2015 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2015
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 13–21, 2015
Teams:8
Finalarena:Xcel Energy Center
Finalcity:St. Paul, Minnesota
Champions:Minnesota State
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Mike Hastings
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Brad McClure
Mvpteam:Minnesota State
Prevseason Year:2014
Prevseason Link:2014 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2016
Nextseason Link:2016 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2015 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 13 and March 21, 2015, at four conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight or ten conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are 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 earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advance to the Xcel Energy Center for the WCHA Final Five, a holdover from previous tournaments where it was used as the collective name of the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.[1]

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 roundNote: * denotes overtime periods

Results

First round

All times are local.

(4) Bemidji State vs. (5) Ferris State

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC−5).

(5) Ferris State vs. (1) Minnesota State

Championship

All times are local (UTC−5).

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (1) Minnesota State

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player]][2]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: WCHA playoff central . U.S. College Hockey Online . March 22, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150326072614/http://www.uscho.com/wcha-playoff-central/ . March 26, 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: Final Five MVP McClure Scores Three as Minnesota State Repeats as Broadmoor Trophy Champions . Western Collegiate Hockey Association . March 22, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150908055704/http://www.wcha.com/men/recaps15.php?mmnsmtu1.m21 . September 8, 2015 . live . March 21, 2015 .