1997 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

Sporting event August 2023 1997 WCHA Men's 200px March 7–15, 1997 10 Civic Center St. Paul, Minnesota North DakotaNorth Dakota Men's Team History http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/north-dakota/mens-hockey/ 2014-06-01 6th Dean BlaisDean Blais Year-by-Year Coaching Record http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,42/dean-blais/ 2014-06-01 1st David HoogsteenWCHA Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archive 2014-06-01 North Dakota 56,707 1996 1996 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 1998 1998 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 1997 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 38th conference playoff in league history and 45th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 7 and March 15, 1997. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Five' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, North Dakota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1997 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 and were 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 Civic 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 1997 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 7–8 1 North Dakota 4 3 — 10 Michigan Tech 1 0 — 2 Minnesota 8 5 — 9 Alaska-Anchorage 2 1 — 3 St. Cloud State 5 3 — 8 Northern Michigan 2 2 — 4 Colorado College 9 1**** — 7 Wisconsin 3 0 — 5 Denver 4 7 — 6 Minnesota-Duluth 1 3 — QuarterfinalMarch 13 4 Colorado College 5 5 Denver 2 SemifinalsMarch 14 1 North Dakota 5 4 Colorado College 1 2 Minnesota 5* 3 St. Cloud State 4 ChampionshipMarch 15 1 North Dakota 4* 2 Minnesota 3 Third place 3 St. Cloud State 0 4 Colorado College 6 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Quarterfinals (1) North Dakota vs. (10) Michigan Tech North Dakota Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad Arena March 7 4 – 1 1 March 8 3 – 0 1 North Dakota won series 2–0 (2) Minnesota vs. (9) Alaska-Anchorage Minnesota Alaska-Anchorage Mariucci Arena March 7 8 – 2 1 March 8 5 – 1 1 Minnesota won series 2–0 (3) St. Cloud State vs. (8) Northern Michigan St. Cloud State Northern Michigan National Hockey Center March 7 5 – 2 1 March 8 3 – 2 1 St. Cloud State won series 2–0 (4) Colorado College vs. (7) Wisconsin Colorado College Wisconsin Cadet Ice Arena March 7 9 – 3 1 March 8 1 – 0 1 4 Colorado College won series 2–0 (5) Denver vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth Denver Minnesota-Duluth DU Arena March 7 4 – 1 1 March 8 7 – 3 1 Denver won series 2–0 Quarterfinal (4) Colorado College vs. (5) Denver Colorado College Denver Civic Center March 13 5 – 2 1 Semifinals (1) North Dakota vs. (4) Colorado College North Dakota Colorado College Civic Center March 14 5 – 1 1 (2) Minnesota vs. (3) St. Cloud State Minnesota St. Cloud State Civic Center March 14 5 – 4 1 1 Third Place (3) St. Cloud State vs. (4) Colorado College St. Cloud State Colorado College Civic Center March 15 0 – 6 2 Championship (1) North Dakota vs. (2) Minnesota North Dakota Minnesota Civic Center March 15 4 – 3 1 1 Tournament awards All-Tournament Team F Kevin Hoogsteen (North Dakota) F Ryan Kraft (North Dakota) F Toby Petersen (Colorado College) D Curtis Murphy (North Dakota) D Brian LaFleur (Minnesota) G Aaron Schweitzer (North Dakota) 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144 http://wcha.com/pdf/mguide0910/Ybk-129-144.pdf WCHA 2014-06-01 MVP David Hoogsteen (North Dakota) See also Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions References 2 External links WCHA.com 1996–97 WCHA Standings 1996–97 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