1992 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1992
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 13–21, 1992
Teams:8
Finalarena:Civic Center
Finalcity:St. Paul, Minnesota
Champions:Northern Michigan[1]
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Rick Comley[2]
Coachcount:3rd
Mvp:Corwin Saurdiff[3]
Mvpteam:Northern Michigan
Attendance:44,079
Prevseason Year:1991
Prevseason Link:1991 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:1993
Nextseason Link:1993 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1992 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 33rd conference playoff in league history and 40th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 13 and March 21, 1992. 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 1992 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 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against[4]

Bracket

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

Quarterfinals

(4) Colorado College vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth

Semifinals

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Northern Michigan

Third Place

(2) Wisconsin vs. (4) Colorado College

Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (3) Northern Michigan

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)]]

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See also

External links

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Notes and References

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