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1993 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 1993 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 34th conference playoff in league history and 41st season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 12 and March 20, 1993. 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, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1993 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 12–20, 1993
Teams10
Finals siteCivic Center
St. Paul, Minnesota
ChampionsMinnesota[1] (8th title)
Winning coachDoug Woog[2] (1st title)
MVPTravis Richards[3] (Minnesota)
Attendance50,737
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

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The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All nine conference teams participated in the tournament as did Alaska-Anchorage which was slated to join the WCHA as a full member the following year. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 9 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated while Alaska-Anchorage was seeded tenth. 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 1993 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

1992–93 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota-Duluth† 32 21 9 2 44 161 118 40 27 11 2 202 142
Wisconsin 32 18 11 3 39 138 107 42 24 15 3 192 146
Minnesota* 32 16 9 7 39 128 123 42 22 12 8 167 155
Michigan Tech 32 15 12 5 35 134 116 37 17 15 5 151 134
Northern Michigan 32 15 13 5 34 135 122 43 21 18 4 178 161
Denver 32 15 15 2 32 122 138 38 19 17 2 143 156
St. Cloud State 32 14 16 2 30 121 123 36 15 18 3 143 141
North Dakota 32 11 20 1 23 118 146 38 12 25 1 138 173
Colorado College 32 6 26 0 12 110 174 36 8 28 0 134 195
Championship: Minnesota
† 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 12–13		Quarterfinal
March 18		Semifinals
March 19		Championship
March 20
1Minnesota-Duluth74—
10Alaska-Anchorage20—
1Minnesota-Duluth2
2Wisconsin610—4Michigan Tech35Northern Michigan6
9Colorado College33—5Northern Michigan4
3Minnesota65*—3Minnesota5
8North Dakota44—5Northern Michigan3
4Michigan Tech36—
7St. Cloud State15—2Wisconsin2
3Minnesota3*
5Northern Michigan57—
6Denver30—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

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(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (10) Alaska-Anchorage

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March 12 Minnesota-Duluth 7 – 2 Alaska-Anchorage Duluth Arena Auditorium
March 13 Minnesota-Duluth 4 – 0 Alaska-Anchorage Duluth Arena Auditorium
Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–0


(2) Wisconsin vs. (9) Colorado College

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March 12 Wisconsin 6 – 3 Colorado College Dane County Coliseum
March 13 Wisconsin 10 – 3 Colorado College Dane County Coliseum
Wisconsin won series 2–0


(3) Minnesota vs. (8) North Dakota

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March 12 Minnesota 6 – 4 North Dakota Mariucci Arena
March 13 Minnesota 5 – 4 OT North Dakota Mariucci Arena
Minnesota won series 2–0


(4) Michigan Tech vs. (7) St. Cloud State

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March 12 Michigan Tech 3 – 1 St. Cloud State MacInnes Student Ice Arena
March 13 Michigan Tech 6 – 5 St. Cloud State MacInnes Student Ice Arena
Michigan Tech won series 2–0


(5) Northern Michigan vs. (6) Denver

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March 12 Northern Michigan 5 – 3 Denver Lakeview Arena
March 13 Northern Michigan 7 – 0 Denver Lakeview Arena
Northern Michigan won series 2–0


Quarterfinal

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(4) Michigan Tech vs. (5) Northern Michigan

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March 18 Michigan Tech 3 – 4 Northern Michigan Civic Center


Semifinals

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(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (5) Northern Michigan

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March 19 Minnesota-Duluth 2 – 6 Northern Michigan Civic Center


(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Minnesota

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March 19 Wisconsin 2 – 3 OT Minnesota Civic Center


Third Place

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(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (2) Wisconsin

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March 20 Minnesota-Duluth 7 – 5 Wisconsin Civic Center


Championship

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(3) Minnesota vs. (5) Northern Michigan

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March 20 Minnesota 5 – 3 Northern Michigan Civic Center


Tournament awards

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All-Tournament Team

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MVP

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Minnesota Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Doug Woog 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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