The 1994 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 35th conference playoff in league history and 42nd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 1994. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Five' matches were held at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. By winning the tournament, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All nine conference teams participated in the tournament as did Mankato State which was slated to join the WCHA as a full member in two years. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 9 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated while Mankato State was seeded tenth. 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 Bradley 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 1994 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

1993–94 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Colorado College†321895411351263923115163138
Minnesota*3218104401111094225134151142
Wisconsin3219121391281034226151172133
St. Cloud State3216124361271113821134160135
Northern Michigan3217141351291203922161157140
Alaska-Anchorage3214162301101093615192123132
Minnesota-Duluth3212173271251313814213144160
North Dakota3211174261011313811234119164
Denver3211183251161303815203146155
Michigan Tech32819521931054513275135163
Championship: Minnesota
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

First Round
March 11–12		Quarterfinal
March 17		Semifinals
March 18		Championship
March 19
1Colorado College232
10Michigan Tech303*
2Minnesota6
2Minnesota86—5Northern Michigan110Michigan Tech1
9Denver53—10Michigan Tech5
3Wisconsin64—2Minnesota3*
8North Dakota12—4St. Cloud State2
4St. Cloud State38—
7Minnesota-Duluth05—3Wisconsin2
4St. Cloud State3*
5Northern Michigan55—
6Alaska-Anchorage21—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Colorado College vs. (10) Michigan Tech

March 11 Colorado College 2 – 3 Michigan Tech Broadmoor World Arena
March 12 Colorado College 3 – 0 Michigan Tech Broadmoor World Arena
March 13 Colorado College 2 – 3 Michigan Tech Broadmoor World Arena
Michigan Tech won series 2–1

(2) Minnesota vs. (9) Denver

March 11 Minnesota 8 – 5 Denver Mariucci Arena
March 12 Minnesota 6 – 3 Denver Mariucci Arena
Minnesota won series 2–0

(3) Wisconsin vs. (8) North Dakota

March 11 Wisconsin 6 – 1 North Dakota Dane County Coliseum
March 12 Wisconsin 4 – 2 North Dakota Dane County Coliseum
Wisconsin won series 2–0

(4) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Minnesota-Duluth

March 11 St. Cloud State 3 – 0 Minnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center
March 12 St. Cloud State 8 – 5 Minnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center
St. Cloud State won series 2–0

(5) Northern Michigan vs. (6) Alaska-Anchorage

March 11 Northern Michigan 5 – 2 Alaska-Anchorage Lakeview Arena
March 12 Northern Michigan 5 – 1 Alaska-Anchorage Lakeview Arena
Northern Michigan won series 2–0

Quarterfinal

(5) Northern Michigan vs. (10) Michigan Tech

March 17 Northern Michigan 1 – 5 Michigan Tech Bradley Center

Semifinals

(2) Minnesota vs. (10) Michigan Tech

March 18 Minnesota 6 – 1 Michigan Tech Bradley Center

(3) Wisconsin vs. (4) St. Cloud State

March 18 Wisconsin 2 – 3 OT St. Cloud State Bradley Center

Third Place

(3) Wisconsin vs. (10) Michigan Tech

March 19 Wisconsin 8 – 3 Michigan Tech Bradley Center

Championship

(2) Minnesota vs. (4) St. Cloud State

March 19 Minnesota 3 – 2 OT St. Cloud State Bradley Center

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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See also

References

  1. ↑ "Minnesota Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Doug Woog Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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