2004 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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Dates | March 12–20, 2004 |
Teams | 10 |
Finals site | Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, MN |
Champions | Minnesota (13th title) |
Winning coach | Don Lucia [1] (2nd title) |
MVP | Kellen Briggs (Minnesota) |
Attendance | 82,564 |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
The 2004 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 45th conference playoff in league history and 50th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2004 tournament was played between March 12 and March 20, 2004, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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 Xcel Energy 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.
Note: PTS = Points; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#5 North Dakota† | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 122 | 62 | 41 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 182 | 90 | |
#4 Minnesota–Duluth | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 119 | 71 | 45 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 185 | 123 | |
#8 Wisconsin | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 85 | 62 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 123 | 93 | |
#1 Denver | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 93 | 90 | 44 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 149 | 120 | |
#6 Minnesota* | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 101 | 86 | 44 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 178 | 127 | |
St. Cloud State | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 81 | 89 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 113 | 118 | |
#15 Colorado College | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 77 | 75 | 39 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 126 | 98 | |
Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 68 | 103 | 40 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 104 | 140 | |
Minnesota State | 28 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 83 | 139 | 39 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 124 | 179 | |
Michigan Tech | 28 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 66 | 118 | 38 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 97 | 161 | |
Championship: Minnesota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |
Teams are reseeded after the first round
First round [2] March 12–14 | Quarterfinal [3] March 18 | Semifinals March 19 | Championship March 20 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota | 6 | 4* | — | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Michigan Tech | 2 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | Colorado College | 1 | 8 | Alaska-Anchorage | 2 | ||||||||||
9 | Minnesota State | 4* | 2 | 5 | 8 | Alaska-Anchorage | 4 | |||||||||||||
3 | Wisconsin | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | North Dakota | 4 | |||||||||||||
8 | Alaska-Anchorage | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | Minnesota | 5 | |||||||||||||
4 | Denver | 3 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Colorado College | 4 | 6 | – | 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | |||||||||||||
5 | Minnesota | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Minnesota | 6 | 7 | – | ||||||||||||||||
6 | St. Cloud State | 1 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
March 12 [4] | North Dakota | 6 – 2 | Michigan Tech | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
(Stafford, Schneider) Zach Parise - 03:27 | First period | 08:39 - Clay Wilson | ||||||
(Bochenski, Parise) Brady Murray - PP - 01:28 (Parise, Stafford) Nick Fuher - GW - 16:41 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Parise, Murray) Drew Stafford - 00:26 (McMahon) Quinn Fylling - 01:44 (Lundbohm, Fuher) Colby Genoway - 07:25 | Third period | 05:14 - Justin Brown (Markham, Radovich) | ||||||
( 13 saves / 15 shots ) Jake Brandt | Goalie stats | Cam Ellsworth ( 20 saves / 25 shots ) / Bryce Luker ( 7 saves / 8 shots ) |
March 13 [5] | North Dakota | 4 – 3 | OT | Michigan Tech | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | ||
(Jones, Parise) Brnadon Bochenski - PP - 14:22 | First period | 11:21 - PP - Colin Murphy (Dora, Engelhardt) 19:00 - PP - Brandon Schwartz (Pittis) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 13:34 - Brett Engelhardt (Schwartz) | ||||||
(Bochenski, Murray) Zach Parise - 05:39 (Fuher) Chris Porter - 08:53 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Jake Brandt | Goalie stats | Cam Ellsworth ( 42 saves / 46 shots ) |
North Dakota won series 2–0 | |
March 12 [6] | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 – 4 | OT | Minnesota State-Mankato | Duluth Entertainment Convention Center | Recap | ||
(Stapleton, Geisler) Luke Stauffacher - 06:02 | First period | 10:06 - Chad Clower (Metcalf) | ||||||
(Peluso, Geisler) Junior Lessard - PP - 07:36 (Geisler, Smith) Justin Williams - 19:56 | Second period | 01:25 - PP - David Backes (Johns, Clower) 06:34 - Chad Clower (Forsythe, Morin) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 12:18 - GW - Lucas Fransen (Forscythe, Joseph) | ||||||
( 34 saves / 38 shots ) Isaac Reichmuth | Goalie stats | Jon Volp ( 46 saves / 49 shots ) |
March 13 [7] | Minnesota-Duluth | 6 – 2 | Minnesota State-Mankato | Duluth Entertainment Convention Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Unklesbay, Caig) Beau Geisler - 04:31 (Schwabe) Junior Lessard - 05:43 (Geisler, Schwabe) Junior Lessard - GW PP - 07:06 (Lessard, Geisler) Luke Stauffacher - 14:21 | Second period | 01:54 - Brock Becker (Rankin) 18:03 - Shane Joseph (Clower, Backes) | ||||||
(Schwabe, Stapleton) Junior Lessard - PP - 06:04 (Lessard) Justin Williams - 14:21 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Isaac Reichmuth | Goalie stats | Jon Volp ( 38 saves / 44 shots ) / Kyle Nixon ( 5 saves / 5 shots ) |
March 14 [8] | Minnesota-Duluth | 6 – 5 | Minnesota State-Mankato | Duluth Entertainment Convention Center | Recap | |||
(Schwabe, Lessard) Marco Peluso - PP - 01:23 (Geisler, Smith) T. J. Caig - 02:33 (Hammond) John Miskovich - 04:53 (Peluso, Schwabe) Tim Stapleton - PP - 07:21 Marco Peluso - 10:32 | First period | 14:24 - SH - David Backes (Joseph) | ||||||
(Peluso, Geisler) Evan Schwabe - GW PP - 06:35 | Second period | 01:48 - PP - Rob Rankin (Morin, Peto) 11:44 - PP - Brock Becker (Morin, Peto) 19:48 - Lucas Fransen (Kisio, Thompson) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 15:38 - Shane Joseph (McKelvie, Peto) | ||||||
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Isaac Reichmuth | Goalie stats | Jon Volp ( 11 saves / 15 shots ) / Kyle Nixon ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) |
Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–1 | |
March 12 [9] | Wisconsin | 2 – 3 | Alaska-Anchorage | Kohl Center | Recap | |||
(Earl, Likens) Jake Dowell - PP - 02:51 | First period | 09:01 - PP - Dallas Steward (Segal, Bourne) 18:54 - PP - Charlie Kronschnabel (Fournier, King) | ||||||
(Gilbert, Suter) Ross Carlson - PP - 05:14 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 05:56 - GW PP - Justin Johnson (Fournier, Glencross) | ||||||
( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Bernd Brückler | Goalie stats | Chris King ( 45 saves / 47 shots ) |
March 13 [10] | Wisconsin | 4 – 0 | Alaska-Anchorage | Kohl Center | Recap | |||
Rene Bourque - GW - 02:00 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Earl, Dowell) A.J. Degenhardt - 02:39 (Bourque, Joudrey) Ryan MacMurchy - 03:24 (Burish) A.J. Degenhardt - 14:30 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Bernd Brückler | Goalie stats | Kevin Reiter ( 41 saves / 45 shots ) |
March 14 [11] | Wisconsin | 1 – 4 | Alaska-Anchorage | Kohl Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 10:42 - Chris Fournier (Segal) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 08:38 - GW - Chris Fournier 12:33 - PP - Curtis Glencross (Fournier, Smith) 18:30 - Curtis Glencross | ||||||
(MacMurchy, Boeser) Andrew Joudrey - PP - 13:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 19 saves / 23 shots ) Bernd Brückler | Goalie stats | Chris King ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) |
Alaska-Anchorage won series 2–1 | |
March 12 [12] | Denver | 3 – 4 | Colorado College | Magness Arena | Recap | |||
(Handza, Halme) Ted O'Leary - 10:02 | First period | 04:07 - Marty Sertich (Canzanello, Zaba) | ||||||
(Corbin, Skinner) Gabe Gauthier - 13:38 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Carle, Keith) Lukas Dora - PP - 13:53 | Third period | 07:22 - Andrew Canzanello (Cox, Slattengren) 09:57 - Trevor Frischmon (Stuart, Canzanello) 11:48 - GW - Aaron Slattengren (Petiot, Cox) | ||||||
( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Adam Berkhoel | Goalie stats | Matt Zaba ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) |
March 13 [13] | Denver | 1 – 6 | Colorado College | Magness Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 11:43 - Colin Stuart (Polaski, Sweatt) 15:27 - GW - Brett Sterling (Petoit, Liebel) 18:24 - Reid Goolsby (Slattengren, Crabb) | ||||||
(Carle, Skinner) Gabe Gauthier - PP - 05:00 | Second period | 08:20 - PP - Brady Greco (Canzanello, Sertich) 17:46 - PP - Brady Greco (Stuart, Sertich) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 06:50 - PP - Brett Sterling (Canzanello, Crabb) | ||||||
( 10 saves / 13 shots ) Adam Berkhoel / ( 13 saves / 16 shots ) Glenn Fisher | Goalie stats | Curtis McElhinney ( 35 saves / 36 shots ) |
Colorado College won series 2–0 | |
March 12 [14] | Minnesota | 6 – 1 | St. Cloud State | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
(Fleming) Mike Vannelli - 10:02 (Riddle, Vanek) Matt Koalska - GW PP - 14:58 | First period | 12:30 - Brock Hooton (Szabo, Jensen) | ||||||
(Martin, Riddle) Thomas Vanek - 06:18 (Vanek, Kennedy) Ryan Potulny - 09:44 (Vannelli) Troy Riddle - 14:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Riddle, Ballard) Ryan Potulny - PP - 15:21 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Kellen Briggs | Goalie stats | Aaron Coole ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) / Tim Boron ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) |
March 13 [15] | Minnesota | 7 – 3 | St. Cloud State | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
(Ballard, Riddle) Ryan Potulny - PP - 19:46 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Riddle) Ryan Potulny - 12:52 (Potulny, Ballard) Troy Riddle - PP - 19:14 | Second period | 00:22 - Brock Hooton (Szabo) | ||||||
(Vanek, Koalska) Troy Riddle - GW PP - 01:39 (Tallackson, Guyer) Grant Potulny - PP - 07:16 (Vanek, Vannelli) Troy Riddle - 08:38 (Potulny, Tallackson) Tyler Hirsch - 09:13 | Third period | 00:24 - SH - Matt Hendricks (Reeder) 09:33 - Konrad Reeder (Peters, Doyle) | ||||||
( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Kellen Briggs | Goalie stats | Tim Boron ( 39 saves / 46 shots ) |
Minnesota won series 2–0 | |
March 18 [16] | Colorado College | 1 – 4 | Alaska-Anchorage | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Sterling, Polaski) Trevor Frischmon - 09:21 | Second period | 09:51 - Brandon Segal (Anderson, Arcand-Kootenay) 10:41 - GW - Vladimir Novak (Johnson, Gilchrist) 19:24 - Brant McMann (Novak) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:43 - EN - Dallas Steward (Kronschnabel, Green) | ||||||
( 7 saves / 9 shots ) Matt Zaba / ( 7 saves / 8 shots ) Curtis McElhinney | Goalie stats | Chris King ( 44 saves / 45 shots ) |
March 19 [17] | North Dakota | 4 – 2 | Alaska-Anchorage | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
(Parise, Bochenski) Brady Murray - 15:56 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Hale, Prpich) Rory McMahon - 02:16 (Bochenski, Murray) Zach Parise - GW - 09:01 (Jones, McMahon) Ryan Hale - 15:50 | Second period | 10:30 - PP - Curtis Glencross (Bourne, Segal) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 17:18 - Lee Green | ||||||
( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Jordan Parise | Goalie stats | Chris King ( 41 saves / 45 shots ) |
March 19 [18] | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 – 7 | Minnesota | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
(Stapleton, Peluso) Luke Stauffacher - 02:08 (Unklesbay, Geisler) Evan Schwabe - 09:06 (Williams, Lessard) Evan Schwabe - 14:21 | First period | 14:03 - PP - Troy Riddle (Potulny, Koalska) 19:25 - Danny Irmen (Guyer, Fleming) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 04:51 - SH - Danny Irmen (Ballard) 14:25 - Ryan Potulny | ||||||
(Schwabe, Lessard) Justin Williams - 00:40 | Third period | 03:45 - GW - Thomas Vanek (Riddle, Koalska) 14:41 - Andy Sertich (Waibel, Vannelli) 19:24 - Barry Tallackson (Waibel, Fleming) | ||||||
( 34 saves / 40 shots ) Isaac Reichmuth | Goalie stats | Kellen Briggs ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) |
March 20 [19] | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 – 2 | Alaska-Anchorage | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 12:14 - Curtis Glencross (Arcand-Kootenay, Reiter) | ||||||
(Peluso, Lessard) Evan Schwabe - PP - 09:30 (Geisler, Peluso) Junior Lessard - PP - 13:12 (Hammond, Czech) Luke Stauffacher - GW SH - 19:14 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Miskovich) Bryan McGregor - 10:13 | Third period | 19:42 - Vladimir Novak (Smith, Johnson) | ||||||
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Josh Johnson | Goalie stats | Kevin Reiter ( 36 saves / 40 shots ) |
March 20 [20] | North Dakota | 4 – 5 | Minnesota | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
(Parise) Drew Stafford - PP - 16:57 | First period | 10:39 - Danny Irmen (Guyer, Harrington) | ||||||
(Parise, Schneider) Brandon Bochenski - 08:50 (Fuher, Bochenski) Zach Parise - 16:47 | Second period | 04:09 - Jon Waibel (Kennedy) | ||||||
(Parise, Smaby) Brandon Bochenski - SH - 09:18 | Third period | 02:08 - Thomas Vanek 04:48 - Troy Riddle (Harrington, Koalska) 13:58 - GW - Grant Potulny (Irmen) | ||||||
( 33 saves / 38 shots ) Jake Brandt | Goalie stats | Kellen Briggs ( 35 saves / 39 shots ) |
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