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2004 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2004 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates March 12–20, 2004
Teams 10
Finals site Xcel Energy Center
St. Paul, MN
Champions Minnesota (13th title)
Winning coach Don Lucia[1] (2nd title)
MVP Kellen Briggs (Minnesota)
Attendance 82,564
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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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.

Format[]

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

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 North Dakota† 28 20 5 3 43 122 62 41 30 8 3 182 90
#4 Minnesota–Duluth 28 19 7 2 40 119 71 45 28 13 4 185 123
#8 Wisconsin 28 14 7 7 35 85 62 43 22 13 8 123 93
#1 Denver 28 13 10 5 31 93 90 44 27 12 5 149 120
#6 Minnesota* 28 15 12 1 31 101 86 44 27 14 3 178 127
St. Cloud State 28 12 12 4 28 81 89 38 18 16 4 113 118
#15 Colorado College 28 11 15 2 24 77 75 39 20 16 3 126 98
Alaska–Anchorage 28 7 18 3 17 68 103 40 14 23 3 104 140
Minnesota State 28 6 18 4 16 83 139 39 10 24 5 124 179
Michigan Tech 28 6 19 3 15 66 118 38 8 25 5 97 161
Championship: Minnesota
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket[]

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  First round[2]
March 12–14 		Quarterfinal[3]
March 18 		Semifinals
March 19 		Championship
March 20
                                         
  1  North Dakota 6 4* —   1  North Dakota 4  
10  Michigan Tech 2 3 — 7  Colorado College 1     8  Alaska-Anchorage 2  
  8  Alaska-Anchorage 4  
  2  Minnesota-Duluth 3 6 6
9  Minnesota State 4* 2 5
  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 –
Third Place
  5  Minnesota 6 7 – 2  Minnesota-Duluth 4
6  St. Cloud State 1 3 – 5  Minnesota 7   2  Minnesota-Duluth 4
8  Alaska-Anchorage 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First Round[]

(1) North Dakota vs. (10) Michigan Tech[]

March 12[4] North Dakota 6 – 2 Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(Stafford, Schneider) Zach Parise - 03:27 First period 08:39 - Clay Wilson
(Bochenski, Parise) Brady Murray - PP - 01:28
(Parise, Stafford) Nick Fuher - GW - 16:41 		Second period No scoring
(Parise, Murray) Drew Stafford - 00:26
(McMahon) Quinn Fylling - 01:44
(Lundbohm, Fuher) Colby Genoway - 07:25 		Third period 05:14 - Justin Brown (Markham, Radovich)
( 13 saves / 15 shots ) Jake Brandt Goalie stats Cam Ellsworth ( 20 saves / 25 shots ) / Bryce Luker ( 7 saves / 8 shots )
March 13[5] North Dakota 4 – 3 OT Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(Jones, Parise) Brnadon Bochenski - PP - 14:22 First period 11:21 - PP - Colin Murphy (Dora, Engelhardt)
19:00 - PP - Brandon Schwartz (Pittis)
No scoring Second period 13:34 - Brett Engelhardt (Schwartz)
(Bochenski, Murray) Zach Parise - 05:39
(Fuher) Chris Porter - 08:53 		Third period No scoring
( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Jake Brandt Goalie stats Cam Ellsworth ( 42 saves / 46 shots )
North Dakota won series 2–0


(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (9) Minnesota State-Mankato[]

March 12[6] Minnesota-Duluth 3 – 4 OT Minnesota State-Mankato Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Recap  
(Stapleton, Geisler) Luke Stauffacher - 06:02 First period 10:06 - Chad Clower (Metcalf)
(Peluso, Geisler) Junior Lessard - PP - 07:36
(Geisler, Smith) Justin Williams - 19:56 		Second period 01:25 - PP - David Backes (Johns, Clower)
06:34 - Chad Clower (Forsythe, Morin)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 12:18 - GW - Lucas Fransen (Forscythe, Joseph)
( 34 saves / 38 shots ) Isaac Reichmuth Goalie stats Jon Volp ( 46 saves / 49 shots )
March 13[7] Minnesota-Duluth 6 – 2 Minnesota State-Mankato Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Unklesbay, Caig) Beau Geisler - 04:31
(Schwabe) Junior Lessard - 05:43
(Geisler, Schwabe) Junior Lessard - GW PP - 07:06
(Lessard, Geisler) Luke Stauffacher - 14:21 		Second period 01:54 - Brock Becker (Rankin)
18:03 - Shane Joseph (Clower, Backes)
(Schwabe, Stapleton) Junior Lessard - PP - 06:04
(Lessard) Justin Williams - 14:21 		Third period No scoring
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Isaac Reichmuth Goalie stats Jon Volp ( 38 saves / 44 shots ) / Kyle Nixon ( 5 saves / 5 shots )
March 14[8] Minnesota-Duluth 6 – 5 Minnesota State-Mankato Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Recap  
(Schwabe, Lessard) Marco Peluso - PP - 01:23
(Geisler, Smith) T. J. Caig - 02:33
(Hammond) John Miskovich - 04:53
(Peluso, Schwabe) Tim Stapleton - PP - 07:21
Marco Peluso - 10:32 		First period 14:24 - SH - David Backes (Joseph)
(Peluso, Geisler) Evan Schwabe - GW PP - 06:35 Second period 01:48 - PP - Rob Rankin (Morin, Peto)
11:44 - PP - Brock Becker (Morin, Peto)
19:48 - Lucas Fransen (Kisio, Thompson)
No scoring Third period 15:38 - Shane Joseph (McKelvie, Peto)
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Isaac Reichmuth Goalie stats Jon Volp ( 11 saves / 15 shots ) / Kyle Nixon ( 26 saves / 28 shots )
Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–1


(3) Wisconsin vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage[]

March 12[9] Wisconsin 2 – 3 Alaska-Anchorage Kohl Center Recap  
(Earl, Likens) Jake Dowell - PP - 02:51 First period 09:01 - PP - Dallas Steward (Segal, Bourne)
18:54 - PP - Charlie Kronschnabel (Fournier, King)
(Gilbert, Suter) Ross Carlson - PP - 05:14 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 05:56 - GW PP - Justin Johnson (Fournier, Glencross)
( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Bernd Brückler Goalie stats Chris King ( 45 saves / 47 shots )
March 13[10] Wisconsin 4 – 0 Alaska-Anchorage Kohl Center Recap  
Rene Bourque - GW - 02:00 First period No scoring
(Earl, Dowell) A.J. Degenhardt - 02:39
(Bourque, Joudrey) Ryan MacMurchy - 03:24
(Burish) A.J. Degenhardt - 14:30 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Bernd Brückler Goalie stats Kevin Reiter ( 41 saves / 45 shots )
March 14[11] Wisconsin 1 – 4 Alaska-Anchorage Kohl Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 10:42 - Chris Fournier (Segal)
No scoring Second period 08:38 - GW - Chris Fournier
12:33 - PP - Curtis Glencross (Fournier, Smith)
18:30 - Curtis Glencross
(MacMurchy, Boeser) Andrew Joudrey - PP - 13:05 Third period No scoring
( 19 saves / 23 shots ) Bernd Brückler Goalie stats Chris King ( 29 saves / 30 shots )
Alaska-Anchorage won series 2–1


(4) Denver vs. (7) Colorado College[]

March 12[12] Denver 3 – 4 Colorado College Magness Arena Recap  
(Handza, Halme) Ted O'Leary - 10:02 First period 04:07 - Marty Sertich (Canzanello, Zaba)
(Corbin, Skinner) Gabe Gauthier - 13:38 Second period No scoring
(Carle, Keith) Lukas Dora - PP - 13:53 Third period 07:22 - Andrew Canzanello (Cox, Slattengren)
09:57 - Trevor Frischmon (Stuart, Canzanello)
11:48 - GW - Aaron Slattengren (Petiot, Cox)
( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Adam Berkhoel Goalie stats Matt Zaba ( 18 saves / 21 shots )
March 13[13] Denver 1 – 6 Colorado College Magness Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 11:43 - Colin Stuart (Polaski, Sweatt)
15:27 - GW - Brett Sterling (Petoit, Liebel)
18:24 - Reid Goolsby (Slattengren, Crabb)
(Carle, Skinner) Gabe Gauthier - PP - 05:00 Second period 08:20 - PP - Brady Greco (Canzanello, Sertich)
17:46 - PP - Brady Greco (Stuart, Sertich)
No scoring Third period 06:50 - PP - Brett Sterling (Canzanello, Crabb)
( 10 saves / 13 shots ) Adam Berkhoel / ( 13 saves / 16 shots ) Glenn Fisher Goalie stats Curtis McElhinney ( 35 saves / 36 shots )
Colorado College won series 2–0


(5) Minnesota vs. (6) St. Cloud State[]

March 12[14] Minnesota 6 – 1 St. Cloud State Mariucci Arena Recap  
(Fleming) Mike Vannelli - 10:02
(Riddle, Vanek) Matt Koalska - GW PP - 14:58 		First period 12:30 - Brock Hooton (Szabo, Jensen)
(Martin, Riddle) Thomas Vanek - 06:18
(Vanek, Kennedy) Ryan Potulny - 09:44
(Vannelli) Troy Riddle - 14:44 		Second period No scoring
(Riddle, Ballard) Ryan Potulny - PP - 15:21 Third period No scoring
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Kellen Briggs Goalie stats Aaron Coole ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) / Tim Boron ( 19 saves / 21 shots )
March 13[15] Minnesota 7 – 3 St. Cloud State Mariucci Arena Recap  
(Ballard, Riddle) Ryan Potulny - PP - 19:46 First period No scoring
(Riddle) Ryan Potulny - 12:52
(Potulny, Ballard) Troy Riddle - PP - 19:14 		Second period 00:22 - Brock Hooton (Szabo)
(Vanek, Koalska) Troy Riddle - GW PP - 01:39
(Tallackson, Guyer) Grant Potulny - PP - 07:16
(Vanek, Vannelli) Troy Riddle - 08:38
(Potulny, Tallackson) Tyler Hirsch - 09:13 		Third period 00:24 - SH - Matt Hendricks (Reeder)
09:33 - Konrad Reeder (Peters, Doyle)
( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Kellen Briggs Goalie stats Tim Boron ( 39 saves / 46 shots )
Minnesota won series 2–0


Quarterfinal[]

(7) Colorado College vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage[]

March 18[16] Colorado College 1 – 4 Alaska-Anchorage Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Sterling, Polaski) Trevor Frischmon - 09:21 Second period 09:51 - Brandon Segal (Anderson, Arcand-Kootenay)
10:41 - GW - Vladimir Novak (Johnson, Gilchrist)
19:24 - Brant McMann (Novak)
No scoring Third period 19:43 - EN - Dallas Steward (Kronschnabel, Green)
( 7 saves / 9 shots ) Matt Zaba / ( 7 saves / 8 shots ) Curtis McElhinney Goalie stats Chris King ( 44 saves / 45 shots )


Semifinals[]

(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage[]

March 19[17] North Dakota 4 – 2 Alaska-Anchorage Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Parise, Bochenski) Brady Murray - 15:56 First period No scoring
(Hale, Prpich) Rory McMahon - 02:16
(Bochenski, Murray) Zach Parise - GW - 09:01
(Jones, McMahon) Ryan Hale - 15:50 		Second period 10:30 - PP - Curtis Glencross (Bourne, Segal)
No scoring Third period 17:18 - Lee Green
( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Jordan Parise Goalie stats Chris King ( 41 saves / 45 shots )


(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (5) Minnesota[]

March 19[18] Minnesota-Duluth 4 – 7 Minnesota Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Stapleton, Peluso) Luke Stauffacher - 02:08
(Unklesbay, Geisler) Evan Schwabe - 09:06
(Williams, Lessard) Evan Schwabe - 14:21 		First period 14:03 - PP - Troy Riddle (Potulny, Koalska)
19:25 - Danny Irmen (Guyer, Fleming)
No scoring Second period 04:51 - SH - Danny Irmen (Ballard)
14:25 - Ryan Potulny
(Schwabe, Lessard) Justin Williams - 00:40 Third period 03:45 - GW - Thomas Vanek (Riddle, Koalska)
14:41 - Andy Sertich (Waibel, Vannelli)
19:24 - Barry Tallackson (Waibel, Fleming)
( 34 saves / 40 shots ) Isaac Reichmuth Goalie stats Kellen Briggs ( 27 saves / 31 shots )


Third Place[]

(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage[]

March 20[19] Minnesota-Duluth 4 – 2 Alaska-Anchorage Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 12:14 - Curtis Glencross (Arcand-Kootenay, Reiter)
(Peluso, Lessard) Evan Schwabe - PP - 09:30
(Geisler, Peluso) Junior Lessard - PP - 13:12
(Hammond, Czech) Luke Stauffacher - GW SH - 19:14 		Second period No scoring
(Miskovich) Bryan McGregor - 10:13 Third period 19:42 - Vladimir Novak (Smith, Johnson)
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Josh Johnson Goalie stats Kevin Reiter ( 36 saves / 40 shots )


Championship[]

(1) North Dakota vs. (5) Minnesota[]

March 20[20] North Dakota 4 – 5 Minnesota Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Parise) Drew Stafford - PP - 16:57 First period 10:39 - Danny Irmen (Guyer, Harrington)
(Parise, Schneider) Brandon Bochenski - 08:50
(Fuher, Bochenski) Zach Parise - 16:47 		Second period 04:09 - Jon Waibel (Kennedy)
(Parise, Smaby) Brandon Bochenski - SH - 09:18 Third period 02:08 - Thomas Vanek
04:48 - Troy Riddle (Harrington, Koalska)
13:58 - GW - Grant Potulny (Irmen)
( 33 saves / 38 shots ) Jake Brandt Goalie stats Kellen Briggs ( 35 saves / 39 shots )


Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[21][]

* Most Valuable Player(s)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ "Minnesota Men's Team History". Retrieved on 2013-06-25. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. 
  2. ↑ "WCHA men's Hockey 2003-04 Week 25", USCHO.com, 2004-03-14. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  3. ↑ "WCHA men's Hockey 2003-04 Week 26", USCHO.com, 2004-03-20. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  4. ↑ "North Dakota 6, Michigan Tech 2", USCHO.com, 2004-03-12. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  5. ↑ "North Dakota 4, Michigan Tech 3", USCHO.com, 2004-03-13. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  6. ↑ "Minnesota State 4, Minnesota-Duluth 3", USCHO.com, 2004-03-12. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  7. ↑ "Minnesota-Duluth 6, Minnesota State 2", USCHO.com, 2004-03-13. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  8. ↑ "Minnesota-Duluth 6, Minnesota State 5", USCHO.com, 2004-03-14. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. 
  9. ↑ "Alaska-Anchorage 3, Wisconsin 2", USCHO.com, 2004-03-12. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  10. ↑ "Wisconsin 4, Alaska-Anchorage 0", USCHO.com, 2004-03-13. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  11. ↑ "Alaska-Anchorage 4, Wisconsin 1", USCHO.com, 2004-03-14. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  12. ↑ "Colorado College 4, Denver 3", USCHO.com, 2004-03-12. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  13. ↑ "Colorado College 6, Denver 1", USCHO.com, 2004-03-13. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  14. ↑ "Minnesota 6, St. Cloud State 1", USCHO.com, 2004-03-12. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  15. ↑ "Minnesota 7, St. Cloud State 3", USCHO.com, 2004-03-13. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  16. ↑ "Alaska-Anchorage 4, Colorado College 1", USCHO.com, 2004-03-18. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  17. ↑ "North Dakota 4, Alaska-Anchorage 2", USCHO.com, 2004-03-19. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  18. ↑ "Minnesota 7, Minnesota-Duluth 4", USCHO.com, 2004-03-19. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  19. ↑ "Minnesota-Duluth 4, Alaska-Anchorage 2", USCHO.com, 2004-03-20. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  20. ↑ "Minnesota 5, North Dakota 4", USCHO.com, 2004-03-20. Retrieved on 2013-06-25. 
  21. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144", WCHA. Retrieved on 2014-06-01. 

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