2018–19 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

2018–19 NCAA men's ice hockey season
2018–19 NCAA men's ice hockey season
	File:KeyBank Center.jpg The KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York will host the 2019 Frozen Four
Duration	October 6, 2018–; April 13, 2019
NCAA tournament	2019
National championship	KeyBank Center; Buffalo, New York
List of NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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The 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 2018 and will end with the Frozen Four in April 2019.^[1] This is the 72nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship will be held, and US college hockey's 124th year overall.

Regular season

Overtime rule changes

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a proposal to allow conferences to use one of two alternative formats to award points in their league standings after the mandatory five-on-five, five-minute overtime period.

After a traditional five-minute, five-on-five overtime, conferences may use either a five-minute, three-on-three overtime period and a shootout or only a shootout to award additional conference points. Conferences are not required to use one of the alternative systems and may end play after the five-minute overtime.

During non-conference regular-season games, these alternative options are not permitted, and a game would end in a tie after the traditional five-minute overtime.

In regular-season tournaments that require advancement, a 20-minute sudden death format can be implemented for overtime, instead of the traditional five-minute overtime period. These tournaments also may use the three-on-three and shootout or the standalone shootout format.^[2]

Each conference's approach if no goal is scored in the initial five-minute overtime^[3]:

Atlantic Hockey, ECAC & Hockey East: game ends in tie
Big Ten, NCHC & WCHA: Five-minute, three-on-three overtime; if still tied a sudden-death shootout follows

Points Explanation^[4]:

Atlantic Hockey, ECAC & Hockey East: Teams are awarded two points for each conference win in regulation or five-on-five overtime. Teams are awarded one point for a tie.
Big Ten, NCHC & WCHA: Teams are awarded three points for each conference win in regulation or five-on-five overtime. A three-on-three overtime or shootout win is worth two points in the standings while the team that loses the three-on-three overtime/shootout receives just one point. The three-on-three overtime and shootouts only affect conference standings while the game is officially a tie for NCAA purposes.

Standings

2018–19 Atlantic Hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#16 American International †*	28	18	9	1	37	102	77	41	23	17	1	129	119
Bentley	28	15	9	4	34	94	75	37	17	15	5	113	98
Air Force	28	14	10	4	32	65	63	36	16	15	5	90	92
Sacred Heart	28	14	11	3	31	85	73	37	16	17	4	107	106
RIT	28	13	11	4	30	81	76	38	17	17	4	113	111
Niagara	28	11	12	5	27	94	96	41	17	19	5	127	140
Mercyhurst	28	11	13	4	26	88	94	38	13	20	5	113	134
Robert Morris	28	11	15	2	24	72	78	40	16	22	2	102	127
Holy Cross	28	10	14	4	24	81	89	36	10	21	5	91	112
Army	28	8	13	7	23	71	82	39	12	20	7	94	117
Canisius	28	8	16	4	20	77	107	37	12	20	5	103	133
Championship: March 23, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

2018–19 Big Ten Hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#12 Ohio State †	24	13	7	4	3	46	79	52	36	20	11	5	108	83
#10 Notre Dame *	24	11	11	2	2	37	63	65	40	23	14	3	112	91
#20 Minnesota	24	11	10	3	0	36	76	75	38	18	16	4	117	108
#17 Penn State	24	11	12	1	1	35	101	96	39	22	15	2	177	139
Wisconsin	24	9	10	5	2	34	69	81	37	14	18	5	113	130
Michigan	24	9	10	5	2	34	76	75	36	13	16	7	110	114
Michigan State	24	8	12	4	2	30	68	88	36	12	19	5	99	122
Championship: March 23, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

2018–19 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings v t e
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#15 Arizona State	35	21	13	1	109	86
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; Standing ^[5]

2018–19 ECAC Hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#7 Quinnipiac†	22	14	6	2	30	77	47	38	26	10	2	133	73
#8 Cornell†	22	13	5	4	30	64	41	36	21	11	4	108	73
#11 Clarkson*	22	13	7	2	28	65	42	39	26	11	2	122	78
#14 Harvard	22	13	7	2	28	77	58	33	19	11	3	106	83
Dartmouth	22	10	9	3	23	53	55	34	13	17	4	87	93
Yale	22	11	10	1	23	53	57	33	15	15	3	85	88
Union	22	10	10	2	22	60	64	39	20	13	6	112	102
Brown	22	8	9	5	21	52	59	34	15	14	5	89	97
Princeton	22	8	12	2	18	60	66	31	10	18	3	83	96
Colgate	22	7	12	3	17	43	64	36	10	23	3	55	111
Rensselaer	22	7	13	2	16	49	67	36	10	23	3	69	117
St. Lawrence	22	3	17	2	8	51	84	37	6	29	2	75	149
Championship: March 23, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

2018–19 Hockey East Standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Massachusetts †	24	18	6	0	36	92	51	41	31	10	0	151	83
#4 Providence	24	14	7	3	31	76	44	42	24	12	6	133	84
#9 Northeastern*	24	15	8	1	31	76	52	39	27	11	1	118	81
#19 Massachusetts–Lowell	24	12	7	5	29	65	55	37	19	13	5	100	85
Boston University	24	12	9	3	27	64	65	38	16	18	4	99	104
Maine	24	11	9	4	26	64	60	36	15	17	4	90	99
Boston College	24	10	11	3	23	62	60	39	14	22	3	90	110
New Hampshire	24	8	10	6	22	55	67	36	12	15	9	90	103
Connecticut	24	7	15	2	16	52	77	34	12	20	2	81	107
Vermont	24	5	16	3	13	41	59	34	12	19	3	72	82
Merrimack	24	4	18	2	10	48	105	34	7	24	3	67	134
Championship: March 23, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

2018–19 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Standings v t e
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#5 St. Cloud State †	24	19	2	3	2	62	94	52	39	30	6	3	156	85
#1 Minnesota Duluth *	24	14	9	1	0	43	75	48	42	29	11	2	133	79
#18 Western Michigan	24	13	10	1	1	41	79	78	37	21	15	1	129	115
#3 Denver	24	11	10	3	3	39	55	56	41	24	12	5	116	83
#20 North Dakota	24	12	11	1	0	37	56	55	37	18	17	2	93	90
Colorado College	24	9	12	3	0	30	66	66	41	17	20	4	117	114
Omaha	24	5	17	2	1	18	53	86	36	9	24	3	90	132
Miami	24	5	17	2	1	18	49	86	38	11	23	4	87	122
Championship: March 23, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

2018–19 Western Collegiate Hockey Association Standings v t e
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#6 Minnesota State †*	28	22	5	1	1	68	99	43	42	32	8	2	147	76
Northern Michigan	28	18	8	2	0	56	82	57	39	21	16	2	104	96
#13 Bowling Green	28	16	8	4	3	55	77	52	41	25	11	5	133	75
Lake Superior State	28	16	10	2	0	50	91	69	38	23	13	2	123	93
Bemidji State	28	13	11	4	2	45	71	63	38	15	17	6	95	94
Michigan Tech	28	13	12	3	1	43	68	63	38	14	20	4	90	101
Alaska	28	12	14	2	2	40	57	81	36	12	21	3	72	114
Alabama–Huntsville	28	8	18	2	2	28	61	93	38	8	28	2	67	129
Ferris State	28	7	18	3	0	24	68	96	36	10	23	3	90	123
Alaska Anchorage	28	2	23	3	2	11	29	86	34	3	28	3	40	115
Championship: March 23, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Player stats

Scoring leaders

The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on January 15, 2019.^[6]

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Taro Hirose	Junior	Michigan State	22	11	24	35	10
Evan Barratt	Sophomore	Penn State	19	13	17	30	16
Alex Limoges	Sophomore	Penn State	22	11	19	30	4
Odeen Tufto	Sophomore	Quinnipiac	22	11	18	29	10
Joseph Duszak	Junior	Mercyhurst	23	11	18	29	18
Johnny Walker	Sophomore	Arizona State	25	19	8	27	32
Chase Priskie	Senior	Quinnipiac	22	13	14	27	6
Ryan Kuffner	Senior	Princeton	19	13	13	26	8
Marc Michaelis	Junior	Minnesota State	24	12	14	26	8
Josh Wilkins	Junior	Providence	21	9	17	26	10

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average.^[6] 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
Andrew Shortridge	Junior	Quinnipiac	9	495:06	7	1	1	8	3	.961	0.97
Tommy Nappier	Sophomore	Ohio State	11	623:16	7	1	2	16	3	.947	1.54
Mathias Israelsson	Senior	Minnesota State	9	449:04	7	1	0	13	1	.908	1.74
Ryan Bednard	Junior	Bowling Green	17	1023:20	12	3	2	30	2	.928	1.76
Matt Murray	Sophomore	Massachusetts	13	778:50	12	1	0	24	0	.931	1.85
Hunter Shepard	Junior	Minnesota Duluth	18	1069:21	11	5	2	33	2	.917	1.85

References

^ "2019 Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship". NCAA.com. October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
^ https://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey-men/article/2018-07-26/college-hockey-ice-hockey-overtime-protocols-approved
^ http://collegehockeyinc.com/key-differences-ncaa-and-nhl-rules.php
^ https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2018/09/27_Big-Ten-Adds-3-on-3-to-its.php
^ "2018-19 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule - Arizona State University Athletics". Thesundevils.com. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
^ ^a ^b "Men's Division I Overall Hockey Statistics: 2018-2019 Stats". USCHO.com. October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2018.

[1] "2019 Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship". NCAA.com. October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2018.

[2] ttps://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey-men/article/2018-07-26/college-hockey-ice-hockey-overtime-protocols-approved

[3] ttp://collegehockeyinc.com/key-differences-ncaa-and-nhl-rules.php

[4] ttps://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2018/09/27_Big-Ten-Adds-3-on-3-to-its.php

[5] "2018-19 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule - Arizona State University Athletics". Thesundevils.com. Retrieved 2022-03-27.

[stats-6] "Men's Division I Overall Hockey Statistics: 2018-2019 Stats". USCHO.com. October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2018.

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