2007 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2007 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 48th conference playoff in league history and 53rd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2007 tournament was played between March 9 and March 17, 2007, 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 WCHA'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 Minnesota†*281873399167443110313989
#8 St. Cloud State 281477358970402211712799
#3 North Dakota 28131053193754324145153116
#15 Denver 2813114307373402115410795
Colorado College 2813123297974391817411198
Michigan Tech 281112527696440181759087
Wisconsin 281213327595341191849383
Minnesota State 28101352581993813196106132
Minnesota–Duluth 2881642064843913215103121
Alaska–Anchorage 2881911762101371321390124
Championship: Minnesota
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

First round [2]
March 9–11
Quarterfinal [3]
March 15
Semifinals
March 16
Championship
March 17
1Minnesota613
10Alaska-Anchorage22*1
1Minnesota4
2St. Cloud State13*3***6Michigan Tech07Wisconsin2
9Minnesota-Duluth3227Wisconsin4
3North Dakota521Minnesota3*
8Minnesota State213North Dakota2
4Denver21
7Wisconsin322St. Cloud State2
3North Dakota6
5Colorado College120
6Michigan Tech2*11

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Minnesota vs. (10) Alaska-Anchorage

March 9 [4] Minnesota6 – 2Alaska-Anchorage Mariucci Arena Recap  
(Gordon, Johnson) Jay Barriball - 06:56
(Goligoski, Gordon) Mike Vannelli - PP - 19:43
First period14:49 - PP - Paul Crowder (Clark, Hunt)
(Goligoski, Vannelli) Jay Barriball - GW PP - 13:19
(Bostrom, O'Brien) Ryan Flynn - 14:54
Second period09:17 - PP - Merit Waldrop (Beagle, Anderson)
(Gordon, Johnson) Blake Wheeler - 01:20
(O'Brien) Justin Bostrom - PP - 18:00
Third periodNo scoring
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Kellen Briggs Goalie stats Jon Olthuis ( 26 saves / 32 shots )
March 10 [5] Minnesota1 – 2OTAlaska-Anchorage Mariucci Arena Recap  
(Stoa, Kaufmann) Kyle Okposo - PP - 15:34First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period16:25 - Josh Lunden (Clark, Backstrom)
No scoringFirst overtime period05:45 - GW - Luke Beaverson (Kronschnabel, Bourne)
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Kellen Briggs Goalie stats Nathan Lawson ( 25 saves / 26 shots )
March 11 [6] Minnesota3 – 1Alaska-Anchorage Mariucci Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period05:43 - Kevin Clark (Lunden)
(Barriball, Vannelli) Ben Gordon - PP - 04:22Second periodNo scoring
(Flynn, Lucia) Mike Carman - GW - 08:44
(Lucia) Kyle Okposo - SH - 18:35
Third periodNo scoring
( 11 saves / 12 shots ) Jeff Frazee Goalie stats Nathan Lawson ( 26 saves / 29 shots )
Minnesota won series 2–1

(2) St. Cloud State vs. (9) Minnesota-Duluth

March 9 [7] St. Cloud State1 – 3Minnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Swanson, Stephenson) Dan Kronick - 09:01Second period00:33 - Bryan McGregor (Sharp)
14:46 - GW - Mike Curry
No scoringThird period16:58 - PP - Josh Meyers (Sharp, Raymond)
( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Bobby Goepfert Goalie stats Josh Johnson ( 27 saves / 28 shots )
March 10 [8] St. Cloud State3 – 2OTMinnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center Recap  
(Stephenson, Borer) Andrew Gordon - 16:10First periodNo scoring
(Kronick, Swanson) Ryan Lasch - PP - 09:46Second period09:46 - PP - Jordan Fulton (Garrison, McKnight)
No scoringThird period16:06 - Josh Meyers (Raymond, Sharp)
(Gordon, Fletcher) Nate Dey - GW - 17:01First overtime periodNo scoring
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Bobby Goepfert Goalie stats Josh Johnson ( 42 saves / 45 shots )
March 11 [9] St. Cloud State3 – 23OTMinnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center Recap  
(Raduns, Kronick) Ryan Lasch - 18:33First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period01:26 - PP - Bryan McGregor (Niskanen, Raymond)
07:00 - Nick Kemp (Geris)
John Swanson - 04:11Third periodNo scoring
(Borer) Andreas Nödl - GW - 11:33Third overtime periodNo scoring
( 67 saves / 69 shots ) Bobby Goepfert Goalie stats Josh Johnson ( 62 saves / 65 shots )
St. Cloud State won series 2–1

(3) North Dakota vs. (8) Minnesota State

March 9 [10] North Dakota5 – 2Minnesota State Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(Toews, Chorney) T. J. Oshie - 09:05
(Zajac) Kyle Radke - 18:03
First periodNo scoring
(Chorney, Bina) Ryan Duncan - GW PP - 01:56
(Kozek, Kaip) Erik Fabian - 02:26
(Oshie, Lee) Jonathan Toews - 09:07
Second period01:09 - PP - Kurtis Kisio (Mouillierat, Irwin)
16:22 - Mick Berge (Kalinski)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Philippe Lamoureux Goalie stats Mike Zacharias ( 15 saves / 20 shots ) / Dan Tormey ( 18 saves / 18 shots )
March 10 [11] North Dakota2 – 1Minnesota State Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Chorney, Toews) Ryan Duncan - PP - 12:45
(Fabian, Kozek) Rylan Kaip - GW - 18:28
Second period15:43 - Joel Hanson (Kilburg, Harrison)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
( 23 saves / 24 shots ) Philippe Lamoureux Goalie stats Dan Tormey ( 25 saves / 27 shots )
North Dakota won series 2–0

(4) Denver vs. (7) Wisconsin

March 9 [12] Denver2 – 3Wisconsin Magness Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period14:33 - Joe Piskula
17:44 - Ben Street (Klubertanz)
(Trotter, Veideman) Ryan Dingle - 05:14
(Gifford) J.D. Corbin - 15:44
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period15:36 - GW - Jake Dowell (Davies, Olinger)
( 34 saves / 37 shots ) Peter Mannino Goalie stats Brian Elliott ( 23 saves / 25 shots )
March 10 [13] Denver1 – 2Wisconsin Magness Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period10:48 - Andrew Joudrey (Skille, Likens)
15:27 - GW SH - Andy Brandt (Carlson, Likens)
(Testwuide, Dingle) Rhett Rakhshani - 08:27Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Glenn FisherGoalie stats Brian Elliott ( 35 saves / 36 shots )
Wisconsin won series 2–0

(5) Colorado College vs. (6) Michigan Tech

March 9 [14] Colorado College1 – 2OTMichigan Tech World Arena, Colorado Springs Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Kilpatrick, Rau) Scott McCulloch - PP - 08:44Second period18:09 - Peter Rouleau (Shelast, Helminen)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period00:39 - GW - Jimmy Kerr (St. Louis, Gagne)
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Matt Zaba Goalie statsMichael Teslak ( 26 saves / 27 shots )
March 10 [15] Colorado College2 – 0Michigan Tech World Arena, Colorado Springs Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Cox, Kilpatrick) Scott Thauwald - GW - 15:02Second periodNo scoring
Andreas Vlassopoulos - 05:50Third periodNo scoring
( 29 saves / 29 shots ) Matt Zaba Goalie statsMichael Teslak ( 20 saves / 22 shots )
March 11 [16] Colorado College0 – 1Michigan Tech World Arena, Colorado Springs Recap  
No ScoringFirst period12:59 - GW - Ryan Bunger (Kivisto, Lord)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Matt Zaba Goalie statsMichael Teslak ( 18 saves / 18 shots )
Michigan Tech won series 2–1

Quarterfinal

(6) Michigan Tech vs. (7) Wisconsin

March 15 [17] Michigan Tech0 – 4Wisconsin Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period01:45 - GW - Blake Geoffrion (Drewiske, McBain)
No scoringSecond period02:42 - PP - Michael Davies (Joudrey, McBain)
04:14 - Andrew Joudrey (Klubertanz, Piskula)
No scoringThird period10:12 - Tom Gorowsky (Street, Klubertanz)
( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Michael TeslakGoalie stats Brian Elliott ( 26 saves / 26 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Minnesota vs. (7) Wisconsin

March 16 [18] Minnesota4 – 2Wisconsin Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Barriball, Schack) Blake Wheeler - 05:52First period19:16 - Davis Drewiske (Ford, Geoffrion)
(Lucia, Carman) Mike Vannelli - 11:00
(Goligoski, Vannelli) Blake Wheeler - GW PP - 19:56
Second period01:37 - Jake Dowell (Olinger, Piskula)
Blake Wheeler - EN - 19:56Third periodNo scoring
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Kellen Briggs Goalie stats Brian Elliott ( 21 saves / 24 shots )

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

March 16 [19] St. Cloud State2 – 6North Dakota Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period16:20 - Jonathan Toews (Duncan, Oshie)
(Gordon, Dey) Andreas Nödl - 04:09
(Dey, Nödl) Andrew Gordon - PP - 10:06
Second period05:19 - Chris VandeVelde (Porter, Watkins)
08:43 - GW - Chris VandeVelde (Watkins, Chorney)
12:29 - Jonathan Toews (Oshie, Genoway)
13:12 - Matt Watkins (VandeVelde, Jones)
No scoringThird period09:06 - Chris Porter (Kaip, Fabian)
( 29 saves / 35 shots ) Bobby Goepfert Goalie stats Philippe Lamoureux ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

Third Place

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

March 17 [20] St. Cloud State3 – 4OTWisconsin Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Gordan, Dey) Andreas Nödl - 00:29First period12:39 - Jake Dowell (Carlson, Davies)
(Kronick, Swanson) Ryan Lasch - PP - 03:18
(Kronick, Lasch) John Swanson - PP - 10:20
Second period18:38 - PP - Andy Brandt (Skille, Street)
No scoringThird period13:00 - Jack Skille (Joudrey, Klubertanz)
No scoringFirst overtime period04:50 - GW - Ben Street (Joudrey, Klubertanz)
( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Bobby Goepfert Goalie stats Brian Elliott ( 2 saves / 3 shots ) / Shane Connelly ( 24 saves / 26 shots )

Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (3) North Dakota

March 17 [21] Minnesota3 – 2OTNorth Dakota Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Lucia, Carman) Erik Johnson - 08:26
(Wheeler, Vannelli) Ben Gordon - 15:36
Second period13:24 - PP - Taylor Chorney (Bina, Oshie)
No scoringThird period01:54 - PP - Ryan Duncan (Chorney, Bina)
(Barriball) Blake Wheeler - GW - 03:25First overtime periodNo scoring
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Jeff Frazee Goalie stats Philippe Lamoureux ( 38 saves / 41 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[22]

See also

References

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