1991 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1991 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 32nd conference playoff in league history and 39th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 1 and March 11, 1991. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Four' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Northern Michigan was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. The team that finished ninth in the conference was not eligible for tournament play. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advanced to the semifinal and championship rounds held at the Civic Center. All Final Four games used a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top remaining seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game while the two other semifinalists meeting with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers competing in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1991 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
Northern Michigan†* 32 25 3 4 54 185 89 47 38 5 4 283 133
Minnesota 32 22 5 5 49 151 97 45 30 10 5 215 142
Wisconsin 32 19 11 2 40 132 108 44 26 15 3 174 143
North Dakota 32 18 12 2 38 148 127 43 24 17 2 207 171
St. Cloud State 32 12 16 4 28 124 152 41 18 19 4 170 186
Minnesota-Duluth 32 11 15 6 28 114 133 40 14 19 7 142 164
Michigan Tech 32 9 21 2 20 105 134 41 13 25 3 139 164
Colorado College 32 9 22 1 19 106 139 40 13 26 1 129 169
Denver 32 5 25 2 12 95 182 38 6 30 2 109 224
Championship: Northern Michigan
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  First Round
March 1-3		 Semifinals
March 10		 Championship
March 11
                               
  1  Northern Michigan 7 6 — 1  Northern Michigan 8  
8  Colorado College 0 3 — 4  North Dakota 4  
  2  Minnesota 5 6 —
7  Michigan Tech 3 5 —     1  Northern Michigan 4
  2  Minnesota 2
  3  Wisconsin 5 5 —
6  Minnesota-Duluth 1 2 —
Third place
  4  North Dakota 2 10 7 2  Minnesota 3
5  St. Cloud State 4 2 4 3  Wisconsin 2   3  Wisconsin 2
4  North Dakota 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First Round

(1) Northern Michigan vs. (8) Colorado College

Northern Michigan won series 2–0

(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Michigan Tech

Minnesota won series 2–0

(3) Wisconsin vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth

Wisconsin won series 2–0

(4) North Dakota vs. (5) St. Cloud State

North Dakota won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Northern Michigan vs. (4) North Dakota

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Wisconsin

Third Place

(3) Wisconsin vs. (4) North Dakota

Championship

(1) Northern Michigan vs. (2) Minnesota

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[5]

MVP

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Northern Michigan Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. ↑ "Rick Comley Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. ↑ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  5. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.

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