2011 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2011 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 11–19, 2011
Teams12
Finals siteXcel Energy Center
St. Paul, Minnesota
ChampionsNorth Dakota (16th title)
Winning coachDave Hakstol (4th title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2011 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament will be played between March 11 and March 19, 2011 at six conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. The winner will receive the Broadmoor Trophy as the tournament's champions, and will be awarded the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format[]

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. All twelve conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 12 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top six seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advance 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 are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top two 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

2010–11 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#2 North Dakota��* 28 21 6 1 43 112 62 44 32 9 3 178 94
#7 Denver 28 17 8 3 37 93 75 42 25 12 5 136 113
#14 Nebraska–Omaha 28 17 9 2 36 94 69 39 21 16 2 128 99
#1 Minnesota–Duluth 28 15 8 5 35 91 73 42 26 10 6 143 108
Minnesota 28 13 10 5 31 91 78 36 16 14 6 113 102
#11 Colorado College 28 13 13 2 28 83 84 45 23 19 3 143 131
Wisconsin 28 12 13 3 27 75 72 41 21 16 4 129 98
Alaska–Anchorage 28 12 14 2 26 62 78 37 16 18 3 89 106
St. Cloud State 28 11 13 4 26 84 80 38 15 18 5 112 113
Bemidji State 28 8 15 5 21 62 78 38 15 18 5 89 102
Minnesota State 28 8 16 4 20 67 90 38 14 18 6 105 116
Michigan Tech 28 2 24 2 6 49 124 38 4 30 4 75 169
Championship: North Dakota
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Current rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

Bracket[]

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  First round
March 11–13 		Quarterfinals
March 17 		Semifinals
March 18 		Championship
March 19
                                         
  1 North Dakota 8 3 —   2 Denver 6  
12 Michigan Tech 0 1 — 4 Minnesota-Duluth 2     10 Bemidji State 2  
  10 Bemidji State 3*  
  2 Denver 4 3* —
11 Minnesota State 2 2 —
  3 Nebraska-Omaha 2 2 —     1 North Dakota 3**
10 Bemidji State 4 3 —     2 Denver 2
  4 Minnesota-Duluth 4 3*** —
9 St. Cloud State 2 2 —
  5 Minnesota 3 0 — 1 North Dakota 4
8 Alaska-Anchorage 4 2 — 6 Colorado College 4     6 Colorado College 3
  8 Alaska-Anchorage 2  
  6 Colorado College 1 4* 2
7 Wisconsin 3 3 1

Note: * denotes overtime periods

First round[]

(1) North Dakota vs. (12) Michigan Tech[]

March 11 North Dakota 8 - 0 Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(22) - 03:11
Brett Hextall (11) - 03:40
Matt Frattin (30) - 05:12
Matt Frattin (31) - SH - 12:39
(23) - 18:41 		First period No scoring
(24) - PP - 05:22
Matt Frattin (32) - PP - 15:17 		Second period No scoring
Jake Marto (7) - 04:23 Third period No scoring
Aaron Dell - ( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Goalie stats - ( 9 saves / 14 shots )
- ( 25 saves / 28 shots )
March 12 North Dakota 3 - 1 Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 06:15 - (12)
Brett Hextall (12) - 03:33
(1) - 05:34 		Second period No scoring
Matt Frattin (33) - EN - 19:54 Third period No scoring
Aaron Dell - ( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Goalie stats - ( 35 saves / 37 shots )
North Dakota Wins Series 2–0


(2) Denver vs. (11) Minnesota State[]

March 11 Denver 4 - 2 Minnesota State Magness Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 10:49 - (2)
19:58 - (9) - PP
No scoring Second period No scoring
Kyle Ostrow (12) - PP - 04:20
Beau Bennett (9) - 08:00
(1) - 17:35
(2) - EN - 19:58 		Third period No scoring
Sam Brittain - ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats Phil Cook - ( 23 saves / 26 shots )
March 12 Denver 3 - 2 OT Minnesota State Magness Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 00:46 - Ben Youds (2) - PP
Matt Donovan (8) - PP - 09:35
(6) - PP - 13:45 		Third period 11:56 - (3)
Jason Zucker (21) - 01:29 First overtime period No scoring
Sam Brittain - ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Austin Lee - ( 31 saves / 34 shots )
Denver Wins Series 2–0


(3) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (10) Bemidji State[]

March 11 Nebraska-Omaha 2 - 4 Bemidji State Qwest Center Omaha Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Ryan Walters (10) - PP - 14:02 Second period 04:53 - (16)
10:50 - (12)
Terry Broadhurst (11) - PP - 06:44 Third period 18:07 - Jamie MacQueen (6)
18:28 - Matt Read (19)
- ( 13 saves / 17 shots ) Goalie stats - ( 46 saves / 48 shots )
March 12 Nebraska-Omaha 2 - 3 Bemidji State Qwest Center Omaha Recap  
(12) - 09:32 First period 11:34 - Matt Read (20) - PP
No scoring Second period 08:15 - Jamie MacQueen (7)
Ryan Walters (11) - EA - 19:52 Third period 08:48 - Matt Read (21)
- ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats - ( 40 saves / 43 shots )
Bemidji State Wins Series 2-0


(4) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (9) St. Cloud State[]

March 11 Minnesota-Duluth 4 - 2 St. Cloud State Amsoil Arena Recap  
J.T. Brown (15) (Schmidt, Hendrickson) - 01:42 First period 03:30 - David Eddy (8) (Johnson, Gravel)
Justin Faulk (8) (Fontaine, Montgomery) - 07:15
Mike Connolly (24) (Fontaine, J. Connolly) - 15:01 		Second period No scoring
(8) (Olesksuk, Bergman) - EN - 19:11 Third period 15:53 - (12) (Jensen, Dowd) - EA
( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats Mike Lee ( 22 saves / 25 shots )
March 12 Minnesota-Duluth 3 - 2 3OT St. Cloud State Amsoil Arena Recap  
Jack Connolly (14) (Fontaine, M. Connolly) - PP - 07:34
Jack Connolly (15) (Fontaine, Faulk) - 13:01 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 03:06 - David Eddy (9) (Reid, Roe) - PP
No scoring Third period 09:20 - (3) (Marvin)
Mike Connolly (25) (Hendrickson, Fontaine) - 01:13 Third overtime period No scoring
( 37 saves / 39 shots ) Goalie stats Mike Lee ( 60 saves / 63 shots )
Minnesota-Duluth Wins Series 2-0

Note: Game 2 was the 3rd longest game in WCHA History and 12th longest in NCAA history, although not the longest match between these two schools. SCSU defeated UMD in Triple Overtime in Game 3 of their WCHA 1st Round series in 2007, that went 11:13 into triple overtime. This is the 1st time 2 schools have played 2 triple-overtime games vs one another.

(5) Minnesota vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage[]

March 11 Minnesota 3 - 4 Alaska-Anchorage Mariucci Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 19:23 - Sean Wiles (10)
Jake Hansen (11) - PS - 12:12
Aaron Ness (2) - PP - 13:01 		Second period 01:56 - (2)
09:19 - (2) - SH
(3) - 11:18 Third period 13:28 - (9) - PP
Kent Patterson ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats ( 20 saves / 23 shots )
March 12 Minnesota 0 - 2 Alaska-Anchorage Mariucci Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 02:32 - (1)
13:24 - Tommy Grant (16)
Kent Patterson ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats ( 24 saves / 24 shots )
Alaska-Anchorage Wins Series 2-0


(6) Colorado College vs. (7) Wisconsin[]

March 11 Colorado College 1 - 3 Wisconsin World Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(12) - PP - 05:53 Second period 12:11 - Joe Faust (1)
No scoring Third period 04:12 - Ryan Little (6)
19:49 - (2) - EN
( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats ( 27 saves / 28 shots )
March 12 Colorado College 4 - 3 OT Wisconsin World Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 11:00 - Craig Smith (18)
13:01 - (13)
Jaden Schwartz (14) - 10:49 Second period No scoring
Gabe Guentzel (6) - 03:11
(3) - 16:31 		Third period 05:44 - Sean Dolan (7)
Jaden Schwartz (15) - PP - 05:48 First overtime period No scoring
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats ( 24 saves / 28 shots )
March 13 Colorado College 2 - 1 Wisconsin World Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 17:22 - Craig Smith (19) - PP
(13) - PP - 09:27
Stephen Schultz (15) - PP - 13:21 		Third period No scoring
( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Brett Bennett ( 24 saves / 26 shots )
Colorado College Wins Series 2-1


Quarterfinals[]

(4) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (10) Bemidji State[]

March 17 Minnesota-Duluth 2 - 3 OT Bemidji State Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Jack Connolly (16) - 06:05
Mike Connolly (26) - SH - 16:38 		First period 13:37 - Brad Hunt (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 00:28 - Matt Read (22)
No scoring First overtime period 06:12 - (1) - PP
( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats ( 20 saves / 22 shots )


(6) Colorado College vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage[]

March 17 Colorado College 4 - 2 Alaska-Anchorage Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(10) - PP - 07:30
(5) - 16:30 		First period No scoring
Joe Marciano (2) - 04:39
Joe Marciano (3) - 19:42 		Second period 14:57 - (2)
No scoring Third period 18:59 - Luka Vidmar (2) - SH
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats ( 4 saves / 7 shots )
( 8 saves / 9 shots )


Semifinals[]

(2) Denver vs. (10) Bemidji State[]

March 18 Denver 6 - 2 Bemidji State Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Kyle Ostrow (13) - PP - 06:15 First period 09:31 - (17) - PP
15:55 - Radoslav Illo (4)
Drew Shore (23) - PP - 04:15 Second period No scoring
Nick Shore (7) - 02:56
(4) - 08:17
(17) - 15:46
Kyle Ostrow (14) - EN - 18:44 		Third period No scoring
Sam Brittain ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) Goalie stats ( 26 saves / 31 shots )


(1) North Dakota vs. (6) Colorado College[]

March 18 North Dakota 4 - 3 Colorado College Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Danny Kristo (6) - 02:44 First period 17:24 - Stephen Schultz (16) - PP
(4) - 14:55 Second period 05:14 - Rylan Schwartz (7)
Brad Malone (13) - SH - 08:30
Matt Frattin (34) - 14:20 		Third period 11:10 - Rylan Schwartz (8) - PP
Aaron Dell ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats ( 34 saves / 38 shots )


Championship[]

(1) North Dakota vs. (2) Denver[]

March 19 North Dakota 3 - 2 2OT Denver Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No scoring First period 05:06 - (5)
Danny Kristo (7) - 02:32
(5) - 08:18 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 17:47 - (8)
Matt Frattin (35) - 05:11 Second overtime period No scoring
Aaron Dell ( 40 saves / 42 shots ) Goalie stats Sam Brittain ( 33 saves / 36 shots )


Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "WCHA Tourney History". WCHA. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-06-26.

External links[]

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