2008 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2008
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 14–22, 2008
Teams:10
Finalarena:Xcel Energy Center
Finalcity:St. Paul, Minnesota
Champions:Denver
Titlecount:15th
Coach:George Gwozdecky
Coachcount:4th
Mvp:Alex Kangas
Mvpteam:Minnesota
Prevseason Year:2007
Prevseason Link:2007 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2009
Nextseason Link:2009 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2008 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 22, 2008 at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Denver was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2008 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 teams participated in the tournament. Teams were 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.[1] 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: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Tiebreakers

Bracket

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

First round

(5) St. Cloud State vs. (6) Wisconsin

Quarterfinal

(5) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Minnesota

Semifinals

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Denver

Third Place

(1) Colorado College vs. (2) North Dakota

Championship

(3) Denver vs. (7) Minnesota

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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MVP

Alex Kangas, (Minnesota)

See also

References

GeneralWeb site: 2008 WCHA Tournament. 2008-03-22. Inside College Hockey. https://web.archive.org/web/20080316111540/http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/6History/wcha_08.htm. 16 March 2008 . live.
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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: First Round WCHA Playoffs Set for March 14-16; Colorado College Reigns as 2007-08 WCHA Champion. 2008-03-10. 2008-03-22. WCHA.
    2. Web site: Minnesota Earns Back-to-Back WCHA Championships as Golden Gophers Down MTU. https://archive.today/20070618125809/http://wcha.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/030307aaa.html. dead. 2007-06-18. 2007-03-07. 2008-03-22. WCHA.
    3. Web site: Minnesota State Mavericks: 2007-2008 Men's Hockey Schedule/Results . 2008-03-22 . USCHO . https://web.archive.org/web/20071221233107/http://www.uscho.com/schedules/team.php/minnesota-state-mavericks/mens-college-hockey/season%2C20072008/team%2Cmnst/gender%2Cm.html . 2007-12-21 . dead .
    4. News: 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144. WCHA. 2014-06-01.