List of NCHC tournament champions

The National Collegiate Hockey Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I ice hockey-only conference that was created during the 2014 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey conference realignment as a result of the formation of the Big Ten ice hockey conference.

The tournament began play in 2014 with an eight-team championship in three rounds. With the admission of Arizona State growing the NCHC to nine teams in the 2024–25 season, the team in ninth place in conference standings does not qualify for the tournament.

The NCHC tournament features a first round round of best of three series hosted by the higher seed, with the four winners advancing to the Frozen Faceoff between 2014–2025.

The Frozen Faceoff was originally played at Target Center in Minneapolis, before moving to St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center beginning in 2018. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was cancelled in 2020 and hosted in its entirety by regular season champion North Dakota at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in 2021. The tournament's previously unnamed trophy was named the National Cup in September 2025.

The tournament moved entirely to campus sites starting in 2026.

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