2018 NCHC Tournament

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 Xcel Energy 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 • denotes overtime periods ==Results==

All times are local. Quarterfinals (1) St. Cloud State vs. (8) Miami {{NHLPlayoffs (2) Denver vs. (7) Colorado College {{NHLPlayoffs (3) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (6) Western Michigan {{NHLPlayoffs (4) North Dakota vs. (5) Omaha {{NHLPlayoffs Semifinals (1) St. Cloud State vs. (4) North Dakota {{NHLPlayoffs (2) Denver vs. (3) Minnesota–Duluth {{NHLPlayoffs Third place (3) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (4) North Dakota {{NHLPlayoffs Championship (1) St. Cloud State vs. (2) Denver {{NHLPlayoffs ==Tournament awards==

===Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team=== • F Henrik Borgström (Denver) • F Nick Poehling (St. Cloud State) • F Logan O'Connor (Denver) • D Ian Mitchell (Denver) • D Jack Ahcan (St. Cloud State) • G Tanner Jaillet* (Denver) * Most Valuable Player(s) ==References==