2011 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 2011 WCHA Men's 200px 2011 WCHA Final Five logo March 11–19, 2011 12 Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota North Dakota 16th Dave Hakstol 4th 2010 2010 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 2012 2012 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 2011 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 52nd conference playoff in league history and 57th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2011 tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2011, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, North Dakota received the Broadmoor Trophy and was awarded the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Format The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. All twelve conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 12 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top six seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams. The winners of the first round series advance 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 are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top two teams automatically advancing to the semifinals. Conference standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against Bracket Teams are reseeded after the first round 3 0 y y First roundMarch 11–13 1 North Dakota 8 3 — 12 Michigan Tech 0 1 — 2 Denver 4 3* — 11 Minnesota State 2 2 — 3 Nebraska-Omaha 2 2 — 10 Bemidji State 4 3 — 4 Minnesota-Duluth 4 3*** — 9 St. Cloud State 2 2 — 5 Minnesota 3 0 — 8 Alaska-Anchorage 4 2 — 6 Colorado College 1 4* 2 7 Wisconsin 3 3 1 QuarterfinalsMarch 17 4 Minnesota-Duluth 2 10 Bemidji State 3* 6 Colorado College 4 8 Alaska-Anchorage 2 SemifinalsMarch 18 2 Denver 6 10 Bemidji State 2 1 North Dakota 4 6 Colorado College 3 ChampionshipMarch 19 1 North Dakota 3** 2 Denver 2 Note: * denotes overtime periods First round (1) North Dakota vs. (12) Michigan Tech North Dakota Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad Arena March 11 8 - 0 www.wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mmtundk1.m11 1 Jason Gregoire (22) - 03:11Brett Hextall (11) - 03:40Matt Frattin (30) - 05:12Matt Frattin (31) - SH - 12:39Jason Gregoire (23) - 18:41 Jason Gregoire (24) - PP - 05:22Matt Frattin (32) - PP - 15:17 Jake Marto (7) - 04:23 Aaron Dell - ( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Kevin Genoe - ( 9 saves / 14 shots )Josh Robinson - ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) March 12 3 - 1 www.wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mmtundk1.m12 1 No scoring 06:15 - Ryan Furne (12) Brett Hextall (12) - 03:33Taylor Dickin (1) - 05:34 Matt Frattin (33) - EN - 19:54 Aaron Dell - ( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Josh Robinson - ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) North Dakota Wins Series 2–0 (2) Denver vs. (11) Minnesota State Denver Minnesota State Magness Arena March 11 4 - 2 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mdenmns1.m11 1 No scoring 10:49 - Zach Lehrke (2)19:58 - Kurt Davis (9) - PP Kyle Ostrow (12) - PP - 04:20Beau Bennett (9) - 08:00Shawn Ostrow (1) - 17:35Shawn Ostrow (2) - EN - 19:58 Sam Brittain - ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Phil Cook - ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) March 12 3 - 2 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mdenmns1.m12 1 1 No scoring 00:46 - Ben Youds (2) - PP Matt Donovan (8) - PP - 09:35David Makowski (6) - PP - 13:45 11:56 - J.P. Burkemper (3) Jason Zucker (21) - 01:29 Sam Brittain - ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Austin Lee - ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Denver Wins Series 2–0 (3) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (10) Bemidji State Nebraska-Omaha Bemidji State Qwest Center Omaha March 11 2 - 4 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mbmjuno1.m11 2 No scoring Ryan Walters (10) - PP - 14:02 04:53 - Jordan George (16)10:50 - Ian Lowe (12) Terry Broadhurst (11) - PP - 06:44 18:07 - Jamie MacQueen (6)18:28 - Matt Read (19) John Faulkner - ( 13 saves / 17 shots ) Dan Bakala - ( 46 saves / 48 shots ) March 12 2 - 3 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mbmjuno1.m12 2 Rich Purslow (12) - 09:32 11:34 - Matt Read (20) - PP 08:15 - Jamie MacQueen (7) Ryan Walters (11) - EA - 19:52 08:48 - Matt Read (21) John Faulkner - ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) Dan Bakala - ( 40 saves / 43 shots ) Bemidji State Wins Series 2-0 (4) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (9) St. Cloud State Minnesota-Duluth St. Cloud State Amsoil Arena March 11 4 - 2 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mmndstc1.m11 1 J.T. Brown (15) (Schmidt, Hendrickson) - 01:42 03:30 - David Eddy (8) (Johnson, Gravel) Justin Faulk (8) (Fontaine, Montgomery) - 07:15Mike Connolly (24) (Fontaine, J. Connolly) - 15:01 Kyle Schmidt (8) (Olesksuk, Bergman) - EN - 19:11 15:53 - Jared Festler (12) (Jensen, Dowd) - EA Kenny Reiter ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Mike Lee ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) March 12 3 - 2 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mmndstc1.m12 1 3 Jack Connolly (14) (Fontaine, M. Connolly) - PP - 07:34Jack Connolly (15) (Fontaine, Faulk) - 13:01 03:06 - David Eddy (9) (Reid, Roe) - PP 09:20 - Taylor Johnson (3) (Marvin) Mike Connolly (25) (Hendrickson, Fontaine) - 01:13 Kenny Reiter ( 37 saves / 39 shots ) Mike Lee ( 60 saves / 63 shots ) March 13 Minnesota-Duluth Wins Series 2-0 Note: Game 2 was the 3rd longest game in WCHA History and 12th longest in NCAA history, although not the longest match between these two schools. SCSU defeated UMD in Triple Overtime in Game 3 of their WCHA 1st Round series in 2007, that went 11:13 into triple overtime. This is the 1st time 2 schools have played 2 triple-overtime games vs one another. (5) Minnesota vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage Minnesota Alaska-Anchorage Mariucci Arena March 11 3 - 4 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?makamin1.m11 2 No scoring 19:23 - Sean Wiles (10) Jake Hansen (11) - PS - 12:12Aaron Ness (2) - PP - 13:01 01:56 - Jade Portwood (2)09:19 - Alex Gellert (2) - SH Kevin Wehrs (3) - 11:18 13:28 - Mitch Bruijsten (9) - PP Kent Patterson ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) Chris Kamal ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) March 12 0 - 2 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?makamin1.m12 2 No scoring 02:32 - Mickey Spencer (1)13:24 - Tommy Grant (16) Kent Patterson ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Chris Kamal ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) March 13 1 Alaska-Anchorage Wins Series 2-0 (6) Colorado College vs. (7) Wisconsin Colorado College Wisconsin World Arena March 11 1 - 3 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mcc_wis1.m11 2 No scoring Nick Dineen (12) - PP - 05:53 12:11 - Joe Faust (1) 04:12 - Ryan Little (6)19:49 - Jefferson Dahl (2) - EN Joe Howe ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Scott Gudmandson ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) March 12 4 - 3 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mcc_wis1.m12 1 1 No scoring 11:00 - Craig Smith (18)13:01 - Podge Turnbull (13) Jaden Schwartz (14) - 10:49 Gabe Guentzel (6) - 03:11Scott Winkler (3) - 16:31 05:44 - Sean Dolan (7) Jaden Schwartz (15) - PP - 05:48 Joe Howe ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Scott Gudmandson ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) March 13 1 2 - 1 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mcc_wis1.m13 1 No scoring 17:22 - Craig Smith (19) - PP Nick Dineen (13) - PP - 09:27Stephen Schultz (15) - PP - 13:21 Joe Howe ( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Brett Bennett ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Colorado College Wins Series 2-1 Quarterfinals (4) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (10) Bemidji State Minnesota-Duluth Bemidji State Xcel Energy Center March 17 2 - 3 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mbmjmnd1.m17 2 1 Jack Connolly (16) - 06:05Mike Connolly (26) - SH - 16:38 13:37 - Brad Hunt (3) 00:28 - Matt Read (22) 06:12 - Shea Walters (1) - PP Kenny Reiter ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Dan Bakala ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) (6) Colorado College vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage Colorado College Alaska-Anchorage Xcel Energy Center March 17 4 - 2 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?makacc_1.m17 1 William Rapuzzi (10) - PP - 07:30Tim Hall (5) - 16:30 Joe Marciano (2) - 04:39Joe Marciano (3) - 19:42 14:57 - Mickey Spencer (2) 18:59 - Luka Vidmar (2) - SH Joe Howe ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Chris Kamal ( 4 saves / 7 shots )Rob Gunderson ( 8 saves / 9 shots ) Semifinals (2) Denver vs. (10) Bemidji State Denver Bemidji State Xcel Energy Center March 18 6 - 2 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mbmjden1.m18 1 Kyle Ostrow (13) - PP - 06:15 09:31 - Jordan George (17) - PP15:55 - Radoslav Illo (4) Drew Shore (23) - PP - 04:15 Nick Shore (7) - 02:56Jarrod Mermis (4) - 08:17Luke Salazar (17) - 15:46Kyle Ostrow (14) - EN - 18:44 Sam Brittain ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) Dan Bakala ( 26 saves / 31 shots ) (1) North Dakota vs. (6) Colorado College North Dakota Colorado College Xcel Energy Center March 18 4 - 3 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mcc_ndk1.m18 1 Danny Kristo (6) - 02:44 17:24 - Stephen Schultz (16) - PP Brent Davidson (4) - 14:55 05:14 - Rylan Schwartz (7) Brad Malone (13) - SH - 08:30Matt Frattin (34) - 14:20 11:10 - Rylan Schwartz (8) - PP Aaron Dell ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Joe Howe ( 34 saves / 38 shots ) Championship (1) North Dakota vs. (2) Denver North Dakota Denver Xcel Energy Center March 19 3 - 2 http://wcha.com/men/recaps11.php?mdenndk1.m19 1 2 No scoring 05:06 - Dustin Jackson (5) Danny Kristo (7) - 02:32Brent Davidson (5) - 08:18 17:47 - Anthony Maiani (8) Matt Frattin (35) - 05:11 Aaron Dell ( 40 saves / 42 shots ) Sam Brittain ( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Tournament awards All-Tournament Team F Matt Frattin* (North Dakota) F Anthony Maiani (Denver) F Jaden Schwartz (Colorado College) D Matt Donovan (Denver) D Chay Genoway (North Dakota) G Sam Brittain (Denver) * Most Valuable Player(s) WCHA Tourney History http://wcha.com/men/tourney/history.php WCHA 2014-06-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140702170427/http://www.wcha.com/men/tourney/history.php 2014-07-02 dead References 2 External links Western Collegiate Hockey Association Wcha Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Category:WCHA men's ice hockey tournament