2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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Dates | March 3–18, 2017 |
Teams | 8 |
Finals site | MacInnes Student Ice Arena Houghton, Michigan |
Champions | Michigan Tech (10th title) |
Winning coach | Mel Pearson (1st title) |
Most Outstanding Player | (Michigan Tech) |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
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
Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Bemidji State | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 71 | 44 | 41 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 94 | 79 | |
#19 Michigan Tech* | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 80 | 59 | 45 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 131 | 100 | |
Minnesota State | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 89 | 68 | 39 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 119 | 95 | |
Bowling Green | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 79 | 65 | 41 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 120 | 102 | |
Ferris State | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 78 | 74 | 37 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 95 | 101 | |
Alaska | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 67 | 84 | 36 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 79 | 113 | |
Lake Superior State | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 78 | 87 | 36 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 103 | 119 | |
Northern Michigan | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 69 | 75 | 39 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 93 | 108 | |
Alabama–Huntsville | 28 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 68 | 95 | 34 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 74 | 120 | |
Alaska Anchorage | 28 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 52 | 80 | 34 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 59 | 102 | |
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[]
Quarterfinals[]
(1) Bemidji State vs. (8) Northern Michigan[]
March 3 | Bemidji State | 3–0 | Northern Michigan | Sanford Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(G. Fitzgerald, Harms) (6) - GW - 01:22 (Marinaccio, G. Fitzgerald) Zach Whitecloud (3) - PP - 08:20 (Marinaccio, Baudry) (13) - 12:36 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 30 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) |
March 4 | Bemidji State | 2–4 | Northern Michigan | Sanford Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 17:25 - (5) (Hanson, Shine) | ||||||
(Harms) (6) - SH - 01:32 | Second period | 01:04 - PP - (7) (Hannoun, Shine) 17:25 - GW PP - Dominik Shine (19) (Hanson, Sooth) | ||||||
(Muck, G. Fitzgerald) (2) - GW - 13:37 | Third period | 18:27 - EN - Dominik Shine (20) (Hanson, Yaremko) | ||||||
( 17 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 46 saves / 48 shots ) |
March 5 | Bemidji State | 3–1 | Northern Michigan | Sanford Center | Recap | |||
(Arentz, Muck) (5) - 05:18 (L. Fitzgerald, G. Fitzgerald) (8) - GW - 05:52 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 17:40 - PP - (5) (Shine, Payne) | ||||||
(unassisted) (10) - EN - 19:42 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 19 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) |
Bemidji State wins series 2–1 | |
(2) Michigan Tech vs. (7) Lake Superior State[]
March 3 | Michigan Tech | 6–4 | Lake Superior State | MacInnes Student Ice Arena | Recap | |||
(L'Esperance, Watson) (7) - 03:34 (Hanna, Jackson) (9) - 04:54 (L'Esperance, Watson) (5) - 09:35 (Hanna, Lucchini) Mitch Reinke (6) - PP - 10:53 (Sturos, Neville) (7) - GW - 11:33 |
First period | 07:28 - (11) (Saccoman, Bindulis) 15:36 - PP - (7) (Hults, Cuglietta) | ||||||
(Neville, Sturos) (8) - 01:19 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 03:47 - (14) (Hults, Bindulis) 05:12 - (6) (Hults) | ||||||
( 14 saves / 17 shots ) / ( 0 saves / 1 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 14 saves / 20 shots ) / ( 31 saves / 31 shots ) |
March 4 | Michigan Tech | 8–0 | Lake Superior State | MacInnes Student Ice Arena | Recap | |||
(Jackson, Watson) (10) - GW - 03:30 (Roy, Auk) Joel L'Esperance (9) - PP - 18:38 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Sturos, Hanna) (6) - SH - 08:34 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Neville, Roy) (7) - 01:42 (Roy, Auk) (7) - PP - 05:49 (L'Esperance, Smith) (4) - PP - 11:56 (Gould) (8) - 12:08 (Heinonen, Lucchini) Joel L'Esperance (10) - 19:48 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 16 saves / 16 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 30 saves / 38 shots ) |
Michigan Tech wins series 2–0 | |
(3) Minnesota State vs. (6) Alaska[]
March 3 | Minnesota State | 3–0 | Alaska | Verizon Wireless Center | Recap | |||
(Foguth, Stepan) (5) - GW - 02:05 (Huntebrinker, Flanagan) (7) - PP - 12:47 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Nelson, Flanagan) (8) - 15:15 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 23 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) |
March 4 | Minnesota State | 4–1 | Alaska | Verizon Wireless Center | Recap | |||
(Tuomie, Coatta) (4) - 09:51 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Brickley, Franklin) (14) - GW PP - 08:24 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Nelson) (5) - 15:10 (Brickley, Tuomie) (6) - EN - 19:45 |
Third period | 03:47 - (14) (Frye, Thompson) | ||||||
( 29 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 33 saves / 36 shots ) |
Minnesota State wins series 2-0 | |
(4) Bowling Green vs. (5) Ferris State[]
March 3 | Bowling Green | 6–1 | Ferris State | Slater Family Ice Arena | Recap | |||
(Spezia, Walker) (9) - 06:46 (Mercier, Friedman) (3) - GW - 09:15 |
First period | 12:47 - PP - (9) (McDonald, Mayhew) | ||||||
(D'Andrea, Spezia) (10) - PP - 02:58 (Pohlkamp) Sean Walker (10) - GW - 03:50 (McLain, Pohlkamp) (4) - 05:49 (Walker, D'Andrea) (7) - 17:47 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 9 saves / 11 shots ) / ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) |
March 4 | Bowling Green | 5–3 | Ferris State | Slater Family Ice Arena | Recap | |||
(Pohlkamp, Smith) (1) - 03:39 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Dufour, Pohlkamp) (6) - PP - 01:23 | Second period | 11:48 - PP - (9) (Mayhew, Dorantes) | ||||||
(McLain, Mercier) (14) - 17:12 (Mercier, Walker) (5) - GW PP - 17:48 (Pohlkamp, Friedman) (8) - PP EN - 19:26 |
Third period | 11:20 - PP - (4) (Dorantes, Rutkowski) 12:24 - (4) (Hetz) | ||||||
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) |
Bowling Green wins series 2–0 | |
Semifinals[]
(1) Bemidji State vs. (4) Bowling Green[]
March 10 | Bemidji State | 3–4 | OT | Bowling Green | Sanford Center | Recap | ||
(Bauman, O'Connor) (11) - 14:09 | First period | 09:08 - (15) (Rauhauser) | ||||||
(Bauman) (6) - PP - 04:45 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(M. Fitzgerald, Struthers) (11) - 01:45 | Third period | 00:32 - (11) (Spezia) 13:30 - (16) (Dalton, Pohlkamp) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 17:23 - GW - (17) (Smith, Schilling) | ||||||
( 30 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 45 saves / 48 shots ) |
March 11 | Bemidji State | 1–2 | Bowling Green | Sanford Center | Recap | |||
(L. Fitzgerald, Whitecloud) (13) - 03:16 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 01:35 - (18) (Friedman, Spezia) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 03:49 - GW - (12) (McLain, Baylis) | ||||||
( 30 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) |
Bowling Green wins series 2–0 | |
(2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) Minnesota State[]
March 10 | Michigan Tech | 5–1 | Minnesota State | MacInnes Student Ice Arena | Recap | |||
(Smith, Gillies) (5) - 14:55 | First period | 17:31 - (3) (Lewis) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Gillies, Birks) (11) - GW - 03:31 (L'Esperance, Hanna) (9) - 06:55 (Auk, Redmond) (8) - 10:07 (Roy, Smith) (2) - SH - 15:20 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 22 saves / 26 shots ) |
March 11 | Michigan Tech | 0–1 | Minnesota State | MacInnes Student Ice Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 06:29 - GW - (15) (Lewis) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 15 saves / 15 shots ) |
March 12 | Michigan Tech | 4–1 | Minnesota State | MacInnes Student Ice Arena | Recap | |||
(Beretta, Auk) (9) - 07:10 | First period | 07:59 - (3) (Brickley, Pawloski) | ||||||
(L'Esperance, Auk) (10) - GW PP - 09:28 (Roy, Smith) (11) - 10:53 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Neville) (9) - EN - 18:28 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 20 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) |
Michigan Tech wins series 2–1 | |
Championship[]
(2) Michigan Tech vs. (4) Bowling Green[]
March 18 | Michigan Tech | 3–2 | 2OT | Bowling Green | MacInnes Student Ice Arena | Recap | ||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Gillies) Joel L'Esperance (11) - 04:53 (Neville, Hanna) (10) - 12:25 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 06:36 - (2) (Rauhauser, Spezia) 07:00 - (13) (unassisted) | ||||||
(Roy, Neville) (8) - GW - 06:35 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 36 saves / 38 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) |
Tournament awards[]
Most Outstanding Player[]
(Michigan Tech)
References[]
- 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
- WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
- Ice hockey in Michigan
- College sports in Michigan
- 2017 in sports in Michigan