2016 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2016
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 11–19, 2016
Teams:8
Finalarena:Van Andel Arena
Finalcity:Grand Rapids, Michigan
Champions:Ferris State
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Bob Daniels
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Darren Smith
Mvpteam:Ferris State
Prevseason Year:2015
Prevseason Link:2015 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2017
Nextseason Link:2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2016 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2016, at four conference arenas and the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Ferris State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

This was the last WCHA tournament where an All-Tournament Team was named. This is also the only year with an All-Tournament Team where the Tournament MVP was not also named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]

Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight 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 Van Andel Arena 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.[2]

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) Ferris State vs. (5) Northern Michigan

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC−4).

(4) Ferris State vs. (1) Michigan Tech

Championship

All times are local (UTC−4).

(4) Ferris State vs. (2) Minnesota State

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

Most Valuable Player

G Darren Smith (Ferris State)

Notes and References

  1. News: 2019-20 WCHA Media Guide & Record Book. WCHA . October 19, 2019.
  2. Web site: WCHA playoff central . U.S. College Hockey Online . March 17, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150326072614/http://www.uscho.com/wcha-playoff-central/ . March 26, 2015 .