2000 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2000
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 10–18, 2000
Teams:10
Finalarena:Target Center
Finalcity:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions:North Dakota
Titlecount:7th
Coach:Dean Blais[1]
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Lee Goren
Mvpteam:North Dakota
Attendance:49,717
Prevseason Year:1999
Prevseason Link:1999 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2001
Nextseason Link:2001 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2000 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 41st conference playoff in league history and 47th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2000 tournament played between March 10 and March 18, 2000 at five conference arenas and the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, North Dakota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference schools participated in the tournament with teams 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 Target 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.

Conference standings

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

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(5) Colorado College vs. (6) Minnesota

Quarterfinal

(4) Minnesota State-Mankato vs. (6) Minnesota

Semifinals

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) St. Cloud State

Third Place

(3) St. Cloud State vs. (6) Minnesota

Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) North Dakota

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)]]

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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: North Dakota Men's Team History. 2013-05-28.
  2. News: 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144. WCHA. 2014-06-01.