COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - With the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) Tournament starting this weekend, brackets are in full swing as teams begin their “Skate to Saint Paul” where the NCHC will crown its tournament champion at the 2020 Frozen Faceoff. Teams won't be the only thing advancing in a bracket over the next two weeks however, as once again, fans will select the 2019-20 Play of the Year in the NCHC through a bracket-style tournament.

During the season, the NCHC has posted the Top 5 Plays of the Week, presented by TRIA Orthopaedic Center, each Tuesday. Similar to past years, the NCHC has taken the top play from 16 weeks during the season and bracketed them. Starting Wednesday, March 11, fans will vote on which play advances to the next round based on the bracket match-ups. Voting will only last approximately one day for each match-up, culminating in the 2019-20 Play of the Year being announced during the Championship Game of the 2020 NCHC Frozen Faceoff at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday, March 21.

The 2019-20 NCHC Play of the Year bracket is below with one or two match-ups posted on NCHCHockey.com each day leading up to the Frozen Faceoff.

The schedule for each round of voting is as follows:

• Wednesday, March 11 - Two first-round match-ups
• Thursday, March 12 - Two first-round match-ups
• Friday, March 13 - Two first-round match-ups
• Saturday, March 14 – Two first-round match-ups
• Monday, March 16 – Two quarterfinal match-ups
• Tuesday, March 17 – Two quarterfinal match-ups
• Wednesday, March 18 - Semifinal 1
• Thursday, March 19 – Semifinal 2
• Friday, March 20 – Championship match-up
• Saturday, March 21 – Play of the Year revealed at NCHC Frozen Faceoff

Each match-up on NCHCHockey.com will show both plays and have a poll for fans to vote on the better play, with the highest vote total advancing. Fans may only vote once per day per match-up with the winners announced in the following day’s match-up story.

The defending Play of the Year champion is St. Cloud State’s Sam Hentges, and while he’s still at SCSU, he does not have an entry in this year’s tournament. Three other Huskies do, however, and could make it three straight NCHC Plays of the Year for SCSU.

The video below shows all No. 1 top plays from the season, including the 16 plays up for 2019-20 Play of the Year, to get you ready for the tournament!