15
M A I N
G U I D E
2
HOBEY BAKER
AWARD WINNERS
• Will Butcher (Denver) in 2017
• Scott Perunovich (Minn.
Duluth) in 2020
MIKE RICHTER
AWARD WINNERS
• Zane McIntyre
(North Dakota) in 2015
• Tanner Jaillet (Denver) in 2017
N C H C S U C C E S S
16
6
2
TEAMS TO MAKE
THE FROZEN FOUR
• The NCHC has had at least one
team in the Frozen Four in 10 of 11
NCAA Tournaments since the NCHC
began play in 2013-14. Only in 2023
did the NCHC not have a team qualify.
• Six different
NCHC teams
have made
the Frozen
Four since
2014.
• The NCHC has
placed two teams
in the NCAA Frozen
Four SIX times in 11
chances since the
conference started
competition,
including last year
in 2025 (Denver,
WMU).
