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2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

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The 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 6, 2023, and concluded with the NCAA championship on April 13, 2024. This was the 76th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship is being held, and is US college hockey's 130th year overall.

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Conference realignment

After Robert Morris suspended its program in the summer of 2021, a successful fundraising campaign allowed the team to return for this season.[1][2] The program rejoined Atlantic Hockey, bringing the number of conference members back up to 11.

The same summer, Augustana University proceeded with plans to promote its athletic department to Division I. In concert with that decision, the school finalized the addition of a new ice hockey program that would begin with this season.[3] In the interim, the program was accepted into the CCHA as the ninth member team and would play its first two seasons using a transition schedule before becoming a full member in 2025.[4]

On July 5, 2023, Arizona State University was accepted as the ninth member of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) beginning with the 2024–2025 season. This will mark the Sun Devils' final season as an independent program.[5][6]

Other headlines

  • October 4, 2023 – The Division I Council approved changes to the transfer window for all sports. In winter sports other than basketball, including men's and women's ice hockey, the transfer portal now opens for a total of 45 days, starting 7 days after the NCAA tournament field is set.[7]

Polls

Regular season

Season tournaments

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Standings

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PairWise Rankings

The PairWise Rankings (PWR) are a statistical tool designed to approximate the process by which the NCAA selection committee decides which teams get at-large bids to the 16-team NCAA tournament. Although the NCAA selection committee does not use the PWR as presented by USCHO, the PWR has been accurate in predicting which teams will make the tournament field.

For Division I men, all teams are included in comparisons starting in the 2013–14 season (formerly, only teams with a Ratings Percentage Index of .500 or above, or teams under consideration, were included). The PWR method compares each team with every other such team, with the winner of each “comparison” earning one PWR point. After all comparisons are made, the points are totaled up and rankings listed accordingly.

With 64 Division I men's teams, the greatest number of PWR points any team could earn is 63, winning the comparison with every other team. Meanwhile, a team that lost all of its comparisons would have no PWR points.

Teams are then ranked by PWR point total, with ties broken by the teams’ RPI ratings, which starting in 2013–14 is weighted for home and road games and includes a quality wins bonus (QWB) for beating teams in the top 20 of the RPI (it also is weighted for home and road).

When it comes to comparing teams, the PWR uses three criteria which are combined to make a comparison: RPI, record against common opponents and head-to-head competition. Starting in 2013–14, the comparison of record against teams under consideration was dropped because all teams are now under comparison.[8]

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Player stats

Scoring leaders

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Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average, minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played.[11]
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

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Tournament bracket

Regional Semifinals
March 28–29
Regional Finals
March 30–31
National Semifinals
April 11
National Championship
April 13
            
1 Boston College (1) 6
4 Michigan Tech 1
1 Boston College 5*
EastProvidence – Fri/Sun
3 Quinnipiac 4
2 Wisconsin 2
3 Quinnipiac 3*
E1 Boston College 4
MW3 Michigan 0
1 Michigan State (4) 5*
4 Western Michigan 4
1 Michigan State 2
MidwestMaryland Heights – Fri/Sun
3 Michigan 5
2 North Dakota 3
3 Michigan 4
E1 Boston College 0
NE1 Denver 2
1 Boston University (2) 6
4 RIT 3
1 Boston University 6
WestSioux Falls – Thu/Sat
2 Minnesota 3
2 Minnesota 3
3 Omaha 2
W1 Boston University 1
NE1 Denver 2*
1 Denver (3) 2**
4 Massachusetts 1
1 Denver 2
NortheastSpringfield – Thu/Sat
3 Cornell 1
2 Maine 1
3 Cornell 3

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
* denotes overtime period

Awards

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See also


References

  1. "RMU Charts Strategic Course Headed into its Centennial Year | Robert Morris University". www.rmu.edu. Robert Morris University. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  2. "Robert Morris announces reinstatement of men's, women's college hockey teams for 2023-24 season". College Hockey | USCHO.com. December 17, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  3. Zimmer, Matt (October 5, 2021). "Augustana officially announces Division I hockey program, to play in Midco Arena starting in 2023-24". Argus Leader. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  4. "CCHA Grants Membership to Augustana University" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. May 17, 2022.
  5. Clark, Ryan S. (July 5, 2023). "Arizona State men's hockey to join NCHC in 2024–25 season". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  6. "Arizona State to Join NCHC Starting in 2024–2025 Season". nchchockey.com. July 5, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  7. "DI Council approves changes to notification-of-transfer windows" (Press release). NCAA. October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  8. "PairWise Rankings explanation". Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  9. "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  10. "National 2023–24 Scoring Leaders". College Hockey inc. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  11. "NCAA – 2023–2024". Elite Prospects. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  12. "National 2023-24 Goaltending Leaders". College Hockey inc. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  13. "Atlantic Hockey Announces 2023-24 Regular Season Awards". Atlantic Hockey. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  14. "Big Ten Conference Announces Hockey Postseason Awards". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  15. "All-CCHA First Team Announced". CCHA.com. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  16. "Six Earn All-CCHA Second Team". CCHA.com. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  17. "CCHA All-Rookie Team Revealed". CCHA.com. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  18. "All-League Third Team Honorees Unveiled". ECAC Hockey. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  19. "ECAC Hockey Releases Second Team All-ECAC Honorees". ECAC Hockey. March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  20. "ECAC Hockey Announces 2023-24 Men's All-Rookie Team". ecachockey.com. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  21. "HOCKEY EAST NAMES 2023-24 MEN'S ALL-STAR TEAMS". Hockey East. March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  22. "HOCKEY EAST NAMES 2023-24 PRO AMBITIONS ALL-ROOKIE TEAM". Hockey East. March 13, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  23. Weisman, Michael (March 21, 2024). "NCHC Unveils 2023-2024 Individual Award Winners". nchchockey.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  24. Weisman, Michael (March 13, 2024). "NCHC Unveils 2023-2024 All-Conference Teams". nchchockey.com. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  25. Weisman, Michael (March 12, 2024). "NCHC Reveals 2023-24 All-Rookie Team". nchchockey. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  26. "Buium, Westcott and Daniel Headline HCA Monthly Honors". hockeycommissioners.com. December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  27. "BC's Gauthier, OSU's Buglioni and LIU's Wallner Top Monthly Honors". hockeycommissioners.com. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.

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