2019 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2019 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019 on campus locations. By winning the tournament, Minnesota State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The first two rounds of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. The top eight conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The higher seeded teams each earned home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams. (teams will NOT be re-seeded with each proceeding round).[1]

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

Standings

2018–19 Western Collegiate Hockey Association Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#6 Minnesota State †*282251168994342328214776
Northern Michigan2818820568257392116210496
#13 Bowling Green2816843557752412511513375
Lake Superior State28161020509169382313212393
Bemidji State2813114245716338151769594
Michigan Tech28131231436863381420490101
Alaska28121422405781361221372114
Alabama–Huntsville288182228619338828267129
Ferris State2871830246896361023390123
Alaska Anchorage282233211298634328340115
Championship: March 23, 2019
indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 8–9
Semifinals
March 15–16
Championship
March 23
                                     
1 Minnesota State 3 4  
8 Alabama–Huntsville 1 1  
  1 Minnesota State 2 2  
 
  4 Lake Superior 1 0  
4 Lake Superior 4 3
5 Bemidji State 2 1  
  1 Minnesota State 3*
  3 Bowling Green 2
3 Bowling Green 3 6  
6 Michigan Tech 2 2  
  2 Northern Michigan 1 1
 
  3 Bowling Green 6 2**  
2 Northern Michigan 5** 4
7 Alaska 4 3  

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

(1) Minnesota State vs. (8) Alabama–Huntsville

Minnesota State wins series 2–0

(2) Northern Michigan vs. (7) Alaska

Northern Michigan wins series 2–0

(3) Bowling Green vs. (6) Michigan Tech

Bowling Green wins series 2-0

(4) Lake Superior State vs. (5) Bemidji State

Lake Superior State wins series 2–0

(1) Minnesota State vs. (4) Lake Superior State

Minnesota State wins series 2–0

(2) Northern Michigan vs. (3) Bowling Green

Bowling Green wins series 2–0

(1) Minnesota State vs. (3) Bowling Green

Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player

Nick Rivera (Minnesota State)

References

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