2017 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2017
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 3–18, 2017
Teams:8
Finalarena:MacInnes Student Ice Arena
Finalcity:Houghton, Michigan
Champions:Michigan Tech
Titlecount:10th
Coach:Mel Pearson
Coachcount:1st
Mop:Shane Hanna
Mopteam:Michigan Tech
Prevseason Year:2016
Prevseason Link:2016 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2018
Nextseason Link:2018 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 3 and March 18, 2017, on campus locations. By winning the tournament, Michigan Tech was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The first two rounds 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 higher seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.

The final was a single game held at the campus site of the highest remaining seed.

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

Quarterfinals

(4) Bowling Green vs. (5) Ferris State

Semifinals

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) Minnesota State

Championship

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (4) Bowling Green

Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player

Shane Hanna (Michigan Tech)