2009 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2009 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was an American college ice hockey tournament in 2009 played between March 13 and March 21, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Minnesota-Duluth won their third WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's 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 teams participated in the tournament. Teams were 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 host 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 used 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

2008–09 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#13 North Dakota†2817743896744324154146118
#7 Denver 281684369668402312513296
Wisconsin 28141133192784020164131106
Colorado College 28129731798238161210103103
Minnesota 28121152987833717137119105
St. Cloud State 28131322883813818173122107
#8 Minnesota–Duluth*2810117277872432213812898
Minnesota State 28111342688903815176117122
Alaska–Anchorage 289145236993361417595111
Michigan Tech 28219711479438625762122
Championship: Minnesota–Duluth
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Tiebreakers

  • Wisconsin and Colorado College each finished the regular season with 31 points. Wisconsin won the tiebreaker, having the better head-to-head record of the two teams. [1]

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

First round
March 13–14		Quarterfinal
March 19		Semifinals
March 20		Championship
March 21
1North Dakota54—
10Michigan Tech13—
1North Dakota0
2Denver34—4Minnesota15Minnesota-Duluth3
9Alaska-Anchorage23—5Minnesota-Duluth2
3Wisconsin74—2Denver0
8Minnesota State12—5Minnesota-Duluth4
4Colorado College11—
7Minnesota-Duluth43—2Denver3
3Wisconsin0
5Minnesota43—
6St. Cloud State20—

First round

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

March 13North Dakota5 – 1Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
Chris VandeVelde - 17:04First periodNo scoring
Ryan Duncan - pp - 03:00
Evan Trupp - 06:08		Second periodNo scoring
Darcy Zajac - sh - 10:13
Mario Lamoureux - 11:13		Third period06:13 - pp - Alex MacLeod
Brad Eidsness ( 20 saves / 21 shots )Goalie stats Rob Nolan ( 26 saves / 31 shots )
Josh Robinson ( 5 saves / 0 shots )
March 14North Dakota4 – 3Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period18:54 - pp - Alex MacLeod
Ryan Duncan - pp - 08:30
Ryan Duncan - pp - 10:31
Ryan Duncan - 11:46		Second period17:31 - pp - Jordan Baker
Matt Frattin - 05:29Third period16:35 - Drew Dobson
Brad Eidsness ( 24 saves / 27 shots )Goalie statsJosh Robinson ( 10 saves / 13 shots )
Rob Nolan ( 5 saves / 6 shots )
North Dakota won series 2–0

(2) Denver vs. (9) Alaska-Anchorage

March 13Denver3 – 2Alaska-Anchorage Magness Arena Recap  
Tyler Ruegsegger - pp - 15:35
Tyler Ruegsegger - 17:33		First period03:52 - Luka Vidmar
05:45 - Kevin Clark
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Jesse Martin - 13:03Third periodNo scoring
Marc Cheverie ( 19 saves / 21 shots )Goalie stats Jon Olthuis ( 28 saves / 31 shots )
March 14Denver4 – 3Alaska-Anchorage Magness Arena Recap  
Rhett Rakhshani - 11:54
Jesse Martin - 18:39		First period06:54 - Kevin Clark
14:37 - Tommy Grant
Patrick Mullen - pp - 14:36Second period16:33 - pp - Mat Robinson
Luke Salazar - 19:12Third periodNo scoring
Marc Cheverie ( 31 saves / 34 shots )Goalie stats Bryce Christianson ( 21 saves / 25 shots )
Denver won series 2–0

(3) Wisconsin vs. (8) Minnesota State

March 13Wisconsin7 – 1Minnesota State Kohl Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Derek Stepan - pp - 01:38
Ben Grotting - 10:50		Second periodNo scoring
Blake Geoffrion - 04:46
Jake Gardiner - 08:56
Blake Geoffrion - 17:36
John Mitchell - 18:48
Cody Goloubef - pp - 19:20		Third period18:10 - Jason Wiley
Shane Connelly ( 26 saves / 27 shots )Goalie stats Mike Zacharias ( 47 saves / 50 shots )
Dan Tormey ( 12 saves / 16 shots )
March 14Wisconsin4 – 2Minnesota State Kohl Center Recap  
Ryan McDonagh - 06:48First period11:21 - Andrew Sackrison
Andy Bohmbach - 08:18
Blake Geoffrion - 13:44		Second periodNo scoring
Tom Gorowsky - 17:19Third period17:38 - Adam Mueller
Shane Connelly ( 28 saves / 30 shots )Goalie stats Mike Zacharias ( 41 saves / 45 shots )
Wisconsin won series 2–0

(4) Colorado College vs. (7) Minnesota-Duluth

March 13Colorado College1 – 4Minnesota-Duluth World Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period10:25 - pp - Josh Meyers
18:02 - pp - MacGregor Sharp
Eric Walsky - pp - 15:53Second period07:21 - Jordan Fulton
No scoringThird period03:52 - Justin Fontaine
Richard Bachman ( 35 saves / 39 shots )Goalie stats Alex Stalock ( 36 saves / 37 shots )
March 14Colorado College1 – 3Minnesota-Duluth World Arena Recap  
Scott McCulloch - pp - 15:32First period04:47 - pp - Jack Connolly
11:04 - pp - Nick Kemp
No scoringSecond period11:37 - Michael Gergen
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Richard Bachman ( 23 saves / 26 shots )Goalie stats Alex Stalock ( 29 saves / 30 shots )
Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–0

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

March 13Minnesota4 – 2St. Cloud State Mariucci Arena Recap  
Nico Sacchetti - pp - 12:24First periodNo scoring
Mike Hoeffel - pp - 14:57Second periodNo scoring
Jay Barriball - 13:41
Ryan Stoa - en - 19:53		Third period10:03 - Garrett Roe
15:20 - pp - Garrett Roe
Alex Kangas ( 29 saves / 31 shots )Goalie stats Jase Weslosky ( 33 saves / 36 shots )
March 14Minnesota3 – 0St. Cloud State Mariucci Arena Recap  
Ryan Stoa - 04:09First periodNo scoring
Jay Barriball - pp - 07:44Second periodNo scoring
Ryan Stoa - en sh - 19:29Third periodNo scoring
Alex Kangas ( 34 saves / 34 shots )Goalie stats Jase Weslosky ( 18 saves / 20 shots )
Minnesota won series 2–0

Quarterfinal

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

March 19Minnesota1 – 2Minnesota-Duluth Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period03:46 - MacGregor Sharp
No scoringSecond period14:34 - Matt Greer
Cade Fairchild - 06:08Third periodNo scoring
Alex Kangas ( 9 saves / 10 shots )
Kent Patterson ( 19 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats Alex Stalock ( 39 saves / 40 shots )

Semifinals

(1) North Dakota vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth

March 20North Dakota0 – 3Minnesota-Duluth Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period05:10 - sh - MacGregor Sharp
07:41 - Mike Montgomery
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period18:07 - en - Mike Connolly
Brad Eidsness ( 21 saves / 23 shots )Goalie stats Alex Stalock ( 31 saves / 31 shots )

(2) Denver vs. (3) Wisconsin

March 20Denver3 – 0Wisconsin Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Brian Gifford - 15:20First periodNo scoring
Kyle Ostrow - 13:40Second periodNo scoring
Patrick Wiercioch - pp - 06:01Third periodNo scoring
Marc Cheverie ( 42 saves / 42 shots )Goalie stats Shane Connelly ( 26 saves / 29 shots )

Third place

(1) North Dakota vs. (3) Wisconsin

March 21North Dakota1 – 4Wisconsin Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Ryan Duncan - 07:45First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period03:37 - Andy Bohmbach
08:28 - Jordy Murray
19:15 - pp - Brendan Smith
No scoringThird period17:04 - pp - Jordy Murray
Brad Eidsness ( 34 saves / 38 shots )Goalie stats Shane Connelly ( 35 saves / 36 shots )

Championship

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

March 21Denver0 – 4Minnesota-Duluth Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period10:45 - pp - MacGregor Sharp
No scoringSecond period09:13 - MacGregor Sharp
11:57 - pp - Jack Connolly
No scoringThird period17:28 - en - MacGregor Sharp
Marc Cheverie ( 26 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Alex Stalock ( 20 saves / 20 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Wisconsin Badgers: 2008-2009 Men's Hockey Schedule/Results". USCHO. Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  2. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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