2004 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 2004 WCHA Men's 200px March 12–20, 2004 10 Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, MN Minnesota 13th Don LuciaMinnesota Men's Team History http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/minnesota/mens-hockey/ 2013-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20140415072639/http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/minnesota/mens-hockey/ 2014-04-15 live 2nd Kellen Briggs Minnesota 82,564 2003 2003 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 2005 2005 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 2004 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 45th conference playoff in league history and 50th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2004 tournament was played between March 12 and March 20, 2004, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Format The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference schools participated in the tournament with teams seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams. The winners of the first round series advanced to the Xcel Energy Center for the WCHA Final Five, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 5 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top three teams automatically advancing to the semifinals. Conference standings Note: PTS = Points; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against Bracket Teams are reseeded after the first round First roundWCHA men's Hockey 2003-04 Week 25 http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/wcha/2003-2004/list-25/ USCHO.com 2004-03-14 2013-06-25March 12–14 1 North Dakota 6 4* — 10 Michigan Tech 2 3 — 2 Minnesota-Duluth 3 6 6 9 Minnesota State 4* 2 5 3 Wisconsin 2 4 1 8 Alaska-Anchorage 3 0 4 4 Denver 3 1 – 7 Colorado College 4 6 – 5 Minnesota 6 7 – 6 St. Cloud State 1 3 – QuarterfinalWCHA men's Hockey 2003-04 Week 26 http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/wcha/2003-2004/list-26/ USCHO.com 2004-03-20 2013-06-25March 18 7 Colorado College 1 8 Alaska-Anchorage 4 SemifinalsMarch 19 1 North Dakota 4 8 Alaska-Anchorage 2 2 Minnesota-Duluth 4 5 Minnesota 7 ChampionshipMarch 20 1 North Dakota 4 5 Minnesota 5 Third Place 2 Minnesota-Duluth 4 8 Alaska-Anchorage 2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) First round (1) North Dakota vs. (10) Michigan Tech North Dakota Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad Arena March 12North Dakota 6, Michigan Tech 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/12/michigan-tech-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2004-03-12 2013-06-25 6 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/12/huskies-stuck-in-a-north-dakota-rut/ 1 (Stafford, Schneider) Zach Parise - 03:27 08:39 - Clay Wilson (Bochenski, Parise) Brady Murray - PP - 01:28(Parise, Stafford) Nick Fuher - GW - 16:41 (Parise, Murray) Drew Stafford - 00:26(McMahon) Quinn Fylling - 01:44(Lundbohm, Fuher) Colby Genoway - 07:25 05:14 - Justin Brown (Markham, Radovich) ( 13 saves / 15 shots ) Jake Brandt Cam Ellsworth ( 20 saves / 25 shots ) / Bryce Luker ( 7 saves / 8 shots ) March 13North Dakota 4, Michigan Tech 3 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/13/michigan-tech-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2004-03-13 2013-06-25 4 – 3 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/13/sioux-come-from-behind-for-overtime-win/ 1 1 (Jones, Parise) Brnadon Bochenski - PP - 14:22 11:21 - PP - Colin Murphy (Dora, Engelhardt)19:00 - PP - Brandon Schwartz (Pittis) 13:34 - Brett Engelhardt (Schwartz) (Bochenski, Murray) Zach Parise - 05:39(Fuher) Chris Porter - 08:53 ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Jake Brandt Cam Ellsworth ( 42 saves / 46 shots ) North Dakota won series 2–0 (2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (9) Minnesota State-Mankato Minnesota-Duluth Minnesota State-Mankato Duluth Entertainment Convention Center March 12Minnesota State 4, Minnesota-Duluth 3 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/12/minnesota-state-vs-minnesota-duluth/ USCHO.com 2004-03-12 2013-06-25 3 – 4 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/12/minnesota-state-stuns-umd-in-overtime/ 2 1 (Stapleton, Geisler) Luke Stauffacher - 06:02 10:06 - Chad Clower (Metcalf) (Peluso, Geisler) Junior Lessard - PP - 07:36(Geisler, Smith) Justin Williams - 19:56 01:25 - PP - David Backes (Johns, Clower)06:34 - Chad Clower (Forsythe, Morin) 12:18 - GW - Lucas Fransen (Forscythe, Joseph) ( 34 saves / 38 shots ) Isaac Reichmuth Jon Volp ( 46 saves / 49 shots ) March 13Minnesota-Duluth 6, Minnesota State 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/13/minnesota-state-vs-minnesota-duluth/ USCHO.com 2004-03-13 2013-06-25 6 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/13/bulldogs-beat-odds-force-game-3-vs-mavericks/ 1 No Scoring (Unklesbay, Caig) Beau Geisler - 04:31(Schwabe) Junior Lessard - 05:43(Geisler, Schwabe) Junior Lessard - GW PP - 07:06(Lessard, Geisler) Luke Stauffacher - 14:21 01:54 - Brock Becker (Rankin)18:03 - Shane Joseph (Clower, Backes) (Schwabe, Stapleton) Junior Lessard - PP - 06:04(Lessard) Justin Williams - 14:21 ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Isaac Reichmuth Jon Volp ( 38 saves / 44 shots ) / Kyle Nixon ( 5 saves / 5 shots ) March 14Minnesota-Duluth 6, Minnesota State 5 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/14/minnesota-state-vs-minnesota-duluth/ USCHO.com 2004-03-14 2013-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084553/http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/14/minnesota-state-vs-minnesota-duluth/ 2016-03-04 live 6 – 5 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/14/back-from-the-brink-umd-advances-to-final-five/ 1 1 (Schwabe, Lessard) Marco Peluso - PP - 01:23(Geisler, Smith) T. J. Caig - 02:33(Hammond) John Miskovich - 04:53(Peluso, Schwabe) Tim Stapleton - PP - 07:21Marco Peluso - 10:32 14:24 - SH - David Backes (Joseph) (Peluso, Geisler) Evan Schwabe - GW PP - 06:35 01:48 - PP - Rob Rankin (Morin, Peto)11:44 - PP - Brock Becker (Morin, Peto)19:48 - Lucas Fransen (Kisio, Thompson) 15:38 - Shane Joseph (McKelvie, Peto) ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Isaac Reichmuth Jon Volp ( 11 saves / 15 shots ) / Kyle Nixon ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–1 (3) Wisconsin vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage Wisconsin Alaska-Anchorage Kohl Center March 12Alaska-Anchorage 3, Wisconsin 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/12/alaska-anchorage-vs-wisconsin/ USCHO.com 2004-03-12 2013-06-25 2 – 3 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/12/off-the-schneid-uaa-shocks-wisconsin-for-first-ever-wcha-playoff-win/ 2 (Earl, Likens) Jake Dowell - PP - 02:51 09:01 - PP - Dallas Steward (Segal, Bourne)18:54 - PP - Charlie Kronschnabel (Fournier, King) (Gilbert, Suter) Ross Carlson - PP - 05:14 05:56 - GW PP - Justin Johnson (Fournier, Glencross) ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Bernd Brückler Chris King ( 45 saves / 47 shots ) March 13Wisconsin 4, Alaska-Anchorage 0 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/13/alaska-anchorage-vs-wisconsin/ USCHO.com 2004-03-13 2013-06-25 4 – 0 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/13/badgers-take-charge-early-pull-even-with-seawolves/ 1 Rene Bourque - GW - 02:00 (Earl, Dowell) A.J. Degenhardt - 02:39(Bourque, Joudrey) Ryan MacMurchy - 03:24(Burish) A.J. Degenhardt - 14:30 ( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Bernd Brückler Kevin Reiter ( 41 saves / 45 shots ) March 14Alaska-Anchorage 4, Wisconsin 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/14/alaska-anchorage-vs-wisconsin/ USCHO.com 2004-03-14 2013-06-25 1 – 4 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/14/reversal-of-fortune-seawolves-cruise-into-final-five/ 1 2 No Scoring 10:42 - Chris Fournier (Segal) 08:38 - GW - Chris Fournier12:33 - PP - Curtis Glencross (Fournier, Smith)18:30 - Curtis Glencross (MacMurchy, Boeser) Andrew Joudrey - PP - 13:05 ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) Bernd Brückler Chris King ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Alaska-Anchorage won series 2–1 (4) Denver vs. (7) Colorado College Denver Colorado College Magness Arena March 12Colorado College 4, Denver 3 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/12/colorado-college-vs-denver/ USCHO.com 2004-03-12 2013-06-25 3 – 4 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/12/at-a-cost-cc-tops-denver-but-may-lose-stuart/ 2 (Handza, Halme) Ted O'Leary - 10:02 04:07 - Marty Sertich (Canzanello, Zaba) (Corbin, Skinner) Gabe Gauthier - 13:38 (Carle, Keith) Lukas Dora - PP - 13:53 07:22 - Andrew Canzanello (Cox, Slattengren)09:57 - Trevor Frischmon (Stuart, Canzanello)11:48 - GW - Aaron Slattengren (Petiot, Cox) ( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Adam Berkhoel Matt Zaba ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) March 13Colorado College 6, Denver 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/13/colorado-college-vs-denver/ USCHO.com 2004-03-13 2013-06-25 1 – 6 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/13/unpredictable-cc-storms-into-wcha-final-five/ 2 No Scoring 11:43 - Colin Stuart (Polaski, Sweatt)15:27 - GW - Brett Sterling (Petoit, Liebel)18:24 - Reid Goolsby (Slattengren, Crabb) (Carle, Skinner) Gabe Gauthier - PP - 05:00 08:20 - PP - Brady Greco (Canzanello, Sertich)17:46 - PP - Brady Greco (Stuart, Sertich) 06:50 - PP - Brett Sterling (Canzanello, Crabb) ( 10 saves / 13 shots ) Adam Berkhoel / ( 13 saves / 16 shots ) Glenn Fisher Curtis McElhinney ( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Colorado College won series 2–0 (5) Minnesota vs. (6) St. Cloud State Minnesota St. Cloud State Mariucci Arena March 12Minnesota 6, St. Cloud State 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/12/st-cloud-state-vs-minnesota/ USCHO.com 2004-03-12 2013-06-25 6 – 1 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/12/team-effort-minnesota-cruises-past-st-cloud-state/ 1 (Fleming) Mike Vannelli - 10:02(Riddle, Vanek) Matt Koalska - GW PP - 14:58 12:30 - Brock Hooton (Szabo, Jensen) (Martin, Riddle) Thomas Vanek - 06:18(Vanek, Kennedy) Ryan Potulny - 09:44(Vannelli) Troy Riddle - 14:44 (Riddle, Ballard) Ryan Potulny - PP - 15:21 ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Kellen Briggs Aaron Coole ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) / Tim Boron ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) March 13Minnesota 7, St. Cloud State 3 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/13/st-cloud-state-vs-minnesota/ USCHO.com 2004-03-13 2013-06-25 7 – 3 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/13/hat-trick-for-riddle-power-play-key-minnesota-sweep/ 1 (Ballard, Riddle) Ryan Potulny - PP - 19:46 (Riddle) Ryan Potulny - 12:52(Potulny, Ballard) Troy Riddle - PP - 19:14 00:22 - Brock Hooton (Szabo) (Vanek, Koalska) Troy Riddle - GW PP - 01:39(Tallackson, Guyer) Grant Potulny - PP - 07:16(Vanek, Vannelli) Troy Riddle - 08:38(Potulny, Tallackson) Tyler Hirsch - 09:13 00:24 - SH - Matt Hendricks (Reeder)09:33 - Konrad Reeder (Peters, Doyle) ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Kellen Briggs Tim Boron ( 39 saves / 46 shots ) Minnesota won series 2–0 Quarterfinal (7) Colorado College vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage Colorado College Alaska-Anchorage Xcel Energy Center March 18Alaska-Anchorage 4, Colorado College 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/18/alaska-anchorage-vs-colorado-college/ USCHO.com 2004-03-18 2013-06-25 1 – 4 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/18/netminder-king-lifts-seawolves-over-tigers/ 2 No Scoring (Sterling, Polaski) Trevor Frischmon - 09:21 09:51 - Brandon Segal (Anderson, Arcand-Kootenay)10:41 - GW - Vladimir Novak (Johnson, Gilchrist)19:24 - Brant McMann (Novak) 19:43 - EN - Dallas Steward (Kronschnabel, Green) ( 7 saves / 9 shots ) Matt Zaba / ( 7 saves / 8 shots ) Curtis McElhinney Chris King ( 44 saves / 45 shots ) Semifinals (1) North Dakota vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage North Dakota Alaska-Anchorage Xcel Energy Center March 19North Dakota 4, Alaska-Anchorage 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/19/alaska-anchorage-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2004-03-19 2013-06-25 4 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/19/midnight-strikes-north-dakota-ousts-cinderella-uaa/ 1 (Parise, Bochenski) Brady Murray - 15:56 (Hale, Prpich) Rory McMahon - 02:16(Bochenski, Murray) Zach Parise - GW - 09:01(Jones, McMahon) Ryan Hale - 15:50 10:30 - PP - Curtis Glencross (Bourne, Segal) 17:18 - Lee Green ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Jordan Parise Chris King ( 41 saves / 45 shots ) (2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (5) Minnesota Minnesota-Duluth Minnesota Xcel Energy Center March 19Minnesota 7, Minnesota-Duluth 4 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/19/minnesota-vs-minnesota-duluth/ USCHO.com 2004-03-19 2013-06-25 4 – 7 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/19/irmen-gophers-rally-for-berth-in-title-game/ 2 (Stapleton, Peluso) Luke Stauffacher - 02:08(Unklesbay, Geisler) Evan Schwabe - 09:06(Williams, Lessard) Evan Schwabe - 14:21 14:03 - PP - Troy Riddle (Potulny, Koalska)19:25 - Danny Irmen (Guyer, Fleming) 04:51 - SH - Danny Irmen (Ballard)14:25 - Ryan Potulny (Schwabe, Lessard) Justin Williams - 00:40 03:45 - GW - Thomas Vanek (Riddle, Koalska)14:41 - Andy Sertich (Waibel, Vannelli)19:24 - Barry Tallackson (Waibel, Fleming) ( 34 saves / 40 shots ) Isaac Reichmuth Kellen Briggs ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Third place (2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage Minnesota-Duluth Alaska-Anchorage Xcel Energy Center March 20Minnesota-Duluth 4, Alaska-Anchorage 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/20/alaska-anchorage-vs-minnesota-duluth/ USCHO.com 2004-03-20 2013-06-25 4 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/20/on-a-high-note-umd-rallies-past-uaa/ 1 No Scoring 12:14 - Curtis Glencross (Arcand-Kootenay, Reiter) (Peluso, Lessard) Evan Schwabe - PP - 09:30(Geisler, Peluso) Junior Lessard - PP - 13:12(Hammond, Czech) Luke Stauffacher - GW SH - 19:14 (Miskovich) Bryan McGregor - 10:13 19:42 - Vladimir Novak (Smith, Johnson) ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Josh Johnson Kevin Reiter ( 36 saves / 40 shots ) Championship (1) North Dakota vs. (5) Minnesota North Dakota Minnesota Xcel Energy Center March 20Minnesota 5, North Dakota 4 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2004/03/20/minnesota-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2004-03-20 2013-06-25 4 – 5 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2004/03/20/on-all-cylinders-gophers-repeat-at-final-five/ 2 (Parise) Drew Stafford - PP - 16:57 10:39 - Danny Irmen (Guyer, Harrington) (Parise, Schneider) Brandon Bochenski - 08:50(Fuher, Bochenski) Zach Parise - 16:47 04:09 - Jon Waibel (Kennedy) (Parise, Smaby) Brandon Bochenski - SH - 09:18 02:08 - Thomas Vanek04:48 - Troy Riddle (Harrington, Koalska)13:58 - GW - Grant Potulny (Irmen) ( 33 saves / 38 shots ) Jake Brandt Kellen Briggs ( 35 saves / 39 shots ) Tournament awards All-Tournament Team F Zach Parise (North Dakota) F Danny Irmen (Minnesota) F Brandon Bochenski (North Dakota) D Matt Jones (North Dakota) D Keith Ballard (Minnesota) G Kellen Briggs* (Minnesota) * Most Valuable Player(s) 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144 http://wcha.com/pdf/mguide0910/Ybk-129-144.pdf WCHA 2014-06-01 See also Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions References 2 External links WCHA official site https://web.archive.org/web/20080316230821/http://wcha.cstv.com/ 2008-03-16 2003–04 WCHA Standings 2003–04 NCAA Standings WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Category:WCHA men's ice hockey tournament