1982 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 1982 WCHA Men's 200px March 4–14, 1982 6 Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota WisconsinWisconsin Men's Team History http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/wisconsin/mens-hockey/ 2014-06-01 6th Bob JohnsonBob Johnson Year-by-Year Coaching Record http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,304/bob-johnson/ 2014-06-01 6th 1981 1981 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 1983 1983 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 1982 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 23rd conference playoff in league history and 30th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 4 and March 14, 1982. First round and semifinal games were played at home team campus sites while the championship match was held at the Winter Sports Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. This as the first WCHA tournament held after the defection of four conference schools to the CCHA. Format All member teams were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. As a result of their receiving the Broadmoor Trophy, North Dakota's home venue, Winter Sports Center, served as the site for the Championship game regardless of which teams qualified for the penultimate match. Each series were two-game matchups with the team that scored the most goals advancing to the succeeding round. The top two seeded teams received byes into the semifinal round while the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed met in the first round. The teams that advanced to the semifinal were re-seeded according to the final regular season conference standings, with the first seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game and the second seed meeting with the other advancing team with the winners meeting in the championship round. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1982 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 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144 http://wcha.com/pdf/mguide0910/Ybk-129-144.pdf WCHA 2014-06-01 Teams are reseeded after the first round 0 2/2/2 First RoundMarch 4–6 3 Minnesota 3 6 6 Colorado College 1 3 4 Denver 5 5 5 Minnesota-Duluth 2 5 SemifinalsMarch 9–10 1 North Dakota 4 5 4 Denver 3 2 2 Wisconsin 3 6 3 Minnesota 4 2 ChampionshipMarch 13–14 1 North Dakota 0 1 2 Wisconsin 9 3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) First round (3) Minnesota vs. (6) Colorado College Minnesota Colorado College Williams Arena March 5 3 – 1 1 March 6 6 – 3 1 Minnesota won series 9–4 (4) Denver vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth Denver Minnesota-Duluth DU Arena March 4 5 – 2 1 March 5 5 – 5 Denver won series 10–7 Semifinals (1) North Dakota vs. (4) Denver North Dakota Denver Winter Sports Center March 9 4 – 3 1 March 10 5 – 2 1 North Dakota won series 9–5 (2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Minnesota Wisconsin Minnesota Dane County Coliseum March 9 3 – 4 2 March 10 6 – 2 1 Wisconsin won series 9–6 Championship (1) North Dakota vs. (2) Wisconsin North Dakota Wisconsin Winter Sports Center March 13 0 – 9 2 March 14 1 – 3 2 Wisconsin won series 12–1 Tournament awards None See also Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions References 2 External links WCHA.com 1981–82 WCHA Standings 1981–82 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 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