| 2016 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |||
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| Dates | March 11–19, 2016 | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Finals site | Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, Michigan | ||
| Champions | Ferris State (1st title) | ||
| Winning coach | Bob Daniels (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Darren Smith (Ferris State) | ||
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The 2016 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2016, at four conference arenas and the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Ferris State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2016 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 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 Van Andel Arena 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
| 2015–16 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#12 Michigan Tech  |
28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 92 | 55 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 123 | 77 | |
| #15 Minnesota State |
28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 82 | 48 | 41 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 105 | 80 | |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 81 | 59 | 42 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 118 | 91 | |
| Ferris State* | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 73 | 70 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 112 | 109 | |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 65 | 69 | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 89 | 99 | |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 66 | 66 | 39 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 96 | 96 | |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 49 | 71 | 41 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 74 | 105 | |
| Alaska | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 65 | 87 | 36 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 86 | 117 | |
| Alaska Anchorage | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 63 | 84 | 34 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 81 | 103 | |
| Alabama–Huntsville | 28 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 61 | 88 | 34 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 73 | 106 | |
| Championship: Ferris State indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[]
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First round March 11–13 |
Semifinals March 18 |
Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan Tech | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | Michigan Tech | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Alaska | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | Ferris State | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Minnesota State | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Lake Superior State | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Ferris State | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Minnesota State | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bowling Green | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Bemidji State | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ferris State | 3 | 5 | — | 2 | Minnesota State | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Northern Michigan | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | Bowling Green | 1 | |||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods
First round[]
All times are local.
(1) Michigan Tech vs. (8) Alaska[]
| March 11, 2016 7:07 pm CDT |
(8) Alaska | 1 – 7 (1–2, 0–3, 0–2) |
(1) Michigan Tech | MacInnes Student Ice Arena, Houghton, MI Attendance: 2,709 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Jones (40:00) Jesse Jenks (20:00) |
Goalies | Jamie Phillips | Referees: Mike Elam Dan Kovarik | |
| Tyler Morley – 11:05 | 0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 5 1 – 6 1 – 7 |
8:36 – Joel L'Esperance (Gould, Watson) 13:29 – Dylan Steman (Petan, Watson) 4:05 – Jake Lucchini (Vallis, Roy) 13:12 – Joel L'Esperance (Heinonen, Steman) 14:28 – Alex Gillies (Lucchini, Hanna) 7:38 – Cliff Watson (Heinonen, Steman) 15:24 – C.J. Eick (Petan, Watson) | ||
| 8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 21 | Shots | 42 | ||
| March 12, 2016 7:07 pm CDT |
(8) Alaska | 3 – 5 (1–2, 2–2, 0–1) |
(1) Michigan Tech | MacInnes Student Ice Arena, Houghton, MI Attendance: 3,018 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Jones | Goalies | Jamie Phillips | Referees: Mike Elam Dan Kovarik | |
| Chad Staley (Erickson, Morley) – 2:27 Tyler Morley (Atkinson, Woods) – pp – 11:46 Marcus Basara (Atkinson, Huysmans) – pp – 17:23 |
1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 4 2 – 4 3 – 4 3 – 5 |
12:09 – Alex Petan 12:40 – Reid Sturos (Vallis, Neville) 3:48 – Alex Gillies (Baltus, Auk) 4:39 – Joel L'Esperance (Eick, Vallis) 19:25 – en – Malcolm Gould | ||
| 8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 24 | Shots | 40 | ||
(2) Minnesota State vs. (7) Lake Superior State[]
| March 11, 2016 7:07 pm CDT |
(7) Lake Superior State | 2 – 5 |
(2) Minnesota State |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 12, 2016 7:07 pm CDT |
(7) Lake Superior State | 2 – 0 |
(2) Minnesota State |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2016 7:07 pm CDT |
(7) Lake Superior State | 0 – 3 |
(2) Minnesota State |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
(3) Bowling Green vs. (6) Bemidji State[]
| March 11, 2016 7:07 pm CDT |
(6) Bemidji State | 3 – 1 |
(3) Bowling Green |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 12, 2016 7:07 pm CDT |
(6) Bemidji State | 2 – 7 |
(3) Bowling Green |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2016 7:07 pm CDT |
(6) Bemidji State | 1 – 3 |
(3) Bowling Green |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
(4) Ferris State vs. (5) Northern Michigan[]
| March 11, 2016 7:07 pm CDT |
(5) Northern Michigan | 2 – 3 |
(4) Ferris State |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 12, 2016 7:07 pm CDT |
(5) Northern Michigan | 2 – 5 |
(4) Ferris State |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Semifinals[]
All times are local (UTC−4).
(3) Bowling Green vs. (2) Minnesota State[]
| March 18, 2016 4:07 pm EDT |
(3) Bowling Green | 1 – 2 (0–2, 0–0, 1–0) |
(2) Minnesota State | Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan Attendance: 5,044 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Nell | Goalies | Cole Huggins | Referees: Pete Friesema Tony Czech | |
Mitchell McLain (Pohlkamp, Cooper) – pp – 16:05 |
0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 |
5:18 – Brad McClure (Brickley) 7:00 – Casey Nelson (Franklin, Knutson) | ||
| 12 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 24 | Shots | 23 | ||
(4) Ferris State vs. (1) Michigan Tech[]
| March 18, 2016 7:37 pm EDT |
(4) Ferris State | 1 – 0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0) |
(1) Michigan Tech | Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan Attendance: 5,044 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Smith | Goalies | Jamie Phillips | Referees: Tony Czech Chris Perrault | |
Kenny Babinski (Dorantes, O'Rourke) – 11:15 |
1 – 0 | |||
| 8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
| 33 | Shots | 30 | ||
Championship[]
All times are local (UTC−4).
(4) Ferris State vs. (2) Minnesota State[]
| March 19, 2016 6:07 pm EDT |
(4) Ferris State | 2 – 1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0) |
(2) Minnesota State | Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan Attendance: 4,048 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Smith | Goalies | Cole Huggins | Referees: Tony Czech Chris Perrault | |
| Brandon Anselmini (Lowney, Dorantes) – pp – 14:55 Gerald Mayhew – ps – 19:34 |
0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 |
10:33 – pp – Bryce Gervais (McClure, Jutzi) | ||
| 27 min | Penalties | 31 min | ||
| 29 | Shots | 14 | ||
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[]
References[]
- ↑ WCHA playoff central. U.S. College Hockey Online. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved on March 17, 2016.
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