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The 2009 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 13 and March 21, 2009 at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Minnesota-Duluth won their third WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2009 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. 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 host 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 used 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

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#13 North Dakota 28 17 7 4 38 96 74 43 24 15 4 146 118
#7 Denver 28 16 8 4 36 96 68 40 23 12 5 132 96
Wisconsin 28 14 11 3 31 92 78 40 20 16 4 131 106
Colorado College 28 12 9 7 31 79 82 38 16 12 10 103 103
Minnesota 28 12 11 5 29 87 83 37 17 13 7 119 105
St. Cloud State 28 13 13 2 28 83 81 38 18 17 3 122 107
#8 Minnesota-Duluth* 28 10 11 7 27 78 72 43 22 13 8 128 98
Minnesota State 28 11 13 4 26 88 90 38 15 17 6 117 122
Alaska-Anchorage 28 9 14 5 23 69 93 36 14 17 5 95 111
Michigan Tech 28 2 19 7 11 47 94 38 6 25 7 62 122
Championship: Minnesota-Duluth
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Tiebreakers[]

  • Wisconsin and Colorado College each finished the regular season with 31 points. Wisconsin won the tiebreaker, having the better head-to-head record of the two teams.[1]

Bracket[]

  First round
March 13–14
Quarterfinal
March 19
Semifinals
March 20
Championship
March 21
                                         
  1  North Dakota 5 4   1  North Dakota 0  
10  Michigan Tech 1 3 4  Minnesota 1     5  Minnesota-Duluth 3  
  5  Minnesota-Duluth 2  
  2  Denver 3 4
9  Alaska-Anchorage 2 3
  3  Wisconsin 7 4     2  Denver 0
8  Minnesota State 1 2     5  Minnesota-Duluth 4
  4  Colorado College 1 1
7  Minnesota-Duluth 4 3
Third place
  5  Minnesota 4 3 2  Denver 3
6  St. Cloud State 2 0 3  Wisconsin 0   1  North Dakota 1
3  Wisconsin 4


First round[]

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

March 13 North Dakota 5 – 1 Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
Chris VandeVelde - 17:04 First period No scoring
Ryan Duncan - pp - 03:00
Evan Trupp - 06:08
Second period No scoring
Darcy Zajac - sh - 10:13
Mario Lamoureux - 11:13
Third period 06:13 - pp - Alex MacLeod
Brad Eidsness ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats Rob Nolan ( 26 saves / 31 shots )
Josh Robinson ( 5 saves / 0 shots )
March 14 North Dakota 4 – 3 Michigan Tech Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 18:54 - pp - Alex MacLeod
Ryan Duncan - pp - 08:30
Ryan Duncan - pp - 10:31
Ryan Duncan - 11:46
Second period 17:31 - pp - Jordan Baker
Matt Frattin - 05:29 Third period 16:35 - Drew Dobson
Brad Eidsness ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Josh Robinson ( 10 saves / 13 shots )
Rob Nolan ( 5 saves / 6 shots )
North Dakota won series 2–0


(2) Denver vs. (9) Alaska-Anchorage[]

March 13 Denver 3 – 2 Alaska-Anchorage Magness Arena Recap  
Tyler Ruegsegger - pp - 15:35
Tyler Ruegsegger - 17:33
First period 03:52 - Luka Vidmar
05:45 - Kevin Clark
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jesse Martin - 13:03 Third period No scoring
Marc Cheverie ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats Jon Olthuis ( 28 saves / 31 shots )
March 14 Denver 4 – 3 Alaska-Anchorage Magness Arena Recap  
Rhett Rakhshani - 11:54
Jesse Martin - 18:39
First period 06:54 - Kevin Clark
14:37 - Tommy Grant
Patrick Mullen - pp - 14:36 Second period 16:33 - pp - Mat Robinson
Luke Salazar - 19:12 Third period No scoring
Marc Cheverie ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Bryce Christianson ( 21 saves / 25 shots )
Denver won series 2–0


(3) Wisconsin vs. (8) Minnesota State[]

March 13 Wisconsin 7 – 1 Minnesota State Kohl Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Derek Stepan - pp - 01:38
Ben Grotting - 10:50
Second period No scoring
Blake Geoffrion - 04:46
Jake Gardiner - 08:56
Blake Geoffrion - 17:36
John Mitchell - 18:48
Cody Goloubef - pp - 19:20
Third period 18:10 - Jason Wiley
Shane Connelly ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Mike Zacharias ( 47 saves / 50 shots )
Dan Tormey ( 12 saves / 16 shots )
March 14 Wisconsin 4 – 2 Minnesota State Kohl Center Recap  
Ryan McDonagh - 06:48 First period 11:21 - Andrew Sackrison
Andy Bohmbach - 08:18
Blake Geoffrion - 13:44
Second period No scoring
Tom Gorowsky - 17:19 Third period 17:38 - Adam Mueller
Shane Connelly ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Mike Zacharias ( 41 saves / 45 shots )
Wisconsin won series 2–0


(4) Colorado College vs. (7) Minnesota-Duluth[]

March 13 Colorado College 1 – 4 Minnesota-Duluth World Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 10:25 - pp - Josh Meyers
18:02 - pp - MacGregor Sharp
Eric Walsky - pp - 15:53 Second period 07:21 - Jordan Fulton
No scoring Third period 03:52 - Justin Fontaine
Richard Bachman ( 35 saves / 39 shots ) Goalie stats Alex Stalock ( 36 saves / 37 shots )
March 14 Colorado College 1 – 3 Minnesota-Duluth World Arena Recap  
Scott McCulloch - pp - 15:32 First period 04:47 - pp - Jack Connolly
11:04 - pp - Nick Kemp
No scoring Second period 11:37 - Michael Gergen
No scoring Third period No scoring
Richard Bachman ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats Alex Stalock ( 29 saves / 30 shots )
Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–0


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

March 13 Minnesota 4 – 2 St. Cloud State Mariucci Arena Recap  
Nico Sacchetti - pp - 12:24 First period No scoring
Mike Hoeffel - pp - 14:57 Second period No scoring
Jay Barriball - 13:41
Ryan Stoa - en - 19:53
Third period 10:03 - Garrett Roe
15:20 - pp - Garrett Roe
Alex Kangas ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Jase Weslosky ( 33 saves / 36 shots )
March 14 Minnesota 3 – 0 St. Cloud State Mariucci Arena Recap  
Ryan Stoa - 04:09 First period No scoring
Jay Barriball - pp - 07:44 Second period No scoring
Ryan Stoa - en sh - 19:29 Third period No scoring
Alex Kangas ( 34 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Jase Weslosky ( 18 saves / 20 shots )
Minnesota won series 2–0


Quarterfinal[]

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

March 19 Minnesota 1 – 2 Minnesota-Duluth Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 03:46 - MacGregor Sharp
No scoring Second period 14:34 - Matt Greer
Cade Fairchild - 06:08 Third period No scoring
Alex Kangas ( 9 saves / 10 shots )
Kent Patterson ( 19 saves / 20 shots )
Goalie stats Alex Stalock ( 39 saves / 40 shots )


Semifinals[]

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

March 20 North Dakota 0 – 3 Minnesota-Duluth Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 05:10 - sh - MacGregor Sharp
07:41 - Mike Montgomery
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:07 - en - Mike Connolly
Brad Eidsness ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats Alex Stalock ( 31 saves / 31 shots )


(2) Denver vs. (3) Wisconsin[]

March 20 Denver 3 – 0 Wisconsin Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Brian Gifford - 15:20 First period No scoring
Kyle Ostrow - 13:40 Second period No scoring
Patrick Wiercioch - pp - 06:01 Third period No scoring
Marc Cheverie ( 42 saves / 42 shots ) Goalie stats Shane Connelly ( 26 saves / 29 shots )


Third place[]

(1) North Dakota vs. (3) Wisconsin[]

March 21 North Dakota 1 – 4 Wisconsin Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Ryan Duncan - 07:45 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 03:37 - Andy Bohmbach
08:28 - Jordy Murray
19:15 - pp - Brendan Smith
No scoring Third period 17:04 - pp - Jordy Murray
Brad Eidsness ( 34 saves / 38 shots ) Goalie stats Shane Connelly ( 35 saves / 36 shots )


Championship[]

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

March 21 Denver 0 – 4 Minnesota-Duluth Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 10:45 - pp - MacGregor Sharp
No scoring Second period 09:13 - MacGregor Sharp
11:57 - pp - Jack Connolly
No scoring Third period 17:28 - en - MacGregor Sharp
Marc Cheverie ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats Alex Stalock ( 20 saves / 20 shots )


Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

MVP[]

References[]

  1. Wisconsin Badgers: 2008-2009 Men's Hockey Schedule/Results. USCHO. Archived from the original on 2009-08-17. Retrieved on 2009-04-11.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Spisak, Theresa. "From play-in game to champions: Bulldogs shut out Pioneers", U.S. College Hockey Online, 2009-03-21. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. 

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