1978 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1978
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 10–15, 1978
Teams:8
Finalarena:Dane County Coliseum
Madison, Wisconsin
DU Arena
Finalcity:Denver, Colorado
Champions:Wisconsin[1] (5th title)
Colorado College[2]
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Bob Johnson[3] (5th title)
Jeff Sauer[4]
Coachcount:1st
Prevseason Year:1977
Prevseason Link:1977 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:1979
Nextseason Link:1979 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1978 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 19th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 10 and March 15, 1978. All games were played at home team campus sites, including each of the two regional final series. By winning the regional tournaments, both Wisconsin and Colorado College were invited to participate in the 1978 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Though not official designations, Wisconsin is considered as the East Regional Champion† and Colorado College as the West Regional Champion‡.

Format

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.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against[5]

Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first roundNote: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Colorado College

Second round

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Michigan Tech

Tournament awards

None

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Wisconsin Men's Team History. 2014-06-01.
  2. News: Colorado College Men's Team History. 2014-06-01.
  3. News: Bob Johnson Year-by-Year Coaching Record. 2014-06-01.
  4. News: Jeff Sauer Year-by-Year Coaching Record. 2014-06-01.
  5. News: 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128. WCHA. 2014-06-01.
  6. News: 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144. WCHA. 2014-06-01.