National Collegiate Hockey Conference
The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) is an NCAA men's Division I hockey conference formed on July 9, 2011. The league began playing for the 2013–14 season, the same season that the Big Ten Conference began competition, as a combina ...
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National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Division I ice hockey
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-only conference that was created as a result of the formation of the
Big Ten ice hockey conference.
The tournament began play in 2014 with an 8-team championship in three rounds.
The NCHC tournament features a first round round of best of three series hosted by the higher seed, with the four winners advancing to the Frozen Faceoff.
The Frozen Faceoff was originally played at Target Center in Minneapolis, before moving to St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center beginning in 2018.
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic the entire 2021 tournament was hosted by regular season champion North Dakota at the Ralph Engelstad Arena.
Champions
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:NCHC Tournament Champions, List Of
College ice hockey in the United States lists