1995 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament
College ice hockey tournament
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1995 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 36th conference playoff in league history and 43rd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 10 and March 18, 1995. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Five' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 1995 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 10–18, 1995 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Civic Center St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Champions | Wisconsin[1] (10th title) |
| Winning coach | Jeff Sauer[2] (5th title) |
| MVP | Kirk Daubenspeck[3] (Wisconsin) |
| Attendance | 55,908 |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference teams participated in the tournament and 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 hosted one of the lower seeded teams.
The winners of the first round series advanced to the Civic 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 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 and the remaining two playing in a quarterfinal game. The semifinal pitted the top remaining seed against the winner of the quarterfinal game while the two other teams that received byes were matched against one another with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers meeting in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Colorado College† | 32 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 45 | 155 | 108 | 43 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 213 | 143 | |
| Wisconsin* | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 128 | 112 | 43 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 172 | 152 | |
| Denver | 32 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 38 | 131 | 115 | 42 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 181 | 147 | |
| Minnesota | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 121 | 95 | 44 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 169 | 133 | |
| St. Cloud State | 32 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 126 | 113 | 38 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 146 | 139 | |
| North Dakota | 32 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 31 | 120 | 141 | 39 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 151 | 169 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 32 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 30 | 124 | 127 | 38 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 146 | 146 | |
| Michigan Tech | 32 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 27 | 109 | 140 | 39 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 136 | 175 | |
| Northern Michigan | 32 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 23 | 110 | 136 | 40 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 142 | 171 | |
| Alaska-Anchorage | 32 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 106 | 142 | 36 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 122 | 169 | |
| Championship: Wisconsin † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First Round March 10–12 | Quarterfinal March 16 | Semifinals March 17 | Championship March 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Colorado College | 11 | 5 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Alaska-Anchorage | 3 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Colorado College | 5* | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Minnesota | 3 | 4 | Minnesota | 4 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Northern Michigan | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | North Dakota | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Denver | 5* | 5 | — | 1 | Colorado College | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Michigan Tech | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | Wisconsin | 4* | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Minnesota | 5* | 4 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | Wisconsin | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Denver | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | St. Cloud State | 2 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | North Dakota | 3 | 5 | — | ||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(1) Colorado College vs. (10) Alaska-Anchorage
| March 10 | Colorado College | 11 – 3 | Alaska-Anchorage | Cadet Ice Arena | ||||
| March 11 | Colorado College | 5 – 2 | Alaska-Anchorage | Cadet Ice Arena | ||||
| Colorado College won series 2–0 | |
(2) Wisconsin vs. (9) Northern Michigan
| March 10 | Wisconsin | 3 – 4 | Northern Michigan | Dane County Coliseum | ||||
| March 11 | Wisconsin | 5 – 4 | Northern Michigan | Dane County Coliseum | ||||
| March 12 | Wisconsin | 5 – 1 | Northern Michigan | Dane County Coliseum | ||||
| Wisconsin won series 2–1 | |
(3) Denver vs. (8) Michigan Tech
| March 10 | Denver | 5 – 4 | OT | Michigan Tech | DU Arena | |||
| March 11 | Denver | 5 – 2 | Michigan Tech | DU Arena | ||||
| Denver won series 2–0 | |
(4) Minnesota vs. (7) Minnesota-Duluth
| March 10 | Minnesota | 5 – 4 | OT | Minnesota-Duluth | Mariucci Arena | |||
| March 11 | Minnesota | 4 – 3 | Minnesota-Duluth | Mariucci Arena | ||||
| Minnesota won series 2–0 | |
(5) St. Cloud State vs. (6) North Dakota
| March 10 | St. Cloud State | 2 – 3 | North Dakota | National Hockey Center | ||||
| March 11 | St. Cloud State | 2 – 5 | North Dakota | National Hockey Center | ||||
| North Dakota won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinal
(4) Minnesota vs. (6) North Dakota
| March 16 | Minnesota | 3 – 2 | North Dakota | Civic Center | ||||
Semifinals
(1) Colorado College vs. (4) Minnesota
| March 17 | Colorado College | 5 – 4 | OT | Minnesota | Civic Center | |||
(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Denver
| March 17 | Wisconsin | 5 – 4 | Denver | Civic Center | ||||
Third Place
(3) Denver vs. (4) Minnesota
| March 18 | Denver | 4 – 5 | OT | Minnesota | Civic Center | |||
Championship
(1) Colorado College vs. (2) Wisconsin
| March 18 | Colorado College | 3 – 4 | OT | Wisconsin | Civic Center | |||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- F Jason Elders (Denver)
- F Peter Geronazzo (Colorado College)
- F Ryan Kraft (Minnesota)
- D Eric Rud (Colorado College)
- D Mark Strobel (Wisconsin)
- G Kirk Daubenspeck* (Wisconsin)