The 1976 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 17th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 10 and March 15, 1976. All games were played at home team campus sites, including each of the two regional final series. By winning the regional tournaments, both Minnesota and Michigan Tech were invited to participate in the 1976 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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. In the first round the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. After the first round the remaining teams were reseeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to their final conference standings and advanced to the second round. In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds competed in an additional two-game, total goal series with the winners of each being declared as co-conference champions.
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[5]Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
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The 1976 WCHA Men s Ice Hockey Tournament was the 17th conference playoff in league history The tournament was played between March 10 and March 15 1976 All games were played at home team campus sites including each of the two regional final series By winning the regional tournaments both Minnesota and Michigan Tech were invited to participate in the 1976 NCAA Division I Men s Ice Hockey Tournament 1976 WCHA Men s ice hockey tournamentDatesMarch 10 15 1976Teams8Finals siteMunn Ice ArenaEast Lansing MichiganStudent Ice ArenaHoughton MichiganChampionsMinnesota 1 5th title Michigan Tech 2 8th title Winning coachHerb Brooks 3 3rd title John MacInnes 4 8th title WCHA Men s Ice Hockey Tournaments 19751977 Though not official designations Minnesota is considered as the East Regional Champion and Michigan Tech as the West Regional Champion Contents 1 Format 1 1 Conference standings 2 Bracket 2 1 First round 2 1 1 1 Michigan Tech vs 8 Denver 2 1 2 2 Michigan State vs 7 Wisconsin 2 1 3 3 Minnesota vs 6 Colorado College 2 1 4 4 Michigan vs 5 Notre Dame 2 2 Second round 2 2 1 1 Michigan Tech vs 4 Michigan 2 2 2 2 Michigan State vs 3 Minnesota 3 Tournament awards 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksFormat editThe 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 In the first round the first and eighth seeds the second and seventh seeds the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds were matched in two game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner After the first round the remaining teams were reseeded No 1 through No 4 according to their final conference standings and advanced to the second round In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds competed in an additional two game total goal series with the winners of each being declared as co conference champions Conference standings edit 5 Note GP Games played W Wins L Losses T Ties PTS Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against 1975 76 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvteConference OverallGP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GAMichigan Tech 32 25 7 0 50 190 134 43 34 9 0 255 177Michigan State 32 20 12 0 40 154 139 40 23 15 2 193 176Minnesota 32 18 13 1 37 129 119 44 28 14 2 190 158Michigan 32 17 15 0 34 157 141 39 21 18 0 196 176Notre Dame 32 15 15 2 32 143 140 38 19 17 2 171 173Colorado College 32 15 16 1 31 131 133 38 15 22 1 151 181Wisconsin 32 11 19 2 24 137 151 38 12 24 2 153 177Denver 32 12 20 0 24 120 140 39 16 23 0 165 175Minnesota Duluth 32 12 20 0 24 132 160 36 15 21 0 159 179North Dakota 32 12 20 0 24 119 155 36 15 21 0 142 168Championship Minnesota Michigan Tech indicates conference regular season champion indicates conference tournament championBracket edit 6 Teams are reseeded after the first round First RoundMarch 10 11Second RoundMarch 13 15 1Michigan Tech588Denver461Michigan Tech464Michigan252Michigan State667Wisconsin443Minnesota756Colorado College412Michigan State263Minnesota27 4Michigan845Notre Dame35Note denotes overtime period s First round edit 1 Michigan Tech vs 8 Denver edit March 10 Michigan Tech 5 4 Denver Student Ice ArenaMarch 11 Michigan Tech 8 6 Denver Student Ice ArenaMichigan Tech won series 13 10 2 Michigan State vs 7 Wisconsin edit March 10 Michigan State 6 4 Wisconsin Munn Ice ArenaMarch 11 Michigan State 6 4 Wisconsin Munn Ice ArenaMichigan State won series 12 8 3 Minnesota vs 6 Colorado College edit March 10 Minnesota 7 4 Colorado College Williams ArenaMarch 11 Minnesota 5 1 Colorado College Williams ArenaMinnesota won series 12 5 4 Michigan vs 5 Notre Dame edit March 10 Michigan 8 3 Notre Dame Yost Ice ArenaMarch 11 Michigan 4 5 Notre Dame Yost Ice ArenaMichigan won series 12 8 Second round edit 1 Michigan Tech vs 4 Michigan edit March 14 Michigan Tech 4 2 Michigan Student Ice ArenaMarch 15 Michigan Tech 6 5 Michigan Student Ice ArenaMichigan Tech won series 10 7 2 Michigan State vs 3 Minnesota edit March 13 Michigan State 2 2 Minnesota Munn Ice ArenaMarch 14 Michigan State 6 7 3OT Minnesota Munn Ice ArenaMinnesota won series 9 8Tournament awards editNoneSee also editWestern Collegiate Hockey Association men s championsReferences edit Minnesota Men s Team History Retrieved June 1 2014 Michigan Tech Men s Team History Retrieved June 1 2014 Herb Brooks Year by Year Coaching Record Retrieved June 1 2014 John MacInnes Year by Year Coaching Record Retrieved June 1 2014 2009 10 WCHA Yearbook 113 128 PDF WCHA Retrieved June 1 2014 2009 10 WCHA Yearbook 129 144 PDF WCHA Retrieved June 1 2014 External links editWCHA com 1975 76 WCHA Standings 1975 76 NCAA Standings 2013 14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide 2013 14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide permanent dead link 2013 14 Michigan Wolverines Media Guide Through the Years Archived 2014 07 14 at the Wayback Machine 2013 14 Michigan State Spartans Media Guide Section 5 Archived 2014 05 13 at the Wayback Machine 2013 14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide Archived 2014 07 28 at the Wayback Machine 2008 09 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Media Guide History Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine 2003 04 Wisconsin Badgers Media Guide Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1976 WCHA men 27s ice hockey tournament amp oldid 1170903831, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
