1988 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 1988 WCHA Men's 200px February 25-March 7, 1988 8 Civic Center St. Paul, Minnesota WisconsinWisconsin Men's Team History http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/wisconsin/mens-hockey/ 2014-06-01 8th Jeff SauerJeff Sauer Year-by-Year Coaching Record http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,45/jeff-sauer/ 2014-06-01 3rd Dean AndersonWCHA Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archive 2014-06-01 Wisconsin 51,807 1987 1987 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 1989 1989 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 1988 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 29th conference playoff in league history and 36th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between February 25 and March 7, 1988. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Four' matches were held, for the first time, at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. This was the first year in the tournament's history that the championship game was held at a neutral site which it would continue to do henceforward (as of 2014). By winning the tournament, Wisconsin was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Additionally, this was the first season that the WCHA named a tournament MVP as well as an All-Tournament Team. Format The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams. The winners of the first round series advanced to the semifinal and championship rounds held at the Civic Center. All Final Four games used a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top remaining seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game while the two other semifinalists meeting with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers competing in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1988 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 3/1/1 First RoundFebruary 25–28 1 Minnesota 7 5 — 8 Colorado College 0 0 — 2 Wisconsin 2* 5 — 7 Northern Michigan 1 4 — 3 Denver 2 3 — 6 Minnesota-Duluth 5 7 — 4 Michigan Tech 4 6 3 5 North Dakota 5 3 4* SemifinalsMarch 6 1 Minnesota 6 6 Minnesota-Duluth 1 2 Wisconsin 2 5 North Dakota 1 ChampionshipMarch 7 1 Minnesota 2 2 Wisconsin 3 Third place 5 North Dakota 6 6 Minnesota-Duluth 0 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) First round (1) Minnesota vs. (8) Colorado College Minnesota Colorado College Mariucci Arena February 26 7 – 0 1 February 27 5 – 0 1 Minnesota won series 2–0 (2) Wisconsin vs. (7) Northern Michigan Wisconsin Northern Michigan Dane County Coliseum February 25 2 – 1 1 1 February 26 5 – 4 1 Wisconsin won series 2–0 (3) Denver vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth Denver Minnesota-Duluth DU Arena February 26 2 – 5 2 February 27 3 – 7 2 Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–0 (4) Michigan Tech vs. (5) North Dakota Michigan Tech North Dakota Student Ice Arena February 26 4 – 5 2 February 27 6 – 3 1 February 28 3 – 4 1 2 1 North Dakota won series 2–1 Semifinals (1) Minnesota vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth Minnesota Minnesota-Duluth Civic Center March 6 6 – 0 1 (2) Wisconsin vs. (5) North Dakota Wisconsin North Dakota Civic Center March 6 2 – 1 1 Third Place (5) North Dakota vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth North Dakota Minnesota-Duluth Civic Center March 7 6 – 0 1 Championship (1) Minnesota vs. (2) Wisconsin Minnesota Wisconsin Civic Center March 7 2 – 3 2 Tournament awards All-Tournament Team F Neil Eisenhut (North Dakota) F Paul Ranheim (Wisconsin) F Steve Tuttle (Wisconsin) D Randy Skarda (Minnesota) D Paul Stanton (Wisconsin) G Dean Anderson* (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 1987–88 WCHA Standings 1987–88 NCAA Standings 2013–14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide 2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media GuideAugust 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 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 WCHA Men's Ice