1982 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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The 1982 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 23rd conference playoff in league history and 30th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 4 and March 14, 1982. First round and semifinal games were played at home team campus sites while the championship match was held at the Winter Sports Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Contents

This as the first WCHA tournament held after the defection of four conference schools to the CCHA.

Format

All member teams were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. As a result of their receiving the Broadmoor Trophy, North Dakota's home venue, Winter Sports Center, served as the site for the Championship game regardless of which teams qualified for the penultimate match. Each series were two-game matchups with the team that scored the most goals advancing to the succeeding round. The top two seeded teams received byes into the semifinal round while the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed met in the first round. The teams that advanced to the semifinal were re-seeded according to the final regular season conference standings, with the first seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game and the second seed meeting with the other advancing team with the winners meeting in the championship round. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

1981–82 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
North Dakota†26197038119814735120218143
Wisconsin*26187137126804735111255126
Minnesota 2613112281031023622122153125
Denver 269152201191324321193233197
Minnesota-Duluth 269161191141414016213192201
Colorado College 266182141051503611232152196
Championship: Wisconsin
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

[4] Teams are reseeded after the first round

First Round
March 4–6 		Semifinals
March 9–10 		Championship
March 13–14
1North Dakota45
3Minnesota364 Denver 3 2
6 Colorado College 1 3 1 North Dakota 0 1
2Wisconsin93
2Wisconsin3 6
4Denver55 3 Minnesota 42
5 Minnesota-Duluth 2 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(3) Minnesota vs. (6) Colorado College

March 5Minnesota3 – 1Colorado College Williams Arena
March 6Minnesota6 – 3Colorado College Williams Arena
Minnesota won series 9–4

(4) Denver vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth

March 4Denver5 – 2Minnesota-Duluth DU Arena
March 5Denver5 – 5Minnesota-Duluth DU Arena
Denver won series 10–7

Semifinals

(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Denver

March 9North Dakota4 – 3Denver Winter Sports Center
March 10North Dakota5 – 2Denver Winter Sports Center
North Dakota won series 9–5

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Minnesota

March 9Wisconsin3 – 4Minnesota Dane County Coliseum
March 10Wisconsin6 – 2Minnesota Dane County Coliseum
Wisconsin won series 9–6

Championship

(1) North Dakota vs. (2) Wisconsin

March 13North Dakota0 – 9Wisconsin Winter Sports Center
March 14North Dakota1 – 3Wisconsin Winter Sports Center
Wisconsin won series 12–1

Tournament awards

None

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Wisconsin Men's Team History" . Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bob Johnson Year-by-Year Coaching Record" . Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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