2000 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 2000 WCHA Men's 200px March 10–18, 2000 10 Target Center Minneapolis, Minnesota North Dakota 7th Dean BlaisNorth Dakota Men's Team History http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/north-dakota/mens-hockey/ 2013-05-28 2nd Lee Goren North Dakota 49,717 1999 1999 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 2001 2001 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 2000 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 41st conference playoff in league history and 47th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2000 tournament played between March 10 and March 18, 2000 at five conference arenas and the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, North Dakota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2000 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 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 Target 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: 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 First roundWCHA men's Hockey 1999-00 Week 24 http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/wcha/1999-2000/list-24/ USCHO.com 2000-03-12 2013-05-28March 10–12, 2000 1 Wisconsin 4 9 – 10 Michigan Tech 0 4 – 2 North Dakota 4 1 9 9 Denver 0 2 4 3 St. Cloud State 4 3 7 8 Minnesota-Duluth 5 0 3 4 Minnesota State-Mankato 2* 3 — 7 Alaska-Anchorage 1 2 — 5 Colorado College 2 2 — 6 Minnesota 4 3* — QuarterfinalWCHA men's Hockey 1999-00 Week 25 http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/wcha/1999-2000/list-25/ USCHO.com 2000-03-18 2013-05-28March 16, 2000 4 Minnesota State-Mankato 4 6 Minnesota 6 SemifinalsMarch 17, 2000 1 Wisconsin 5 6 Minnesota 3 2 North Dakota 7 3 St. Cloud State 3 ChampionshipMarch 18, 2000 1 Wisconsin 3 2 North Dakota 5 Third place 3 St. Cloud State 6 6 Minnesota 4 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Quarterfinals (1) Wisconsin vs. (10) Michigan Tech Wisconsin Michigan Tech Kohl Center March 10Wisconsin 4, Michigan Tech 0 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2000/03/10/michigan-tech-vs-wisconsin/ USCHO.com 2000-03-10 2013-05-28 4 – 0 1 Dustin Kuk - GW PP - 08:41 Steven Reinprecht - 05:52Dany Heatley - PP - 16:41Kent Davyduke - 17:07 Graham Melanson ( 15 saves / 15 shots ) Brian Rogers ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) March 11Wisconsin 9, Michigan Tech 4 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2000/03/11/michigan-tech-vs-wisconsin/ USCHO.com 2000-03-11 2013-05-28 9 – 4 1 Niki Siren - 07:56Dave Hergert - 08:31Alex Brooks - 14:18Kevin Granato - 17:25 13:01 - Devin Hartnell19:28 - PP - Riley Nelson Brad Winchester - GW PP - 06:06Andy Wheeler - SH - 10:36Dustin Kuk - 15:32 Dave Hergert - PP - 12:21Steven Reinprecht - 13:21 14:13 - Mat Snesrud19:04 - Jarrett Weinberger Graham Melanson ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) / Scott Kabotoff ( 4 saves / 5 shots ) / Mark Baranczyk ( 0 saves / 1 shots ) Brian Rogers ( 7 saves / 11 shots ) / Jason Moilanen ( 22 saves / 27 shots ) Wisconsin won series 2–0 (2) North Dakota vs. (9) Denver North Dakota Denver Ralph Engelstad Arena March 10North Dakota 4, Denver 0 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2000/03/10/denver-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2000-03-10 2013-05-28 4 – 0 1 No Scoring Mike Commodore - GW PP - 18:17 Tim Skarperud - 05:07Wes Dorey - 12:26Jason Noterman - EN - 19:55 Karl Goehring ( 29 saves / 29 shots ) Stephen Wagner ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) March 11Denver 2, North Dakota 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2000/03/11/denver-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2000-03-11 2013-05-28 1 – 2 2 Kevin Spiewak - 14:58 11:10 - PP - Joseph Casey03:01 - GW - Kelly Popadynetz Karl Goehring ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Stephen Wagner ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) March 12North Dakota 9, Denver 4 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2000/03/12/denver-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2000-03-12 2013-05-28 9 – 4 1 1 Lee Goren - 03:49Chad Mazurak - PP - 04:33 02:49 - Bjorn Engstrom19:59 - SH - Joseph Casey Ryan Bayda - 00:41Jason Ulmer - PP - 04:33Jason Ulmer - GW - 08:36Kevin Spiewak - 15:16 Brad Defauw - 01:03Jason Ulmer - SH - 06:37Lee Goren - 11:26 02:19 - PP - Joseph Casey03:24 - PP - Mark Rycroft Karl Goehring ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Stephen Wagner ( 20 saves / 29 shots ) / Wade Dubielewicz ( 3 saves / 3 shots ) North Dakota won series 2–1 (3) St. Cloud State vs. (8) Minnesota-Duluth St. Cloud State Minnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center March 10Minnesota-Duluth 5, St. Cloud State 4 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2000/03/10/minnesota-duluth-vs-st-cloud-state/ USCHO.com 2000-03-10 2013-05-28 4 – 5 1 Keith Anderson - 00:42Mike Walsh - 04:12Tyler Arnason - PP - 18:29 09:15 - Rich Anderson Nate DiCasmirro - PP - 11:46 04:14 - Tom Nelson09:39 - PP - Pasi Korhonen 07:13 - Mark Gunderson16:39 - GW - Jon Francisco Scott Meyer ( 24 saves / 29 shots ) Brant Nicklin ( 39 saves / 43 shots ) March 11St. Cloud State 3, Minnesota-Duluth 0 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2000/03/11/minnesota-duluth-vs-st-cloud-state/ USCHO.com 2000-03-11 2013-05-28 3 – 0 1 No Scoring Tyler Arnason - GW - 12:04Nate DiCasmirro - 15:18Ryan Malone - 19:32 Scott Meyer ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Brant Nicklin ( 38 saves / 41 shots ) March 12St. Cloud State 7, Minnesota-Duluth 3 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2000/03/12/minnesota-duluth-vs-st-cloud-state/ USCHO.com 2000-03-12 2013-05-28 7 – 3 1 1 Nate DiCasmirro - PP - 14:09 05:14 - PP - Ryan Homstol08:15 - SH - Jeff Scissons Geno Parrish - PP - 07:52Brandon Sampair - 12:44 05:12 - Drew Otten Nate DiCasmirro - GW - 00:45Tyler Arnason - 12:42Mark Hartigan - 14:25Mark Hartigan - EN - 19:32 Scott Meyer ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Brant Nicklin ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) / Rob Anderson ( 10 saves / 13 shots ) St. Cloud State won series 2–1 (4) Minnesota State-Mankato vs. (7) Alaska-Anchorage Minnesota State-Mankato Alaska-Anchorage Verizon Wireless Center March 10 2 – 1 1 1 March 11 3 – 2 1 Minnesota State won series 2–0 (5) Colorado College vs. (6) Minnesota Colorado College Minnesota Colorado Springs World Arena March 10Minnesota 4, Colorado College 0 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2000/03/10/minnesota-vs-colorado-college/ USCHO.com 2000-03-10 2013-05-28 2 – 4 2 No Scoring 10:55 - Erik Wendell13:20 - PP - Erik Westrum Aaron Karpan - 01:59Jesse Heerema - PP - 12:18 11:42 - GW SH - Nate Miller19:41 - Matt DeMarchi Colin Zulianello ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) Adam Hauser ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) March 11Minnesota 3, Colorado College 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2000/03/11/minnesota-vs-colorado-college/ USCHO.com 2000-03-11 2013-05-28 2 – 3 2 1 No Scoring Trent Clark - SH - 19:33 Tom Preissing - PP - 17:16 13:13 - Mark Nenovich19:51 - EA - Erik Westrum 07:34 - GW - Stuart Senden Jeff Sanger ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Adam Hauser ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Minnesota won series 2–0 Quarterfinal (4) Minnesota State-Mankato vs. (6) Minnesota Minnesota State-Mankato Minnesota Target Center March 16 4 – 6 2 Semifinals (1) Wisconsin vs. (6) Minnesota Wisconsin Minnesota Target Center March 17Wisconsin 5, Minnesota 3 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2000/03/17/minnesota-vs-wisconsin/ USCHO.com 2000-03-17 2013-05-28 5 – 3 1 Dan Bjornlie - 05:20Matt Hussey - 09:06Dany Heatley - PP - 13:32 11:46 - Erik Westrum19:47 - John Pohl Matt Murray - GW - 06:24 Steven Reinprecht - EN - 19:24 07:35 - PP - Jordan Leopold Graham Melanson ( 38 saves / 41 shots ) Adam Hauser ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) / Pete Samargia ( 10 saves / 10 shots ) (2) North Dakota vs. (3) St. Cloud State North Dakota St. Cloud State Target Center March 17North Dakota 7, St. Cloud State 3 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2000/03/17/st-cloud-state-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2000-03-17 2013-05-28 7 – 3 1 Chad Mazurak - 00:40 04:37 - Lee Brooks Lee Goren - 01:01Travis Roche - 08:48 11:21 - PP - Joe Motzko Lee Goren - GW PP - 04:12Bryan Lundbohm - 05:19Tim Skarperud - 13:43Jason Noterman - SH - 18:26 15:18 - Matt Bailey Andy Kollar ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Scott Meyer ( 22 saves / 29 shots ) Third Place (3) St. Cloud State vs. (6) Minnesota St. Cloud State Minnesota Target Center March 18St. Cloud State 6, Minnesota 4 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2000/03/18/minnesota-vs-st-cloud-state/ USCHO.com 2000-03-18 2013-05-28 6 – 4 1 Brian Gaffaney - 10:38Mike Pudlick - PP - 15:22Mark Hartigan - 18:33 08:02 - PP - Jordan Leopold Geno Parrish - PP - 17:18 05:51 - PP - Nate Miller Joe Motzko - GW - 08:30Mark Hartigan - EN - 19:39 03:17 - Aaron Miskovich15:40 - PP - Nate Miller Scott Meyer ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Adam Hauser ( 28 saves / 33 shots ) Championship (1) Wisconsin vs. (2) North Dakota Wisconsin North Dakota Target Center March 18North Dakota 5, Wisconsin 3 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2000/03/18/north-dakota-vs-wisconsin/ USCHO.com 2000-03-18 2013-05-28 3 – 5 2 David Hukalo - 06:56 01:35 - Jeff Panzer07:26 - Ryan Bayda Dustin Kuk - 00:49 02:58 - PP - Lee Goren Steven Reinprecht - 16:16 01:02 - GW - Lee Goren05:55 - PP - Chad Mazurak Graham Melanson ( 26 saves / 31 shots ) Andy Kollar ( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Tournament awards All-Tournament Team F Brandon Sampair (St. Cloud State) F Ryan Bayda (North Dakota) F Lee Goren* (North Dakota) D Dan Bjornlie (Wisconsin) D Travis Roche (North Dakota) G Andy Kollar (North Dakota) * 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 1999–00 WCHA Standings 1999–00 NCAA Standings Category:WCHA men's ice hockey tournament Wcha Men's Ice Hockey Tournament