Dates March 11–19, 2016 | Teams 2 | |
Finals site Target CenterMinneapolis, Minnesota MVP Mikey Eyssimont (St. Cloud State Huskies) | ||
The 2016 NCHC Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2016, at four conference arenas and the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Format
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 Target 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.
Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
Note: * denotes overtime periods
Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team
* Most Valuable Player(s)