2005 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 2005 WCHA Men's 200px March 11–19, 2005 10 Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota Denver 14th George GwozdeckyDenver Men's Team History http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/denver/mens-hockey/ 2013-06-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20140203210010/http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/denver/mens-hockey/ 2014-02-03 live 3rd Brett Sterling Colorado College 77,746 2004 2004 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 2006 2006 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 2005 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 46th conference playoff in league history and 51st season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2005 tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2005, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Denver was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Format The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference schools participated in the tournament with teams 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 Xcel Energy 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. Conference standings Note: PTS = Points; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against Bracket Teams are reseeded after the first round First roundWCHA men's Hockey 2004-05 Week 24 http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/wcha/2004-2005/list-24/ USCHO.com 2005-03-13 2013-06-29March 11–13 1 Denver 7 1 — 10 Michigan Tech 1 0 — 2 Colorado College 8 4 – 9 St. Cloud State 2 2 – 3 Minnesota 7 5 – 8 Minnesota State 2 3 – 4 Wisconsin 5 1 2 7 Alaska-Anchorage 4 2 1 5 North Dakota 8 6 – 6 Minnesota-Duluth 2 1 – QuarterfinalWCHA men's Hockey 2004-05 Week 25 http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/wcha/2004-2005/list-25/ USCHO.com 2005-03-19 2013-06-29March 17 4 Wisconsin 1 5 North Dakota 3 SemifinalsMarch 18 1 Denver 2* 5 North Dakota 1 2 Colorado College 3 3 Minnesota 0 ChampionshipMarch 19 1 Denver 1 2 Colorado College 0 Third Place 3 Minnesota 2 5 North Dakota 4 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) First round (1) Denver vs. (10) Michigan Tech Denver Michigan Tech Magness Arena March 11Denver 7, Michigan Tech 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/11/michigan-tech-vs-denver/ USCHO.com 2005-03-11 2013-06-29 7 – 1 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/11/pioneers-grab-series-lead-with-rout-of-michigan-tech/ 1 Ryan Helgason – 10:30(Halme, Corbin) Ryan Dingle – GW SH – 18:01 15:10 – Chris Connor (Desmet, Wilson) (Helgason, Stastny) Gabe Gauthier - 08:41(Drummond, Laatsch) Gabe Gauthier - 17:05 (Dingle) Paul Stastny - 06:26(Handza, Thomas) Ryan Helgason - 08:30(Dingle, Fulghum) Paul Stastny - 09:24 ( 11 saves / 12 shots ) Glenn Fisher Cam Ellsworth ( 22 saves / 27 shots ) / Bryce Luker ( 6 saves / 8 shots ) March 12Denver 1, Michigan Tech 0 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/12/michigan-tech-vs-denver/ USCHO.com 2005-03-12 2013-06-29 1 – 0 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/12/denver-punches-ticket-to-st-paul/ 1 No Scoring (Gauthier, Handza) Adrian Veidman – GW – 18:02 ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Peter Mannino Cam Ellsworth ( 45 saves / 46 shots ) Denver won series 2–0 (2) Colorado College vs. (9) St. Cloud State Colorado College St. Cloud State World Arena, Colorado Springs March 11Colorado College 8, St. Cloud State 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/11/st-cloud-state-vs-colorado-college/ USCHO.com 2005-03-11 2013-06-29 8 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/11/sterling-leads-cc-past-scsu/ 1 (Polaski, Hillen) Marty Sertich – 01:22(Polaski, Sweatt) Brett Sterling – 07:05(Cox) Aaron Slattengren – GW – 11:03(Kilpatrick) Aaron Slattengren – 13:54 03:19 – PP – Nate Raduns (Gordon, Jensen) (Polich, Frischmon) Mark Stuart – PP – 02:31(Sterling, Hillen) James Brannigan – 05:04(Sertich, Crabb) Brett Sterling – PP – 13:32 James Brannigan – 17:18 ( 34 saves / 38 shots ) Curtis McElhinney Tim Boron ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) / Jason Montgomery ( 12 saves / 16 shots ) March 12Colorado College 4, St. Cloud State 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/12/st-cloud-state-vs-colorado-college/ USCHO.com 2005-03-12 2013-06-29 4 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/12/tigers-rally-in-third-advance-to-final-five/ 1 (Polaski) Brett Sterling – 11:51 11:01 – Konrad Reeder (Jensen, Borer) 13:34 – PP – Justin Fletcher (Hengen, Gens) (Frischmon) Mark Stuart – 02:20(Sterling, Salcido) Joey Crabb – GW PP – 10:19(Slattengren, Stuart) Jimmy Kilpatrick – 10:38 ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Matt Zaba Tim Boron ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Colorado College won series 2–0 (3) Minnesota vs. (8) Minnesota State Minnesota Minnesota State Mariucci Arena March 11Minnesota 7, Minnesota State 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/11/minnesota-state-vs-minnesota/ USCHO.com 2005-03-11 2013-06-29 7 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/11/second-half-surge-gophers-power-past-mavericks/ 1 (Stevens, Sertich) Garrett Smaagaard – 03:59(Hirsch, Sertich) Evan Kaufmann – 06:38(Hagemo, Stevens) Barry Tallackson – GW – 14:12(Guyer) Kris Chucko – 19:00 03:02 – Christian Toll (McKelvie, Brenk)05:54 – PP – Brad Thompson (Morin) (Potulny, Goligoski) Danny Irmen – PP – 03:39(Vannelli, Guyer) Barry Tallackson – 15:27(Vannelli, Peltier) Danny Irmen – PP – 19:48 ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Justin Johnson Jon Volp ( 27 saves / 34 shots ) March 12Minnesota 5, Minnesota State 3 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/12/minnesota-state-vs-minnesota/ USCHO.com 2005-03-12 2013-06-29 5 – 3 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/12/depth-of-field-well-rounded-offense-puts-gophers-in-final-five/ 1 (Fleming) Jerrid Reinholz – 14:54 (Hirsch, Goligoski) Danny Irmen – 08:01(Stevens, Fleming) P.J. Atherton – 12:56(Irmen, Vannelli) Mike Howe – 14:41 00:57 – Adam Gerlach (Thompson)10:14 – PP – Brad Thompson (Brenk, Backes)14:08 – PP – Jake Brenk (Thompson, Morin) (Harrington) Barry Tallackson – 14:24 ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) Justin Johnson Chris Clark ( 31 saves / 36 shots ) Minnesota won series 2–0 (4) Wisconsin vs. (7) Alaska-Anchorage Wisconsin Alaska-Anchorage Veterans Memorial Coliseum March 11Wisconsin 5, Alaska-Anchorage 4 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/11/alaska-anchorage-vs-wisconsin/ USCHO.com 2005-03-11 2013-06-29 5 – 4 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/11/strange-days-wisconsin-overcomes-errors-rallies-past-uaa/ 1 (Engel, Earl) Joe Pavelski – 00:46(Gilbert, Joudrey) Joe Pavelski – PP – 04:30 07:05 – Chris Tarkir (Cartwright)11:15 – Martin Stuchlik (Johnson) (Pavelski, MacMurchy) Robbie Earl – PP – 05:01(Piskula, Pavelski) Robbie Earl – 13:11(Licari, Likens) Adam Burish – GW – 16:40 01:29 – PP – Martin Stuchlik (Bourne, Segal)02:51 – SH – Brent McMann ( 16 saves / 20 shots ) Bernd Brückler / ( 4 saves / 4 shots ) Brian Elliott John DeCaro ( 2 saves / 4 shots ) / Nathan Lawson ( 45 saves / 48 shots ) March 12Alaska-Anchorage 2, Wisconsin 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/12/alaska-anchorage-vs-wisconsin/ USCHO.com 2005-03-12 2013-06-29 1 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/12/lawson-stars-as-uaa-forces-game-3-with-wisconsin/ 2 No Scoring 09:52 – SH – Justin Johnson (Polaski, Sweatt) (Earl, MacMurchy) Joe Pavelski – 00:59 09:35 – GW – Shea Hamilton (Segal, Bourne) ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Brian Elliott Nathan Lawson ( 44 saves / 45 shots ) March 13Wisconsin 2, Alaska-Anchorage 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/13/alaska-anchorage-vs-wisconsin/ USCHO.com 2005-03-13 2013-06-29 2 – 1 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/13/badgers-hold-off-seawolves-fall-in-pairwise-rankings/ 1 1 No Scoring 08:39 – PP – Chad Anderson (Waldrop, Segal) (Piskula) Joe Pavelski – 07:13(Licari, Degenhardt) Adam Burish – GW – 11:13 ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Bernd Brückler Nathan Lawson ( 37 saves / 39 shots ) Wisconsin won series 2–1 (5) North Dakota vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth North Dakota Minnesota-Duluth Ralph Engelstad Arena March 11North Dakota 8, Minnesota-Duluth 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/11/minnesota-duluth-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2005-03-11 2013-06-29 8 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/11/sioux-down-bulldogs-with-rare-offensive-outburst/ 1 (McMahon, Špirko) Colby Genoway – 03:12(Murray, Genoway) Travis Zajac – 13:02(Genoway, Bina) Rastislav Špirko – GW – 16:15(Murray) Matt Jones – 17:59 (Canady, Massen) Erik Fabian – 02:22 08:02 – Tim Stapleton (Hambly, Schwabe) (Zajac) Erik Fabian – 05:21(Massen, Fabian) Rory McMahon – 07:57(McMahon, Špirko) Colby Genoway – 09:14 15:24 – Matt McKnight (Peluso, Stapleton) ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Jordan Parise Isaac Reichmuth ( 10 saves / 14 shots ) / Josh Johnson ( 12 saves / 16 shots ) March 12North Dakota 6, Minnesota-Duluth 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/12/minnesota-duluth-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2005-03-12 2013-06-29 6 – 1 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/12/sioux-move-on-to-the-final-five/ 1 No Scoring 15:22 – Tim Stapleton (McMahon) Rastislav Špirko – 02:30Rory McMahon – GW – 05:02(Stafford, Zajac) Colby Genoway – PP – 09:39(Jones) Brian Canady -09:58 (McMahon, Schneider) Rastislav Špirko – 11:31(McMahon, Špirko) Nick Fuher – PP – 18:12 ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) Jordan Parise Isaac Reichmuth ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) / Josh Johnson ( 8 saves / 10 shots ) North Dakota won series 2–0 Quarterfinal (4) Wisconsin vs. (5) North Dakota Wisconsin North Dakota Xcel Energy Center March 17North Dakota 3, Wisconsin 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/17/north-dakota-vs-wisconsin/ USCHO.com 2005-03-17 2013-06-29 2 – 3 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/17/big-d-parise-sioux-topple-badgers/ 2 (Pavelski, Carlson) Robbie Earl – 09:21 01:22 – Brady Murray (Zajac, Stafford)14:08 – James Massen (Canady, Fabian) Adam Burish – 10:43 09:44 – GW PP – Colby Genoway (Špirko, Fuher) ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) Bernd Brückler Jordan Parise ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Semifinals (1) Denver vs. (8) North Dakota Denver North Dakota Xcel Energy Center March 18Denver 2, North Dakota 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/18/north-dakota-vs-denver/ USCHO.com 2005-03-18 2013-06-29 2 – 1 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/18/two-fer-gauthier-provides-offense-pioneers-reach-wcha-title-game/ 1 1 (Stastny, Carle) Gabe Gauthier - PP - 04:29 10:03 – PP – Nick Fuher (Murray) (Veideman) Gabe Gauthier – GW – 00:42 ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Glenn Fisher Philippe Lamoureux ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) (2) Colorado College vs. (3) Minnesota Colorado College Minnesota Xcel Energy Center March 18Colorado College 3, Minnesota 0 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/18/minnesota-vs-colorado-college/ USCHO.com 2005-03-18 2013-06-29 3 – 0 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/18/cc-shuts-out-minnesota-looks-for-first-broadmoor-trophy/ 1 No Scoring (Hillen, McElhinney) Brett Sterling – GW – 01:57(Sterling) Aaron Slattengren – PP – 06:46 Brett Sterling – PP – 04:55 ( 32 saves / 32 shots ) Curtis McElhinney Justin Johnson ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Third Place (3) Minnesota vs. (5) North Dakota Minnesota North Dakota Xcel Energy Center March 19North Dakota 4, Minnesota 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/19/north-dakota-vs-minnesota/ USCHO.com 2005-03-19 2013-06-29 2 – 4 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/19/sioux-persevere-for-consolation-win/ 2 (Potulny, Howe) Danny Irmen – 10:30 09:23 – Quinn Fylling (Foyt) (Gordon, Harrington) Mike Howe – PP – 06:04 10:56 – SH – Rastislav Špirko (Fylling) 03:03 – Matt Greene (Marvin, Stafford)18:12 – Nick Fuher ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Kellen Briggs Jordan Parise ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Championship (1) Denver vs. (2) Colorado College Denver Colorado College Xcel Energy Center March 19Denver 1, Colorado College 0 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2005/03/19/colorado-college-vs-denver/ USCHO.com 2005-03-19 2013-06-29 1 – 0 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2005/03/19/deja-vu-denver-takes-one-goal-victory-for-wcha-title/ 1 No Scoring (Carle) Luke Fulghum – GW PP – 16:56 ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Peter Mannino Curtis McElhinney ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Tournament awards All-Tournament Team F Rastislav Špirko (North Dakota) F Brett Sterling* (Colorado College) F Gabe Gauthier (Denver) D Nick Fuher (North Dakota) D Matt Laasch (Denver) G Curtis McElhinney (Colorado College) * 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 official site https://web.archive.org/web/20080316230821/http://wcha.cstv.com/ 2008-03-16 2004–05 WCHA Standings 2004–05 NCAA Standings WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Category:WCHA men's ice hockey tournament