2017 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

2017 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
2017 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 3–18, 2017
Teams	8
Finals site	MacInnes Student Ice Arena ; Houghton, Michigan
Champions	Michigan Tech (10th title)
Winning coach	Mel Pearson (1st title)
Most Outstanding Player	Shane Hanna (Michigan Tech)
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Last updated May 11, 2023

The 2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 3 and March 18, 2017, on campus locations. By winning the tournament, Michigan Tech was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The first two rounds of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The higher seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.

The final was a single game held at the campus site of the highest remaining seed.

Conference standings

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

2016–17 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	SOW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Bemidji State	28	20	6	2	2	64	71	44	41	22	16	3	94	79
#19 Michigan Tech *	28	15	7	6	3	54	80	59	45	23	15	7	131	100
Minnesota State	28	15	9	4	2	51	89	68	39	22	13	4	119	95
Bowling Green	28	14	13	1	1	44	79	65	41	21	18	2	120	102
Ferris State	28	12	12	4	2	42	78	74	37	13	19	5	95	101
Alaska	28	11	13	4	3	40	67	84	36	12	20	4	79	113
Lake Superior State	28	8	13	7	4	35	78	87	36	11	18	7	103	119
Northern Michigan	28	10	15	3	1	34	69	75	39	13	22	4	93	108
Alabama–Huntsville	28	9	16	3	0	30	68	95	34	9	22	3	74	120
Alaska Anchorage	28	6	16	6	2	26	52	80	34	7	21	6	59	102
Championship: March 18, 2017 indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

Quarterfinals March 3–5					Semifinals March 10–12					Championship March 18

1	Bemidji State	3	2	3

8	Northern Michigan	0	4	1
					1	Bemidji State	3	1	—

					4	Bowling Green	4*	2	—
2	Michigan Tech	6	8	—

7	Lake Superior State	4	0	—
										2	Michigan Tech	3**

										4	Bowling Green	2
3	Minnesota State	3	4	—

6	Alaska	0	1	—
					2	Michigan Tech	5	0	4

					3	Minnesota State	1	1	1
4	Bowling Green	6	5	—

5	Ferris State	1	3	—

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

Quarterfinals

(1) Bemidji State vs. (8) Northern Michigan

March 3	Bemidji State		3–0	Northern Michigan	Sanford Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(G. Fitzgerald, Harms) Leo Fitzgerald (6) - GW - 01:22 (Marinaccio, G. Fitzgerald) Zach Whitecloud (3) - PP - 08:20 (Marinaccio, Baudry) Kyle Bauman (13) - 12:36		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Michael Bitzer		Goalie stats		Atte Tolvanen ( 24 saves / 27 shots )

March 4	Bemidji State		2–4	Northern Michigan	Sanford Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		17:25 - Shane Sooth (5) (Hanson, Shine)
(Harms) Nate Arentz (6) - SH - 01:32		Second period		01:04 - PP - Gerard Hanson (7) (Hannoun, Shine) 17:25 - GW PP - Dominik Shine (19) (Hanson, Sooth)
(Muck, G. Fitzgerald) Dan Billett (2) - GW - 13:37		Third period		18:27 - EN - Dominik Shine (20) (Hanson, Yaremko)
( 17 saves / 20 shots ) Michael Bitzer		Goalie stats		Atte Tolvanen ( 46 saves / 48 shots )

March 5	Bemidji State		3–1	Northern Michigan	Sanford Center	Recap
(Arentz, Muck) Myles Fitzgerald (5) - 05:18 (L. Fitzgerald, G. Fitzgerald) Brendan Harms (8) - GW - 05:52		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		17:40 - PP - Brock Maschmeyer (5) (Shine, Payne)
(unassisted) Phillip Marinaccio (10) - EN - 19:42		Third period		No scoring
( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Michael Bitzer		Goalie stats		Atte Tolvanen ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

Bemidji State wins series 2–1

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (7) Lake Superior State

March 3	Michigan Tech		6–4	Lake Superior State	MacInnes Student Ice Arena	Recap
(L'Esperance, Watson) Alex Smith (7) - 03:34 (Hanna, Jackson) Reid Sturos (9) - 04:54 (L'Esperance, Watson) Alex Gillies (5) - 09:35 (Hanna, Lucchini) Mitch Reinke (6) - PP - 10:53 (Sturos, Neville) Jake Jackson (7) - GW - 11:33		First period		07:28 - Mitch Hults (11) (Saccoman, Bindulis) 15:36 - PP - Luke Morgan (7) (Hults, Cuglietta)
(Neville, Sturos) Jake Jackson (8) - 01:19		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		03:47 - Gage Torrel (14) (Hults, Bindulis) 05:12 - Gus Correale (6) (Hults)
( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Angus Redmond / ( 0 saves / 1 shots ) Matt Wintjes		Goalie stats		Gordon Defiel ( 14 saves / 20 shots ) / Nick Kossoff ( 31 saves / 31 shots )

March 4	Michigan Tech		8–0	Lake Superior State	MacInnes Student Ice Arena	Recap
(Jackson, Watson) Reid Sturos (10) - GW - 03:30 (Roy, Auk) Joel L'Esperance (9) - PP - 18:38		First period		No scoring
(Sturos, Hanna) Mike Neville (6) - SH - 08:34		Second period		No scoring
(Neville, Roy) Shane Hanna (7) - 01:42 (Roy, Auk) Gavin Gould (7) - PP - 05:49 (L'Esperance, Smith) Mark Auk (4) - PP - 11:56 (Gould) Chris Leibinger (8) - 12:08 (Heinonen, Lucchini) Joel L'Esperance (10) - 19:48		Third period		No scoring
( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Angus Redmond		Goalie stats		Gordon Defiel ( 30 saves / 38 shots )

Michigan Tech wins series 2–0

(3) Minnesota State vs. (6) Alaska

March 3	Minnesota State		3–0	Alaska	Verizon Wireless Center	Recap
(Foguth, Stepan) Sean Flanagan (5) - GW - 02:05 (Huntebrinker, Flanagan) Parker Tuomie (7) - PP - 12:47		First period		No scoring
(Nelson, Flanagan) Parker Tuomie (8) - 15:15		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Jason Pawloski		Goalie stats		Davis Jones ( 30 saves / 33 shots )

March 4	Minnesota State		4–1	Alaska	Verizon Wireless Center	Recap
(Tuomie, Coatta) Jordan Nelson (4) - 09:51		First period		No scoring
(Brickley, Franklin) Zeb Knutson (14) - GW PP - 08:24		Second period		No scoring
(Nelson) Max Coatta (5) - 15:10 (Brickley, Tuomie) Max Coatta (6) - EN - 19:45		Third period		03:47 - Ross Heidt (14) (Frye, Thompson)
( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Jason Pawloski		Goalie stats		Davis Jones ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

Minnesota State wins series 2-0

(4) Bowling Green vs. (5) Ferris State

March 3	Bowling Green		6–1	Ferris State	Slater Family Ice Arena	Recap
(Spezia, Walker) Matt Pohlkamp (9) - 06:46 (Mercier, Friedman) Stephen Baylis (3) - GW - 09:15		First period		12:47 - PP - Jared VanWormer (9) (McDonald, Mayhew)
(D'Andrea, Spezia) Matt Pohlkamp (10) - PP - 02:58 (Pohlkamp) Sean Walker (10) - GW - 03:50 (McLain, Pohlkamp) Alec Rauhauser (4) - 05:49 (Walker, D'Andrea) Lukas Craggs (7) - 17:47		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Chris Nell		Goalie stats		Justin Kapelmaster ( 9 saves / 11 shots ) / Darren Smith ( 18 saves / 22 shots )

March 4	Bowling Green		5–3	Ferris State	Slater Family Ice Arena	Recap
(Pohlkamp, Smith) Joe McKeown (1) - 03:39		First period		No scoring
(Dufour, Pohlkamp) Pierre-Luc Mercier (6) - PP - 01:23		Second period		11:48 - PP - Mitch Maloney (9) (Mayhew, Dorantes)
(McLain, Mercier) Kevin Dufour (14) - 17:12 (Mercier, Walker) Alec Rauhauser (5) - GW PP - 17:48 (Pohlkamp, Friedman) Tyler Spezia (8) - PP EN - 19:26		Third period		11:20 - PP - Jason Tackett (4) (Dorantes, Rutkowski) 12:24 - Trevor Recktenwald (4) (Hetz)
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Chris Nell		Goalie stats		Darren Smith ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

Bowling Green wins series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Bemidji State vs. (4) Bowling Green

March 10	Bemidji State		3–4	OT	Bowling Green	Sanford Center	Recap
(Bauman, O'Connor) Phillip Marinaccio (11) - 14:09		First period			09:08 - Kevin Dufour (15) (Rauhauser)
(Bauman) Myles Fitzgerald (6) - PP - 04:45		Second period			No scoring
(M. Fitzgerald, Struthers) Nate Arentz (11) - 01:45		Third period			00:32 - Matt Pohlkamp (11) (Spezia) 13:30 - Kevin Dufour (16) (Dalton, Pohlkamp)
No scoring		First overtime period			17:23 - GW - Kevin Dufour (17) (Smith, Schilling)
( 30 saves / 34 shots ) Michael Bitzer		Goalie stats			Chris Nell ( 45 saves / 48 shots )

March 11	Bemidji State		1–2	Bowling Green	Sanford Center	Recap
(L. Fitzgerald, Whitecloud) Gerry Fitzgerald (13) - 03:16		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		01:35 - Kevin Dufour (18) (Friedman, Spezia)
No scoring		Third period		03:49 - GW - Matt Pohlkamp (12) (McLain, Baylis)
( 30 saves / 32 shots ) Michael Bitzer		Goalie stats		Chris Nell ( 25 saves / 26 shots )

Bowling Green wins series 2–0

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) Minnesota State

March 10	Michigan Tech		5–1	Minnesota State	MacInnes Student Ice Arena	Recap
(Smith, Gillies) Mark Auk (5) - 14:55		First period		17:31 - Charlie Gerard (3) (Lewis)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Gillies, Birks) Reid Sturos (11) - GW - 03:31 (L'Esperance, Hanna) Jake Jackson (9) - 06:55 (Auk, Redmond) Gavin Gould (8) - 10:07 (Roy, Smith) Dane Birks (2) - SH - 15:20		Third period		No scoring
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Angus Redmond		Goalie stats		Jason Pawloski ( 22 saves / 26 shots )

March 11	Michigan Tech		0–1	Minnesota State	MacInnes Student Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		06:29 - GW - Zeb Knutson (15) (Lewis)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Angus Redmond		Goalie stats		Jason Pawloski ( 15 saves / 15 shots )

March 12	Michigan Tech		4–1	Minnesota State	MacInnes Student Ice Arena	Recap
(Beretta, Auk) Gavin Gould (9) - 07:10		First period		07:59 - Ian Scheid (3) (Brickley, Pawloski)
(L'Esperance, Auk) Gavin Gould (10) - GW PP - 09:28 (Roy, Smith) Gavin Gould (11) - 10:53		Second period		No scoring
(Neville) Chris Leibinger (9) - EN - 18:28		Third period		No scoring
( 20 saves / 21 shots ) Angus Redmond		Goalie stats		Jason Pawloski ( 18 saves / 21 shots )

Michigan Tech wins series 2–1

Championship

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (4) Bowling Green

March 18	Michigan Tech		3–2	2OT	Bowling Green	MacInnes Student Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Gillies) Joel L'Esperance (11) - 04:53 (Neville, Hanna) Jake Jackson (10) - 12:25		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			06:36 - Joe McKeown (2) (Rauhauser, Spezia) 07:00 - Matt Pohlkamp (13) (unassisted)
(Roy, Neville) Shane Hanna (8) - GW - 06:35		Second overtime period			No scoring
( 36 saves / 38 shots ) Angus Redmond		Goalie stats			Chris Nell ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player

Shane Hanna (Michigan Tech)

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