College ice hockey tournament
The 2006 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 47th conference playoff in league history and 52nd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2006 tournament played between March 10 and March 18, 2006 at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota . By winning the tournament, North Dakota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association 's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament .
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams 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 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: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
First round [ 2] March 10–12, 2006Quarterfinal [ 3] March 16, 2006Semifinals March 17, 2006Championship March 18, 20061 Minnesota 7 6 — 10 Alaska-Anchorage 4 2 — 1 Minnesota 7 2 Denver 2 3 2 6 St. Cloud State 5 6 St. Cloud State 8 *9 Minnesota-Duluth 3 *2 5 9 Minnesota-Duluth 1 3 Wisconsin 4 1 — 6 St. Cloud State 3 8 Michigan Tech 1 0 — 4 North Dakota 5 4 North Dakota 2 4 3 7 Minnesota State 3 *1 0 3 Wisconsin 3 4 North Dakota 4 5 Colorado College 1 3 1 6 St. Cloud State 2 2 3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(1) Minnesota vs. (10) Alaska-Anchorage
(2) Denver vs. (9) Minnesota-Duluth
Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–1
(3) Wisconsin vs. (8) Michigan Tech
March 11[ 10]
Wisconsin
1 – 0
Michigan Tech
Kohl Center
Recap
No Scoring
First period
No scoring
Joe Pavelski - GW PP - 06:49
Second period
No scoring
No scoring
Third period
No scoring
Brian Elliott ( 19 saves / 19 shots )
Goalie stats
Michael Teslak ( 29 saves / 30 shots )
(4) North Dakota vs. (7) Minnesota State
North Dakota won series 2–1
(5) Colorado College vs. (6) St. Cloud State
St. Cloud State won series 2–1
Quarterfinal
(6) St. Cloud State vs. (9) Minnesota-Duluth
Semifinals
(1) Minnesota vs. (6) St. Cloud State
(3) Wisconsin vs. (4) North Dakota
Third Place
(1) Minnesota vs. (3) Wisconsin
Championship
(4) North Dakota vs. (6) St. Cloud State
Tournament awards
* Most Valuable Player(s)
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See also
References
^ "North Dakota Men's Team History" . 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "WCHA men's Hockey 2005-06 Week 24" . USCHO.com. March 12, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "WCHA men's Hockey 2005-06 Week 25" . USCHO.com. March 18, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota 7, Alaska-Anchorage 4" . USCHO.com. March 10, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota 6, Alaska-Anchorage 2" . USCHO.com. March 11, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota-Duluth 3, Denver 2" . USCHO.com. March 10, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "Denver 3, Minnesota-Duluth 2" . USCHO.com. March 11, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota-Duluth 5, Denver 2" . USCHO.com. March 11, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "Wisconsin 4, Michigan Tech 1" . USCHO.com. March 10, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "Wisconsin 1, Michigan Tech 0" . USCHO.com. March 11, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota State 3, North Dakota 2" . USCHO.com. March 10, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "North Dakota 4, Minnesota State 1" . USCHO.com. March 11, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "North Dakota 3, Minnesota State 0" . USCHO.com. March 12, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "St. Cloud State 2, Colorado College 1" . USCHO.com. March 10, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "Colorado College 3, St. Cloud State 2" . USCHO.com. March 11, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "St. Cloud State 3, Colorado College 1" . USCHO.com. March 12, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "St. Cloud State 5, Minnesota-Duluth 1" . USCHO.com. March 16, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "St. Cloud State 8, Minnesota 7" . USCHO.com. March 17, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "North Dakota 4, Wisconsin 3" . USCHO.com. March 17, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "Wisconsin 4, Minnesota 0" . USCHO.com. March 18, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "North Dakota 5, St. Cloud State 3" . USCHO.com. March 18, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF) . WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
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