2007 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2007
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 9–17, 2007
Teams:10
Finalarena:Xcel Energy Center
Finalcity:St. Paul, Minnesota
Champions:Minnesota
Titlecount:14th
Coach:Don Lucia[1]
Coachcount:3rd
Mvp:Blake Wheeler
Mvpteam:Minnesota
Attendance:88,900
Prevseason Year:2006
Prevseason Link:2006 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2008
Nextseason Link:2008 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2007 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 48th conference playoff in league history and 53rd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2007 tournament was played between March 9 and March 17, 2007, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the NCAA 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 Xcel Energy 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: PTS = Points; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Bracket

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

First round

(5) Colorado College vs. (6) Michigan Tech

Quarterfinal

(6) Michigan Tech vs. (7) Wisconsin

Semifinals

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

Third Place

(2) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Wisconsin

Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (3) North Dakota

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: Don Lucia Year-by-Year Coaching Record. 2013-07-16.
  2. News: 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144. WCHA. 2014-06-01.