1999 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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The 1999 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 40th conference playoff in league history and 47th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 1999 tournament played between March 12 and March 20, 1999, at five conference arenas and the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Denver was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All nine conference teams participated in the tournament as did Mankato State which was slated to join the WCHA as a full member the following year. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 9 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated while Mankato State was seeded tenth. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advanced to the Target Center for the WCHA Final Five, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 5 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top three teams automatically advancing to the semifinals.

Conference standings

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

1998–99 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#5 North Dakota†2824225014276403262199104
#6 Colorado College 28208040103684229121169111
#8 Denver*281511232101954126132154126
Wisconsin 2813123297681381519498110
Minnesota 28101262690994315199139157
Alaska-Anchorage 281013525577136131857492
St. Cloud State 2881642079953916185122122
Michigan Tech 28919018679938928186145
Minnesota-Duluth 2842041271102387274100139
Championship: Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

First round [4]
March 12–14, 1999		Quarterfinal [5]
March 18, 1999		Semifinals
March 19, 1999		Championship
March 20, 1999
1North Dakota2310
10Mankato State3*20
1North Dakota6
2Colorado College35*—5Minnesota55Minnesota2
9Minnesota-Duluth14—7St. Cloud State3
3Denver24—1North Dakota3
8Michigan Tech12—3Denver4
4Wisconsin22—
7St. Cloud State53—2Colorado College2
3Denver3*
5Minnesota41—
6Alaska-Anchorage00—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) North Dakota vs. (10) Mankato State

March 12 [6] North Dakota2 – 3OTMankato State Ralph Engelstad Arena  
Peter Armbrust - 19:04First period02:01 - Ryan Schrick
08:43 - Tim Wolfe
Mike Commodore - 08:46Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period05:14 - GW - Andy Fermoyle
Karl Goehring ( 26 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Eric Pateman ( 44 saves / 46 shots )
March 13 [7] North Dakota3 – 2Mankato State Ralph Engelstad Arena  
No ScoringFirst period01:31 - Tyler Baines
Jason Blake - 00:49
Lee Goren - 13:46
Brad Defauw - GW - 14:05		Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period15:25 - Peter Holoien
Karl Goehring ( 28 saves / 30 shots )Goalie stats Eric Pateman ( 39 saves / 42 shots )
March 14 [8] North Dakota10 – 0Mankato State Ralph Engelstad Arena  
Jeff Panzer - GW PP - 07:30
Adam Calder - 09:44
Jesse Bull - 14:45
Jason Blake - 15:18		First periodNo scoring
Jeff Panzer - 05:58
Peter Armbrust - 13:12
Brad Williamson - 13:38		Second periodNo scoring
Brad Williamson - PP - 01:04
Jason Blake - 03:14
Wes Dorey - 03:38		Third periodNo scoring
Karl Goehring ( 23 saves / 23 shots )Goalie stats Eric Pateman ( 29 saves / 35 shots ) / Todd Kelzenberg ( 27 saves / 31 shots )
North Dakota won series 2–1

(2) Colorado College vs. (9) Minnesota-Duluth

March 12 [9] Colorado College3 – 1Minnesota-Duluth Colorado Springs World Arena  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Jon Austin - 11:38
Justin Morrison - GW PP - 15:51
Jon Austin - EN - 19:57		Third period17:25 - Shawn Pogreba
Jeff Sanger ( 22 saves / 23 shots )Goalie stats Brant Nicklin ( 37 saves / 39 shots )
March 13 [10] Colorado College5 – 4OTMinnesota-Duluth Colorado Springs World Arena  
Justin Morrison - 10:15
Trent Clark - 10:58		First periodNo scoring
Cam Kryway - 09:00Second period03:01 - Ryan Nosan
03:01 - SH - Jeff Scissons
Scott Swanson - PP - 00:58Third period13:20 - PP - Andy Reierson
19:18 - Jesse Fibiger
Brian Swanson - GW - 06:17First overtime periodNo scoring
Jeff Sanger ( 31 saves / 35 shots )Goalie stats Brant Nicklin ( 44 saves / 49 shots )
Colorado College won series 2–0

(3) Denver vs. (8) Michigan Tech

March 12 [11] Denver2 – 1Michigan Tech Denver Coliseum  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Bryce Wallnutt - 07:21
Bjorn Engstrom - GW - 08:33		Second period00:27 - Devin Hartnell
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Stephen Wagner ( 18 saves / 19 shots )Goalie stats David Weninger ( 33 saves / 35 shots )
March 13 [12] Denver4 – 2Michigan Tech Denver Coliseum  
James Petterson - PP - 00:48First periodNo scoring
Paul Veres - 04:47Second period11:35 - PP - Mat Snesrud
19:31 - Matt Ulwelling
Bjorn Engstrom - GW - 08:32
Joe Ritson - EN - 19:31		Third periodNo scoring
Stephen Wagner ( 17 saves / 19 shots )Goalie stats David Weninger ( 26 saves / 29 shots )
Denver won series 2–0

(4) Wisconsin vs. (7) St. Cloud State

March 10 [13] Wisconsin2 – 5St. Cloud State Kohl Center  
No ScoringFirst period06:03 - PP - Jason Goulet
12:28 - Matt Noga
Dave Tanabe - PP - 02:37
Dustin Kuk - 19:15		Second period04:47 - GW - Ryan Forbes
17:02 - PP - Jason Goulet
No scoringThird period19:27 - EN - George Awada
Graham Melanson ( 28 saves / 32 shots )Goalie stats Dean Weasler ( 36 saves / 38 shots )
March 14 [14] Wisconsin2 – 3St. Cloud State Kohl Center  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Steven Reinprecht - PP - 17:11Second period10:44 - Tyler Arnason
13:11 - SH - Tyler Arnason
Kevin Granato - 10:19Third period11:45 - GW - George Awada
Graham Melanson ( 29 saves / 32 shots )Goalie stats Dean Weasler ( 30 saves / 32 shots ))
St. Cloud State won series 2–0

(5) Minnesota vs. (6) Alaska-Anchorage

March 12 [15] Minnesota4 – 0Alaska-Anchorage Mariucci Arena  
Aaron Miskovich - GW - 10:53First periodNo scoring
John Pohl - 03:05Second periodNo scoring
Mike Anderson - 11:34
Erik Wendell - 15:14		Third periodNo scoring
Adam Hauser ( 26 saves / 26 shots )Goalie stats Gregg Naumenko ( 29 saves / 33 shots )
March 13 [16] Minnesota1 – 0Alaska-Anchorage Mariucci Arena  
Rico Pagel - GW - 19:02First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Adam Hauser ( 17 saves / 17 shots )Goalie stats Gregg Naumenko ( 31 saves / 32 shots )
Minnesota won series 2–0

Quarterfinal

(5) Minnesota vs. (7) St. Cloud State

March 18 [17] Minnesota5 – 3St. Cloud State Target Center  
Wyatt Smith - 00:09
Dave Spehar - 15:10		First periodNo scoring
Reggie Berg - PP - 16:29Second period15:47 - PP - George Awada
Dave Spehar - GW - 06:39
Reggie Berg - EN - 19:06		Third period10:29 - George Awada
12:00 - Matt Bailey
Adam Hauser ( 36 saves / 39 shots )Goalie stats Dean Weasler ( 33 saves / 37 shots )

Semifinals

(1) North Dakota vs. (5) Minnesota

March 19 [18] North Dakota6 – 2Minnesota Target Center  
Jason Blake - 01:06
Jeff Panzer - 12:07		First periodNo scoring
Jeff Panzer - GW PP - 01:22
Jason Ulmer - 05:41
Brad Defauw - PP - 13:16
Brad Williamson - PP - 17:36		Second period04:33 - PP - Erik Wendell
12:05 - PP - Reggie Berg
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Karl Goehring ( 40 saves / 42 shots )Goalie stats Adam Hauser ( 34 saves / 39 shots ) / Rob LaRue ( 0 saves / 1 shots )

(2) Colorado College vs. (3) Denver

March 19 [19] Colorado College2 – 3OTDenver Target Center  
K.J. Voorhees - 03:26
Justin Morrison - SH - 07:19		First period09:19 - Jon Newman
18:56 - Paul Comrie
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period08:38 - GW - Paul Veres
Jeff Sanger ( 33 saves / 36 shots )Goalie stats Stephen Wagner ( 39 saves / 41 shots )

Third Place

(2) Colorado College vs. (5) Minnesota

March 20 [20] Colorado College7 – 4Minnesota Target Center  
Scott Swanson - PP - 04:57
Mike Stuart - PP - 08:46		First period06:06 - PP - John Pohl
Justin Morrison - 00:43
Justin Morrison - 06:06
Cam Kryway - GW - 11:31
Jesse Heerema - 12:33		Second period03:29 - Mike Anderson
05:19 - PP - Dave Spehar
Justin Morrison - EN - 19:30Third period09:30 - PP - Aaron Miskovich
Colin Zulianello ( 25 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Adam Hauser ( 7 saves / 10 shots ) / Rob LaRue ( 20 saves / 23 shots )

Championship

(1) North Dakota vs. (3) Denver

March 20 [21] North Dakota3 – 4Denver Target Center  
Peter Armbrust - 03:36
Jeff Ulmer - 17:43		First period09:54 - PP - Paul Comrie
Brad Defauw - 05:57Second period08:01 - PP - Paul Veres
14:35 - Joe Ritson
No scoringThird period04:46 - GW - Shawn Kurulak
Karl Goehring ( 28 saves / 31 shots )Goalie stats Stephen Wagner ( 33 saves / 35 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[22]

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