| 2015 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |||
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| Dates | March 13–21, 2015 | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Finals site | Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota | ||
| Champions | Minnesota State (2nd title) | ||
| Winning coach | Mike Hastings (2nd title) | ||
| MVP | Brad McClure (Minnesota State) | ||
| WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2015 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 13 and March 21, 2015, at four conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format[]
The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight or ten conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.
The winners of the first round series advance to the Xcel Energy Center for the WCHA Final Five, a holdover from previous tournaments where it was used as the collective name of the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.[1]
Conference Standings[]
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| 2014–15 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings | ||||||||||||||
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| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#7 Minnesota State  * |
28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 98 | 47 | 40 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 145 | 77 | |
| #9 Michigan Tech | 28 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 103 | 48 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 144 | 74 | |
| #18 Bowling Green | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 87 | 66 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 119 | 93 | |
| Alaska^ | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 75 | 69 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 92 | 81 | |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 73 | 62 | 38 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 101 | 90 | |
| Ferris State | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 66 | 58 | 40 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 88 | 88 | |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 59 | 71 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 86 | 100 | |
| Alabama–Huntsville | 28 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 44 | 95 | 38 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 62 | 121 | |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 44 | 91 | 38 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 60 | 131 | |
| Alaska Anchorage | 28 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 52 | 94 | 34 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 70 | 107 | |
| Championship: March 21, 2015 indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) ^ indicates ineligible for postseason play due to NCAA sanctions Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 9, 2015 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[]
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First round March 13–15 |
Semifinals March 20 |
Championship March 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota State | 9 | 4 | — | 1 | Minnesota State | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Lake Superior State | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | Ferris State | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan Tech | 1*** | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Alabama–Huntsville | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | Minnesota State | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan Tech | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bowling Green | 3* | 4 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Northern Michigan | 2 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Bemidji State | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | Michigan Tech | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Ferris State | 4 | 3*** | — | 3 | Bowling Green | 2 | |||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods
First round[]
All times are local.
(1) Minnesota State vs. (8) Lake Superior State[]
| March 13, 2015 7:00 pm CDT |
(8) Lake Superior State | 2 – 9 (1–2, 1–4, 0–3) |
(1) Minnesota State | Verizon Wireless Center, Mankato, MN Attendance: 3,325 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Defiel (40:00) Aaron Davis (20:00) |
Goalies | Stephon Williams | Referees: Keith Sergott Kevin Langseth | |
| Stephen Perfetto – 10:14 Gus Correale (Drapluk, Renz) - pp - 1:06 |
0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 4 2 – 5 2 – 6 2 – 7 2 – 8 2 – 9 |
9:12 – pp - Max Gaede (Jutzi, J. Nelson) 16:08 - pp - Bryce Gervais (Lafontaine, Leitner) 5:18 - Casey Nelson 7:35 - Brett Knowles (J. Nelson, Gaede) 13:30 - pp - Matt Leitner (Franklin, C. Nelson) 17:23 - pp - Matt Leitner (Lafontaine, Gervais) 1:01 - Chase Grant (Lafontaine, Blueger) 5:32 - pp - Dylan Margonari (Flanagan) 12:42 - pp - Jean-Paul Lafontaine (Jutzi, Knowles) | ||
| 30 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 18 | Shots | 59 | ||
| March 14, 2015 7:00 pm CDT |
(8) Lake Superior State | 2 – 4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2) |
(1) Minnesota State | Verizon Wireless Center, Mankato, MN Attendance: 3,685 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Defiel | Goalies | Stephon Williams | Referees: Keith Sergott Kevin Langseth | |
| Ryan Renz (Drapluk, Perfetto) - pp - 12:59 Austin McKay (Patterson, Spratte) - 7:29 |
0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 2 – 4 |
3:21 - Bryce Gervais (Franklin, Leitner) 2:24 - Dylan Margonari (Stepan, Flanagan) 0:46 - pp - Brad McClure (Palmquist, C. Nelson) 17:46 - Dylan Margonari (McClure) | ||
| 12 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 22 | Shots | 36 | ||
(2) Michigan Tech vs. (7) Alabama–Huntsville[]
| March 13, 2015 7:00 pm EDT |
(7) Alabama–Huntsville | 0 – 1 (3OT) (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) |
(2) Michigan Tech | MacInnes Student Ice Arena, Houghton, MI Attendance: 3,038 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmine Guerriero | Goalies | Jamie Phillips | Referees: Brad Albers Brett Klosowski | |
| 0 – 1 | 18:49 - Tyler Heinonen (Vallis, Auk) | |||
| 29 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
| 32 | Shots | 77 | ||
| March 14, 2015 7:00 pm EDT |
(7) Alabama–Huntsville | 0 – 3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1) |
(2) Michigan Tech | MacInnes Student Ice Arena, Houghton, MI Attendance: 3,629 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmine Guerriero | Goalies | Jamie Phillips | Referees: Brad Albers Brett Klosowski | |
| 0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 |
14:35 - Blake Hietala (Kero, Heinonen) 4:43 - pp - Tanner Kero (Heinonen, Hietala) 5:45 - Mark Auk | |||
| 14 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 18 | Shots | 45 | ||
(3) Bowling Green vs. (6) Northern Michigan[]
| March 13, 2015 7:00 pm EDT |
(6) Northern Michigan | 2 – 3 (OT) (0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 0–1) |
(3) Bowling Green | BGSU Ice Arena, Bowling Green, OH Attendance: 1,475 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Doan | Goalies | Tommy Burke | Referees: Chris Perrault Tony Czech | |
| Shane Sooth (Shine, Seckel) - 7:17 Luke Eibler (Sooth) - 16:29 |
1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 2 – 3 |
10:48 - Mitchell McLain (Pohlkamp, Kucera) 18:36 - Mark Cooper (Valleau) 19:32 - Tyler Spezia (DeSalvo, Berkle) | ||
| 20 min | Penalties | 19 min | ||
| 40 | Shots | 52 | ||
| March 14, 2015 7:00 pm EDT |
(6) Northern Michigan | 1 – 4 (0–0, 1–2, 0–2) |
(3) Bowling Green | BGSU Ice Arena, Bowling Green, OH Attendance: 1,915 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Doan | Goalies | Tommy Burke | Referees: Chris Perrault Tony Czech | |
| Zach Diamantoni (Nowick, Payne) - 8:55 | 1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 4 |
9:59 - Tyler Spezia (DeSalvo, Walker) 14:17 - Brandon Hawkins (Cooper) 13:24 - Brandon Hawkins (Walker, Cooper) 18:52 - pp - Brent Tate (Berkle, Valleau) | ||
| 49 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 20 | Shots | 42 | ||
(4) Bemidji State vs. (5) Ferris State[]
| March 13, 2015 7:30 pm CDT |
(5) Ferris State | 4 – 1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1) |
(4) Bemidji State | Sanford Center, Bemidji, MN Attendance: 2,218 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. J. Motte | Goalies | Michael Bitzer | Referees: Butch Mousseaux Pete Friesema | |
| Zach Szajner (Mayer, Maloney) - 11:04 Ryan Lowney (Dorantes, Mayhew) - 15:07 Gerald Mayhew (Panetta) - 17:29 Kenny Babinski (Buzzeo, McDonald) - en - 17:49 |
1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1 |
13:24 - pp - G. Fitzgerald (L. Fitzgerald, Arentz) | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 19 | Shots | 22 | ||
| March 14, 2015 7:00 pm CDT |
(5) Ferris State | 3 – 2 (3 OT) (1–0, 0–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0) |
(4) Bemidji State | Sanford Center, Bemidji, MN Attendance: 2,279 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. J. Motte | Goalies | Michael Bitzer | Referees: Butch Mousseaux Pete Friesema | |
| Andrew Dorantes (Anselmini, Binkley) - pp - 15:17 Justin Buzzeo (Babinski) - 6:00 Kyle Schempp (Lowney, Robertson) - pp - 6:40 |
1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 3 – 2 |
12:48 - Graeme McCormack (Brewer, Bauman) 11:23 - Brendan Harms (Beauvais, O'Connor) | ||
| 14 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 44 | Shots | 50 | ||
Semifinals[]
All times are local (UTC−5).
(3) Bowling Green vs. (2) Michigan Tech[]
| March 20, 2015 4:00 pm CDT |
(3) Bowling Green | 2 – 5 (1–2, 0–0, 1–3) |
(2) Michigan Tech | Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN Attendance: 6,844 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Burke | Goalies | Jamie Phillips | Referees: Butch Mousseaux Pete Friesema | |
| Mitchell McLain (Mercier, Burke) - 9:40 Brent Tate (Mingo, Walker) - 2:16 |
1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 4 2 – 5 |
11:29 - Reid Sturos (Auk, Pietila) 16:49 - Tyler Heinonen (Johnstone, Watson) 5:23 - Tyler Heinonen (Johnstone, Neville) 7:54 - Mike Neville (Auk, Johnstone) 18:12 - en - Joel L'Esperance (Heinonen) | ||
| 2 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 24 | Shots | 32 | ||
(5) Ferris State vs. (1) Minnesota State[]
| March 20, 2015 7:30 pm CDT |
(5) Ferris State | 0 – 4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1) |
(1) Minnesota State | Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN Attendance: 6,844 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. J. Motte | Goalies | Stephon Williams | Referees: Kevin Langseth Chris Perrault | |
| 0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 |
12:24 - Brad McClure 15:18 - Brad McClure (C. Nelson, Jutzi) 18:16 - pp - C. J. Franklin (McClure, Williams) 17:57 - en - Bryce Gervais | |||
| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 25 | Shots | 25 | ||
Championship[]
All times are local (UTC−5).
(2) Michigan Tech vs. (1) Minnesota State[]
| March 21, 2015 6:00 pm CDT |
(2) Michigan Tech | 2 – 5 (1–1, 1–0, 0–4) |
(1) Minnesota State | Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN Attendance: 8,204 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Phillips | Goalies | Stephon Williams | Referees: Kevin Langseth Chris Perrault | |
| Blake Pietila (Johnstone, Hanna) - pp - 6:04 Alex Petan (Hanna, Johnstone) - pp - 2:44 |
1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 4 2 – 5 |
9:28 - Chase Grant (Stern, Blueger) 8:08 - Jordan Nelson (Huntebrinker, Stern) 11:29 - Brad McClure (Huntebrinker, Palmquist) 14:25 - pp - Brad McClure (Blueger, Jutzi) 18:40 - pp - Brad McClure (Palmquist, Flanagan) | ||
| 14 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 25 | Shots | 28 | ||
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[]
- F Tyler Heinonen, So. (Michigan Tech)
- F David Johnstone, Sr. (Michigan Tech)
- F Brad McClure*, Fr. (Minnesota State)
- D Zach Palmquist, Sr. (Minnesota State)
- D Brett Stern, Sr. (Minnesota State)
- G Stephon Williams, Jr. (Minnesota State)
References[]
- ↑ WCHA playoff central. U.S. College Hockey Online. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved on March 22, 2015.
- ↑ Final Five MVP McClure Scores Three as Minnesota State Repeats as Broadmoor Trophy Champions. Western Collegiate Hockey Association (March 21, 2015). Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved on March 22, 2015.
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