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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - With the
regular season complete, the 2026 National
Collegiate Hockey Conference Tournament
is upon us, and for the first time, the entire
Frozen Faceoff will take place across
campus sites. The NCHC Tournament will
now span three weeks from March 6-21,
rather than two weeks in years past.
The 2026 Frozen Faceoff begins with four
quarterfinal series, which get underway
Friday night, March 6 with the top four seeds
hosting the bottom four seeds. The best-
of-three Quarterfinal series consist of top-
seeded and Penrose Cup champion North
Dakota hosting No. 8 seed Omaha, No. 2
seed Denver welcoming No. 7 seed Miami,
No. 3 seed Western Michigan entertaining
No. 6 seed Colorado College and No. 4 seed
Minnesota Duluth squaring off with in-state
