COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - While the 2022-23 National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) season may have come to a close, there is still one NCHC bracket to be completed, as the annual NCHC Play of the Year Tournament returns. Over the next two weeks fans will once again select the Play of the Year in the NCHC for the 2022-23 season through a bracket-style tournament.
During the season, the NCHC posted the Top 5 Plays of the Week each Tuesday. Among those 21 'No. 1' plays throughout the season, the Conference has selected the top 15, plus a play from the Frozen Faceoff, seeded and bracketed them. Each team is represented with at least one play and no team has more than three plays. Starting tomorrow, Wednesday, March 29, 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 2022-23 Play of the Year being announced on Monday, April 10.
The 2022-23 NCHC Play of the Year bracket is below with two match-ups posted on NCHChockey.com each day, leading up to the final.
The schedule for each round of voting is as follows:
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 Colorado College goaltender Matt Vernon, who won with this impressive save last season against Miami. While Vernon doesn't have a play in this year's bracket, the Tigers do have a trio of goals up for Play of the Year this season.
The video below shows all 16 entries up for 2022-23 Play of the Year to get you ready for the tournament! The bracket and match-ups are below the video.
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