2009 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

Format

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

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Tiebreakers

• 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.

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round March 13–14 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=North Dakota | RD1-score1-1=5 | RD1-score1-2=4 | RD1-score1-3=— | RD1-seed2=10 | RD1-team2=Michigan Tech | RD1-score2-1=1 | RD1-score2-2=3 | RD1-score2-3=— | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Denver | RD1-score3-1=3 | RD1-score3-2=4 | RD1-score3-3=— | RD1-seed4=9 | RD1-team4=Alaska-Anchorage | RD1-score4-1=2 | RD1-score4-2=3 | RD1-score4-3=— | RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5=Wisconsin | RD1-score5-1=7 | RD1-score5-2=4 | RD1-score5-3=— | RD1-seed6=8 | RD1-team6=Minnesota State | RD1-score6-1=1 | RD1-score6-2=2 | RD1-score6-3=— | RD1-seed7=4 | RD1-team7=Colorado College | RD1-score7-1=1 | RD1-score7-2=1 | RD1-score7-3=— | RD1-seed8=7 | RD1-team8=Minnesota-Duluth | RD1-score8-1=4 | RD1-score8-2=3 | RD1-score8-3=— | RD1-seed9=5 | RD1-team9=Minnesota | RD1-score9-1=4 | RD1-score9-2=3 | RD1-score9-3=— | RD1-seed10=6 | RD1-team10=St. Cloud State | RD1-score10-1=2 | RD1-score10-2=0 | RD1-score10-3=— March 19 | RD2-seed1=4 | RD2-team1=Minnesota | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2=5 | RD2-team2=Minnesota-Duluth | RD2-score2=2 March 20 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=North Dakota | RD3-score1=0 | RD3-seed2=5 | RD3-team2=Minnesota-Duluth | RD3-score2=3 | RD3-seed3=2 | RD3-team3=Denver | RD3-score3=3 | RD3-seed4=3 | RD3-team4=Wisconsin | RD3-score4=0 March 21 | RD4-seed1=2 | RD4-team1=Denver | RD4-score1=0 | RD4-seed2=5 | RD4-team2=Minnesota-Duluth | RD4-score2=4 | RD5-seed1=1 | RD5-team1=North Dakota | RD5-score1=1 | RD5-seed2=3 | RD5-team2=Wisconsin | RD5-score2=4

First round

(1) North Dakota vs. (10) Michigan Tech

|1-1-1 = Chris VandeVelde - 17:04 |1-2-1 = Ryan Duncan - pp - 03:00 Evan Trupp - 06:08 |1-3-1 = Darcy Zajac - sh - 10:13 Mario Lamoureux - 11:13 |1-3-2 = 06:13 - pp - Alex MacLeod |goalie1-1 = Brad Eidsness ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Rob Nolan ( 26 saves / 31 shots ) Josh Robinson ( 5 saves / 0 shots ) |2-1-1 = No Scoring |2-1-2 = 18:54 - pp - Alex MacLeod |2-2-1 = Ryan Duncan - pp - 08:30 Ryan Duncan - pp - 10:31 Ryan Duncan - 11:46 |2-2-2 = 17:31 - pp - Jordan Baker |2-3-1 = Matt Frattin - 05:29 |2-3-2 = 16:35 - Drew Dobson |goalie2-1 = Brad Eidsness ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Josh Robinson ( 10 saves / 13 shots ) Rob Nolan ( 5 saves / 6 shots )

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

|1-1-1 = Tyler Ruegsegger - pp - 15:35 Tyler Ruegsegger - 17:33 |1-1-2 = 03:52 - Luka Vidmar 05:45 - Kevin Clark |1-3-1 = Jesse Martin - 13:03 |goalie1-1 = Marc Cheverie ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Jon Olthuis ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) |2-1-1 = Rhett Rakhshani - 11:54 Jesse Martin - 18:39 |2-1-2 = 06:54 - Kevin Clark 14:37 - Tommy Grant |2-2-1 = Patrick Mullen - pp - 14:36 |2-2-2 = 16:33 - pp - Mat Robinson |2-3-1 = Luke Salazar - 19:12 |goalie2-1 = Marc Cheverie ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Bryce Christianson ( 21 saves / 25 shots )

(3) Wisconsin vs. (8) Minnesota State

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-2-1 = Derek Stepan - pp - 01:38 Ben Grotting - 10:50 |1-3-1 = Blake Geoffrion - 04:46 Jake Gardiner - 08:56 Blake Geoffrion - 17:36 John Mitchell - 18:48 Cody Goloubef - pp - 19:20 |1-3-2 = 18:10 - Jason Wiley |goalie1-1 = Shane Connelly ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Mike Zacharias ( 47 saves / 50 shots ) Dan Tormey ( 12 saves / 16 shots ) |2-1-1 = Ryan McDonagh - 06:48 |2-1-2 = 11:21 - Andrew Sackrison |2-2-1 = Andy Bohmbach - 08:18 Blake Geoffrion - 13:44 |2-3-1 = Tom Gorowsky - 17:19 |2-3-2 = 17:38 - Adam Mueller |goalie2-1 = Shane Connelly ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Mike Zacharias ( 41 saves / 45 shots )

(4) Colorado College vs. (7) Minnesota-Duluth

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 10:25 - pp - Josh Meyers 18:02 - pp - MacGregor Sharp |1-2-1 = Eric Walsky - pp - 15:53 |1-2-2 = 07:21 - Jordan Fulton |1-3-2 = 03:52 - Justin Fontaine |goalie1-1 = Richard Bachman ( 35 saves / 39 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Alex Stalock ( 36 saves / 37 shots ) |2-1-1 = Scott McCulloch - pp - 15:32 |2-1-2 = 04:47 - pp - Jack Connolly 11:04 - pp - Nick Kemp |2-2-2 = 11:37 - Michael Gergen |goalie2-1 = Richard Bachman ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Alex Stalock ( 29 saves / 30 shots )

(5) Minnesota vs. (6) St. Cloud State

|1-1-1 = Nico Sacchetti - pp - 12:24 |1-2-1 = Mike Hoeffel - pp - 14:57 |1-3-1 = Jay Barriball - 13:41 Ryan Stoa - en - 19:53 |1-3-2 = 10:03 - Garrett Roe 15:20 - pp - Garrett Roe |goalie1-1 = Alex Kangas ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Jase Weslosky ( 33 saves / 36 shots ) |2-1-1 = Ryan Stoa - 04:09 |2-2-1 = Jay Barriball - pp - 07:44 |2-3-1 = Ryan Stoa - en sh - 19:29 |goalie2-1 = Alex Kangas ( 34 saves / 34 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Jase Weslosky ( 18 saves / 20 shots )

Quarterfinal

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

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 03:46 - MacGregor Sharp |1-2-2 = 14:34 - Matt Greer |1-3-1 = Cade Fairchild - 06:08 |goalie1-1 = Alex Kangas ( 9 saves / 10 shots ) Kent Patterson ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Alex Stalock ( 39 saves / 40 shots )}}

Semifinals

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

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 05:10 - sh - MacGregor Sharp 07:41 - Mike Montgomery |1-3-2 = 18:07 - en - Mike Connolly |goalie1-1 = Brad Eidsness ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Alex Stalock ( 31 saves / 31 shots )}}

(2) Denver vs. (3) Wisconsin

|1-1-1 = Brian Gifford - 15:20 |1-2-1 = Kyle Ostrow - 13:40 |1-3-1 = Patrick Wiercioch - pp - 06:01 |goalie1-1 = Marc Cheverie ( 42 saves / 42 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Shane Connelly ( 26 saves / 29 shots )}}

Third place

(1) North Dakota vs. (3) Wisconsin

|1-1-1 = Ryan Duncan - 07:45 |1-2-2 = 03:37 - Andy Bohmbach 08:28 - Jordy Murray 19:15 - pp - Brendan Smith |1-3-2 = 17:04 - pp - Jordy Murray |goalie1-1 = Brad Eidsness ( 34 saves / 38 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Shane Connelly ( 35 saves / 36 shots )}}

Championship

(2) Denver vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 10:45 - pp - MacGregor Sharp |1-2-2 = 09:13 - MacGregor Sharp 11:57 - pp - Jack Connolly |1-3-2 = 17:28 - en - MacGregor Sharp |goalie1-1 = Marc Cheverie ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Alex Stalock ( 20 saves / 20 shots )}}

Tournament awards

[[List of WCHA All-Tournament Team|All-Tournament Team]]

• 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)

• Most Valuable Player(s)

References

References

1. "Wisconsin Badgers: 2008-2009 Men's Hockey Schedule/Results". USCHO.
2. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144". WCHA.