The 2023–24 NCDC season was the 7th season of the National Collegiate Development Conference (NCDC) Division of the

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(USPHL). The regular season ran from September 2023 to March 2024 with a slightly unbalanced schedule. The P.A.L. Jr. Islanders won the regular season championship. The

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defeated the

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2 games to 1 to capture the Dineen Cup.

Member changes

* On June 30, 2022, the USPHL announced that they would be transferring the entire Mountain Division of their Tier III league (Premier) to the NCDC for this season. Originally the

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, Northern Colorado Eagles,

, Provo Predators,

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and Utah Outliers were to be added. However, the after the Eagles franchise lost access to its home arena thanks to expansion from the

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, the USPHL then promoted the Rock Springs Grizzlies to the NCDC as well. * When the USPHL held its annual draft for the 2023–24 season, neither the New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs nor the

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participated. Their absence went without comment by the league and they were not included on the schedule when it was released later in the summer.

Regular season

The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows: ''Note: x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title''

Standings

Atlantic Conference

Mountain Conference

New England Conference

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games.

Dineen Cup playoffs

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

References

General reference

External links

Official website of the National Collegiate Development Conference
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