1995 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

1995 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 10–18, 1995
Teams10
Finals siteCivic Center
St. Paul, Minnesota
ChampionsWisconsin[1] (10th title)
Winning coachJeff Sauer[2] (5th title)
MVPKirk Daubenspeck[3] (Wisconsin)
Attendance55,908
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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

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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

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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† 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

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Bracket

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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

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(1) Colorado College vs. (10) Alaska-Anchorage

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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(4) Minnesota vs. (6) North Dakota

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March 16 Minnesota 3 – 2 North Dakota Civic Center


Semifinals

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(1) Colorado College vs. (4) Minnesota

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March 17 Colorado College 5 – 4 OT Minnesota Civic Center


(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Denver

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March 17 Wisconsin 5 – 4 Denver Civic Center


Third Place

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(3) Denver vs. (4) Minnesota

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March 18 Denver 4 – 5 OT Minnesota Civic Center


Championship

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(1) Colorado College vs. (2) Wisconsin

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March 18 Colorado College 3 – 4 OT Wisconsin Civic Center


Tournament awards

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All-Tournament Team

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* Most Valuable Player(s)

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See also

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References

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  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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