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1998 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

1998 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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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.

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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.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

First Round
March 13–15		Quarterfinal
March 19		Semifinals
March 20		Championship
March 21
1North Dakota55—
10Mankato State24—
1North Dakota4
2Wisconsin66—4St. Cloud State44St. Cloud State3
9Alaska-Anchorage12—5Minnesota-Duluth3
3Colorado College3*6—1North Dakota2
8Denver24—2Wisconsin3
4St. Cloud State626
7Michigan Tech4322Wisconsin5
3Colorado College2
5Minnesota-Duluth705*
6Minnesota354

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) North Dakota vs. (10) Mankato State

March 13 North Dakota 5 – 2 Mankato State Ralph Engelstad Arena
March 14 North Dakota 5 – 4 Mankato State Ralph Engelstad Arena
North Dakota won series 2–0

(2) Wisconsin vs. (9) Alaska-Anchorage

March 13 Wisconsin 6 – 1 Alaska-Anchorage Kohl Center
March 14 Wisconsin 6 – 2 Alaska-Anchorage Kohl Center
Wisconsin won series 2–0

(3) Colorado College vs. (8) Denver

March 13 Colorado College 3 – 2 OT Denver Colorado Springs World Arena
March 14 Colorado College 6 – 4 Denver Colorado Springs World Arena
Colorado College won series 2–0

(4) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Michigan Tech

March 13 St. Cloud State 6 – 4 Michigan Tech National Hockey Center
March 14 St. Cloud State 2 – 3 Michigan Tech National Hockey Center
March 15 St. Cloud State 6 – 2 Michigan Tech National Hockey Center
St. Cloud State won series 2–1

(5) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (6) Minnesota

March 13 Minnesota-Duluth 7 – 3 Minnesota DECC
March 14 Minnesota-Duluth 0 – 5 Minnesota DECC
March 15 Minnesota-Duluth 5 – 4 OT Minnesota DECC
Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–1

Quarterfinal

(4) St. Cloud State vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth

March 19 St. Cloud State 4 – 3 Minnesota-Duluth Bradley Center

Semifinals

(1) North Dakota vs. (4) St. Cloud State

March 20 North Dakota 4 – 3 St. Cloud State Bradley Center

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Colorado College

March 20 Wisconsin 5 – 2 Colorado College Bradley Center

Third Place

(3) Colorado College vs. (4) St. Cloud State

March 21 Colorado College 6 – 1 St. Cloud State Bradley Center

Championship

(1) North Dakota vs. (2) Wisconsin

March 21 North Dakota 2 – 3 Wisconsin Bradley Center

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)

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See also

References

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