2008 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 2008 WCHA Men's Red Baron WCHA Final Five-old.png 200px 2008 WCHA Final Five logo March 14–22, 2008 10 Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota Denver 15th George Gwozdecky 4th Alex Kangas Minnesota 2007 2007 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 2009 2009 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 2008 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 49th conference playoff in league history and 54th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2008 tournament was played between March 14 and March 22, 2008, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Denver was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament. Format The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were 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.http://wcha.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/031008aac.html First Round WCHA Playoffs Set for March 14-16; Colorado College Reigns as 2007-08 WCHA Champion 2008-03-10 2008-03-22 WCHA October 2010 H3llBot 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 200px|thumb|right|Colorado College versus the University of Minnesota Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against Tiebreakers Minnesota State and St. Cloud State each finished the regular season with 28 points. Minnesota State won the tiebreaker, having the better head-to-head record of the two teams.http://wcha.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/030307aaa.html https://archive.today/20070618125809/http://wcha.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/030307aaa.html dead 2007-06-18 Minnesota Earns Back-to-Back WCHA Championships as Golden Gophers Down MTU 2007-03-07 2008-03-22 WCHAhttp://www.uscho.com/schedules/team.php/minnesota-state-mavericks/mens-college-hockey/season,20072008/team,mnst/gender,m.html Minnesota State Mavericks: 2007-2008 Men's Hockey Schedule/Results 2008-03-22 USCHO https://web.archive.org/web/20071221233107/http://www.uscho.com/schedules/team.php/minnesota-state-mavericks/mens-college-hockey/season%2C20072008/team%2Cmnst/gender%2Cm.html 2007-12-21 dead Bracket Teams are reseeded after the first round First roundMarch 14–16, 2008 1 Colorado College 4 3* — 10 Alaska-Anchorage 1 2 — 2 North Dakota 4 2 2 9 Michigan Tech 0 3* 1 3 Denver 6 1 — 8 Minnesota-Duluth 3 0 — 4 Minnesota State 1** 1 2 7 Minnesota 0 2* 3** 5 St. Cloud State 3 4* — 6 Wisconsin 0 3 — QuarterfinalMarch 20, 2008 5 St. Cloud State 2 7 Minnesota 3 SemifinalsMarch 21, 2008 1 Colorado College 1 7 Minnesota 2* 2 North Dakota 1 3 Denver 3 ChampionshipMarch 22, 2008 3 Denver 2 7 Minnesota 1 Third place 1 Colorado College 2 2 North Dakota 4 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) First round (1) Colorado College vs. (10) Alaska-Anchorage Colorado College Alaska-Anchorage World Arena March 14 4 – 1 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/makacc_1.m15 1 (Sweatt, Hillen) Mike Testwuide - 00:37 No Scoring (Hillen) Tyler Johnson - GW - 18:06 02:15 - PP - Brad McCabe (Lunden, Lafranchise) (Johnson) Scott Thauwald - 02:47(unassisted) Scott McCulloch - EN - 19:39 ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Richard Bachman Jon Olthuis ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) March 15 3 – 2 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/makacc_1.m15 1 1 No Scoring 06:05 - Kane Lafranchise (Parkinson, Lunden) (Testwuide, Kilpatrick) Bill Sweatt - 04:22 16:37 - Josh Lunden (Crowder) (Rau, Prosser) Mike Testwuide - 05:54 (Sweatt, Hillen) Mike Testwuide - 02:58 ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Richard Bachman Jon Olthuis ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Colorado College won series 2–0 (2) North Dakota vs. (9) Michigan Tech North Dakota Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad Arena March 14 4 – 0 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/mmtundk1.m14 1 (Oshie, Genoway) Ryan Duncan - GW - 05:25 (Duncan, VandeVelde) T. J. Oshie - 08:21(Marto, Genoway) Darcy Zajac - 09:10 (Miller, Martens) Andrew Kozek - 06:58 ( 14 saves / 14 shots ) Jean-Philippe Lamoureux Michael-Lee Teslak ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) March 15 2 – 3 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/mmtundk1.m15 2 1 (Frattin, Martens) Brad Miller - 04:19 (Miller) Matt Frattin - 16:58 01:19 - PP - Jimmy Kerr (Kinrade, Kattelus)19:54 - SH - Tyler Shelast (Kerr, Baker) 01:59 - GW PP - Tyler Shelast (Kinrade, Rouleau) ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Jean-Philippe Lamoureux Michael-Lee Teslak ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) March 16 2 – 1 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/mmtundk1.m16 1 1 (Duncan, Genoway) T. J. Oshie - 14:09 11:27 - Tyler Shelast (Gagne) (Bina, Chorney)T. J. Oshie - 00:19 ( 10 saves / 11 shots ) Jean-Philippe Lamoureux Michael-Lee Teslak ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) North Dakota won series 2–1 (3) Denver vs. (8) Minnesota–Duluth Denver Minnesota–Duluth Magness Arena March 14 6 – 3 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/mdenmnd1.m14 1 (Vossberg, Thomas) Dustin Jackson - 02:15(May, Testwuide) Dustin Jackson - 04:58 (Jackson) Matt Glasser - 09:29(Ostrow) Tyler Bozak - GW PP - 13:39 08:23 - PP - Andrew Carroll (Curry, Akins)14:24 - Mike Curry (Bordson, Greer) (Testwuide) Tyler Bozak - 00:23(unassisted) Cody Brookwell - 07:50 05:55 - PP - Josh Meyers (Bordson, McKnight) ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Peter Mannino Alex Stalock ( 22 saves / 28 shots ) March 15 1 – 0 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/mdenmnd1.m15 1 No Scoring (unassisted) Anthony Maiani - GW - 07:44 ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Peter Mannino Alex Stalock ( 14 saves / 15 shots ) Denver won series 2–0 (4) Minnesota State vs. (7) Minnesota Minnesota State Minnesota Verizon Center March 14 1 – 0 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/mminmns1.m14 1 2 No Scoring (Kalinski) Trevor Bruess - 17:36 ( 34 saves / 34 shots ) Mike Zacharias Alex Kangas ( 44 saves / 45 shots ) March 15 1 – 2 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/mminmns1.m15 2 1 No Scoring 06:07 - Justin Bostrom (Pohl, Wehrs) (Irwin, Hanson) Andrew Sackrison - 11:09 07:33 - Mike Carman (Peltier) ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Mike Zacharias Alex Kangas ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) March 16 2 – 3 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/mminmns1.m16 2 1 2 (Davis, Irwin) Mick Berge - 08:38 18:12 - Jay Barriball (Wheeler, Gordon) 13:51 - Patrick White (Howe, Lucia) (Bruess, Youds) Kael Mouillierat - 03:20 16:59 - Tony Lucia (Kaufmann, Flynn) ( 47 saves / 50 shots ) Mike Zacharias Alex Kangas ( 44 saves / 46 shots ) Minnesota won series 2–1 (5) St. Cloud State vs. (6) Wisconsin St. Cloud State Wisconsin National Hockey Center March 14 3 – 0 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/mstcwis1.m14 1 (Nödl, Roe) John Swanson - GW PP - 19:29 (Borgen) Ryan Lasch - 17:42 (Dey, Roe) Andreas Nödl - 10:03 ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Jase Weslosky Shane Connelly ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) March 15 4 – 3 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2007/03/10/zaba-colorado-college-shut-out-michigan-tech/ 1 1 (Lasch, Swanson) Aaron Brocklehurst - 00:26(Brocklehurst, Marvin) Matt Stephenson - GW - 17:17 05:24 - Blake Geoffrion (Turris, Davies) (Roe, Nödl) John Swanson - PP - 14:58 00:51 - Davis Drewiske (Klubertanz, Geoffrion)06:02 - Aaron Bendickson (McBain, Turris) (Raboin) Ryan Lasch - GW - 03:57 ( 46 saves / 47 shots ) Jake Weslosky Shane Connelly ( 7 saves / 9 shots ) / Scott Gudmandson ( 10 saves / 12 shots ) St. Cloud State won series 2–0 Quarterfinal (5) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Minnesota St. Cloud State Minnesota Xcel Energy Center March 20 2 – 3 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/mminstc1.m20 2 (Lasch, Brocklehurst) Garrett Raboin - PP - 07:33 00:25 - Tony Lucia (Kaufmann, Peltier) 04:35 - PP - Evan Kaufmann (Wheeler, Fairchild) (Peltier, Fischer) Mike Howe - GW - 19:47 15:34 - Tony Mosey (Lasch, Raboin) ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Jase Weslosky Alex Kangas ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Semifinals (1) Colorado College vs. (7) Minnesota Colorado College Minnesota Xcel Energy Center March 21 1 – 2 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/mcc_min1.m21 2 1 No Scoring (Hillen, Prosser) Andreas Vlassopoulos - 00:39 01:38 - Mike Hoeffel (Barriball) 04:47 - Mike Hoeffel (Carman, Wehrs) ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Richard Bachman Alex Kangas ( 37 saves / 38 shots ) (2) North Dakota vs. (3) Denver North Dakota Denver Xcel Energy Center March 21 1 – 3 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/mdenndk1.m21 2 No Scoring 05:58 - PP - Rhett Rakhshani (Mullen, Bozak) (Zajac, Marto) Taylor Chorney - 06:16 18:40 - GW - Anthony Maiani (unassisted)19:54 - EN - Matt Glasser (Ruegsegger) ( 29 saves / 35 shots ) Bobby Goepfert Philippe Lamoureux ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Third Place (1) Colorado College vs. (2) North Dakota Colorado College North Dakota Xcel Energy Center March 22 2 – 4 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/mcc_ndk1.m22 2 (Testwuide) Chad Rau - 07:56 19:20 - PP - T. J. Oshie (Chorney, VandeVelde) (Connelly, Lowery) Jimmy Kilpatrick - PP - 16:36 05:01 - PP - Chris VandeVelde (Chorney, Oshie)10:27 - GW PP - Chay Genoway (Marto, Malone) 10:02 - Darcy Zajac (Radke, Marto) ( 31 saves / 35 shots ) Richard Bachman Jean-Philippe Lamoureux ( 33 saves / 25 shots ) Championship (3) Denver vs. (7) Minnesota Denver Minnesota Xcel Energy Center March 22 2 – 1 http://collegehockeystats.net/0708/boxes/mdenmin1.m22 1 No Scoring (Rakhshani) Tyler Bozak - 09:10(Maiani, Martin) Tom May - GW - 19:34 05:39 - Ryan Flynn (Bickel, Fairchild) ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Peter Mannino Alex Kangas ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Tournament awards 200px|thumb|right|Members of the Denver Pioneers celebrating their tournament victory All-Tournament Team F Mike Hoeffel (Minnesota) F Tom May (Denver) F T. J. Oshie (North Dakota) D Chris Butler (Denver) D Taylor Chorney (North Dakota) G Peter Mannino (Denver) 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144 http://wcha.com/pdf/mguide0910/Ybk-129-144.pdf WCHA 2014-06-01 MVP Alex Kangas, (Minnesota) See also Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions References General http://insidecollegehockey.com/6History/wcha_08.htm 2008 WCHA Tournament 2008-03-22 Inside College Hockey https://web.archive.org/web/20080316111540/http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/6History/wcha_08.htm 16 March 2008 live Specific External links Official website Category:WCHA men's ice hockey tournament Wcha Men's Ice Hockey Tournament