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.

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

1994–95 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Colorado College†322291451551084330121213143
Wisconsin*3217114381281124324154172152
Denver3218122381311154225152181147
Minnesota321611537121954425145169133
St. Cloud State3215161311261133817201146139
North Dakota3214153311201413918183151169
Minnesota-Duluth3213154301241273816184146146
Michigan Tech3212173271091403915204136175
Northern Michigan3210193231101364013243142171
Alaska-Anchorage3210220201061423611250122169
Championship: Wisconsin
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

First Round
March 10–12		Quarterfinal
March 16		Semifinals
March 17		Championship
March 18
1Colorado College115—
10Alaska-Anchorage32—
1Colorado College5*
2Wisconsin3554Minnesota34Minnesota4
9Northern Michigan4416North Dakota2
3Denver5*5—1Colorado College3
8Michigan Tech42—2Wisconsin4*
4Minnesota5*4—
7Minnesota-Duluth43—2Wisconsin5
3Denver4
5St. Cloud State22—
6North Dakota35—

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

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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See also

References

  1. ↑ "Wisconsin Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Jeff Sauer 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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