The 2022–23 NCHC season was the 10th season of play for National Collegiate Hockey Conference and took place during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 1, 2022, and concluded on March 25, 2023.

Coaches

Records Team Head coach Season at school Record at school NCHC recordColorado College 2 9–24–3 6–17–1Denver 5 86–43–13 49–37–9Miami 4 20–66–9 14–53–6Minnesota Duluth 23 428–348–95 117–79–21North Dakota 8 162–77–25 102–52–15Omaha 6 75–86–9 48–65–7 St. Cloud State 5 81–47–13 54–33–9 Western Michigan 2 26–12–1 14–9–1

Standings

Non-Conference record Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.

NCHC had a good season against non-conference opponents. While only one member team had a losing record outside of league play (Colorado College), three teams were only just above .500. Additionally, most of the conference's wins came against either the CCHA or Independent programs, many of which were low-ranked teams and didn't help the NCHC's position as much as they otherwise could have. This caused the NCHC to have just three teams in the top 15 of the rankings as opposed to the five they had the year before with a nearly-identical overall record.

Regular season record Team TotalColorado College 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–3–0 0–0–0 2–2–0 4–6–0 Denver 0–0–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–2–0 5–1–0 9–3–0Miami 3–1–0 0–2–0 1–0–1 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 5–4–1Minnesota Duluth 0–0–0 0–2–0 1–2–1 2–0–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 5–4–1North Dakota 2–0–0 1–1–0 1–0–1 0–1–1 0–0–0 2–1–0 6–3–2Omaha 0–2–0 0–0–0 1–0–1 1–1–0 0–0–0 3–1–0 5–4–1St. Cloud State 0–0–0 3–1–0 5–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 8–2–0Western Michigan 0–0–0 1–3–0 5–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 8–4–0Overall 6–4–0 6–9–0 14–3–4 4–5–1 5–3–0 15–6–0 50–30–5

Statistics Leading scorers GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM Sophomore 24 11 20 31 6 Senior 24 17 12 29 11 Senior 24 17 12 29 31 Freshman 24 10 19 29 14 Senior 24 12 13 25 18 Sophomore 24 15 9 24 24 Freshman 24 6 18 24 12 Junior 24 13 10 23 27 Freshman 22 9 14 23 4 Sophomore 23 8 15 23 8 Junior 24 8 15 23 0

Leading goaltenders Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games. GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA Freshman 12 675:51 7 3 1 22 2 .933 1.95 Senior 22 1291:16 17 4 0 48 4 .915 2.23 Freshman 22 1221:26 5 13 2 46 3 .930 2.26 Junior 24 1406:57 15 7 1 55 2 .912 2.35 Graduate 20 1106:18 9 5 4 44 3 .902 2.39

Conference tournament

NCAA tournament

Regional semifinal

East

West

Regional final

West

Ranking

USCHO Colorado College NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR Denver 1 - 1 1 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 4 3 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 - 6 Miami NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR Minnesota Duluth 5 - 4 4 10 19 19 20 NR NR NR NR NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR North Dakota 4 - 3 3 7 6 10 12 19 NR NR NR NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 17 17 - 17 Omaha NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR NR NR NR 19 16 15 14 14 17 18 20 - 20 St. Cloud State 13 - 10 10 8 2 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 - 4 3 4 1 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 - 5 Western Michigan 14 - 18 18 17 17 18 17 14 15 14 17 18 - 13 12 10 9 10 9 8 5 8 7 9 9 - 11

USA Today Colorado College NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRDenver 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 7 6 Miami NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRMinnesota Duluth 5 5 4 4 10 19 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRNorth Dakota 4 4 3 3 7 7 11 13 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 16 16 16 18 Omaha NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 16 16 15 15 14 18 19 NR NR NRSt. Cloud State 13 13 11 10 8 2 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 5 6 6 6 6 8 7 6 5 5 Western Michigan 12 12 18 18 17 16 18 17 12 15 14 17 19 19 14 12 10 9 10 9 8 5 8 8 9 11 11 12

Pairwise Colorado College 22 9 24 45 47 45 34 42 45 45 41 31 30 29 33 33 35 30 39 38 40 36 31 Denver 22 1 15 6 5 3 2 1 5 3 4 3 5 4 5 7 6 5 4 3 3 3 4 Miami 12 8 18 5 15 26 28 29 37 36 35 39 41 44 46 46 44 44 47 43 44 44 45 Minnesota Duluth 10 32 35 38 35 33 42 38 32 39 39 33 28 36 31 24 24 24 23 25 23 22 22 North Dakota 22 39 12 24 31 23 27 28 22 22 22 17 13 22 23 19 20 22 21 21 21 18 18 Omaha 22 50 51 47 30 35 30 31 25 21 27 24 26 22 20 17 16 17 13 16 18 19 20 St. Cloud State 3 15 7 1 2 2 6 4 4 4 6 5 3 5 2 5 7 7 5 5 7 7 6 Western Michigan 13 18 22 13 20 15 11 18 13 18 22 14 12 10 9 10 8 8 6 9 8 10 10 Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.

Awards NCAA

Player Position TeamMichael Benning DDenverCarter Mazur FDenverJason Polin FWestern MichiganMassimo Rizzo FDenver

NCHC Award Recipient Player of the Year Jason Polin, Western MichiganRookie of the Year Jackson Blake, North DakotaGoaltender of the Year Magnus Chrona, DenverForward of the Year Jason Polin, Western MichiganDefensive Defenseman of the Year Justin Lee, DenverOffensive Defenseman of the Year Michael Benning, DenverDefensive Forward of the Year Jami Krannila, St. Cloud StateScholar-Athlete of the Year Ethan Frisch, North DakotaThree Stars Award Magnus Chrona, DenverSportsmanship Award Spencer Meier, St. Cloud StateHerb Brooks Coach of the Year Pat Ferschweiler, Western Michigan First Team   Position   Second Team Magnus Chrona, Denver G Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College Michael Benning, Denver D Jack Peart, St. Cloud State Chris Jandric, North Dakota D Wyatt Kaiser, Minnesota Duluth Jason Polin, Western Michigan F Carter Mazur, Denver Massimo Rizzo, Denver F Jackson Blake, North Dakota Jami Krannila, St. Cloud State F Riese Gaber, North Dakota Honorable Mention   Position   Rookie Team Šimon Latkoczy, Omaha G Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College Sean Behrens, Denver D Joaquim Lemay, Omaha Dylan Anhorn, St. Cloud State D Jacob Guévin, Omaha Hunter McKown, Colorado College F Jackson Blake, North Dakota Ben Steeves, Minnesota Duluth F Ryan McAllister, Western Michigan Jack Randl, Omaha F Ben Steeves, Minnesota Duluth Ryan McAllister, Western Michigan F Zach Okabe, St. Cloud State F

NCHC Tournament Jami Krannila Minnesota Duluth Player Pos Team Jaxon Castor G St. Cloud State Bryan Yoon D Colorado College Jack Peart D St. Cloud State Jami Krannila F St. Cloud State Zach Okabe F St. Cloud State Hunter McKown F Colorado College

2023 NHL entry draft

2 35 Adam Gajan † Minnesota Duluth Chicago Blackhawks 3 81 Tanner Ludtke † Omaha Arizona Coyotes 3 82 Zach Nehring † Western Michigan Winnipeg Jets 3 94 Jayden Perron † North Dakota Carolina Hurricanes 4 98 Andrew Strathmann † North Dakota Columbus Blue Jackets 4 105 Ty Mueller Omaha Vancouver Canucks 4 115 Jayson Shaugabay † Minnesota Duluth Tampa Bay Lightning 4 119 Matthew Perkins † Minnesota Duluth Vancouver Canucks 4 124 Beckett Hendrickson † Minnesota Duluth Boston Bruins 5 133 Sam Harris † Denver Montreal Canadiens 5 149 Aaron Pionk † Minnesota Duluth Minnesota Wild 6 166 Carsen Musser † Colorado College Arizona Coyotes 6 179 Warren Clark † St. Cloud State Tampa Bay Lightning 6 183 Ty Henricks † Western Michigan New York Rangers 6 190 Michael Emerson † North Dakota Carolina Hurricanes 6 196 David Klee † North Dakota San Jose Sharks 7 204 Owen Beckner † Colorado College Ottawa Senators 7 212 Zaccharya Wisdom † Colorado College Seattle Kraken 7 214 Casper Nassen † Miami Boston Bruins † incoming freshman

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