1994 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 1994 WCHA Men's 200px March 11–19, 1994 10 Bradley Center Milwaukee MinnesotaMinnesota Men's Team History http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/minnesota/mens-hockey/ 2014-06-01 9th Doug WoogDoug Woog Year-by-Year Coaching Record http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,265/doug-woog/ 2014-06-01 2nd Chris McAlpineWCHA Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archive 2014-06-01 Minnesota 61,367 1993 1993 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 1995 1995 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 1994 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 35th conference playoff in league history and 42nd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 1994. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Five' matches were held at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. By winning the tournament, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Format The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All nine conference teams participated in the tournament as did Mankato State which was slated to join the WCHA as a full member in two years. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 9 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated while Mankato State was seeded tenth. 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 Bradley 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 1994 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 11–12 1 Colorado College 2 3 2 10 Michigan Tech 3 0 3* 2 Minnesota 8 6 — 9 Denver 5 3 — 3 Wisconsin 6 4 — 8 North Dakota 1 2 — 4 St. Cloud State 3 8 — 7 Minnesota-Duluth 0 5 — 5 Northern Michigan 5 5 — 6 Alaska-Anchorage 2 1 — QuarterfinalMarch 17 5 Northern Michigan 1 10 Michigan Tech 5 SemifinalsMarch 18 2 Minnesota 6 10 Michigan Tech 1 3 Wisconsin 2 4 St. Cloud State 3* ChampionshipMarch 19 2 Minnesota 3* 4 St. Cloud State 2 Third place 3 Wisconsin 8 10 Michigan Tech 3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Quarterfinals (1) Colorado College vs. (10) Michigan Tech Colorado College Michigan Tech Broadmoor World Arena March 11 2 – 3 2 March 12 3 – 0 1 March 13 2 – 3 1 2 Michigan Tech won series 2–1 (2) Minnesota vs. (9) Denver Minnesota Denver Mariucci Arena March 11 8 – 5 1 March 12 6 – 3 1 Minnesota won series 2–0 (3) Wisconsin vs. (8) North Dakota Wisconsin North Dakota Dane County Coliseum March 11 6 – 1 1 March 12 4 – 2 1 Wisconsin won series 2–0 (4) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Minnesota-Duluth St. Cloud State Minnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center March 11 3 – 0 1 March 12 8 – 5 1 St. Cloud State won series 2–0 (5) Northern Michigan vs. (6) Alaska-Anchorage Northern Michigan Alaska-Anchorage Lakeview Arena March 11 5 – 2 1 March 12 5 – 1 1 Northern Michigan won series 2–0 Quarterfinal (5) Northern Michigan vs. (10) Michigan Tech Northern Michigan Michigan Tech Bradley Center March 17 1 – 5 2 Semifinals (2) Minnesota vs. (10) Michigan Tech Minnesota Michigan Tech Bradley Center March 18 6 – 1 1 (3) Wisconsin vs. (4) St. Cloud State Wisconsin St. Cloud State Bradley Center March 18 2 – 3 2 1 Third Place (3) Wisconsin vs. (10) Michigan Tech Wisconsin Michigan Tech Bradley Center March 19 8 – 3 1 Championship (2) Minnesota vs. (4) St. Cloud State Minnesota St. Cloud State Bradley Center March 19 3 – 2 1 1 Tournament awards All-Tournament Team F Brian Bonin (Minnesota) F Bill Lund (St. Cloud State) F Jeff Nielsen (Minnesota) D Mickey Elick (Wisconsin) D Chris McAlpine* (Minnesota) G Grant Sjerven (St. Cloud State) * 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 1993–94 WCHA Standings 1993–94 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