1990 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1990 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 31st conference playoff in league history and 38th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 1 and March 12, 1990. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Four' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1990 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 1–12, 1990
Teams8
Finals siteCivic Center
St. Paul, Minnesota
ChampionsWisconsin[1] (9th title)
Winning coachJeff Sauer[2] (4th title)
MVPSteve Rohlik[3] (Wisconsin)
Attendance47,845
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. Teams were 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 top four seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advanced to the semifinal and championship rounds held at the Civic Center. All Final Four games used a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top remaining seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game while the two other semifinalists meeting with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers competing in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

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

1989–90 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Wisconsin†*28198139147111463691254166
Minnesota281792361471244628162227189
North Dakota2815103331491144528134252175
Northern Michigan2815121311301294222191191191
Denver2813150261301394218240183201
Minnesota-Duluth2813150261141124020191170152
Colorado College281017121971294018202152174
Michigan Tech286220121121684010300150218
Championship: Wisconsin
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  First Round
March 1–4		 Semifinals
March 11		 Championship
March 12
                               
  1 Wisconsin 4 4* — 1 Wisconsin 4*  
8 Michigan Tech 2 3 — 4 Northern Michigan 3  
  2 Minnesota 9 9 —
7 Colorado College 3 2 —     1 Wisconsin 7
  2 Minnesota 1
  3 North Dakota 11 2 —
6 Minnesota-Duluth 4 1 —
Third place
  4 Northern Michigan 3 9 — 2 Minnesota 5
5 Denver 0 4 — 3 North Dakota 4   3 North Dakota 6*
4 Northern Michigan 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Wisconsin vs. (8) Michigan Tech
Wisconsin won series 2–0

(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Colorado College
Minnesota won series 2–0

(3) North Dakota vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth
North Dakota won series 2–0

(4) Northern Michigan vs. (5) Denver
Northern Michigan won series 2–0

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Northern Michigan

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) North Dakota

(3) North Dakota vs. (4) Northern Michigan

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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MVP

See also

References
  1. "Wisconsin Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. "Jeff Sauer Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  5. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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