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]
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]
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Teams are reseeded after the first roundNote: * denotes overtime periods
All times are local.
All times are local (UTC−4).
All times are local (UTC−4).
G Darren Smith (Ferris State)