2007 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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.

Format

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.

Conference Standings

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

2006–07 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 Minnesota†*281873399167443110313989
#8 St. Cloud State281477358970402211712799
#3 North Dakota28131053193754324145153116
#15 Denver2813114307373402115410795
Colorado College2813123297974391817411198
Michigan Tech281112527696440181759087
Wisconsin281213327595341191849383
Minnesota State28101352581993813196106132
Minnesota–Duluth2881642064843913215103121
Alaska–Anchorage2881911762101371321390124
Championship: Minnesota
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[2]
March 9–11
Quarterfinal[3]
March 15
Semifinals
March 16
Championship
March 17
                                         
  1 Minnesota 6 1 3   1 Minnesota 4  
10 Alaska-Anchorage 2 2* 1 6 Michigan Tech 0     7 Wisconsin 2  
  7 Wisconsin 4  
  2 St. Cloud State 1 3* 3***
9 Minnesota-Duluth 3 2 2
  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
Third Place
  5 Colorado College 1 2 0 2 St. Cloud State 2
6 Michigan Tech 2* 1 1 3 North Dakota 6   2 St. Cloud State 3
7 Wisconsin 4*

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Minnesota vs. (10) Alaska-Anchorage

Minnesota won series 2–1

(2) St. Cloud State vs. (9) Minnesota-Duluth

St. Cloud State won series 2–1

(3) North Dakota vs. (8) Minnesota State

North Dakota won series 2–0

(4) Denver vs. (7) Wisconsin

Wisconsin won series 2–0

(5) Colorado College vs. (6) Michigan Tech

Michigan Tech won series 2–1

(6) Michigan Tech vs. (7) Wisconsin

(1) Minnesota vs. (7) Wisconsin

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

(2) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Wisconsin

(1) Minnesota vs. (3) North Dakota

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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See also

References

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  2. "WCHA men's Hockey 2006-07 Week 24". USCHO.com. 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
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  6. "Minnesota 6, Alaska-Anchorage 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  7. "Minnesota-Duluth 3, St. Cloud State 1". USCHO.com. 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
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  9. "St. Cloud State 3, Minnesota-Duluth 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  10. "North Dakota 5, Minnesota State 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  11. "Minnesota 5, Minnesota State 3". USCHO.com. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  12. "Wisconsin 3, Denver 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  13. "Wisconsin 2, Denver 1". USCHO.com. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  14. "Michigan Tech 2, Colorado College 1". USCHO.com. 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  15. "Colorado College 2, Michigan Tech 0". USCHO.com. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  16. "Michigan Tech 1, Colorado College 0". USCHO.com. 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  17. "Wisconsin 4, Michigan Tech 0". USCHO.com. 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  18. "Minnesota 4, Wisconsin 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  19. "North Dakota 6, St. Cloud State 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  20. "Wisconsin 4, St. Cloud State 3". USCHO.com. 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  21. "Minnesota 3, North Dakota 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  22. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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