1993 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 1993 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 34th conference playoff in league history and 41st season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 12 and March 20, 1993. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Five' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1993 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 12–20, 1993
Teams10
Finals siteCivic Center
St. Paul, Minnesota
ChampionsMinnesota[1] (8th title)
Winning coachDoug Woog[2] (1st title)
MVPTravis Richards[3] (Minnesota)
Attendance50,737
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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 Alaska-Anchorage which was slated to join the WCHA as a full member the following year. 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 Alaska-Anchorage 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 Civic 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 1993 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

1992–93 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota-Duluth†322192441611184027112202142
Wisconsin3218113391381074224153192146
Minnesota*321697391281234222128167155
Michigan Tech3215125351341163717155151134
Northern Michigan3215135341351224321184178161
Denver3215152321221383819172143156
St. Cloud State3214162301211233615183143141
North Dakota3211201231181463812251138173
Colorado College32626012110174368280134195
Championship: Minnesota
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

First Round
March 12–13		Quarterfinal
March 18		Semifinals
March 19		Championship
March 20
1Minnesota-Duluth74—
10Alaska-Anchorage20—
1Minnesota-Duluth2
2Wisconsin610—4Michigan Tech35Northern Michigan6
9Colorado College33—5Northern Michigan4
3Minnesota65*—3Minnesota5
8North Dakota44—5Northern Michigan3
4Michigan Tech36—
7St. Cloud State15—2Wisconsin2
3Minnesota3*
5Northern Michigan57—
6Denver30—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (10) Alaska-Anchorage
March 12 Minnesota-Duluth 7 – 2 Alaska-Anchorage Duluth Arena Auditorium
March 13 Minnesota-Duluth 4 – 0 Alaska-Anchorage Duluth Arena Auditorium
Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–0

(2) Wisconsin vs. (9) Colorado College
March 12 Wisconsin 6 – 3 Colorado College Dane County Coliseum
March 13 Wisconsin 10 – 3 Colorado College Dane County Coliseum
Wisconsin won series 2–0

(3) Minnesota vs. (8) North Dakota
March 12 Minnesota 6 – 4 North Dakota Mariucci Arena
March 13 Minnesota 5 – 4 OT North Dakota Mariucci Arena
Minnesota won series 2–0

(4) Michigan Tech vs. (7) St. Cloud State
March 12 Michigan Tech 3 – 1 St. Cloud State MacInnes Student Ice Arena
March 13 Michigan Tech 6 – 5 St. Cloud State MacInnes Student Ice Arena
Michigan Tech won series 2–0

(5) Northern Michigan vs. (6) Denver
March 12 Northern Michigan 5 – 3 Denver Lakeview Arena
March 13 Northern Michigan 7 – 0 Denver Lakeview Arena
Northern Michigan won series 2–0

(4) Michigan Tech vs. (5) Northern Michigan
March 18 Michigan Tech 3 – 4 Northern Michigan Civic Center

(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (5) Northern Michigan
March 19 Minnesota-Duluth 2 – 6 Northern Michigan Civic Center

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Minnesota
March 19 Wisconsin 2 – 3 OT Minnesota Civic Center

(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (2) Wisconsin
March 20 Minnesota-Duluth 7 – 5 Wisconsin Civic Center

(3) Minnesota vs. (5) Northern Michigan
March 20 Minnesota 5 – 3 Northern Michigan Civic Center

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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MVP

See also

References
  1. "Minnesota Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. "Doug Woog Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  5. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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