2004 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament
College ice hockey tournament
The 2004 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 45th conference playoff in league history and 50th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2004 tournament was played between March 12 and March 20, 2004, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota . By winning the tournament, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament .
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference schools participated in the tournament with teams 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 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 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.
Conference standings
Note: PTS = Points; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
First round [ 2] March 12–14Quarterfinal [ 3] March 18Semifinals March 19Championship March 201 North Dakota 6 4 *— 10 Michigan Tech 2 3 — 1 North Dakota 4 2 Minnesota-Duluth 3 6 6 7 Colorado College 1 8 Alaska-Anchorage 2 9 Minnesota State 4 *2 5 8 Alaska-Anchorage 4 3 Wisconsin 2 4 1 1 North Dakota 4 8 Alaska-Anchorage 3 0 4 5 Minnesota 5 4 Denver 3 1 – 7 Colorado College 4 6 – 2 Minnesota-Duluth 4 5 Minnesota 7 5 Minnesota 6 7 – 6 St. Cloud State 1 3 –
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
(1) North Dakota vs. (10) Michigan Tech
North Dakota won series 2–0
(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (9) Minnesota State-Mankato
Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–1
(3) Wisconsin vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage
Alaska-Anchorage won series 2–1
(4) Denver vs. (7) Colorado College
Colorado College won series 2–0
(5) Minnesota vs. (6) St. Cloud State
Quarterfinal
(7) Colorado College vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage
Semifinals
(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage
(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (5) Minnesota
Third place
(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage
Championship
(1) North Dakota vs. (5) Minnesota
Tournament awards
* Most Valuable Player(s)
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See also
References
^ "Minnesota Men's Team History" . Archived from the original on April 15, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "WCHA men's Hockey 2003-04 Week 25" . USCHO.com. March 14, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "WCHA men's Hockey 2003-04 Week 26" . USCHO.com. March 20, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "North Dakota 6, Michigan Tech 2" . USCHO.com. March 12, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "North Dakota 4, Michigan Tech 3" . USCHO.com. March 13, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota State 4, Minnesota-Duluth 3" . USCHO.com. March 12, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota-Duluth 6, Minnesota State 2" . USCHO.com. March 13, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota-Duluth 6, Minnesota State 5" . USCHO.com. March 14, 2004. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "Alaska-Anchorage 3, Wisconsin 2" . USCHO.com. March 12, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "Wisconsin 4, Alaska-Anchorage 0" . USCHO.com. March 13, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "Alaska-Anchorage 4, Wisconsin 1" . USCHO.com. March 14, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "Colorado College 4, Denver 3" . USCHO.com. March 12, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "Colorado College 6, Denver 1" . USCHO.com. March 13, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota 6, St. Cloud State 1" . USCHO.com. March 12, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota 7, St. Cloud State 3" . USCHO.com. March 13, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "Alaska-Anchorage 4, Colorado College 1" . USCHO.com. March 18, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "North Dakota 4, Alaska-Anchorage 2" . USCHO.com. March 19, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota 7, Minnesota-Duluth 4" . USCHO.com. March 19, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota-Duluth 4, Alaska-Anchorage 2" . USCHO.com. March 20, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota 5, North Dakota 4" . USCHO.com. March 20, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF) . WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
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