All member teams were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. As a result of their receiving the Broadmoor Trophy, North Dakota's home venue, Winter Sports Center, served as the site for the Championship game regardless of which teams qualified for the penultimate match. Each series were two-game matchups with the team that scored the most goals advancing to the succeeding round. The top two seeded teams received byes into the semifinal round while the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed met in the first round. The teams that advanced to the semifinal were re-seeded according to the final regular season conference standings, with the first seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game and the second seed meeting with the other advancing team with the winners meeting in the championship round. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
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The 1982 WCHA Men s Ice Hockey Tournament was the 23rd conference playoff in league history and 30th season where a WCHA champion was crowned The tournament was played between March 4 and March 14 1982 First round and semifinal games were played at home team campus sites while the championship match was held at the Winter Sports Center in Grand Forks North Dakota By winning the tournament Wisconsin received the WCHA s automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Men s Ice Hockey Tournament 1982 WCHA Men s ice hockey tournamentDatesMarch 4 14 1982Teams6Finals siteWinter Sports CenterGrand Forks North DakotaChampionsWisconsin 1 6th title Winning coachBob Johnson 2 6th title WCHA Men s Ice Hockey Tournaments 19811983 This as the first WCHA tournament held after the defection of four conference schools to the CCHA Contents 1 Format 1 1 Conference standings 2 Bracket 2 1 First round 2 1 1 3 Minnesota vs 6 Colorado College 2 1 2 4 Denver vs 5 Minnesota Duluth 2 2 Semifinals 2 2 1 1 North Dakota vs 4 Denver 2 2 2 2 Wisconsin vs 3 Minnesota 2 3 Championship 2 3 1 1 North Dakota vs 2 Wisconsin 3 Tournament awards 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksFormat editAll member teams were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No 1 through No 6 according to their final conference standing with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated As a result of their receiving the Broadmoor Trophy North Dakota s home venue Winter Sports Center served as the site for the Championship game regardless of which teams qualified for the penultimate match Each series were two game matchups with the team that scored the most goals advancing to the succeeding round The top two seeded teams received byes into the semifinal round while the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed met in the first round The teams that advanced to the semifinal were re seeded according to the final regular season conference standings with the first seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game and the second seed meeting with the other advancing team with the winners meeting in the championship round The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Men s Ice Hockey Tournament Conference standings edit Note GP Games played W Wins L Losses T Ties PTS Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against 1981 82 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvteConference OverallGP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GANorth Dakota 26 19 7 0 38 119 81 47 35 12 0 218 143Wisconsin 26 18 7 1 37 126 80 47 35 11 1 255 126Minnesota 26 13 11 2 28 103 102 36 22 12 2 153 125Denver 26 9 15 2 20 119 132 43 21 19 3 233 197Minnesota Duluth 26 9 16 1 19 114 141 40 16 21 3 192 201Colorado College 26 6 18 2 14 105 150 36 11 23 2 152 196Championship Wisconsin indicates conference regular season champion indicates conference tournament champion 3 Bracket edit 4 Teams are reseeded after the first round First RoundMarch 4 6SemifinalsMarch 9 10ChampionshipMarch 13 141North Dakota453Minnesota364Denver326Colorado College131North Dakota012Wisconsin932Wisconsin364Denver553Minnesota425Minnesota Duluth25Note denotes overtime period s First round edit 3 Minnesota vs 6 Colorado College edit March 5 Minnesota 3 1 Colorado College Williams ArenaMarch 6 Minnesota 6 3 Colorado College Williams ArenaMinnesota won series 9 4 4 Denver vs 5 Minnesota Duluth edit March 4 Denver 5 2 Minnesota Duluth DU ArenaMarch 5 Denver 5 5 Minnesota Duluth DU ArenaDenver won series 10 7 Semifinals edit 1 North Dakota vs 4 Denver edit March 9 North Dakota 4 3 Denver Winter Sports CenterMarch 10 North Dakota 5 2 Denver Winter Sports CenterNorth Dakota won series 9 5 2 Wisconsin vs 3 Minnesota edit March 9 Wisconsin 3 4 Minnesota Dane County ColiseumMarch 10 Wisconsin 6 2 Minnesota Dane County ColiseumWisconsin won series 9 6 Championship edit 1 North Dakota vs 2 Wisconsin edit March 13 North Dakota 0 9 Wisconsin Winter Sports CenterMarch 14 North Dakota 1 3 Wisconsin Winter Sports CenterWisconsin won series 12 1Tournament awards editNoneSee also editWestern Collegiate Hockey Association men s championsReferences edit Wisconsin Men s Team History Retrieved June 1 2014 Bob Johnson 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 1981 82 WCHA Standings 1981 82 NCAA Standings 2013 14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide 2013 14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide permanent dead link 2013 14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide Archived 2014 07 28 at the Wayback Machine 2012 13 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Media Guide 2013 14 North Dakota Hockey Media Guide 2003 04 Wisconsin Badgers Media Guide Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1982 WCHA men 27s ice hockey tournament amp oldid 1170926891, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
