The 2009 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was an American college ice hockey tournament in 2009 played between March 13 and March 21, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Minnesota-Duluth won their third WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 2009 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
 2009 WCHA Final Five logo | |
| Dates | March 13–21, 2009 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Champions | Minnesota-Duluth (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Scott Sandelin (1st title) |
| MVP | Alex Stalock (Minnesota-Duluth) |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
editThe 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
editNote: 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 | ||
| #13 North Dakota† | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 96 | 74 | 43 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 146 | 118 | |
| #7 Denver | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 96 | 68 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 132 | 96 | |
| Wisconsin | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 92 | 78 | 40 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 131 | 106 | |
| Colorado College | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 79 | 82 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 103 | 103 | |
| Minnesota | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 87 | 83 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 119 | 105 | |
| St. Cloud State | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 83 | 81 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 122 | 107 | |
| #8 Minnesota–Duluth* | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 78 | 72 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 128 | 98 | |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 88 | 90 | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 117 | 122 | |
| Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 69 | 93 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 95 | 111 | |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 94 | 38 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 62 | 122 | |
| Championship: Minnesota–Duluth † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Tiebreakers
edit- Wisconsin and Colorado College each finished the regular season with 31 points. Wisconsin won the tiebreaker, having the better head-to-head record of the two teams.[1]
Bracket
editTeams are reseeded after the first round
| First round March 13–14 | Quarterfinal March 19 | Semifinals March 20 | Championship March 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota | 5 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Michigan Tech | 1 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Denver | 3 | 4 | — | 4 | Minnesota | 1 | 5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Alaska-Anchorage | 2 | 3 | — | 5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Wisconsin | 7 | 4 | — | 2 | Denver | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Minnesota State | 1 | 2 | — | 5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | Denver | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Wisconsin | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Minnesota | 4 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | St. Cloud State | 2 | 0 | — | ||||||||||||||||
First round
edit(1) North Dakota vs. (10) Michigan Tech
edit| March 13 | North Dakota | 5 – 1 | Michigan Tech | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
| Chris VandeVelde - 17:04 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Duncan - pp - 03:00 Evan Trupp - 06:08 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Darcy Zajac - sh - 10:13 Mario Lamoureux - 11:13 |
Third period | 06:13 - pp - Alex MacLeod | ||||||
| Brad Eidsness ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Rob Nolan ( 26 saves / 31 shots ) Josh Robinson ( 5 saves / 0 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | North Dakota | 4 – 3 | Michigan Tech | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 18:54 - pp - Alex MacLeod | ||||||
| Ryan Duncan - pp - 08:30 Ryan Duncan - pp - 10:31 Ryan Duncan - 11:46 |
Second period | 17:31 - pp - Jordan Baker | ||||||
| Matt Frattin - 05:29 | Third period | 16:35 - Drew Dobson | ||||||
| Brad Eidsness ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Josh Robinson ( 10 saves / 13 shots ) Rob Nolan ( 5 saves / 6 shots ) | ||||||
| North Dakota won series 2–0 | |
(2) Denver vs. (9) Alaska-Anchorage
edit| March 13 | Denver | 3 – 2 | Alaska-Anchorage | Magness Arena | Recap | |||
| Tyler Ruegsegger - pp - 15:35 Tyler Ruegsegger - 17:33 |
First period | 03:52 - Luka Vidmar 05:45 - Kevin Clark | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jesse Martin - 13:03 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marc Cheverie ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jon Olthuis ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Denver | 4 – 3 | Alaska-Anchorage | Magness Arena | Recap | |||
| Rhett Rakhshani - 11:54 Jesse Martin - 18:39 |
First period | 06:54 - Kevin Clark 14:37 - Tommy Grant | ||||||
| Patrick Mullen - pp - 14:36 | Second period | 16:33 - pp - Mat Robinson | ||||||
| Luke Salazar - 19:12 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marc Cheverie ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | Bryce Christianson ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
| Denver won series 2–0 | |
(3) Wisconsin vs. (8) Minnesota State
edit| March 13 | Wisconsin | 7 – 1 | Minnesota State | Kohl Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Derek Stepan - pp - 01:38 Ben Grotting - 10:50 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Blake Geoffrion - 04:46 Jake Gardiner - 08:56 Blake Geoffrion - 17:36 John Mitchell - 18:48 Cody Goloubef - pp - 19:20 |
Third period | 18:10 - Jason Wiley | ||||||
| Shane Connelly ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mike Zacharias ( 47 saves / 50 shots ) Dan Tormey ( 12 saves / 16 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Wisconsin | 4 – 2 | Minnesota State | Kohl Center | Recap | |||
| Ryan McDonagh - 06:48 | First period | 11:21 - Andrew Sackrison | ||||||
| Andy Bohmbach - 08:18 Blake Geoffrion - 13:44 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom Gorowsky - 17:19 | Third period | 17:38 - Adam Mueller | ||||||
| Shane Connelly ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mike Zacharias ( 41 saves / 45 shots ) | ||||||
| Wisconsin won series 2–0 | |
(4) Colorado College vs. (7) Minnesota-Duluth
edit| March 13 | Colorado College | 1 – 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | World Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 10:25 - pp - Josh Meyers 18:02 - pp - MacGregor Sharp | ||||||
| Eric Walsky - pp - 15:53 | Second period | 07:21 - Jordan Fulton | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:52 - Justin Fontaine | ||||||
| Richard Bachman ( 35 saves / 39 shots ) | Goalie stats | Alex Stalock ( 36 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Colorado College | 1 – 3 | Minnesota-Duluth | World Arena | Recap | |||
| Scott McCulloch - pp - 15:32 | First period | 04:47 - pp - Jack Connolly 11:04 - pp - Nick Kemp | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:37 - Michael Gergen | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Richard Bachman ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Alex Stalock ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–0 | |
(5) Minnesota vs. (6) St. Cloud State
edit| March 13 | Minnesota | 4 – 2 | St. Cloud State | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
| Nico Sacchetti - pp - 12:24 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Hoeffel - pp - 14:57 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jay Barriball - 13:41 Ryan Stoa - en - 19:53 |
Third period | 10:03 - Garrett Roe 15:20 - pp - Garrett Roe | ||||||
| Alex Kangas ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jase Weslosky ( 33 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Minnesota | 3 – 0 | St. Cloud State | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
| Ryan Stoa - 04:09 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jay Barriball - pp - 07:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Stoa - en sh - 19:29 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alex Kangas ( 34 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jase Weslosky ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinal
edit(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth
edit| March 19 | Minnesota | 1 – 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 03:46 - MacGregor Sharp | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:34 - Matt Greer | ||||||
| Cade Fairchild - 06:08 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alex Kangas ( 9 saves / 10 shots ) Kent Patterson ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) |
Goalie stats | Alex Stalock ( 39 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
Semifinals
edit(1) North Dakota vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth
edit| March 20 | North Dakota | 0 – 3 | Minnesota-Duluth | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 05:10 - sh - MacGregor Sharp 07:41 - Mike Montgomery | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:07 - en - Mike Connolly | ||||||
| Brad Eidsness ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Alex Stalock ( 31 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Denver vs. (3) Wisconsin
edit| March 20 | Denver | 3 – 0 | Wisconsin | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| Brian Gifford - 15:20 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kyle Ostrow - 13:40 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick Wiercioch - pp - 06:01 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marc Cheverie ( 42 saves / 42 shots ) | Goalie stats | Shane Connelly ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
Third place
edit(1) North Dakota vs. (3) Wisconsin
edit| March 21 | North Dakota | 1 – 4 | Wisconsin | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| Ryan Duncan - 07:45 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:37 - Andy Bohmbach 08:28 - Jordy Murray 19:15 - pp - Brendan Smith | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:04 - pp - Jordy Murray | ||||||
| Brad Eidsness ( 34 saves / 38 shots ) | Goalie stats | Shane Connelly ( 35 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
edit(2) Denver vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth
edit| March 21 | Denver | 0 – 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 10:45 - pp - MacGregor Sharp | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:13 - MacGregor Sharp 11:57 - pp - Jack Connolly | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:28 - en - MacGregor Sharp | ||||||
| Marc Cheverie ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Alex Stalock ( 20 saves / 20 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
edit- F Mike Connolly (Minnesota-Duluth)
- F Jordy Murray (Wisconsin)
- F MacGregor Sharp (Minnesota-Duluth)
- D Josh Meyers (Minnesota-Duluth)
- D Patrick Wiercioch (Denver)
- G Alex Stalock* (Minnesota-Duluth)
References
edit- ^ "Wisconsin Badgers: 2008-2009 Men's Hockey Schedule/Results". USCHO. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
- ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.