2018 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 2–17, 2018
Teams:8
Finalarena:Berry Events Center
Finalcity:Marquette, Michigan
Champions:Michigan Tech
Titlecount:11th
Coach:Joe Shawhan
Coachcount:1st
Mop:Patrick Munson
Mopteam:Michigan Tech
Prevseason Year:2017
Prevseason Link:2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2019
Nextseason Link:2019 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2018 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018, on campus locations. By winning the tournament, Michigan Tech was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The first two rounds of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. The top eight conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The higher seeded teams each earned 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) Bemidji State vs. (5) Michigan Tech

Semifinals

(2) Northern Michigan vs. (3) Bowling Green

Championship

(2) Northern Michigan vs. (5) Michigan Tech

Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player

Patrick Munson (Michigan Tech)