1989 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1989 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 30th conference playoff in league history and 37th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between February 24 and March 6, 1989. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Four' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Northern Michigan was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. Teams were 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 earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advanced to the semifinal and championship rounds held at the Civic Center. All Final Four games used a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top remaining seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game while the two other semifinalists meeting with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers competing in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings[4]

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
Minnesota†35276256157914834113209134
Northern Michigan*3520132421631104526172212144
Wisconsin3517135391261084625165168134
North Dakota3519151391311194122181164138
Denver3516172341431444322192179178
Michigan Tech3515191311281504215252142188
Minnesota-Duluth3512212261061354015232126153
Colorado College359233211151574011263133179
Championship: Northern Michigan
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  First Round
February 24–27		 Semifinals
March 5		 Championship
March 6
                               
  1 Minnesota 5 7 — 1 Minnesota 1  
8 Colorado College 4 1 — 5 Denver 2  
  2 Northern Michigan 7 7 —
7 Minnesota-Duluth 2 3 —     2 Northern Michigan 9
  5 Denver 4
  3 Wisconsin 5 5 —
6 Michigan Tech 2 3 —
Third place
  4 North Dakota 7 4 2 2 Northern Michigan 4
5 Denver 1 5 3 3 Wisconsin 2   1 Minnesota 3
3 Wisconsin 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First Round

(1) Minnesota vs. (8) Colorado College

Minnesota won series 2–0

(2) Northern Michigan vs. (7) Minnesota-Duluth

Northern Michigan won series 2–0

(3) Wisconsin vs. (6) Michigan Tech

Wisconsin won series 2–0

(4) North Dakota vs. (5) Denver

Denver won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Minnesota vs. (5) Denver

(2) Northern Michigan vs. (3) Wisconsin

Third Place

(1) Minnesota vs. (3) Wisconsin

Championship

(2) Northern Michigan vs. (5) Denver

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[5]

  • F Phil Berger (Northern Michigan)
  • F Doug MacDonald (Wisconsin)
  • F Jay Moore (Denver)
  • D John Goode (Northern Michigan)
  • D Darryl Olsen (Northern Michigan)
  • G Bill Pye* (Northern Michigan)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Northern Michigan Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. ↑ "Rick Comley Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. ↑ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  5. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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