| 1992 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 13–21, 1992 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Civic Center St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Champions | Northern Michigan [1] (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Rick Comley [2] (3rd title) |
| MVP | Corwin Saurdiff [3] (Northern Michigan) |
| Attendance | 44,079 |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 1992 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 33rd conference playoff in league history and 40th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 13 and March 21, 1992. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Four' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Northern Michigan was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. The team that finished ninth in the conference was not eligible for tournament play. Teams were 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 earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.
The winners of the first round series advanced to the semifinal and championship rounds held at the Civic Center. All Final Four games used a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top remaining seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game while the two other semifinalists meeting with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers competing in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Minnesota† | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 163 | 89 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 215 | 132 | |
| Wisconsin | 32 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 129 | 106 | 43 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 175 | 142 | |
| Northern Michigan* | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 184 | 133 | 42 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 238 | 165 | |
| Colorado College | 32 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 32 | 138 | 141 | 41 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 170 | 175 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 32 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 124 | 137 | 37 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 144 | 162 | |
| Michigan Tech | 32 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 29 | 114 | 137 | 39 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 141 | 177 | |
| St. Cloud State | 32 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 120 | 138 | 37 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 150 | 159 | |
| North Dakota | 32 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 137 | 172 | 39 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 170 | 199 | |
| Denver | 32 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 110 | 166 | 36 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 124 | 187 | |
| Championship: Northern Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First Round March 13–15 | Semifinals March 20 | Championship March 21 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota | 3 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | North Dakota | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Colorado College | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 6* | 3 | 4* | ||||||||||||
| 7 | St. Cloud State | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Michigan | 9 | 6 | — | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Michigan Tech | 1 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 3 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Michigan | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Colorado College | 7*** | 3 | 5*** | 2 | Wisconsin | 5 | |||||||||
| 5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 6 | 4* | 4 | 4 | Colorado College | 3 | |||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
| March 13 | Minnesota | 3 – 5 | North Dakota | Mariucci Arena | ||||
| March 14 | Minnesota | 9 – 2 | North Dakota | Mariucci Arena | ||||
| March 15 | Minnesota | 3 – 1 | North Dakota | Mariucci Arena | ||||
| Minnesota won series 2–1 | |
| March 13 | Wisconsin | 6 – 5 | OT | St. Cloud State | Dane County Coliseum | |||
| March 14 | Wisconsin | 3 – 5 | St. Cloud State | Dane County Coliseum | ||||
| March 15 | Wisconsin | 4 – 3 | OT | St. Cloud State | Dane County Coliseum | |||
| Wisconsin won series 2–1 | |
| March 13 | Northern Michigan | 9 – 1 | Michigan Tech | Lakeview Arena | ||||
| March 14 | Northern Michigan | 6 – 2 | Michigan Tech | Lakeview Arena | ||||
| Northern Michigan won series 2–0 | |
| March 13 | Colorado College | 7 – 6 | 3OT | Minnesota-Duluth | Broadmoor World Arena | |||
| March 14 | Colorado College | 3 – 4 | OT | Minnesota-Duluth | Broadmoor World Arena | |||
| March 15 | Colorado College | 5 – 4 | 3OT | Minnesota-Duluth | Broadmoor World Arena | |||
| Colorado College won series 2–1 | |
| March 20 | Minnesota | 5 – 1 | Colorado College | Civic Center | ||||
| March 20 | Wisconsin | 3 – 6 | Northern Michigan | Civic Center | ||||
| March 21 | Wisconsin | 5 – 3 | Colorado College | Civic Center | ||||
| March 21 | Minnesota | 2 – 4 | Northern Michigan | Civic Center | ||||