The 2017
NCHC Tournament was the fourth
tournament in league history. It was played between March 10 and March 18, 2017. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the
Target Center in
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...
. By winning the tournament,
Minnesota-Duluth
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received the NCHC's automatic bid to the
2017 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.
Conference standings
''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against''
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
* denotes overtime periods
Results
All times are local.
Quarterfinals
(1) Denver vs. (8) Colorado College
(2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (7) Miami
(3) Western Michigan vs. (6) Nebraska-Omaha
(4) North Dakota vs. (5) St. Cloud State
Semifinals
(1) Denver vs. (4) North Dakota
(2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (3) Western Michigan
Third place
(1) Denver vs. (3) Western Michigan
Championship
(2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (4) North Dakota
Tournament awards
Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team
*F
Alex Iafallo*
(Minnesota-Duluth)
*F
Tyson Jost (North Dakota)
*F
Dominic Toninato (Minnesota-Duluth)
*D
Tucker Poolman
Tucker Poolman (born June 8, 1993) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career Early career
Born in Iowa, Poolman grew up in East Grand Forks ...
(North Dakota)
*D
Neal Pionk
Neal Robert Pionk (born July 29, 1995) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). An undrafted player, Pionk was signed by the New York Rangers as a college free agent from the Un ...
(Minnesota-Duluth)
*G
Hunter Miksa
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(Minnesota-Duluth)
Notes:
*
* Most Valuable Player(s)
References
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NCHC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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