1983 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 1983 WCHA Men's 200px February 25-March 13, 1983 6 Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota WisconsinWisconsin Men's Team History http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/wisconsin/mens-hockey/ 2014-06-01 7th Jeff SauerJeff Sauer Year-by-Year Coaching Record http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,45/jeff-sauer/ 2014-06-01 2nd 1982 1982 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 1984 1984 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 1983 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 24th conference playoff in league history and 31st season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between February 25 and March 13, 1983. First round and semifinal games were played at home team campus sites while the championship match was held at the Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. 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, Minnesota's home venue, Williams Arena, 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 1983 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 RoundFebruary 25–26 3 Wisconsin 3 5 6 Colorado College 2 2 4 Minnesota-Duluth 7 6 5 Denver 2 2 SemifinalsMarch 4–5 1 Minnesota 8 3 4 Minnesota-Duluth 2 4 2 North Dakota 1 5 3 Wisconsin 1 6*** Championship12-13 1 Minnesota 1 2 3 Wisconsin 5 3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) First round (3) Wisconsin vs. (6) Colorado College Wisconsin Colorado College Dane County Coliseum February 25 3 – 2 1 February 26 5 – 2 1 Wisconsin won series 8–4 (4) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (5) Denver Minnesota-Duluth Denver Duluth Arena Auditorium February 25 7 – 2 1 February 26 6 – 2 1 Minnesota-Duluth won series 13–4 Semifinals (1) Minnesota vs. (4) Minnesota-Duluth Minnesota Minnesota-Duluth Williams Arena March 4 8 – 2 1 March 5 3 – 4 2 Minnesota won series 11–6 (2) North Dakota vs. (3) Wisconsin North Dakota Wisconsin Winter Sports Center March 4 1 – 1 March 5 5 – 6 2 3 Wisconsin won series 7–6 Championship (1) Minnesota vs. (3) Wisconsin Minnesota Wisconsin Williams Arena March 12 1 – 5 2 March 13 2 – 3 2 Wisconsin won series 8–3 Tournament awards None See also Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions References 2 External links WCHA.com 1982–83 WCHA Standings 1982–83 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