1998 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 1998 WCHA Men's 200px March 13–21, 1998 10 Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin WisconsinWisconsin Men's Team History http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/wisconsin/mens-hockey/ 2014-06-01 11th Jeff SauerJeff Sauer Year-by-Year Coaching Record http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,45/jeff-sauer/ 2014-06-01 6th Joe BianchiWCHA Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/wcha_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archive 2014-06-01 Wisconsin 38,707 1997 1997 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 1999 1999 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 1998 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 39th conference playoff in league history and 46th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 13 and March 21, 1998. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Five' matches were held at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1998 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 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Mankato St. was an independent, but participated in the WCHA tournament as the 10 seed. 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 13–15 1 North Dakota 5 5 — 10 Mankato State 2 4 — 2 Wisconsin 6 6 — 9 Alaska-Anchorage 1 2 — 3 Colorado College 3* 6 — 8 Denver 2 4 — 4 St. Cloud State 6 2 6 7 Michigan Tech 4 3 2 5 Minnesota-Duluth 7 0 5* 6 Minnesota 3 5 4 QuarterfinalMarch 19 4 St. Cloud State 4 5 Minnesota-Duluth 3 SemifinalsMarch 20 1 North Dakota 4 4 St. Cloud State 3 2 Wisconsin 5 3 Colorado College 2 ChampionshipMarch 21 1 North Dakota 2 2 Wisconsin 3 Third place 3 Colorado College 6 4 St. Cloud State 1 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Quarterfinals (1) North Dakota vs. (10) Mankato State North Dakota Mankato State Ralph Engelstad Arena March 13 5 – 2 1 March 14 5 – 4 1 North Dakota won series 2–0 (2) Wisconsin vs. (9) Alaska-Anchorage Wisconsin Alaska-Anchorage Kohl Center March 13 6 – 1 1 March 14 6 – 2 1 Wisconsin won series 2–0 (3) Colorado College vs. (8) Denver Colorado College Denver Colorado Springs World Arena March 13 3 – 2 1 1 March 14 6 – 4 1 Colorado College won series 2–0 (4) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Michigan Tech St. Cloud State Michigan Tech National Hockey Center March 13 6 – 4 1 March 14 2 – 3 2 March 15 6 – 2 1 1 St. Cloud State won series 2–1 (5) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (6) Minnesota Minnesota-Duluth Minnesota DECC March 13 7 – 3 1 March 14 0 – 5 2 March 15 5 – 4 1 1 1 Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–1 Quarterfinal (4) St. Cloud State vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth St. Cloud State Minnesota-Duluth Bradley Center March 19 4 – 3 1 Semifinals (1) North Dakota vs. (4) St. Cloud State North Dakota St. Cloud State Bradley Center March 20 4 – 3 1 (2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Colorado College Wisconsin Colorado College Bradley Center March 20 5 – 2 1 Third Place (3) Colorado College vs. (4) St. Cloud State Colorado College St. Cloud State Bradley Center March 21 6 – 1 1 Championship (1) North Dakota vs. (2) Wisconsin North Dakota Wisconsin Bradley Center March 21 2 – 3 2 Tournament awards All-Tournament Team F Joe Bianchi* (Wisconsin) F Jason Blake (North Dakota) F Stewart Bodtker (Colorado College) D Curtis Murphy (North Dakota) D Matt Peterson (Wisconsin) G Graham Melanson (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 1997–98 WCHA Standings 1997–98 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 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