The 2025 NCHC Tournament was the 11th

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in league history. It was played between March 14 and 22, 2025. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the semifinal and championship matches were held at the

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. As the tournament winner,

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, earned the NCHC's automatic bid to the

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Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were 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 advanced to the

for the NCHC Frozen Faceoff. The Frozen Faceoff uses a

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format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.

Standings

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals. Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Note: All game times are local.

Quarterfinals

(1) Western Michigan vs. (8) St. Cloud State

(2) Arizona State vs. (7) Minnesota Duluth

(3) Denver vs. (6) Colorado College

(4) Omaha vs. (5) North Dakota

Semifinals

(1) Western Michigan vs. (5) North Dakota

(2) Arizona State vs. (3) Denver

Championship

(1) Western Michigan vs. (3) Denver

Tournament awards

References

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