1996 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 1996 WCHA Men's 200px March 1–9, 1996 10 Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin MinnesotaMinnesota Men's Team History http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/minnesota/mens-hockey/ 2014-06-01 10th Doug WoogDoug Woog Year-by-Year Coaching Record http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,265/doug-woog/ 2014-06-01 3rd Brian BoninWCHA Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archive 2014-06-01 Minnesota 47,304 1995 1995 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 1997 1997 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 1996 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 37th conference playoff in league history and 44th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 1 and March 9, 1996. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Five' matches were held at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By winning the tournament, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Men's 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. 9 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 Bradley 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 and the remaining two playing in a quarterfinal game. The semifinal pitted the top remaining seed against the winner of the quarterfinal game while the two other teams that received byes were matched against one another with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers meeting in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Conference standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128 http://wcha.com/pdf/mguide0910/Ybk-113-128.pdf WCHA 2014-06-01 Bracket Teams are reseeded after the first round First RoundMarch 1–3 1 Colorado College 4 6 — 10 Northern Michigan 3 1 — 2 Minnesota 6 7 — 9 Alaska-Anchorage 4 1 — 3 Denver 1 6 0 8 St. Cloud State 3 4 4 4 Minnesota-Duluth 4 3 — 7 Michigan Tech 5 4 — 5 North Dakota 5 4 — 6 Wisconsin 6 5 — QuarterfinalMarch 7 7 Michigan Tech 4* 8 St. Cloud State 3 SemifinalsMarch 8 1 Colorado College 3 7 Michigan Tech 4 2 Minnesota 4* 6 Wisconsin 3 ChampionshipMarch 9 2 Minnesota 7 7 Michigan Tech 2 Third place 1 Colorado College 6 6 Wisconsin 4 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Quarterfinals (1) Colorado College vs. (10) Northern Michigan Colorado College Northern Michigan Cadet Ice Arena March 1 4 – 3 1 March 2 6 – 1 1 Colorado College won series 2–0 (2) Minnesota vs. (9) Alaska-Anchorage Minnesota Alaska-Anchorage Mariucci Arena March 1 6 – 4 1 March 2 7 – 1 1 Minnesota won series 2–0 (3) Denver vs. (8) St. Cloud State Denver St. Cloud State DU Arena March 1 1 – 3 2 March 2 6 – 4 1 March 3 0 – 4 1 2 St. Cloud State won series 2–1 (4) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (7) Michigan Tech Minnesota-Duluth Michigan Tech DECC March 1 4 – 5 2 March 2 3 – 4 2 Michigan Tech won series 2–0 (5) North Dakota vs. (6) Wisconsin North Dakota Wisconsin Ralph Engelstad Arena March 1 5 – 6 2 March 2 4 – 5 2 Wisconsin won series 2–0 Quarterfinal (7) Michigan Tech vs. (8) St. Cloud State Michigan Tech St. Cloud State Bradley Center March 7 4 – 3 1 1 Semifinals (1) Colorado College vs. (7) Michigan Tech Colorado College Michigan Tech Bradley Center March 8 3 – 4 2 (2) Minnesota vs. (6) Wisconsin Minnesota Wisconsin Bradley Center March 8 4 – 3 1 1 Third Place (1) Colorado College vs. (6) Wisconsin Colorado College Wisconsin Bradley Center March 9 6 – 4 1 Championship (2) Minnesota vs. (7) Michigan Tech Minnesota Michigan Tech Bradley Center March 9 7 – 2 1 Tournament awards All-Tournament Team F Brian Bonin* (Minnesota) F Bret Meyers (Michigan Tech) F Jeff Mikesch (Michigan Tech) D Mike Crowley (Minnesota) D Scott Swanson (Colorado College) G Kirk Daubenspeck (Wisconsin) * 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.com 1995–96 WCHA Standings 1995–96 NCAA Standings 2012–13 Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves Media Guide 2013–14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide 2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media GuideSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide https://web.archive.org/web/20140728061657/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/m-hockey/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/2013_14_Media_Guide.pdf 2014-07-28 2012–13 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Media Guide 2013–14 North Dakota Hockey Media Guide 2006–07 Northern Michigan Wildcats Media Guide https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192742/http://www.nmu.edu/sites/DrupalSportsAthletics/files/UserFiles/Files/Pre-Drupal/Sports/MensHockey/MediaGuides/hockey0607.pdf March 4, 2016 2011–12 St. Cloud State Huskies Media Guide 2003–04 Wisconsin Badgers Media Guide https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001910/http://images.library.wisc.edu/UW/EFacs/UWAthletics/Hockey/Hock2004/reference/uw.hock2004.i0001.pdf March 4, 2016 Category:WCHA men's ice hockey tournament Wcha Men's Ice Hockey Tournament