2000 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2000 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 41st conference playoff in league history and 47th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2000 tournament played between March 10 and March 18, 2000 at five conference arenas and the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, North Dakota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2000 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 ten conference schools participated in the tournament with teams seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. 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

1999–00 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#5 Wisconsin†2823504611270413191166109
#1 North Dakota*281765391136144318519297
#12 St. Cloud State 28169335105664023143156103
#15 Minnesota State-Mankato 28151033390823921144126117
Colorado College 28141133188693918183126102
#14 Minnesota 28131322895844120192148133
Alaska-Anchorage 2811143256587361518385104
Minnesota-Duluth 28101802059114371522093146
Denver 2891811992974116232132136
Michigan Tech 28226044713638434068183
Championship: North Dakota
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

First round [2]
March 10–12, 2000		Quarterfinal [3]
March 16, 2000		Semifinals
March 17, 2000		Championship
March 18, 2000
1Wisconsin49–
10Michigan Tech04–
1Wisconsin5
2North Dakota4194Minnesota State-Mankato46Minnesota3
9Denver0246Minnesota6
3St. Cloud State4371Wisconsin3
8Minnesota-Duluth5032North Dakota5
4Minnesota State-Mankato2*3—
7Alaska-Anchorage12—2North Dakota7
3St. Cloud State3
5Colorado College22—
6Minnesota43*—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (10) Michigan Tech

March 10 [4] Wisconsin4 – 0Michigan Tech Kohl Center  
Dustin Kuk - GW PP - 08:41First periodNo scoring
Steven Reinprecht - 05:52
Dany Heatley - PP - 16:41
Kent Davyduke - 17:07		Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Graham Melanson ( 15 saves / 15 shots )Goalie stats Brian Rogers ( 29 saves / 33 shots )
March 11 [5] Wisconsin9 – 4Michigan Tech Kohl Center  
Niki Siren - 07:56
Dave Hergert - 08:31
Alex Brooks - 14:18
Kevin Granato - 17:25		First period13:01 - Devin Hartnell
19:28 - PP - Riley Nelson
Brad Winchester - GW PP - 06:06
Andy Wheeler - SH - 10:36
Dustin Kuk - 15:32		Second periodNo scoring
Dave Hergert - PP - 12:21
Steven Reinprecht - 13:21		Third period14:13 - Mat Snesrud
19:04 - Jarrett Weinberger
Graham Melanson ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) / Scott Kabotoff ( 4 saves / 5 shots ) / Mark Baranczyk ( 0 saves / 1 shots )Goalie stats Brian Rogers ( 7 saves / 11 shots ) / Jason Moilanen ( 22 saves / 27 shots )
Wisconsin won series 2–0

(2) North Dakota vs. (9) Denver

March 10 [6] North Dakota4 – 0Denver Ralph Engelstad Arena  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Mike Commodore - GW PP - 18:17Second periodNo scoring
Tim Skarperud - 05:07
Wes Dorey - 12:26
Jason Noterman - EN - 19:55		Third periodNo scoring
Karl Goehring ( 29 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Stephen Wagner ( 28 saves / 31 shots )
March 11 [7] North Dakota1 – 2Denver Ralph Engelstad Arena  
Kevin Spiewak - 14:58First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period11:10 - PP - Joseph Casey
03:01 - GW - Kelly Popadynetz
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Karl Goehring ( 32 saves / 34 shots )Goalie stats Stephen Wagner ( 27 saves / 28 shots )
March 12 [8] North Dakota9 – 4Denver Ralph Engelstad Arena  
Lee Goren - 03:49
Chad Mazurak - PP - 04:33		First period02:49 - Bjorn Engstrom
19:59 - SH - Joseph Casey
Ryan Bayda - 00:41
Jason Ulmer - PP - 04:33
Jason Ulmer - GW - 08:36
Kevin Spiewak - 15:16		Second periodNo scoring
Brad Defauw - 01:03
Jason Ulmer - SH - 06:37
Lee Goren - 11:26		Third period02:19 - PP - Joseph Casey
03:24 - PP - Mark Rycroft
Karl Goehring ( 27 saves / 31 shots )Goalie stats Stephen Wagner ( 20 saves / 29 shots ) / Wade Dubielewicz ( 3 saves / 3 shots )
North Dakota won series 2–1

(3) St. Cloud State vs. (8) Minnesota-Duluth

March 10 [9] St. Cloud State4 – 5Minnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center  
Keith Anderson - 00:42
Mike Walsh - 04:12
Tyler Arnason - PP - 18:29		First period09:15 - Rich Anderson
Nate DiCasmirro - PP - 11:46Second period04:14 - Tom Nelson
09:39 - PP - Pasi Korhonen
No scoringThird period07:13 - Mark Gunderson
16:39 - GW - Jon Francisco
Scott Meyer ( 24 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Brant Nicklin ( 39 saves / 43 shots )
March 11 [10] St. Cloud State3 – 0Minnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Tyler Arnason - GW - 12:04
Nate DiCasmirro - 15:18
Ryan Malone - 19:32		Third periodNo scoring
Scott Meyer ( 23 saves / 23 shots )Goalie stats Brant Nicklin ( 38 saves / 41 shots )
March 12 [11] St. Cloud State7 – 3Minnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center  
Nate DiCasmirro - PP - 14:09First period05:14 - PP - Ryan Homstol
08:15 - SH - Jeff Scissons
Geno Parrish - PP - 07:52
Brandon Sampair - 12:44		Second period05:12 - Drew Otten
Nate DiCasmirro - GW - 00:45
Tyler Arnason - 12:42
Mark Hartigan - 14:25
Mark Hartigan - EN - 19:32		Third periodNo scoring
Scott Meyer ( 31 saves / 34 shots )Goalie stats Brant Nicklin ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) / Rob Anderson ( 10 saves / 13 shots )
St. Cloud State won series 2–1

(4) Minnesota State-Mankato vs. (7) Alaska-Anchorage

March 10Minnesota State-Mankato2 – 1OTAlaska-Anchorage Verizon Wireless Center
March 11Minnesota State-Mankato3 – 2Alaska-Anchorage Verizon Wireless Center
Minnesota State won series 2–0

(5) Colorado College vs. (6) Minnesota

March 10 [12] Colorado College2 – 4Minnesota Colorado Springs World Arena  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period10:55 - Erik Wendell
13:20 - PP - Erik Westrum
Aaron Karpan - 01:59
Jesse Heerema - PP - 12:18		Third period11:42 - GW SH - Nate Miller
19:41 - Matt DeMarchi
Colin Zulianello ( 28 saves / 31 shots )Goalie stats Adam Hauser ( 26 saves / 28 shots )
March 11 [13] Colorado College2 – 3OTMinnesota Colorado Springs World Arena  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Trent Clark - SH - 19:33Second periodNo scoring
Tom Preissing - PP - 17:16Third period13:13 - Mark Nenovich
19:51 - EA - Erik Westrum
No scoringFirst overtime period07:34 - GW - Stuart Senden
Jeff Sanger ( 27 saves / 30 shots )Goalie stats Adam Hauser ( 28 saves / 30 shots )
Minnesota won series 2–0

Quarterfinal

(4) Minnesota State-Mankato vs. (6) Minnesota

March 16Minnesota State-Mankato4 – 6Minnesota Target Center

Semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (6) Minnesota

March 17 [14] Wisconsin5 – 3Minnesota Target Center  
Dan Bjornlie - 05:20
Matt Hussey - 09:06
Dany Heatley - PP - 13:32		First period11:46 - Erik Westrum
19:47 - John Pohl
Matt Murray - GW - 06:24Second periodNo scoring
Steven Reinprecht - EN - 19:24Third period07:35 - PP - Jordan Leopold
Graham Melanson ( 38 saves / 41 shots )Goalie stats Adam Hauser ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) / Pete Samargia ( 10 saves / 10 shots )

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) St. Cloud State

March 17 [15] North Dakota7 – 3St. Cloud State Target Center  
Chad Mazurak - 00:40First period04:37 - Lee Brooks
Lee Goren - 01:01
Travis Roche - 08:48		Second period11:21 - PP - Joe Motzko
Lee Goren - GW PP - 04:12
Bryan Lundbohm - 05:19
Tim Skarperud - 13:43
Jason Noterman - SH - 18:26		Third period15:18 - Matt Bailey
Andy Kollar ( 27 saves / 30 shots )Goalie stats Scott Meyer ( 22 saves / 29 shots )

Third Place

(3) St. Cloud State vs. (6) Minnesota

March 18 [16] St. Cloud State6 – 4Minnesota Target Center  
Brian Gaffaney - 10:38
Mike Pudlick - PP - 15:22
Mark Hartigan - 18:33		First period08:02 - PP - Jordan Leopold
Geno Parrish - PP - 17:18Second period05:51 - PP - Nate Miller
Joe Motzko - GW - 08:30
Mark Hartigan - EN - 19:39		Third period03:17 - Aaron Miskovich
15:40 - PP - Nate Miller
Scott Meyer ( 24 saves / 28 shots )Goalie stats Adam Hauser ( 28 saves / 33 shots )

Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) North Dakota

March 18 [17] Wisconsin3 – 5North Dakota Target Center  
David Hukalo - 06:56First period01:35 - Jeff Panzer
07:26 - Ryan Bayda
Dustin Kuk - 00:49Second period02:58 - PP - Lee Goren
Steven Reinprecht - 16:16Third period01:02 - GW - Lee Goren
05:55 - PP - Chad Mazurak
Graham Melanson ( 26 saves / 31 shots )Goalie stats Andy Kollar ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[18]

See also

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