2010 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

2010 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
2010 WCHA Final Five logo
Dates	March 12–20, 2010
Teams	10
Finals site	Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota
Champions	North Dakota (15th title)
Winning coach	Dave Hakstol (3rd title)
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The 2010 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 51st conference playoff in league history and 56th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2010 tournament was played between March 12 and March 20, 2010, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, North Dakota received the Broadmoor Trophy and was awarded the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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

2009–10 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Denver†	28	19	5	4	42	92	65		41	27	10	4	133	99
#2 Wisconsin	28	17	8	3	37	109	76		43	28	11	4	171	111
#5 St. Cloud State	28	15	9	4	34	90	77		43	24	14	5	138	122
Minnesota–Duluth	28	16	11	1	33	90	77		40	22	17	1	126	109
#7 North Dakota*	28	15	10	3	33	89	61		43	25	13	5	140	91
Colorado College	28	12	13	3	27	88	85		39	19	17	3	123	113
Minnesota	28	12	14	2	26	80	76		39	18	19	2	106	110
Minnesota State	28	9	17	2	20	75	92		39	16	20	3	110	112
Alaska–Anchorage	28	9	17	2	20	66	106		36	11	23	2	87	141
Michigan Tech	28	4	24	0	8	59	118		36	5	30	1	74	148
Championship: North Dakota † 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 March 12–14							Quarterfinal March 18					Semifinals March 19					Championship March 20
	1	Denver	2	4	—
	10	Michigan Tech	1	2	—
													1	Denver	3
	2	Wisconsin	4	7	—			5	Minnesota-Duluth	0			4	North Dakota	4
	9	Alaska Anchorage	1	2	—			4	North Dakota	2
	3	St. Cloud State	4	3	3*													4	North Dakota	5
	8	Minnesota State	5*	2	2													3	St. Cloud State	3
	4	North Dakota	6	2	4
	7	Minnesota	0	3	1								2	Wisconsin	0
													3	St. Cloud State	2
	5	Minnesota-Duluth	3*	3	4
	6	Colorado College	2	5	0

Note: * denotes overtime periods

First round

(1) Denver vs. (10) Michigan Tech

March 12	Denver		2 – 1		Michigan Tech	Magness Arena	Recap
Jesse Martin (Maiani, Ostrow) - 00:37		First period			15:31 - Cark Nielsen (Pietila, MacLeod)
Brian Gifford (Shore, Knowlton) - 15:45		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Marc Cheverie ( 19 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats			Josh Robinson ( 38 saves / 40 shots )

March 13	Denver		4 – 2		Michigan Tech	Magness Arena	Recap
Jesse Martin (Ostrow) - 6:22		First period			11:48 - pp - Ryan Bunger (Cousens, Gwilliam)
John Lee (Donovan, Ruegsegger) - 18:24 Joe Colborne (Rakhshani) - sh - 19:54		Second period			No scoring
Kyle Ostrow (Martin, Maiani) - 10:53		Third period			8:24 - Peter Rohn (Gwilliam)
Marc Cheverie ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Josh Robinson ( 30 saves / 34 shots )

Denver wins series 2–0

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

March 12	Wisconsin		4 – 1		Alaska-Anchorage	Kohl Center	Recap
Michael Davies (Stepan) - 18:10		First period			No scoring
Aaron Bendickson (Ramage, B. Smith) - 00:47 Jake Gardiner (Geoffrion) - sh - 12:03 Craig Smith (Street, Goloubef) - 16:03		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			19:13 - Craig Parkinson (Grant, Backstrom)
Scott Gudmandson ( 27 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Josh Olthuis ( 25 saves / 29 shots )

March 13	Wisconsin		7 – 2		Alaska-Anchorage	Kohl Center	Recap
Blake Geoffrion (C. Smith, Bohmbach) - 3:32 Michael Davies (Stepan, Street) - 18:46		First period			19:36 - Trevor Hunt (Lafranchise, Naslund)
Derek Stepan (B. Smith) - pp - 18:11 Justin Schultz (Geoffrion, B. Smith) - pp - 19:22		Second period			15:27 - Curtis Leinweber (Currier, Bruijsten)
Aaron Bendickson (Stepan, Street) - 13:06 Aaron Bendickson (Bohmbach, Mitchell) - 13:18 Blake Geoffrion (B. Smith, Davies) - 18:38		Third period			No scoring
Scott Gudmandson ( 33 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats			Bryce Christianson ( 27 saves / 34 shots )

Wisconsin wins series 2–0

(3) St. Cloud State vs. (8) Minnesota State

March 12	St. Cloud State		4 – 5	OT	Minnesota State	National Hockey Center	Recap
Garrett Raboin - pp - 05:56		First period			No scoring
Travis Novak - sh - 09:52 Ben Hanowski - 13:08		Second period			19:32 - pp - Evan Mosey
Tony Mosey - 11:21		Third period			10:38 - Andrew Sackrison 13:39 - sh - Kael Mouillerat 19:59 - Geoff Irwin
No scoring		First overtime period			00:20 - Kael Mouillerat
Dan Dunn ( 30 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats			Phil Cook ( 27 saves / 31 shots )

March 13	St. Cloud State		3 – 2		Minnesota State	National Hockey Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			6:39 - Geoff Irwin 16:39 - "pp" - Ben Youds
David Eddy - 0:52 Garrett Roe - 6:31 Garrett Roe - 6:51		Third period			No scoring
Mike Lee ( 31 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			Phil Cook ( 20 saves / 23 shots )

March 14	St. Cloud State		3 – 2	OT	Minnesota State	National Hockey Center
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Garrett Roe - 16:06		Second period			11:14 - Tyler Pitlick
Jason Wiley - 10:20		Third period			12:29 - Garrett Raboin
Drew LaBlanc - "pp" - 3:21		First overtime period			No scoring
Mike Lee ( 27 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats			Phil Cook ( 23 saves / 26 shots )

St. Cloud State wins series 2-1

(4) North Dakota vs. (7) Minnesota

March 12	North Dakota		6 – 0		Minnesota	Ralph Engelstad Arena	Recap
Danny Kristo - 01:39 Chris VandeVeide - sh - 16:07 Brad Malone - 19:05		First period			No scoring
Matt Frattin - 18:50		Second period			No scoring
Mario Lamoureux - 07:46 Matt Frattin - 15:33		Third period			No scoring
Brad Eidsness ( 27 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Alex Kangas ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Kent Patterson ( 7 saves / 9 shots )

March 13	North Dakota		2 – 3		Minnesota	Ralph Engelstad Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			17:20 - "pp" Mike Hoeffel
Corbin Knight - 7:03		Second period			No scoring
Matt Frattin - 10:44		Third period			12:10 - "pp" - Jacob Cepis 12:58 - Seth Helgeson 19:59 - "eng" - Jordan Schroeder
Brad Eidsness ( 22 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Alex Kangas ( 41 saves / 43 shots )

March 14	North Dakota		4 – 1		Minnesota	Ralph Engelstad Arena
Ben Blood - "pp" - 4:59		First period			11:10 - Jake Hansen
Jason Gregoire - 16:18		Second period
Matt Frattin - "pp" - 11:24 Brett Hextall - "eng" - 19:17		Third period
Brad Eidsness ( 18 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats			Alex Kangas ( 25 saves / 29 shots )

North Dakota wins series 2-1

(5) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (6) Colorado College

March 12	Minnesota-Duluth		3 – 2	OT	Colorado College	Duluth Entertainment Convention Center	Recap
Rob Bordson - 08:48		First period			09:50 - Nick Dineen
Rob Bordson - pp - 12:38		Second period			06:04 - Nick Dineen
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Mike Connolly - 06:42		First overtime period			No scoring
Kenny Reiter ( 19 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			Joe Howe ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

March 13	Minnesota-Duluth		3 – 5		Colorado College	Duluth Entertainment Convention Center	Recap
Mike Connolly - "pp" - 2:37		First period			No scoring
Jordan Fulton - "pp" - 7:19 Travis Oleksuk - "pp" - 10:56		Second period			2:33 - Tyler Johnson 7:19 - Addison DeBoer 15:52 - "pp" - Mike Testwuide
No scoring		Third period			5:17 - Scott Winkler 19:45 - "eng" - Nick Dinneen
Kenny Reiter ( 32 saves / 37 shots )		Goalie stats			Joe Howe ( 24 saves / 26 shots )

March 14	Minnesota-Duluth		4 – 0		Colorado College	Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
Kyle Schmidt - 2:39		First period			No scoring
Brady Lamb - 5:26 Rob Bordson - "pp" - 19:43		Second period			No scoring
Mike Connolly - 0:46		Third period			No scoring
Kenny Reiter ( 15 saves / 15 shots )		Goalie stats			Joe Howe ( 13 saves / 17 shots )

Minnesota-Duluth wins series 2-1

Quarterfinal

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

March 18	Minnesota-Duluth		0 – 2		North Dakota	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			12:22 - "sh" - Jason Gregoire 18:01 - Evan Trupp
Kenny Reiter ( 30 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			Brad Eidsness ( 22 saves / 22 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Denver vs. (4) North Dakota

March 19	Denver		3 – 4		North Dakota	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			7:59 - "pp" - Chris VandeVelde
Matt Donovan - 18:25		Second period			4:41 - Evan Trupp 19:13 - "pp" - Evan Trupp
Brad Malone - "pp" - 4:15 Chris Knowlton - "sh" - 19:23		Third period			13:59 - Chris Knowlton
Marc Cheverie ( 20 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			Brad Eidsness ( 23 saves / 26 shots )

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) St. Cloud State

March 19	Wisconsin		0 – 2		St. Cloud State	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			19:07 - "pp" - Ryan Lasch
No scoring		Third period			19:04 - "eng" - Travis Novak
Scott Gudmandson ( 20 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike Lee ( 37 saves / 37 shots )

Third place

(2) Wisconsin vs. (1) Denver

March 20	Wisconsin		6 – 3		Denver	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
Ben Street - 2:21 Derek Stepan - 4:58 Blake Geoffrion - pp - 11:08		First period			No scoring
Blake Geoffrion - 8:54 Sean Dolan - 11:30		Second period			0:25 - pp - Rhett Rakhshani
Michael Davies - 16:16		Third period			4:40 - pp - Jesse Martin 6:22 - Nate Dewhurst
Scott Gudmandson ( 33 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats			Marc Cheverie ( 8 saves / 11 shots ) Adam Murray ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

Championship

(3) St. Cloud State vs. (4) North Dakota

March 20	St. Cloud State		3 – 5		North Dakota	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
Garrett Raboin - 0:40 David Eddy - 0:55		First period			5:59 - "pp" - Corban Knight 17:06 - Brad Malone
David Eddy - 16:46		Second period			5:22 - Danny Kristo (ice hockey) 6:05 - Chris VandeVelde
No scoring		Third period			19:19 - "eng" - Matt Frattin
Mike Lee ( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Dan Dunn ( 11 saves / 11 shots )		Goalie stats			Brad Eidsness ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Derrick Lapoint (North Dakota)
• F Tony Mosey (St. Cloud State)
• F Chris VandeVelde (North Dakota)
• D Ben Blood (North Dakota)
• D Garrett Raboin (St. Cloud State)
• G Brad Eidsness (North Dakota)

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MVP

Evan Trupp, (North Dakota)

References

1. "WCHA Tourney History". WCHA. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.

External links

• Western Collegiate Hockey Association