2004 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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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.

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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 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.

Conference standings

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

ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#5 North Dakota282053431226241308318290
#4 Minnesota–Duluth 28197240119714528134185123
#8 Wisconsin 281477358562432213812393
#1 Denver 28131053193904427125149120
#6 Minnesota*281512131101864427143178127
St. Cloud State 28121242881893818164113118
#15 Colorado College 2811152247775392016312698
Alaska–Anchorage 28718317681034014233104140
Minnesota State 28618416831393910245124179
Michigan Tech 286193156611838825597161
Championship: Minnesota
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 12–14
Quarterfinal [3]
March 18
Semifinals
March 19
Championship
March 20
1North Dakota64*
10Michigan Tech23
1North Dakota4
2Minnesota-Duluth3667Colorado College18Alaska-Anchorage2
9Minnesota State4*258Alaska-Anchorage4
3Wisconsin2411North Dakota4
8Alaska-Anchorage3045Minnesota5
4Denver31
7Colorado College462Minnesota-Duluth4
5Minnesota7
5Minnesota67
6St. Cloud State13

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) North Dakota vs. (10) Michigan Tech

March 12 [4] North Dakota6 – 2Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(Stafford, Schneider) Zach Parise - 03:27First period08:39 - Clay Wilson
(Bochenski, Parise) Brady Murray - PP - 01:28
(Parise, Stafford) Nick Fuher - GW - 16:41
Second periodNo scoring
(Parise, Murray) Drew Stafford - 00:26
(McMahon) Quinn Fylling - 01:44
(Lundbohm, Fuher) Colby Genoway - 07:25
Third period05:14 - 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 Dakota4 – 3OTMichigan Tech Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(Jones, Parise) Brnadon Bochenski - PP - 14:22First period11:21 - PP - Colin Murphy (Dora, Engelhardt)
19:00 - PP - Brandon Schwartz (Pittis)
No scoringSecond period13:34 - Brett Engelhardt (Schwartz)
(Bochenski, Murray) Zach Parise - 05:39
(Fuher) Chris Porter - 08:53
Third periodNo scoring
( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Jake Brandt Goalie stats Cam Ellsworth ( 42 saves / 46 shots )
North Dakota won series 2–0

(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (9) Minnesota State-Mankato

March 12 [6] Minnesota-Duluth3 – 4OTMinnesota State-Mankato Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Recap  
(Stapleton, Geisler) Luke Stauffacher - 06:02First period10:06 - Chad Clower (Metcalf)
(Peluso, Geisler) Junior Lessard - PP - 07:36
(Geisler, Smith) Justin Williams - 19:56
Second period01:25 - PP - David Backes (Johns, Clower)
06:34 - Chad Clower (Forsythe, Morin)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period12:18 - GW - Lucas Fransen (Forscythe, Joseph)
( 34 saves / 38 shots ) Isaac Reichmuth Goalie stats Jon Volp ( 46 saves / 49 shots )
March 13 [7] Minnesota-Duluth6 – 2Minnesota State-Mankato Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo 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 period01:54 - Brock Becker (Rankin)
18:03 - Shane Joseph (Clower, Backes)
(Schwabe, Stapleton) Junior Lessard - PP - 06:04
(Lessard) Justin Williams - 14:21
Third periodNo 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-Duluth6 – 5Minnesota 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 period14:24 - SH - David Backes (Joseph)
(Peluso, Geisler) Evan Schwabe - GW PP - 06:35Second period01:48 - PP - Rob Rankin (Morin, Peto)
11:44 - PP - Brock Becker (Morin, Peto)
19:48 - Lucas Fransen (Kisio, Thompson)
No scoringThird period15:38 - 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

(3) Wisconsin vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage

March 12 [9] Wisconsin2 – 3Alaska-Anchorage Kohl Center Recap  
(Earl, Likens) Jake Dowell - PP - 02:51First period09:01 - PP - Dallas Steward (Segal, Bourne)
18:54 - PP - Charlie Kronschnabel (Fournier, King)
(Gilbert, Suter) Ross Carlson - PP - 05:14Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period05:56 - GW PP - Justin Johnson (Fournier, Glencross)
( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Bernd Brückler Goalie stats Chris King ( 45 saves / 47 shots )
March 13 [10] Wisconsin4 – 0Alaska-Anchorage Kohl Center Recap  
Rene Bourque - GW - 02:00First periodNo scoring
(Earl, Dowell) A.J. Degenhardt - 02:39
(Bourque, Joudrey) Ryan MacMurchy - 03:24
(Burish) A.J. Degenhardt - 14:30
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Bernd Brückler Goalie stats Kevin Reiter ( 41 saves / 45 shots )
March 14 [11] Wisconsin1 – 4Alaska-Anchorage Kohl Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period10:42 - Chris Fournier (Segal)
No scoringSecond period08:38 - GW - Chris Fournier
12:33 - PP - Curtis Glencross (Fournier, Smith)
18:30 - Curtis Glencross
(MacMurchy, Boeser) Andrew Joudrey - PP - 13:05Third periodNo scoring
( 19 saves / 23 shots ) Bernd Brückler Goalie stats Chris King ( 29 saves / 30 shots )
Alaska-Anchorage won series 2–1

(4) Denver vs. (7) Colorado College

March 12 [12] Denver3 – 4Colorado College Magness Arena Recap  
(Handza, Halme) Ted O'Leary - 10:02First period04:07 - Marty Sertich (Canzanello, Zaba)
(Corbin, Skinner) Gabe Gauthier - 13:38Second periodNo scoring
(Carle, Keith) Lukas Dora - PP - 13:53Third period07:22 - 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] Denver1 – 6Colorado College Magness Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period11:43 - Colin Stuart (Polaski, Sweatt)
15:27 - GW - Brett Sterling (Petoit, Liebel)
18:24 - Reid Goolsby (Slattengren, Crabb)
(Carle, Skinner) Gabe Gauthier - PP - 05:00Second period08:20 - PP - Brady Greco (Canzanello, Sertich)
17:46 - PP - Brady Greco (Stuart, Sertich)
No scoringThird period06:50 - PP - Brett Sterling (Canzanello, Crabb)
( 10 saves / 13 shots ) Adam Berkhoel / ( 13 saves / 16 shots ) Glenn FisherGoalie stats Curtis McElhinney ( 35 saves / 36 shots )
Colorado College won series 2–0

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

March 12 [14] Minnesota6 – 1St. Cloud State Mariucci Arena Recap  
(Fleming) Mike Vannelli - 10:02
(Riddle, Vanek) Matt Koalska - GW PP - 14:58
First period12:30 - Brock Hooton (Szabo, Jensen)
(Martin, Riddle) Thomas Vanek - 06:18
(Vanek, Kennedy) Ryan Potulny - 09:44
(Vannelli) Troy Riddle - 14:44
Second periodNo scoring
(Riddle, Ballard) Ryan Potulny - PP - 15:21Third periodNo scoring
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Kellen Briggs Goalie stats Aaron Coole ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) / Tim Boron ( 19 saves / 21 shots )
March 13 [15] Minnesota7 – 3St. Cloud State Mariucci Arena Recap  
(Ballard, Riddle) Ryan Potulny - PP - 19:46First periodNo scoring
(Riddle) Ryan Potulny - 12:52
(Potulny, Ballard) Troy Riddle - PP - 19:14
Second period00:22 - 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 period00:24 - 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

Quarterfinal

(7) Colorado College vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage

March 18 [16] Colorado College1 – 4Alaska-Anchorage Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Sterling, Polaski) Trevor Frischmon - 09:21Second period09:51 - Brandon Segal (Anderson, Arcand-Kootenay)
10:41 - GW - Vladimir Novak (Johnson, Gilchrist)
19:24 - Brant McMann (Novak)
No scoringThird period19:43 - 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 )

Semifinals

(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage

March 19 [17] North Dakota4 – 2Alaska-Anchorage Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Parise, Bochenski) Brady Murray - 15:56First periodNo scoring
(Hale, Prpich) Rory McMahon - 02:16
(Bochenski, Murray) Zach Parise - GW - 09:01
(Jones, McMahon) Ryan Hale - 15:50
Second period10:30 - PP - Curtis Glencross (Bourne, Segal)
No scoringThird period17:18 - Lee Green
( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Jordan Parise Goalie stats Chris King ( 41 saves / 45 shots )

(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (5) Minnesota

March 19 [18] Minnesota-Duluth4 – 7Minnesota Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Stapleton, Peluso) Luke Stauffacher - 02:08
(Unklesbay, Geisler) Evan Schwabe - 09:06
(Williams, Lessard) Evan Schwabe - 14:21
First period14:03 - PP - Troy Riddle (Potulny, Koalska)
19:25 - Danny Irmen (Guyer, Fleming)
No scoringSecond period04:51 - SH - Danny Irmen (Ballard)
14:25 - Ryan Potulny
(Schwabe, Lessard) Justin Williams - 00:40Third period03:45 - 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 )

Third place

(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage

March 20 [19] Minnesota-Duluth4 – 2Alaska-Anchorage Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period12:14 - 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 periodNo scoring
(Miskovich) Bryan McGregor - 10:13Third period19:42 - Vladimir Novak (Smith, Johnson)
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Josh Johnson Goalie stats Kevin Reiter ( 36 saves / 40 shots )

Championship

(1) North Dakota vs. (5) Minnesota

March 20 [20] North Dakota4 – 5Minnesota Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Parise) Drew Stafford - PP - 16:57First period10:39 - Danny Irmen (Guyer, Harrington)
(Parise, Schneider) Brandon Bochenski - 08:50
(Fuher, Bochenski) Zach Parise - 16:47
Second period04:09 - Jon Waibel (Kennedy)
(Parise, Smaby) Brandon Bochenski - SH - 09:18Third period02:08 - 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 )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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See also

References

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