2018 NCHC Tournament

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 Xcel Energy 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nchchockey.com/page/show/878713-format|title=Format|publisher=|accessdate=14 April 2017|archive-date=7 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607095121/http://www.nchchockey.com/page/show/878713-format|url-status=dead}}

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

{{2017–18 NCHC standings}}

Teams are reseeded after the first round

{{8TeamBracket-reseed

| sets=3/1/1

| RD1=Quarterfinals
March 9–11

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1=St. Cloud State

| RD1-score1-1=5

| RD1-score1-2=2

| RD1-score1-3=4*

| RD1-seed2=8

| RD1-team2=Miami

| RD1-score2-1=2

| RD1-score2-2=3*

| RD1-score2-3=3

| RD1-seed3=2

| RD1-team3=Denver

| RD1-score3-1=0

| RD1-score3-2=3

| RD1-score3-3=6

| RD1-seed4=7

| RD1-team4=Colorado College

| RD1-score4-1=2

| RD1-score4-2=2

| RD1-score4-3=1

| RD1-seed5=3

| RD1-team5=Minnesota-Duluth

| RD1-score5-1=5

| RD1-score5-2=2

| RD1-score5-3=—

| RD1-seed6=6

| RD1-team6=Western Michigan

| RD1-score6-1=0

| RD1-score6-2=0

| RD1-score6-3=—

| RD1-seed7=4

| RD1-team7=North Dakota

| RD1-score7-1=4

| RD1-score7-2=4*

| RD1-score7-3=—

| RD1-seed8=5

| RD1-team8=Omaha

| RD1-score8-1=0

| RD1-score8-2=3

| RD1-score8-3=—

| RD2=Semifinals
March 16

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1=St. Cloud State

| RD2-score1=3*

| RD2-seed2=4

| RD2-team2=North Dakota

| RD2-score2=2

| RD2-seed3=2

| RD2-team3=Denver

| RD2-score3=3

| RD2-seed4=3

| RD2-team4=Minnesota-Duluth

| RD2-score4=1

| RD3=Championship
March 17

| RD3-seed1=1

| RD3-team1=St. Cloud State

| RD3-score1=1

| RD3-seed2=2

| RD3-team2=Denver

| RD3-score2=4

| RD3b=Third Place

| RD3b-seed1=3

| RD3b-team1=Minnesota-Duluth

| RD3b-score1=1

| RD3b-seed2=4

| RD3b-team2=North Dakota

| RD3b-score2=4

}}

* denotes overtime periods

All times are local.

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = St. Cloud State

|team2 = Miami

|stadium1 = Herb Brooks National Hockey Center

|date1 = March 9

|score1 = 5 – 2

|recap1 = http://collegehockeystats.net/1718/boxes/mmiastc1.m09

|won1 = 1

|1-1-1 = (Winiecki, Benson) Jack Ahcan - 06:02

|1-1-2 = 15:28 - Kiefer Sherwood (Hutton, Belpedio)

|1-2-1 = (Jackson, Brodzinski) Jimmy Schuldt - PP - 06:11
(unassisted) Blake Lizotte - GW - 15:14

|1-3-1 = (Jackson, Borgen) Easton Brodzinski - PP - 11:39
(Fitzgerald, Ahcan) Mikey Eyssimont - EN - 18:50

|1-3-2 = 04:26 - Gordie Green (Sherwood, Hutton)

|goalie1-1 = ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Dávid Hrenák

|goalie1-2 = Ryan Larkin ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

|date2 = March 10

|score2 = 2 – 3

|recap2 = http://collegehockeystats.net/1718/boxes/mmiastc1.m10

|won2 = 2

|ot2 = 1

|2-1-1 = No Scoring

|2-1-2 = 01:54 - Josh Melnick (Mahalak, Sherwood)
17:33 - Grant Hutton (Sherwood, Mahalak)

|2-2-1 = (Eyssimont, Jackson) Ryan Poehling - PP - 07:20

|2-3-1 = (Ahcan, B. Lizotte) Blake Winiecki - PP - 02:43

|2-4-2 = 07:10 - GW - Grant Hutton (Belpedio, Knies)

|goalie2-1 = ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) Dávid Hrenák

|goalie2-2 = Ryan Larkin ( 30 saves / 32 shots )

|date3 = March 11

|score3 = 4 – 3

|recap3 = http://collegehockeystats.net/1718/boxes/mmiastc1.m10

|home3 = 1

|won3 = 1

|ot3 = 1

|3-1-1 = No Scoring

|3-1-2 = 09:31 - Grant Hutton (Sherwood, Green)
16:22 - PP - Casey Gilling (Dornbrock, Mahalak)

|3-2-1 = (Jackson, Eyssimont) Jimmy Schuldt - 01:26
(Ahcan) Mikey Eyssimont - 18:13

|3-2-2 = 01:31 - Karch Bachman (LaValle)

|3-3-1 = (J. Lizotte, Borgen) Judd Peterson - PP - 14:08

|3-4-1 = (Newell, Ahcan) Mikey Eyssimont - GW - 08:14

|goalie3-1 = ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) Dávid Hrenák

|goalie3-2 = Ryan Larkin ( 30 saves / 32 shots )

|series = St. Cloud State won series 2–1}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Denver

|team2 = Colorado College

|stadium1 = Magness Arena

|date1 = March 9

|score1 = 0 – 2

|recap1 = http://collegehockeystats.net/1718/boxes/mcc_den1.m09

|won1 = 2

|1-1-1 = No Scoring

|1-3-2 = 05:07 - GW PP - Westin Michaud (Blumenschein, Halloran)
09:27 - Mason Bergh (Bradley, McCaskill)

|goalie1-1 = ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Tanner Jaillet

|goalie1-2 = Alex Leclerc ( 37 saves / 37 shots )

|date2 = March 10

|score2 = 3 – 2

|recap2 = http://collegehockeystats.net/1718/boxes/mcc_den1.m10

|won2 = 1

|2-1-1 = No Scoring

|2-1-2 = 16:41 - SH - Trey Bradley (unassisted)

|2-2-1 = (Mitchell, Lukosevicius) Henrik Borgström - PP - 02:06

|2-2-2 = 17:40 - Kristian Blumenschein (Bradley, Bergh)

|2-3-1 = (Lukosevicius, Borgström) Troy Terry - 02:17
(Mitchell, Hillman) Troy Terry - GW - 14:29

|goalie2-1 = ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Tanner Jaillet

|goalie2-2 = Alex Leclerc ( 46 saves / 49 shots )

|date3 = March 11

|score3 = 6 – 1

|recap3 = http://collegehockeystats.net/1718/boxes/mcc_den1.m11

|home3 = 1

|won3 = 1

|3-1-1 = (Staub, Hillman) Logan O'Connor - 05:11
(Terry) Tariq Hammond - GW - 15:57

|3-2-1 = (Terry, Borgström) Jarid Lukosevicius - 06:33
(Terry) Henrik Borgström - 14:40
(Lukosevicius, Hammond) Liam Finlay - 14:58

|3-3-1 = (Terry, Borgström) Jarid Lukosevicius - 08:51

|3-3-2 = 07:35 - Mason Bergh (Bradley, Williams)

|goalie3-1 = ( 18 saves / 18 shots ) Tanner Jaillet / ( 9 saves / 10 shots ) Devin Cooley

|goalie3-2 = Alex Leclerc ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) / Alec Calvaruso ( 9 saves / 11 shots )

|series = Denver won series 2–1}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Minnesota–Duluth

|team2 = Western Michigan

|stadium1 = AMSOIL Arena

|date1 = March 9

|score1 = 5 – 0

|recap1 = http://collegehockeystats.net/1718/boxes/mmndwmu1.m09

|won1 = 1

|1-1-1 = (Swaney, Samberg) Avery Peterson - GW PP - 04:55
(Anderson, Perunovich) Riley Tufte - PP - 14:08

|1-2-1 = (Anderson, Krieger) Scott Perunovich - 04:55
(Perunovich, Anderson) Peter Krieger - PP - 14:08

|1-3-1 = (Exell, Wolff) Blake Young - 17:54

|goalie1-1 = ( 26 saves / 26 shots ) Hunter Shepard

|goalie1-2 = Austin Cain ( 8 saves / 12 shots ) / Ben Blacker ( 11 saves / 12 shots )

|date2 = March 10

|score2 = 2 – 0

|recap2 = http://collegehockeystats.net/1718/boxes/mmndwmu1.m10

|won2 = 1

|2-1-1 = (Exell, Miller) Louie Roehl - GW - 02:24

|2-3-1 = (unassisted) Jared Thomas - EN - 00:52

|goalie2-1 = ( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Hunter Shepard

|goalie2-2 = Ben Blacker ( 23 saves / 24 shots )

|series = Minnesota–Duluth won series 2–0}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = North Dakota

|team2 = Omaha

|stadium1 = Ralph Engelstad Arena

|date1 = March 9

|score1 = 4 – 0

|recap1 = http://collegehockeystats.net/1718/boxes/mndkuno1.m09

|won1 = 1

|1-1-1 = (Poganski, Poolman) Shane Gersich - GW - 13:52

|1-2-1 = (Gardner, Poolman) Christian Wolanin - PP - 01:00
(Shaw) Nick Jones - 12:39
(unassisted) Joel Janatuinen - 16:39

|goalie1-1 = ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Cam Johnson

|goalie1-2 = Evan Weninger ( 30 saves / 34 shots )

|date2 = March 10

|score2 = 4 – 3

|recap2 = http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1617/boxes/mndkstc1.m11

|won2 = 1

|ot2 = 1

|2-1-1 = (Smith, Simonson) Matt Kiersted - 10:13
(Olson, Wolanin) Dixon Bowen - 14:05

|2-1-2 = 15:28 - Teemu Pulkkinen (Buchta, Spinner)

|2-2-2 = 05:25 - Teemu Pulkkinen (Vesel, Jones)

|2-3-1 = (Poolman, Shaw) Nick Jones - 10:14

|2-3-2 = 05:41 - Jake Randolph (Alferd, Pope)

|2-4-1 = (Kawaguchi, Poolman) Nick Jones - GW - 00:53

|goalie2-1 = ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Cam Johnson

|goalie2-2 = Evan Weninger ( 29 saves / 33 shots )

|series = North Dakota won series 2–0}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = St. Cloud State

|team2 = North Dakota

|stadium1 = Xcel Energy Center

|date1 = March 16

|score1 = 3 – 2

|recap1 = http://collegehockeystats.net/1718/boxes/mndkstc1.m16

|won1 = 1

|ot1 = 1

|1-1-1 = (Ahcan, B. Lizotte) Patrick Newell - 05:54

|1-2-1 = (unassisted) Easton Brodzinski - 05:53

|1-2-2 = 04:39 - Nick Jones (Olson, Poolman)

|1-3-2 = 10:10 - PP - Jordan Kawaguchi (Olson, Jones)

|1-4-1 = (unassisted) Nick Poehling - GW - 01:47

|goalie1-1 = ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Dávid Hrenák

|goalie1-2 = Cam Johnson ( 31 saves / 34 shots )}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Denver

|team2 = Minnesota–Duluth

|stadium1 = Xcel Energy Center

|date1 = March 16

|score1 = 3 – 1

|recap1 = http://collegehockeystats.net/1718/boxes/mdenmnd1.m16

|won1 = 1

|1-1-1 = (Mitchell, Terry) Henrik Borgström - 08:55

|1-2-1 = (O'Connor, Davies) Colin Staub - GW - 04:22

|1-2-2 = 01:37 - Scott Perunovich (Anderson, Thomas)

|1-3-1 = (O'Connor) Adam Plant - PP EN - 19:11

|goalie1-1 = ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Tanner Jaillet

|goalie1-2 = Hunter Shepard ( 16 saves / 18 shots )}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Minnesota–Duluth

|team2 = North Dakota

|stadium1 = Xcel Energy Center

|date1 = March 17

|score1 = 1 – 4

|recap1 = http://collegehockeystats.net/1718/boxes/mmndndk1.m17

|won1 = 2

|1-1-1 = No Scoring

|1-1-2 = 07:22 - Austin Poganski (Jones)

|1-2-2 = 07:22 - GW - Joel Janatuinen (Poolman)

|1-3-1 = (Samberg, Exell) Mikey Anderson - SH - 16:37

|1-3-2 = 15:51 - PP - Shane Gersich (Hoff, Poganski)
19:04 - PP - Ludvig Hoff (Wolanin, Kawaguchi)

|goalie1-1 = ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Hunter Shepard

|goalie1-2 = Cam Johnson ( 27 saves / 28 shots )}}

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = St. Cloud State

|team2 = Denver

|stadium1 = Xcel Energy Center

|date1 = March 17

|score1 = 1 – 4

|recap1 = http://collegehockeystats.net/1718/boxes/mdenstc1.m17

|won1 = 2

|1-1-1 = No Scoring

|1-1-2 = 04:24 - Kohen Olischefski (Barrow, Mitchell)
19:54 - GW - Jake Durflinger (O'Connor)

|1-2-2 = 02:06 - Ryan Barrow (Finlay, Olischefski)

|1-3-1 = (Fitzgerald) Ryan Poehling - 15:54

|1-3-2 = 17:06 - Dylan Gambrell (unassisted)

|goalie1-1 = ( 10 saves / 13 shots ) Dávid Hrenák / ( 13 saves / 14 shots ) Jeff Smith

|goalie1-2 = Tanner Jaillet ( 19 saves / 23 shots )}}

• F Henrik Borgström (Denver)
• F Nick Poehling (St. Cloud State)
• F Logan O'Connor (Denver)
• D Ian Mitchell (Denver)
• D Jack Ahcan (St. Cloud State)
• G Tanner Jaillet* (Denver)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

{{cite news|title=Denver Wins 2018 Frozen Faceoff |url=https://www.nchchockey.com/news_article/show/898803 |publisher=NCHC |date=2018-03-17 |accessdate=2018-11-09}}

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