2009 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2009 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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Dates | March 13–21, 2009 |
Teams | 10 |
Finals site | Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota |
Champions | Minnesota-Duluth (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Scott Sandelin (1st title) |
MVP | Alex Stalock (Minnesota-Duluth) |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
The 2009 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was an American college ice hockey tournament in 2009 played between March 13 and March 21, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Minnesota-Duluth won their third WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format[]
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were 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 host 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 used 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: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#13 North Dakota† | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 96 | 74 | 43 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 146 | 118 | |
#7 Denver | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 96 | 68 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 132 | 96 | |
Wisconsin | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 92 | 78 | 40 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 131 | 106 | |
Colorado College | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 79 | 82 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 103 | 103 | |
Minnesota | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 87 | 83 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 119 | 105 | |
St. Cloud State | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 83 | 81 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 122 | 107 | |
#8 Minnesota–Duluth* | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 78 | 72 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 128 | 98 | |
Minnesota State | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 88 | 90 | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 117 | 122 | |
Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 69 | 93 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 95 | 111 | |
Michigan Tech | 28 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 94 | 38 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 62 | 122 | |
Championship: Minnesota–Duluth † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |
Tiebreakers[]
- Wisconsin and Colorado College each finished the regular season with 31 points. Wisconsin won the tiebreaker, having the better head-to-head record of the two teams.[1]
Bracket[]
Teams are reseeded after the first round
First round March 13–14 |
Quarterfinal March 19 |
Semifinals March 20 |
Championship March 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | North Dakota | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Michigan Tech | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | Minnesota | 1 | 5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | |||||||||||||||
5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Denver | 3 | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Alaska-Anchorage | 2 | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Wisconsin | 7 | 4 | — | 2 | Denver | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Minnesota State | 1 | 2 | — | 5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Third place | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Minnesota | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | Denver | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | St. Cloud State | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | Wisconsin | 0 | 1 | North Dakota | 1 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Wisconsin | 4 |
First round[]
(1) North Dakota vs. (10) Michigan Tech[]
March 13 | North Dakota | 5 – 1 | Michigan Tech | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
Chris VandeVelde - 17:04 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Ryan Duncan - pp - 03:00 Evan Trupp - 06:08 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Darcy Zajac - sh - 10:13 Mario Lamoureux - 11:13 |
Third period | 06:13 - pp - | ||||||
( 20 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Rob Nolan ( 26 saves / 31 shots ) Josh Robinson ( 5 saves / 0 shots ) |
March 14 | North Dakota | 4 – 3 | Michigan Tech | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 18:54 - pp - | ||||||
Ryan Duncan - pp - 08:30 Ryan Duncan - pp - 10:31 Ryan Duncan - 11:46 |
Second period | 17:31 - pp - | ||||||
Matt Frattin - 05:29 | Third period | 16:35 - | ||||||
( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Josh Robinson ( 10 saves / 13 shots ) Rob Nolan ( 5 saves / 6 shots ) |
North Dakota won series 2–0 | |
(2) Denver vs. (9) Alaska-Anchorage[]
March 13 | Denver | 3 – 2 | Alaska-Anchorage | Magness Arena | Recap | |||
Tyler Ruegsegger - pp - 15:35 Tyler Ruegsegger - 17:33 |
First period | 03:52 - Luka Vidmar 05:45 - Kevin Clark | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
- 13:03 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Marc Cheverie ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) |
March 14 | Denver | 4 – 3 | Alaska-Anchorage | Magness Arena | Recap | |||
Rhett Rakhshani - 11:54 - 18:39 |
First period | 06:54 - Kevin Clark 14:37 - Tommy Grant | ||||||
Patrick Mullen - pp - 14:36 | Second period | 16:33 - pp - Mat Robinson | ||||||
- 19:12 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Marc Cheverie ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) |
Denver won series 2–0 | |
(3) Wisconsin vs. (8) Minnesota State[]
March 13 | Wisconsin | 7 – 1 | Minnesota State | Kohl Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Derek Stepan - pp - 01:38 - 10:50 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Blake Geoffrion - 04:46 Jake Gardiner - 08:56 Blake Geoffrion - 17:36 - 18:48 Cody Goloubef - pp - 19:20 |
Third period | 18:10 - | ||||||
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 47 saves / 50 shots ) ( 12 saves / 16 shots ) |
March 14 | Wisconsin | 4 – 2 | Minnesota State | Kohl Center | Recap | |||
Ryan McDonagh - 06:48 | First period | 11:21 - | ||||||
Andy Bohmbach - 08:18 Blake Geoffrion - 13:44 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
- 17:19 | Third period | 17:38 - | ||||||
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 41 saves / 45 shots ) |
Wisconsin won series 2–0 | |
(4) Colorado College vs. (7) Minnesota-Duluth[]
March 13 | Colorado College | 1 – 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | World Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 10:25 - pp - Josh Meyers 18:02 - pp - MacGregor Sharp | ||||||
Eric Walsky - pp - 15:53 | Second period | 07:21 - | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 03:52 - Justin Fontaine | ||||||
Richard Bachman ( 35 saves / 39 shots ) | Goalie stats | Alex Stalock ( 36 saves / 37 shots ) |
March 14 | Colorado College | 1 – 3 | Minnesota-Duluth | World Arena | Recap | |||
Scott McCulloch - pp - 15:32 | First period | 04:47 - pp - Jack Connolly 11:04 - pp - Nick Kemp | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 11:37 - Michael Gergen | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Richard Bachman ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Alex Stalock ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) |
Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–0 | |
(5) Minnesota vs. (6) St. Cloud State[]
March 13 | Minnesota | 4 – 2 | St. Cloud State | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
- pp - 12:24 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Mike Hoeffel - pp - 14:57 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
- 13:41 Ryan Stoa - en - 19:53 |
Third period | 10:03 - Garrett Roe 15:20 - pp - Garrett Roe | ||||||
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 33 saves / 36 shots ) |
March 14 | Minnesota | 3 – 0 | St. Cloud State | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
Ryan Stoa - 04:09 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
- pp - 07:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Ryan Stoa - en sh - 19:29 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 34 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) |
Minnesota won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinal[]
(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth[]
March 19 | Minnesota | 1 – 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 03:46 - MacGregor Sharp | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 14:34 - | ||||||
Cade Fairchild - 06:08 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 9 saves / 10 shots ) Kent Patterson ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) |
Goalie stats | Alex Stalock ( 39 saves / 40 shots ) |
Semifinals[]
(1) North Dakota vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth[]
March 20 | North Dakota | 0 – 3 | Minnesota-Duluth | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 05:10 - sh - MacGregor Sharp 07:41 - Mike Montgomery | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 18:07 - en - Mike Connolly | ||||||
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Alex Stalock ( 31 saves / 31 shots ) |
(2) Denver vs. (3) Wisconsin[]
March 20 | Denver | 3 – 0 | Wisconsin | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
- 15:20 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Kyle Ostrow - 13:40 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Patrick Wiercioch - pp - 06:01 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Marc Cheverie ( 42 saves / 42 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) |
Third place[]
(1) North Dakota vs. (3) Wisconsin[]
March 21 | North Dakota | 1 – 4 | Wisconsin | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
Ryan Duncan - 07:45 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 03:37 - Andy Bohmbach 08:28 - 19:15 - pp - Brendan Smith | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 17:04 - pp - | ||||||
( 34 saves / 38 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 35 saves / 36 shots ) |
Championship[]
(2) Denver vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth[]
March 21 | Denver | 0 – 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 10:45 - pp - MacGregor Sharp | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 09:13 - MacGregor Sharp 11:57 - pp - Jack Connolly | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 17:28 - en - MacGregor Sharp | ||||||
Marc Cheverie ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Alex Stalock ( 20 saves / 20 shots ) |
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[]
- F Mike Connolly (Minnesota-Duluth)
- F (Wisconsin)
- F MacGregor Sharp (Minnesota-Duluth)
- D Josh Meyers (Minnesota-Duluth)
- D Patrick Wiercioch (Denver)
- G Alex Stalock* (Minnesota-Duluth)
* Most Valuable Player(s)
References[]
- ^ "Wisconsin Badgers: 2008-2009 Men's Hockey Schedule/Results". USCHO. Archived from the original on 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
- ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
External links[]
- WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
- 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season