1971 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 1971 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament was the 12th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 12 and March 20, 1971. All East Regional games were played at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin while West Regional games were held at the DU Arena in Denver, Colorado. By winning the regional tournaments, both the East Regional Champion†, Minnesota, and West Regional Champion‡, Denver, were invited to participate in the 1971 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey tournament.

1971 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 11–13, 1971
Teams8
Finals siteDane County Coliseum
Madison, Wisconsin
DU Arena
Denver, Colorado
ChampionsMinnesota†[1] (2nd title)
Denver‡[2] (8th title)
Winning coachGlen Sonmor[3] (1st title)
Murray Armstrong[4] (8th title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

The top eight teams in the WCHA, according to their final conference standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8. The eight teams were then divided into two separate groups by placing all even-numbered seeds in one group (2, 4, 6, 8) and the odd-numbered seeds (1, 3, 5, 7) in the other group. Using the location of the top seeds in each of the groups, the odd-numbered group (containing Michigan Tech) was placed in the east region which was held at the Dane County Coliseum while the odd-numbered grouping (containing Denver) was placed in the west region which was held at the DU Arena. Once each regional group was set the teams were reseeded No. 1 to No. 4 according to their final conference standings. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds in each region were matched in a single game with the winners advancing to their regional final games. The winners of the two championship games were declared as co-conference tournament champions.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

1970–71 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan Tech†221840.81811262332562173105
Denver*221570.682114923625101178133
Wisconsin221390.591102773420131180110
Michigan State2212100.545101973119120152124
Minnesota*229121.43277883214171116128
Minnesota-Duluth2410140.417981063416171147146
North Dakota2610151.404921163314172123141
Colorado College187110.389811002911171142168
Michigan225170.22777116309210118147
Championship: Minnesota, Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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Regional semifinals
March 11–12 		Regional Finals
March 13
      
E1 Michigan Tech 4
E4 North Dakota 6
E4 North Dakota 2
East Regional
E3 Minnesota 5
E2 Wisconsin 3
E3 Minnesota 4
W1 Denver 6
W4 Colorado College 3
W1 Denver 9
West Regional
W3 Minnesota-Duluth 3
W2 Michigan State 3
W3 Minnesota-Duluth 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

East Regional

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (4) North Dakota
March 11 Michigan Tech 4 – 6 North Dakota Dane County Coliseum

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Minnesota
March 11 Wisconsin 3 – 4 Minnesota Dane County Coliseum

(3) Minnesota vs. (4) North Dakota
March 13 Minnesota 5 – 2 North Dakota Dane County Coliseum

West Regional

(1) Denver vs. (4) Colorado College
March 11 Denver 6 – 3 Colorado College DU Arena

(2) Michigan State vs. (3) Minnesota-Duluth
March 12 Michigan State 3 – 4 Minnesota-Duluth DU Arena

(1) Denver vs. (3) Minnesota-Duluth
March 13 Denver 9 – 3 Minnesota-Duluth DU Arena

Tournament awards

None

See also

References
  1. "Minnesota Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. "Denver Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. "Glen Sonmor Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. "Murray Armstrong Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  5. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  6. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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