunday, March 28 State and Minnesota Duluth advance. (2) No. 7/7 St. Cloud State 4, (1) No. 3/2 Boston College 1 NCAA Northeast Region Final - Albany, N.Y. FOUR IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT: Four NCHC teams earned a spot NCAA Tournament seed in ( ); NCHC teams in BOLD in the 2021 NCAA Tournament, with North Dakota earning the overall No. 1 seed and Omaha being a No. 4 seed, along with No. 2 seed St. Cloud Live Streaming State and third-seeded Minnesota Duluth. 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