1971 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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The 1971 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament was the 12th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 12 and March 20, 1971. All East Regional games were played at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin while West Regional games were held at the DU Arena in Denver, Colorado. By winning the regional tournaments, both the East Regional Champion†, Minnesota, and West Regional Champion‡, Denver, were invited to participate in the 1971 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey tournament.

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Format

The top eight teams in the WCHA, according to their final conference standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8. The eight teams were then divided into two separate groups by placing all even-numbered seeds in one group (2, 4, 6, 8) and the odd-numbered seeds (1, 3, 5, 7) in the other group. Using the location of the top seeds in each of the groups, the odd-numbered group (containing Michigan Tech) was placed in the east region which was held at the Dane County Coliseum while the odd-numbered grouping (containing Denver) was placed in the west region which was held at the DU Arena. Once each regional group was set the teams were reseeded No. 1 to No. 4 according to their final conference standings. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds in each region were matched in a single game with the winners advancing to their regional final games. The winners of the two championship games were declared as co-conference tournament champions.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

1970–71 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPCTGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Michigan Tech†221840.81811262332562173105
Denver*221570.682114923625101178133
Wisconsin 221390.591102773420131180110
Michigan State 2212100.545101973119120152124
Minnesota*229121.43277883214171116128
Minnesota-Duluth 2410140.417981063416171147146
North Dakota 2610151.404921163314172123141
Colorado College 187110.389811002911171142168
Michigan 225170.22777116309210118147
Championship: Minnesota, Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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Regional semifinals
March 11–12 		Regional Finals
March 13
      
E1 Michigan Tech 4
E4North Dakota6
E4 North Dakota 2
East Regional
E3Minnesota5
E2 Wisconsin 3
E3Minnesota4
W1Denver6
W4 Colorado College 3
W1Denver9
West Regional
W3 Minnesota-Duluth 3
W2 Michigan State 3
W3Minnesota-Duluth4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

East Regional

Semifinals

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (4) North Dakota

March 11Michigan Tech4 – 6North Dakota Dane County Coliseum

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Minnesota

March 11Wisconsin3 – 4Minnesota Dane County Coliseum

Finals

(3) Minnesota vs. (4) North Dakota

March 13Minnesota5 – 2North Dakota Dane County Coliseum

West Regional

Semifinals

(1) Denver vs. (4) Colorado College

March 11Denver6 – 3Colorado College DU Arena

(2) Michigan State vs. (3) Minnesota-Duluth

March 12Michigan State3 – 4Minnesota-Duluth DU Arena

Finals

(1) Denver vs. (3) Minnesota-Duluth

March 13Denver9 – 3Minnesota-Duluth DU Arena

Tournament awards

None

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Minnesota Men's Team History" . Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Denver Men's Team History" . Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Glen Sonmor Year-by-Year Coaching Record" . Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Murray Armstrong Year-by-Year Coaching Record" . Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  6. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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