National Collegiate Hockey Conference Tournament
| National Collegiate Hockey Conference Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference Hockey Championship | |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Conference | NCHC |
| Format | Single-elimination, best two-of-three tournament |
| Current stadium | Target Center |
| Current location | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Played | 2014–present |
| Last contest | 2017 |
| Current champion | Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs |
| Most championships | Denver Pioneers, Miami (OH) Redhawks, Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, St. Cloud State Huskies, (1) |
| TV partner(s) | CBS Sports Network |
| Official website | The Official Site of NCHC Hockey |
| Host stadiums | |
| Target Center | |
| Host locations | |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
The National Collegiate Hockey Conference Tournament is the conference tournament for the NCHC. The winner of the tournament received an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament which has occurred every year the NCHC has been in existence, with the exception of 2011. The tournament is a successor to the CCHA Tournament which was discontinued after the conference dissolved due to the major realignment of ice hockey conferences that culminated in 2013–14.
The inaugural tournament was held in 2014 and included all 8 member teams in a three-round championship.
The NCHC Tournament begins with three-round format featuring all conference teams. The quarterfinals consist of four best-of-three series while all subsequent rounds are single-elimination.
As of 2014
After the Big Ten announced it was forming a hockey conference beginning with the 2013–14 season several teams from the WCHA decided to break from the conference and form a new contingent. As traditional powers Denver and North Dakota were among the teams leaving the NCHC's invitation to some of the remaining CCHA teams was appealing enough to get two more universities to join, swelling the NCHC's ranks to eight. Eventually all of the CCHA teams joined other conferences prior to 2013–14 necessitating it's dissolution.
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