2019 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2019 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019 on campus locations. By winning the tournament, Minnesota State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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The first two rounds of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. The top eight conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The higher seeded teams each earned home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams. (teams will NOT be re-seeded with each proceeding round).[1]

The final was a single game held at the campus site of the highest remaining seed.

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#6 Minnesota State †* 28 22 5 1 1 68 99 43 42 32 8 2 147 76
Northern Michigan 28 18 8 2 0 56 82 57 39 21 16 2 104 96
#13 Bowling Green 28 16 8 4 3 55 77 52 41 25 11 5 133 75
Lake Superior State 28 16 10 2 0 50 91 69 38 23 13 2 123 93
Bemidji State 28 13 11 4 2 45 71 63 38 15 17 6 95 94
Michigan Tech 28 13 12 3 1 43 68 63 38 14 20 4 90 101
Alaska 28 12 14 2 2 40 57 81 36 12 21 3 72 114
Alabama–Huntsville 28 8 18 2 2 28 61 93 38 8 28 2 67 129
Ferris State 28 7 18 3 0 24 68 96 36 10 23 3 90 123
Alaska Anchorage 28 2 23 3 2 11 29 86 34 3 28 3 40 115
Championship: March 23, 2019
† indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
March 8–9
Semifinals
March 15–16
Championship
March 23
             
1 Minnesota State 3 4 X
8 Alabama–Huntsville 1 1 X
1 Minnesota State 2 2 X
4 Lake Superior 1 0 X
4 Lake Superior 4 3 X
5 Bemidji State 2 1 X
1 Minnesota State 3*
3 Bowling Green 2
3 Bowling Green 3 6 X
6 Michigan Tech 2 2 X
2 Northern Michigan 1 1 X
3 Bowling Green 6 2** X
2 Northern Michigan 5** 4 X
7 Alaska 4 3 X

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

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Quarterfinals

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(1) Minnesota State vs. (8) Alabama–Huntsville

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March 8 Minnesota State 3-1 Alabama–Huntsville Verizon Arena Recap  
(Rivera, French) Walker Duehr (9) - 05:09 First period No scoring
(Gerard, Scheid) Marc Michaelis (17) - GW PP - 04:48 Second period 16:28 - Connor Merkley (3) (Finnson, Dunn)
(Scheid, Tuomie) Marc Michaelis (22) - PP - 05:26 Third period No scoring
( 12 saves / 13 shots ) Dryden McKay Goalie stats Mark Sinclair ( 32 saves / 35 shots )
March 9 Minnesota State 4–1 Alabama–Huntsville Verizon Arena Recap  
(Jaremko, Mackey) Reggie Lutz (5) - PP - 01:44
(Gerard) Parker Tuomie (14) - GW - 08:57
First period No scoring
(Jaremko, Coatta) Reggie Lutz (6) - PP - 14:25
(Tuomie) Marc Michaelis (19) - 15:36
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 10:16 - Adam Wilcox (3) (Wood)
( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Dryden McKay Goalie stats Mark Sinclair ( 27 saves / 31 shots )
Minnesota State wins series 2–0


(2) Northern Michigan vs. (7) Alaska

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March 8 Northern Michigan 5–4 2OT Alaska Berry Events Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 16:38 - Tyler Cline (9) (Staley)
(Loughran, Readman) Joseph Nardi (8) - 02:09
(Frantti, Loven) Vincent de Mey (4) - 03:31
Second period 10:30 - Kyle Marino (5) (LaDouce, Doyle)
12:46 - Steven Jandric (9) (Newton, Young)
16:05 - Chase Ellingson (1) (Hope)
(Nardi, Readman) Griffin Loughran (6) - PP - 06:51
(Craighead, Beaulieu) Adam Rockwood (7) - EA - 19:46
Third period No scoring
(Loughran, Beaulieu) Joseph Nardi (9) - GW - 10:30 Second overtime period No scoring
( 38 saves / 42 shots ) Atte Tolvanen Goalie stats Anton Martinsson ( 39 saves / 44 shots )
March 9 Northern Michigan 4–3 Alaska Berry Events Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 08:06 - Kylar Hope (8) (Leiter, Jandric)
(Black, Rockwood) Denver Pierce (10) - 12:54
(Klee, Loven) Vincent de Mey (5) - 13:36
Second period 08:28 - Kyle Marino (6) (Doyle)
(Pierce) Troy Loggins (23) - 09:59
(Rockwood, Loggins) Darien Craighead (9) - GW PP - 11:58
Third period 17:52 - EA - Tyler Cline (6) (Thompson, Jandric)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Atte Tolvanen Goalie stats Anton Martinsson ( 26 saves / 30 shots )
Northern Michigan wins series 2–0


(3) Bowling Green vs. (6) Michigan Tech

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March 8 Bowling Green 3–2 Michigan Tech Slater Family Ice Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 06:56 - Raymond Brice (3) (Parrottino, Reitmeier)
No scoring Second period 18:18 - SH - Alec Broetzman (8) (Reitmeier)
(Barber, Johnson) Connor Ford (14) - PP - 11:55
(Smith, Pohlkamp) Frédéric Létourneau (14) - 12:10
(Ford, Kruse) Max Johnson (14) - GW PP - 13:41
Third period No scoring
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Ryan Bednard Goalie stats Matt Jurusik ( 38 saves / 41 shots )
March 9 Bowling Green 6–2 Michigan Tech Slater Family Ice Arena Recap  
(Johnson) Adam Smith (2) - 05:25
(Wright, Pohlkamp) Max Johnson (16) - 09:30
(Kruse, Johnson) Connor Ford (15) - GW PP - 10:24
First period 04:35 - PP - Jake Lucchini (10) (Bliss, Smith)
11:54 - Jake Lucchini (3) (Smith, Donohue)
(Schneider, Theorcharidis) Max Johnson (17) - PP - 07:36 Second period No scoring
(unassisted) Frédéric Létourneau (6) - PS - 09:08
(unassisted) Connor McDonald (1) - SH EN - 11:05
Third period No scoring
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Ryan Bednard Goalie stats Matt Jurusik ( 25 saves / 30 shots ) / Devin Kero ( 4 saves / 4 shots )
Bowling Green wins series 2-0


(4) Lake Superior State vs. (5) Bemidji State

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March 8 Lake Superior State 4–2 Bemidji State Taffy Abel Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 07:20 - Nick Cardelli (9) (Harris, Billett)
(Eriksson) Diego Cuglietta (24) - 05:17
(Saccoman, Calder) Lukas Kaelble (2) - PP - 18:29
Second period No scoring
(Calder, Saccoman) Anthony Nellis (15) - GW PP - 09:49
(unassisted) Max Humitz (15) - EN - 19:44
Third period 10:27 - EA - Brad Johnson (3) (Sillinger, Combs)
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Nick Kossoff Goalie stats Zach Driscoll ( 17 saves / 20 shots )
March 9 Lake Superior State 3–1 Bemidji State Taffy Abel Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Nordqvist, Nellis) Max Humitz (16) - 09:29 Second period 12:01 - Justin Baudry (9) (Somoza, Ierullo)
(Nordqvist, Cuglietta) Hampus Eriksson (3) - GW PP - 06:30
(Cuglietta) Collin Saccoman (10) - EN - 19:22
Third period No scoring
( 39 saves / 40 shots ) Nick Kossoff Goalie stats Zach Driscoll ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
Lake Superior State wins series 2–0


Semifinals

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(1) Minnesota State vs. (4) Lake Superior State

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March 15 Minnesota State 2–1 Lake Superior State Verizon Arena Recap  
(Tuomie, Michaelis) Charlie Gerard (11) - 06:18
(French, Mackey) Walker Duehr (10) - GW - 07:20
First period 01:37 - Diego Cuglietta (25) (Humitz, Ruggiero)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 20 saves / 21 shots ) Dryden McKay Goalie stats Nick Kossoff ( 29 saves / 31 shots )
March 16 Minnesota State 2–0 Lake Superior State Verizon Arena Recap  
(Michaelis, Gerard) Julian Napravnik (8) - GW PP - 12:14
(Coatta, Scheid) Reggie Lutz (7) - PP - 13:27
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 31 saves / 31 shots ) Dryden McKay Goalie stats Nick Kossoff ( 28 saves / 30 shots )
Minnesota State wins series 2–0


(2) Northern Michigan vs. (3) Bowling Green

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March 15 Northern Michigan 1–6 Bowling Green Berry Events Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 01:35 - Max Johnson (18) (Létourneau)
05:42 - GW - Adam Smith (3) (Ford, Létourneau)
(Loggins, Rockwood) Griffin Loughran (7) - 8:55 Third period 00:30 - PP - Brandon Kruse (9) (Rauhauser, Johnson)
01:23 - PP - Connor Ford (16) (Rauhauser, Johnson)
11:12 - Max Johnson (19) (Kruse, Johnson)
19:54 - Cameron Wright (9) (Barber, Linkenheld)
( 36 saves / 42 shots ) Atte Tolvanen Goalie stats Ryan Bednard ( 26 saves / 27 shots )
March 16 Northern Michigan 1–2 2OT Bowling Green Berry Events Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 15:12 - Connor Ford (17) (Pohlkamp, Baylis)
(Beaulieu, Rockwood) Darien Craighead (10) - 00:21 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring Second overtime period 02:09 - GW - Sam Craggs (8) (Cullen, Rauhauser)
( 41 saves / 43 shots ) Atte Tolvanen Goalie stats Ryan Bednard ( 40 saves / 41 shots )
Bowling Green wins series 2–0


Championship

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(1) Minnesota State vs. (3) Bowling Green

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March 23 Minnesota State 3–2 OT Bowling Green Verizon Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 14:56 - Frédéric Létourneau (7) (Schneider, Cullen)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Zmolek, Coatta) Jake Jaremko (6) - EA - 18:16
(McNeely, Tuomie) Connor Mackey (7) - EA - 19:04
Third period 01:28 - PP - Alec Rauhauser (4) (Johnson, Ford)
(French, McMahan) Nick Rivera (15) - GW - 01:37 First overtime period No scoring
( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Dryden McKay Goalie stats Ryan Bednard ( 24 saves / 27 shots )


Tournament awards

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Nick Rivera (Minnesota State)

References

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  1. ^ "WCHA Postseason Tournament - Western Collegiate Hockey Association".