1995 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 1995 WCHA Men's 200px March 10–18, 1995 10 Civic Center St. Paul, Minnesota WisconsinWisconsin Men's Team History http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/wisconsin/mens-hockey/ 2014-06-01 10th Jeff SauerJeff Sauer Year-by-Year Coaching Record http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,45/jeff-sauer/ 2014-06-01 5th Kirk DaubenspeckWCHA Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archive 2014-06-01 Wisconsin 55,908 1994 1994 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 1996 1996 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 1995 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 36th conference playoff in league history and 43rd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 10 and March 18, 1995. 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, Wisconsin was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1995 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 1995 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 10–12 1 Colorado College 11 5 — 10 Alaska-Anchorage 3 2 — 2 Wisconsin 3 5 5 9 Northern Michigan 4 4 1 3 Denver 5* 5 — 8 Michigan Tech 4 2 — 4 Minnesota 5* 4 — 7 Minnesota-Duluth 4 3 — 5 St. Cloud State 2 2 — 6 North Dakota 3 5 — QuarterfinalMarch 16 4 Minnesota 3 6 North Dakota 2 SemifinalsMarch 17 1 Colorado College 5* 4 Minnesota 4 2 Wisconsin 5 3 Denver 4 ChampionshipMarch 18 1 Colorado College 3 2 Wisconsin 4* Third place 3 Denver 4 4 Minnesota 5* Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Quarterfinals (1) Colorado College vs. (10) Alaska-Anchorage Colorado College Alaska-Anchorage Cadet Ice Arena March 10 11 – 3 1 March 11 5 – 2 1 Colorado College won series 2–0 (2) Wisconsin vs. (9) Northern Michigan Wisconsin Northern Michigan Dane County Coliseum March 10 3 – 4 2 March 11 5 – 4 1 March 12 5 – 1 1 1 Wisconsin won series 2–1 (3) Denver vs. (8) Michigan Tech Denver Michigan Tech DU Arena March 10 5 – 4 1 1 March 11 5 – 2 1 Denver won series 2–0 (4) Minnesota vs. (7) Minnesota-Duluth Minnesota Minnesota-Duluth Mariucci Arena March 10 5 – 4 1 1 March 11 4 – 3 1 Minnesota won series 2–0 (5) St. Cloud State vs. (6) North Dakota St. Cloud State North Dakota National Hockey Center March 10 2 – 3 2 March 11 2 – 5 2 North Dakota won series 2–0 Quarterfinal (4) Minnesota vs. (6) North Dakota Minnesota North Dakota Civic Center March 16 3 – 2 1 Semifinals (1) Colorado College vs. (4) Minnesota Colorado College Minnesota Civic Center March 17 5 – 4 1 1 (2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Denver Wisconsin Denver Civic Center March 17 5 – 4 1 Third Place (3) Denver vs. (4) Minnesota Denver Minnesota Civic Center March 18 4 – 5 2 1 Championship (1) Colorado College vs. (2) Wisconsin Colorado College Wisconsin Civic Center March 18 3 – 4 2 1 Tournament awards All-Tournament Team F Jason Elders (Denver) F Peter Geronazzo (Colorado College) F Ryan Kraft (Minnesota) D Eric Rud (Colorado College) D Mark Strobel (Wisconsin) 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 1994–95 WCHA Standings 1994–95 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