2007 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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Dates | March 9–17, 2007 |
Teams | 10 |
Finals site | Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota |
Champions | Minnesota (14th title) |
Winning coach | Don Lucia [1] (3rd title) |
MVP | Blake Wheeler (Minnesota) |
Attendance | 88,900 |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
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.
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 Minnesota†* | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 91 | 67 | 44 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 139 | 89 | |
#8 St. Cloud State | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 89 | 70 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 127 | 99 | |
#3 North Dakota | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 93 | 75 | 43 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 153 | 116 | |
#15 Denver | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 73 | 73 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 107 | 95 | |
Colorado College | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 79 | 74 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 111 | 98 | |
Michigan Tech | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 69 | 64 | 40 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 90 | 87 | |
Wisconsin | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 59 | 53 | 41 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 93 | 83 | |
Minnesota State | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 81 | 99 | 38 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 106 | 132 | |
Minnesota–Duluth | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 64 | 84 | 39 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 103 | 121 | |
Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 62 | 101 | 37 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 90 | 124 | |
Championship: Minnesota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |
Teams are reseeded after the first round
First round [2] March 9–11 | Quarterfinal [3] March 15 | Semifinals March 16 | Championship March 17 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Alaska-Anchorage | 2 | 2* | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | St. Cloud State | 1 | 3* | 3*** | 6 | Michigan Tech | 0 | 7 | Wisconsin | 2 | ||||||||||
9 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Wisconsin | 4 | |||||||||||||
3 | North Dakota | 5 | 2 | – | 1 | Minnesota | 3* | |||||||||||||
8 | Minnesota State | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | North Dakota | 2 | |||||||||||||
4 | Denver | 2 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | St. Cloud State | 2 | |||||||||||||
3 | North Dakota | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Colorado College | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Michigan Tech | 2* | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
March 9 [4] | Minnesota | 6 – 2 | Alaska-Anchorage | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
(Gordon, Johnson) Jay Barriball - 06:56 (Goligoski, Gordon) Mike Vannelli - PP - 19:43 | First period | 14:49 - PP - Paul Crowder (Clark, Hunt) | ||||||
(Goligoski, Vannelli) Jay Barriball - GW PP - 13:19 (Bostrom, O'Brien) Ryan Flynn - 14:54 | Second period | 09:17 - PP - Merit Waldrop (Beagle, Anderson) | ||||||
(Gordon, Johnson) Blake Wheeler - 01:20 (O'Brien) Justin Bostrom - PP - 18:00 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Kellen Briggs | Goalie stats | Jon Olthuis ( 26 saves / 32 shots ) |
March 10 [5] | Minnesota | 1 – 2 | OT | Alaska-Anchorage | Mariucci Arena | Recap | ||
(Stoa, Kaufmann) Kyle Okposo - PP - 15:34 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 16:25 - Josh Lunden (Clark, Backstrom) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 05:45 - GW - Luke Beaverson (Kronschnabel, Bourne) | ||||||
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Kellen Briggs | Goalie stats | Nathan Lawson ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) |
March 11 [6] | Minnesota | 3 – 1 | Alaska-Anchorage | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 05:43 - Kevin Clark (Lunden) | ||||||
(Barriball, Vannelli) Ben Gordon - PP - 04:22 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Flynn, Lucia) Mike Carman - GW - 08:44 (Lucia) Kyle Okposo - SH - 18:35 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 11 saves / 12 shots ) Jeff Frazee | Goalie stats | Nathan Lawson ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) |
Minnesota won series 2–1 | |
March 9 [7] | St. Cloud State | 1 – 3 | Minnesota-Duluth | National Hockey Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Swanson, Stephenson) Dan Kronick - 09:01 | Second period | 00:33 - Bryan McGregor (Sharp) 14:46 - GW - Mike Curry | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 16:58 - PP - Josh Meyers (Sharp, Raymond) | ||||||
( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Bobby Goepfert | Goalie stats | Josh Johnson ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) |
March 10 [8] | St. Cloud State | 3 – 2 | OT | Minnesota-Duluth | National Hockey Center | Recap | ||
(Stephenson, Borer) Andrew Gordon - 16:10 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Kronick, Swanson) Ryan Lasch - PP - 09:46 | Second period | 09:46 - PP - Jordan Fulton (Garrison, McKnight) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 16:06 - Josh Meyers (Raymond, Sharp) | ||||||
(Gordon, Fletcher) Nate Dey - GW - 17:01 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Bobby Goepfert | Goalie stats | Josh Johnson ( 42 saves / 45 shots ) |
March 11 [9] | St. Cloud State | 3 – 2 | 3OT | Minnesota-Duluth | National Hockey Center | Recap | ||
(Raduns, Kronick) Ryan Lasch - 18:33 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 01:26 - PP - Bryan McGregor (Niskanen, Raymond) 07:00 - Nick Kemp (Geris) | ||||||
John Swanson - 04:11 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
(Borer) Andreas Nödl - GW - 11:33 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 67 saves / 69 shots ) Bobby Goepfert | Goalie stats | Josh Johnson ( 62 saves / 65 shots ) |
St. Cloud State won series 2–1 | |
March 9 [10] | North Dakota | 5 – 2 | Minnesota State | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
(Toews, Chorney) T. J. Oshie - 09:05 (Zajac) Kyle Radke - 18:03 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Chorney, Bina) Ryan Duncan - GW PP - 01:56 (Kozek, Kaip) Erik Fabian - 02:26 (Oshie, Lee) Jonathan Toews - 09:07 | Second period | 01:09 - PP - Kurtis Kisio (Mouillierat, Irwin) 16:22 - Mick Berge (Kalinski) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No 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 Dakota | 2 – 1 | Minnesota State | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Chorney, Toews) Ryan Duncan - PP - 12:45 (Fabian, Kozek) Rylan Kaip - GW - 18:28 | Second period | 15:43 - Joel Hanson (Kilburg, Harrison) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 23 saves / 24 shots ) Philippe Lamoureux | Goalie stats | Dan Tormey ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) |
North Dakota won series 2–0 | |
March 9 [12] | Denver | 2 – 3 | Wisconsin | Magness Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 14:33 - Joe Piskula 17:44 - Ben Street (Klubertanz) | ||||||
(Trotter, Veideman) Ryan Dingle - 05:14 (Gifford) J.D. Corbin - 15:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 15:36 - GW - Jake Dowell (Davies, Olinger) | ||||||
( 34 saves / 37 shots ) Peter Mannino | Goalie stats | Brian Elliott ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) |
March 10 [13] | Denver | 1 – 2 | Wisconsin | Magness Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 10:48 - Andrew Joudrey (Skille, Likens) 15:27 - GW SH - Andy Brandt (Carlson, Likens) | ||||||
(Testwuide, Dingle) Rhett Rakhshani - 08:27 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Glenn Fisher | Goalie stats | Brian Elliott ( 35 saves / 36 shots ) |
Wisconsin won series 2–0 | |
March 9 [14] | Colorado College | 1 – 2 | OT | Michigan Tech | World Arena, Colorado Springs | Recap | ||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Kilpatrick, Rau) Scott McCulloch - PP - 08:44 | Second period | 18:09 - Peter Rouleau (Shelast, Helminen) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 00:39 - GW - Jimmy Kerr (St. Louis, Gagne) | ||||||
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Matt Zaba | Goalie stats | Michael Teslak ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) |
March 10 [15] | Colorado College | 2 – 0 | Michigan Tech | World Arena, Colorado Springs | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Cox, Kilpatrick) Scott Thauwald - GW - 15:02 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Andreas Vlassopoulos - 05:50 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 29 saves / 29 shots ) Matt Zaba | Goalie stats | Michael Teslak ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) |
March 11 [16] | Colorado College | 0 – 1 | Michigan Tech | World Arena, Colorado Springs | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 12:59 - GW - Ryan Bunger (Kivisto, Lord) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Matt Zaba | Goalie stats | Michael Teslak ( 18 saves / 18 shots ) |
Michigan Tech won series 2–1 | |
March 15 [17] | Michigan Tech | 0 – 4 | Wisconsin | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 01:45 - GW - Blake Geoffrion (Drewiske, McBain) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 02:42 - PP - Michael Davies (Joudrey, McBain) 04:14 - Andrew Joudrey (Klubertanz, Piskula) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 10:12 - Tom Gorowsky (Street, Klubertanz) | ||||||
( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Michael Teslak | Goalie stats | Brian Elliott ( 26 saves / 26 shots ) |
March 16 [18] | Minnesota | 4 – 2 | Wisconsin | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
(Barriball, Schack) Blake Wheeler - 05:52 | First period | 19:16 - Davis Drewiske (Ford, Geoffrion) | ||||||
(Lucia, Carman) Mike Vannelli - 11:00 (Goligoski, Vannelli) Blake Wheeler - GW PP - 19:56 | Second period | 01:37 - Jake Dowell (Olinger, Piskula) | ||||||
Blake Wheeler - EN - 19:56 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Kellen Briggs | Goalie stats | Brian Elliott ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) |
March 16 [19] | St. Cloud State | 2 – 6 | North Dakota | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 16:20 - Jonathan Toews (Duncan, Oshie) | ||||||
(Gordon, Dey) Andreas Nödl - 04:09 (Dey, Nödl) Andrew Gordon - PP - 10:06 | Second period | 05:19 - Chris VandeVelde (Porter, Watkins) 08:43 - GW - Chris VandeVelde (Watkins, Chorney) 12:29 - Jonathan Toews (Oshie, Genoway) 13:12 - Matt Watkins (VandeVelde, Jones) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 09:06 - Chris Porter (Kaip, Fabian) | ||||||
( 29 saves / 35 shots ) Bobby Goepfert | Goalie stats | Philippe Lamoureux ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) |
March 17 [20] | St. Cloud State | 3 – 4 | OT | Wisconsin | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
(Gordan, Dey) Andreas Nödl - 00:29 | First period | 12:39 - Jake Dowell (Carlson, Davies) | ||||||
(Kronick, Swanson) Ryan Lasch - PP - 03:18 (Kronick, Lasch) John Swanson - PP - 10:20 | Second period | 18:38 - PP - Andy Brandt (Skille, Street) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 13:00 - Jack Skille (Joudrey, Klubertanz) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 04:50 - 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 ) |
March 17 [21] | Minnesota | 3 – 2 | OT | North Dakota | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Lucia, Carman) Erik Johnson - 08:26 (Wheeler, Vannelli) Ben Gordon - 15:36 | Second period | 13:24 - PP - Taylor Chorney (Bina, Oshie) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 01:54 - PP - Ryan Duncan (Chorney, Bina) | ||||||
(Barriball) Blake Wheeler - GW - 03:25 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Jeff Frazee | Goalie stats | Philippe Lamoureux ( 38 saves / 41 shots ) |
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