| 1993 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |||
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| Dates | March 12-20, 1993 | ||
| Teams | 10 | ||
| Finals site | Civic Center St. Paul, Minnesota | ||
| Champions | Minnesota[1] (8th title) | ||
| Winning coach | Doug Woog[2] (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Travis Richards[3] (Minnesota) | ||
| Attendance | 50,737 | ||
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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.
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[4][]
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Minnesota-Duluth† | 32 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 44 | 161 | 118 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 202 | 142 | |
| Wisconsin | 32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 39 | 138 | 107 | 42 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 192 | 146 | |
| Minnesota* | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 128 | 123 | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 167 | 155 | |
| Michigan Tech | 32 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 35 | 134 | 116 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 151 | 134 | |
| Northern Michigan | 32 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 135 | 122 | 43 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 178 | 161 | |
| Denver | 32 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 32 | 122 | 138 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 143 | 156 | |
| St. Cloud State | 32 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 121 | 123 | 36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 143 | 141 | |
| North Dakota | 32 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 118 | 146 | 38 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 138 | 173 | |
| Colorado College | 32 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 110 | 174 | 36 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 134 | 195 | |
| Championship: Minnesota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[]
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First Round March 12-13 |
Quarterfinal March 18 |
Semifinals March 19 |
Championship March 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Alaska-Anchorage | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | Michigan Tech | 3 | 5 | Northern Michigan | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Northern Michigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 6 | 10 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Colorado College | 3 | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota | 6 | 5* | — | 3 | Minnesota | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | North Dakota | 4 | 4 | — | 5 | Northern Michigan | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Michigan Tech | 3 | 6 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | St. Cloud State | 1 | 5 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Third place | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Northern Michigan | 5 | 7 | — | 2 | Wisconsin | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Denver | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | Minnesota | 3* | 1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals[]
(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 | |
Quarterfinal[]
(4) Michigan Tech vs. (5) Northern Michigan[]
| March 18 | Michigan Tech | 3 – 4 | Northern Michigan | Civic Center | ||||
Semifinals[]
(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 | |||
Third Place[]
(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (2) Wisconsin[]
| March 20 | Minnesota-Duluth | 7 – 5 | Wisconsin | Civic Center | ||||
Championship[]
(3) Minnesota vs. (5) Northern Michigan[]
| March 20 | Minnesota | 5 – 3 | Northern Michigan | Civic Center | ||||
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[5][]
- F Greg Hadden (Northern Michigan)
- F Craig Johnson (Minnesota)
- F Derek Plante (Minnesota-Duluth)
- D Steve Carpenter (Northern Michigan)
- D Brett Hauer (Minnesota-Duluth)
- G Corwin Saurdiff (Northern Michigan)
MVP[]
- Travis Richards (Minnesota)
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "Minnesota Men's Team History". Retrieved on 2014-06-01.
- ↑ "Doug Woog Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved on 2014-06-01.
- ↑ "WCHA Awards", College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved on 2014-06-01.
- ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128", WCHA. Retrieved on 2014-06-01.
- ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144", WCHA. Retrieved on 2014-06-01.
External links[]
- WCHA.com
- 1992–93 WCHA Standings
- 1992–93 NCAA Standings
- 2012–13 Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves Media Guide
- 2013–14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide
- 2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide
- 2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide
- 2012–13 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Media Guide
- 2013–14 North Dakota Hockey Media Guide
- 2006–07 Northern Michigan Wildcats Media Guide
- 2011–12 St. Cloud State Huskies Media Guide
- 2003–04 Wisconsin Badgers Media Guide
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