2010 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2010 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 12 and March 20, 2010 at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. North Dakota received the Broadmoor Trophy as the tournament's champions, and was awarded the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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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

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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
#4 Denver 28 19 5 4 42 92 65 41 27 10 4 133 99
#2 Wisconsin 28 17 8 3 37 109 76 43 28 11 4 171 111
#5 St. Cloud State 28 15 9 4 34 90 77 43 24 14 5 138 122
Minnesota–Duluth 28 16 11 1 33 90 77 40 22 17 1 126 109
#7 North Dakota* 28 15 10 3 33 89 61 43 25 13 5 140 91
Colorado College 28 12 13 3 27 88 85 39 19 17 3 123 113
Minnesota 28 12 14 2 26 80 76 39 18 19 2 106 110
Minnesota State 28 9 17 2 20 75 92 39 16 20 3 110 112
Alaska–Anchorage 28 9 17 2 20 66 106 36 11 23 2 87 141
Michigan Tech 28 4 24 0 8 59 118 36 5 30 1 74 148
Championship: North Dakota
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first round

First round
March 12–14
Quarterfinal
March 18
Semifinals
March 19
Championship
March 20
1Denver24
10Michigan Tech12
1Denver3
2Wisconsin475Minnesota-Duluth04North Dakota4
9Alaska Anchorage124North Dakota2
3St. Cloud State433*4North Dakota5
8Minnesota State5*223St. Cloud State3
4North Dakota624
7Minnesota0312Wisconsin0
3St. Cloud State2
5Minnesota-Duluth3*34
6Colorado College250

Note: * denotes overtime periods

First round

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(1) Denver vs. (10) Michigan Tech

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March 12 Denver 2 – 1 Michigan Tech Magness Arena Recap  
Jesse Martin (Maiani, Ostrow) - 00:37 First period 15:31 - Cark Nielsen (Pietila, MacLeod)
Brian Gifford (Shore, Knowlton) - 15:45 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Marc Cheverie ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats Josh Robinson ( 38 saves / 40 shots )
March 13 Denver 4 – 2 Michigan Tech Magness Arena Recap  
Jesse Martin (Ostrow) - 6:22 First period 11:48 - pp - Ryan Bunger (Cousens, Gwilliam)
John Lee (Donovan, Ruegsegger) - 18:24
Joe Colborne (Rakhshani) - sh - 19:54
Second period No scoring
Kyle Ostrow (Martin, Maiani) - 10:53 Third period 8:24 - Peter Rohn (Gwilliam)
Marc Cheverie ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Josh Robinson ( 30 saves / 34 shots )
Denver wins series 2–0


(2) Wisconsin vs. (9) Alaska-Anchorage

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March 12 Wisconsin 4 – 1 Alaska-Anchorage Kohl Center Recap  
Michael Davies (Stepan) - 18:10 First period No scoring
Aaron Bendickson (Ramage, B. Smith) - 00:47
Jake Gardiner (Geoffrion) - sh - 12:03
Craig Smith (Street, Goloubef) - 16:03
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:13 - Craig Parkinson (Grant, Backstrom)
Scott Gudmandson ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Josh Olthuis ( 25 saves / 29 shots )
March 13 Wisconsin 7 – 2 Alaska-Anchorage Kohl Center Recap  
Blake Geoffrion (C. Smith, Bohmbach) - 3:32
Michael Davies (Stepan, Street) - 18:46
First period 19:36 - Trevor Hunt (Lafranchise, Naslund)
Derek Stepan (B. Smith) - pp - 18:11
Justin Schultz (Geoffrion, B. Smith) - pp - 19:22
Second period 15:27 - Curtis Leinweber (Currier, Bruijsten)
Aaron Bendickson (Stepan, Street) - 13:06
Aaron Bendickson (Bohmbach, Mitchell) - 13:18
Blake Geoffrion (B. Smith, Davies) - 18:38
Third period No scoring
Scott Gudmandson ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Goalie stats Bryce Christianson ( 27 saves / 34 shots )
Wisconsin wins series 2–0


(3) St. Cloud State vs. (8) Minnesota State

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March 12 St. Cloud State 4 – 5 OT Minnesota State National Hockey Center Recap  
Garrett Raboin - pp - 05:56 First period No scoring
Travis Novak - sh - 09:52
Ben Hanowski - 13:08
Second period 19:32 - pp - Evan Mosey
Tony Mosey - 11:21 Third period 10:38 - Andrew Sackrison
13:39 - sh - Kael Mouillerat
19:59 - Geoff Irwin
No scoring First overtime period 00:20 - Kael Mouillerat
Dan Dunn ( 30 saves / 35 shots ) Goalie stats Phil Cook ( 27 saves / 31 shots )
March 13 St. Cloud State 3 – 2 Minnesota State National Hockey Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 6:39 - Geoff Irwin
16:39 - "pp" - Ben Youds
David Eddy - 0:52
Garrett Roe - 6:31
Garrett Roe - 6:51
Third period No scoring
Mike Lee ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats Phil Cook ( 20 saves / 23 shots )
March 14 St. Cloud State 3 – 2 OT Minnesota State National Hockey Center  
No scoring First period No scoring
Garrett Roe - 16:06 Second period 11:14 - Tyler Pitlick
Jason Wiley - 10:20 Third period 12:29 - Garrett Raboin
Drew LaBlanc - "pp" - 3:21 First overtime period No scoring
Mike Lee ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats Phil Cook ( 23 saves / 26 shots )
St. Cloud State wins series 2-1


(4) North Dakota vs. (7) Minnesota

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March 12 North Dakota 6 – 0 Minnesota Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
Danny Kristo - 01:39
Chris VandeVeide - sh - 16:07
Brad Malone - 19:05
First period No scoring
Matt Frattin - 18:50 Second period No scoring
Mario Lamoureux - 07:46
Matt Frattin - 15:33
Third period No scoring
Brad Eidsness ( 27 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Alex Kangas ( 21 saves / 25 shots )
Kent Patterson ( 7 saves / 9 shots )
March 13 North Dakota 2 – 3 Minnesota Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 17:20 - "pp" Mike Hoeffel
Corbin Knight - 7:03 Second period No scoring
Matt Frattin - 10:44 Third period 12:10 - "pp" - Jacob Cepis
12:58 - Seth Helgeson
19:59 - "eng" - Jordan Schroeder
Brad Eidsness ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Alex Kangas ( 41 saves / 43 shots )
March 14 North Dakota 4 – 1 Minnesota Ralph Engelstad Arena  
Ben Blood - "pp" - 4:59 First period 11:10 - Jake Hansen
Jason Gregoire - 16:18 Second period
Matt Frattin - "pp" - 11:24
Brett Hextall - "eng" - 19:17
Third period
Brad Eidsness ( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Goalie stats Alex Kangas ( 25 saves / 29 shots )
North Dakota wins series 2-1


(5) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (6) Colorado College

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March 12 Minnesota-Duluth 3 – 2 OT Colorado College Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Recap  
Rob Bordson - 08:48 First period 09:50 - Nick Dineen
Rob Bordson - pp - 12:38 Second period 06:04 - Nick Dineen
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mike Connolly - 06:42 First overtime period No scoring
Kenny Reiter ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats Joe Howe ( 32 saves / 35 shots )
March 13 Minnesota-Duluth 3 – 5 Colorado College Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Recap  
Mike Connolly - "pp" - 2:37 First period No scoring
Jordan Fulton - "pp" - 7:19
Travis Oleksuk - "pp" - 10:56
Second period 2:33 - Tyler Johnson
7:19 - Addison DeBoer
15:52 - "pp" - Mike Testwuide
No scoring Third period 5:17 - Scott Winkler
19:45 - "eng" - Nick Dinneen
Kenny Reiter ( 32 saves / 37 shots ) Goalie stats Joe Howe ( 24 saves / 26 shots )
March 14 Minnesota-Duluth 4 – 0 Colorado College Duluth Entertainment Convention Center  
Kyle Schmidt - 2:39 First period No scoring
Brady Lamb - 5:26
Rob Bordson - "pp" - 19:43
Second period No scoring
Mike Connolly - 0:46 Third period No scoring
Kenny Reiter ( 15 saves / 15 shots ) Goalie stats Joe Howe ( 13 saves / 17 shots )
Minnesota-Duluth wins series 2-1


Quarterfinal

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(4) North Dakota vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth

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March 18 Minnesota-Duluth 0 – 2 North Dakota Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 12:22 - "sh" - Jason Gregoire
18:01 - Evan Trupp
Kenny Reiter ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Brad Eidsness ( 22 saves / 22 shots )


Semifinals

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(1) Denver vs. (4) North Dakota

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March 19 Denver 3 – 4 North Dakota Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No scoring First period 7:59 - "pp" - Chris VandeVelde
Matt Donovan - 18:25 Second period 4:41 - Evan Trupp
19:13 - "pp" - Evan Trupp
Brad Malone - "pp" - 4:15
Chris Knowlton - "sh" - 19:23
Third period 13:59 - Chris Knowlton
Marc Cheverie ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats Brad Eidsness ( 23 saves / 26 shots )


(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) St. Cloud State

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March 19 Wisconsin 0 – 2 St. Cloud State Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 19:07 - "pp" - Ryan Lasch
No scoring Third period 19:04 - "eng" - Travis Novak
Scott Gudmandson ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats Mike Lee ( 37 saves / 37 shots )


Third place

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(2) Wisconsin vs. (1) Denver

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March 20 Wisconsin 6 – 3 Denver Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Ben Street - 2:21
Derek Stepan - 4:58
Blake Geoffrion - pp - 11:08
First period No scoring
Blake Geoffrion - 8:54
Sean Dolan - 11:30
Second period 0:25 - pp - Rhett Rakhshani
Michael Davies - 16:16 Third period 4:40 - pp - Jesse Martin
6:22 - Nate Dewhurst
Scott Gudmandson ( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats Marc Cheverie ( 8 saves / 11 shots )
Adam Murray ( 34 saves / 37 shots )


Championship

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(3) St. Cloud State vs. (4) North Dakota

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March 20 St. Cloud State 3 – 5 North Dakota Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Garrett Raboin - 0:40
David Eddy - 0:55
First period 5:59 - "pp" - Corban Knight
17:06 - Brad Malone
David Eddy - 16:46 Second period 5:22 - Danny Kristo (ice hockey)
6:05 - Chris VandeVelde
No scoring Third period 19:19 - "eng" - Matt Frattin
Mike Lee ( 23 saves / 27 shots )
Dan Dunn ( 11 saves / 11 shots )
Goalie stats Brad Eidsness ( 29 saves / 32 shots )


Tournament awards

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[1]

Evan Trupp, (North Dakota)

References

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  1. ^ "WCHA Tourney History". WCHA. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
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