2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Bemidji State282062264714441221639479
#19 Michigan Tech*28157635480594523157131100
Minnesota State2815942518968392213411995
Bowling Green281413114479654121182120102
Ferris State28121242427874371319595101
Alaska28111343406784361220479113
Lake Superior State28813743578873611187103119
Northern Michigan28101531346975391322493108
Alabama–Huntsville289163030689534922374120
Alaska Anchorage286166226528034721659102
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

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

Bemidji State wins series 2–1

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

Michigan Tech wins series 2–0

(3) Minnesota State vs. (6) Alaska

Minnesota State wins series 2-0

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

Bowling Green wins series 2–0

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

Bowling Green wins series 2–0

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

Michigan Tech wins series 2–1

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

Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player

Shane Hanna (Michigan Tech)

References

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