The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference teams participated in the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. 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 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standingsEdit
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Championship: North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll
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The 1997 WCHA Men s Ice Hockey Tournament was the 38th conference playoff in league history and 45th season where a WCHA champion was crowned The tournament was played between March 7 and March 15 1997 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 North Dakota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA s automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Men s Ice Hockey Tournament 1997 WCHA Men s ice hockey tournamentDatesMarch 7 15 1997Teams10Finals siteCivic CenterSt Paul MinnesotaChampionsNorth Dakota 1 6th title Winning coachDean Blais 2 1st title MVPDavid Hoogsteen 3 North Dakota Attendance56 707WCHA Men s Ice Hockey Tournaments 19961998 Contents 1 Format 1 1 Conference standings 2 Bracket 2 1 Quarterfinals 2 1 1 1 North Dakota vs 10 Michigan Tech 2 1 2 2 Minnesota vs 9 Alaska Anchorage 2 1 3 3 St Cloud State vs 8 Northern Michigan 2 1 4 4 Colorado College vs 7 Wisconsin 2 1 5 5 Denver vs 6 Minnesota Duluth 2 2 Quarterfinal 2 2 1 4 Colorado College vs 5 Denver 2 3 Semifinals 2 3 1 1 North Dakota vs 4 Colorado College 2 3 2 2 Minnesota vs 3 St Cloud State 2 4 Third Place 2 4 1 3 St Cloud State vs 4 Colorado College 2 5 Championship 2 5 1 1 North Dakota vs 2 Minnesota 3 Tournament awards 3 1 All Tournament Team 3 2 MVP 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksFormat EditThe first round of the postseason tournament featured a best of three games format All ten conference teams participated in the tournament and were seeded No 1 through No 10 according to their final conference standing with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated 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 1997 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 1996 97 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvteConference OverallGP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GANorth Dakota 32 21 10 1 43 137 105 43 31 10 2 190 130Minnesota 32 21 10 1 43 129 94 42 28 13 1 179 128St Cloud State 32 18 10 4 40 127 105 40 23 13 4 152 130Colorado College 32 17 11 4 38 121 107 44 25 15 4 169 141Denver 32 17 11 4 38 127 99 41 24 13 4 163 122Minnesota Duluth 32 15 13 4 34 115 111 38 18 16 4 133 131Wisconsin 32 15 15 2 32 115 115 38 15 21 2 132 151Northern Michigan 32 9 21 2 20 78 127 40 13 24 3 108 152Alaska Anchorage 32 7 21 4 18 75 109 36 9 23 4 86 126Michigan Tech 32 5 23 4 14 81 133 39 8 27 4 98 155Championship North Dakota indicates conference regular season champion indicates conference tournament championFinal rankings USA Today American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll 4 Bracket EditTeams are reseeded after the first round First RoundMarch 7 8QuarterfinalMarch 13SemifinalsMarch 14ChampionshipMarch 151North Dakota43 10Michigan Tech10 1North Dakota52Minnesota85 4Colorado College54Colorado College19Alaska Anchorage21 5Denver23St Cloud State53 1North Dakota4 8Northern Michigan22 2Minnesota34Colorado College91 7Wisconsin30 2Minnesota5 3St Cloud State45Denver47 6Minnesota Duluth13 Note denotes overtime period s Quarterfinals Edit 1 North Dakota vs 10 Michigan Tech Edit March 7 North Dakota 4 1 Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad ArenaMarch 8 North Dakota 3 0 Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad ArenaNorth Dakota won series 2 0 2 Minnesota vs 9 Alaska Anchorage Edit March 7 Minnesota 8 2 Alaska Anchorage Mariucci ArenaMarch 8 Minnesota 5 1 Alaska Anchorage Mariucci ArenaMinnesota won series 2 0 3 St Cloud State vs 8 Northern Michigan Edit March 7 St Cloud State 5 2 Northern Michigan National Hockey CenterMarch 8 St Cloud State 3 2 Northern Michigan National Hockey CenterSt Cloud State won series 2 0 4 Colorado College vs 7 Wisconsin Edit March 7 Colorado College 9 3 Wisconsin Cadet Ice ArenaMarch 8 Colorado College 1 0 4OT Wisconsin Cadet Ice ArenaColorado College won series 2 0 5 Denver vs 6 Minnesota Duluth Edit March 7 Denver 4 1 Minnesota Duluth DU ArenaMarch 8 Denver 7 3 Minnesota Duluth DU ArenaDenver won series 2 0 Quarterfinal Edit 4 Colorado College vs 5 Denver Edit March 13 Colorado College 5 2 Denver Civic Center Semifinals Edit 1 North Dakota vs 4 Colorado College Edit March 14 North Dakota 5 1 Colorado College Civic Center 2 Minnesota vs 3 St Cloud State Edit March 14 Minnesota 5 4 OT St Cloud State Civic Center Third Place Edit 3 St Cloud State vs 4 Colorado College Edit March 15 St Cloud State 0 6 Colorado College Civic Center Championship Edit 1 North Dakota vs 2 Minnesota Edit March 15 North Dakota 4 3 OT Minnesota Civic CenterTournament awards EditAll Tournament Team Edit F Kevin Hoogsteen North Dakota F Ryan Kraft North Dakota F Toby Petersen Colorado College D Curtis Murphy North Dakota D Brian LaFleur Minnesota G Aaron Schweitzer North Dakota 5 MVP Edit David Hoogsteen North Dakota See also EditWestern Collegiate Hockey Association men s championsReferences Edit North Dakota Men s Team History Retrieved June 1 2014 Dean Blais Year by Year Coaching Record Retrieved June 1 2014 WCHA Awards College Hockey Historical Archive 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 1996 97 WCHA Standings 1996 97 NCAA Standings 2012 13 Alaska Anchorage Seawolves Media Guide 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 2006 07 Northern Michigan Wildcats Media Guide 2011 12 St Cloud State Huskies Media Guide 2003 04 Wisconsin Badgers Media Guide Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 WCHA men 27s ice hockey tournament amp oldid 1171227806, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
