2013 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. All twelve conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 12 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top six seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advance to the Xcel Energy Center for the WCHA Final Five, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top two teams automatically advancing to the semifinals. All Final Five games will be broadcast by Fox Sports North and carried by Root Sports Rocky Mountain and Fox College Sports Central.

Conference standings

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

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round March 15–17 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=St. Cloud State | RD1-score1-1=6 | RD1-score1-2=5 | RD1-score1-3=— | RD1-seed2=12 | RD1-team2=Alaska-Anchorage | RD1-score2-1=1 | RD1-score2-2=1 | RD1-score2-3=— | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Minnesota | RD1-score3-1=2* | RD1-score3-2=4 | RD1-score3-3=— | RD1-seed4=11 | RD1-team4=Bemidji State | RD1-score4-1=1 | RD1-score4-2=3 | RD1-score4-3=— | RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5=North Dakota | RD1-score5-1=5 | RD1-score5-2=1 | RD1-score5-3=6 | RD1-seed6=10 | RD1-team6=Michigan Tech | RD1-score6-1=3 | RD1-score6-2=2 | RD1-score6-3=0 | RD1-seed7=4 | RD1-team7=Wisconsin | RD1-score7-1=3 | RD1-score7-2=4 | RD1-score7-3=— | RD1-seed8=9 | RD1-team8=Minnesota Duluth | RD1-score8-1=1 | RD1-score8-2=1 | RD1-score8-3=— | RD1-seed9=5 | RD1-team9=Denver | RD1-score9-1=5 | RD1-score9-2=1 | RD1-score9-3=3 | RD1-seed10=8 | RD1-team10=Colorado College | RD1-score10-1=3 | RD1-score10-2=2 | RD1-score10-3=4 | RD1-seed11=6 | RD1-team11=Minnesota State | RD1-score11-1=4* | RD1-score11-2=1 | RD1-score11-3=3 | RD1-seed12=7 | RD1-team12=Nebraska-Omaha | RD1-score12-1=3 | RD1-score12-2=2 | RD1-score12-3=1 March 21 | RD2-seed1=4 | RD2-team1=Wisconsin | RD2-score1=7 | RD2-seed2=6 | RD2-team2=Minnesota State | RD2-score2=2 | RD2-seed3=3 | RD2-team3=North Dakota | RD2-score3=3 | RD2-seed4=8 | RD2-team4=Colorado College | RD2-score4=4* March 22 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=St. Cloud State | RD3-score1=1 | RD3-seed2=4 | RD3-team2=Wisconsin | RD3-score2=4 | RD3-seed3=2 | RD3-team3=Minnesota | RD3-score3=0 | RD3-seed4=8 | RD3-team4=Colorado College | RD3-score4=2 March 23 | RD4-seed1=4 | RD4-team1=Wisconsin | RD4-score1=3 | RD4-seed2=8 | RD4-team2=Colorado College | RD4-score2=2 Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

First round

All times are local.

(1) St. Cloud State vs. (12) Alaska Anchorage

|1-1-1 = Garrett Milan (2) - (Morley, Benik) - 03:15 David Morley (10) - PP - (Hanowski, Benik) - 15:08 |1-1-2 = 04:24 - Scott Warner (3) - (Allen, Gellert) |1-2-1 = Jonny Brodzinski (20) - (LeBlanc, Johnson) - 04:06 Joey Benik (3) - PP - (Morley, Prow) - 07:40 Jimmy Murray (5) - (Hanowski) - 19:21 |1-3-1 = Jonny Brodzinski (21) - (unassisted) - 00:22 |goalie1-1 = Ryan Faragher ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Joe Phillippi ( 3 saves / 3 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Rob Gunderson ( 26 saves / 32 shots ) |2-1-1 = Drew LeBlanc (13) - (Kossila) - 05:46 |2-3-1 = David Morley (11) - (Johnson, Milan) - 04:56 Nic Dowd (14) - PP - (Jensen, LeBlanc) - 09:13 Cory Thorson (10) - (Hanowski, Murray) - 13:20 Ben Hanowski (15) - EN - (Dowd, LeBlanc) - 18:47 |2-3-2 = 05:58 - Blake Tatchell (9) - (Gellert, Docken) |goalie2-1 = Ryan Faragher ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Chris Kamal ( 41 saves / 45 shots )

(2) Minnesota vs. (11) Bemidji State

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-2-1 = Ben Marshall (6) - (Rau) - 14:14 |1-3-2 = 19:22 - EA - Brance Orban (9) - (Illo, Jubinville) |1-4-1 = Kyle Rau (15) - (Schmidt, Isackson) - 13:18 |goalie1-1 = Adam Wilcox ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Andrew Walsh ( 49 saves / 51 shots ) |2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = 16:49 - PP - Jordan George (9) - (Kinne, Illo) |2-2-1 = Nick Bjugstad (21) - (Rau, Haula) - PP - 15:33 Nate Condon (12) - (Haula, Budish) - 18:54 |2-2-2 = 09:27 - Cory Ward (9) - (Rendle, Windle) 15:47 - Jeff Jubinville (6) - (Brewer, Orban) |2-3-1 = A.J. Michaelson (3) - (Haula, Budish) - 07:38 Ben Marshall (8) - (unassisted) - 19:07 |goalie2-1 = Adam Wilcox ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Andrew Walsh ( 37 saves / 41 shots )

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

|1-1-1 = Michael Parks (7) - (Grimaldi) - 07:03 Dillon Simpson (4) - (Kristo, Knight) - PP - 18:07 |1-1-2 = 14:38 - PP - Ryan Furne (6) - (Petan, Khaira) |1-2-1 = Derek Rodwell (2) - (unassisted) - 15:45 |1-2-2 = 01:48 - Jacob Johnstone (2) - (Furne, Stebner) |1-3-1 = Danny Kristo (22) - (Simpson, Gleason) - PP - 04:33 Danny Kristo (23) - (O'Donnell, Rowney) - 16:12 |1-3-2 = 15:14 - Riley Sweeney (2) - (unassisted) |goalie1-1 = Zane Gothberg ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Jamie Phillips ( 19 saves / 24 shots ) |2-1-1 = No scoring |2-2-2 = 00:20 - Tanner Kero (11) - (Pietila) |2-3-1 = Danny Kristo (24) - (Grimaldi) - 14:57 |2-3-2 = 17:58 - C.J. Eick (3) - (Furne, Stebner) |goalie2-1 = Clarke Saunders ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Pheonix Copley ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) |3-1-1 = Dillon Simpson (5) - (unassisted) - 12:13 |3-2-1 = Corban Knight (15) - (Kristo, Forbort) - 04:45 Carter Rowney (10) - (Grimaldi, MacWilliam) - 09:24 Mitch MacMillan (5) - (Gaarder, Forbort) - 13:54 Colton St. Clair (3) - (Gleason) - SH - 16:23 |3-3-1 = Brendan O'Donnell (2) - (Knight, Kristo) - 16:45 |goalie3-1 = Clarke Saunders ( 27 saves / 27 shots ) Tate Maris ( 1 save / 1 shot ) |goalie3-2 = Pheonix Copley ( 38 saves / 44 shots )

(4) Wisconsin vs. (9) Minnesota-Duluth

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = 07:38 - Dan DeLisle (3) - (Herbert, Seidel) |1-2-1 = Nic Kerdiles (7) - (Zengerle, Ramage) - 06:21 John Ramage (7) - (Kerdiles, Zengerle) - PP - 15:31 |1-3-1 = Mark Zengerle (9) - (McCabe) - EA - 19:38 |goalie1-1 = Joel Rumpel ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Aaron Crandall ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) |2-1-1 = Jefferson Dahl (5) - (Little, Simonelli) - 02:48 Michael Mersch (23) - (LaBate, Wittchow) - 04:09 Kevin Schulze (4) - (Kerdiles, Barnes) - 07:53 |2-1-2 = 04:41 - Justin Crandall (7) - (Welinski, Herbert) |2-3-1 = Tyler Barnes (11) - (Kerdiles, Zengerle) - 10:39 |goalie2-1 = Joel Rumpel ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Aaron Crandall ( 3 saves / 6 shots ) Matt McNeely ( 28 saves / 29 shots )

(5) Denver vs. (8) Colorado College

|1-1-1 = Larkin Jacobson (5) - (Mayfield, Doremus) - 16:17 Quentin Shore (8) - (N. Shore, Zajac) - 17:46 |1-1-2 = 11:07 - Eamonn McDermott (3) - (Krushelnyski, Schwartz) |1-2-1 = Shawn Ostrow (15) - (Knowlton, Mayfield) - PP - 08:46 Zac Larraza (12) - (Doremus, Tabrum) - 16:45 |1-2-2 = 12:07 - Aaron Harstad (2) - (Taft, Krushelnyski) |1-3-1 = Ty Loney (8) - (unassisted) - 08:51 |1-3-2 = 07:00 - Alexander Krushelnyski (14) - (Schwartz) |goalie1-1 = Juho Olkinuora ( 39 saves / 42 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Joe Howe ( 34 saves / 39 shots ) |2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = 09:44 - Rylan Schwartz (16) - (Taft, Krushelnyski) |2-2-1 = Quentin Shore (9) - (Knowlton, Brittain) - 00:33 |2-2-2 = 05:58 - Archie Skalbeck (12) - (Hamburg, Winkler) |goalie2-1 = Sam Brittain ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Joe Howe ( 41 saves / 42 shots ) |3-1-1 = Nick Shore (14) - (Loney, Zajac) - 12:34 Daniel Doremus (11) - (Makowski) - 13:54 |3-2-2 = 03:51 - Cody Bradley (4) - (Fejes, Hamburg) 06:55 - Hunter Fejes (7) - (Hamburg, Bradley) 08:56 - SH - Rylan Schwartz (17) - (unassisted) |3-3-1 = David Makowski (9) - (N. Shore) - 03:39 |3-3-2 = 09:49 - Charlie Taft (6) - (Schwartz) |goalie3-1 = Juho Olkinuora ( 22 saves / 26 shots ) |goalie3-2 = Joe Howe ( 37 saves / 40 shots )

(6) Minnesota State vs. (7) Nebraska-Omaha

|1-1-1 = Zach Palmquist (6) - (Leitner, Nelson) - PP - 17:06 |1-1-2 = 05:16 - Brent Gwidt (8) - (Raubenheimer, Sustr) |1-2-1 = Jean-Paul Lafontaine (9) - (Palmquist, Lehrke) - PP - 03:47 |1-2-2 = 05:53 - Matt White (16) - (unassisted) 18:24 - PP - Ryan Walters (22) - (Sustr, Zombo) |1-3-1 = Bryce Gervais (7) - (Lafontaine, Jutzi) - 09:39 |1-4-1 = Chase Grant (7) - (Lafontaine, Elbrecht) - 07:04 |goalie1-1 = Stephon Williams ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) |goalie1-2 = John Faulkner ( 30 saves / 34 shots ) |2-1-1 = Matt Leitner (16) - (Grant) - 10:46 |2-1-2 = 14:17 - Tanner Lane (3) - (Adams, Polk) |2-3-2 = 05:21 - Dominic Zombo (11) - (O'Rourke, Megna) |goalie2-1 = Stephon Williams ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) |goalie2-2 = John Faulkner ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) |3-1-1 = Bryce Gervais (8) - (Grant, Leitner) - 08:23 |3-2-1 = Max Gaede (1) - (Herndon, Lehrke) - 13:45 |3-2-2 = 18:43 - Dominic Zombo (12) - (Archibald, Walters) |3-3-1 = Matt Leitner (17) - (LaFontaine, Hayes) - PP - 04:30 |goalie3-1 = Stephon Williams ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) |goalie3-2 = John Faulkner ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC−5).

(4) Wisconsin vs. (6) Minnesota State

|1-1-1 = Tyler Barnes (12) - (unassisted) - 01:03 Jefferson Dahl (6) - (Little) - SH - 06:11 Nic Kerdiles (8) - (Zengerle, Ramage) - 08:11 |1-2-1 = Jefferson Dahl (7) - (McCabe) - SH - 08:50 Tyler Barnes (13) - (unassisted) - 12:24 |1-2-2 = 10:53 - PP - Zach Palmquist (7) - (Lafontaine, Leitner) 13:51 - PP - Eriah Hayes (20) - (Lafontaine, Leitner) |1-3-1 = Frankie Simonelli (3) - (Barnes, Kerdiles) - 11:05 Joseph LaBate (8) - (Woods, Mersch) - 17:16 |goalie1-1 = Joel Rumpel ( 38 saves / 40 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Stephon Williams ( 14 saves / 19 shots ) Phil Cook ( 6 saves / 8 shots )

(3) North Dakota vs. (8) Colorado College

|1-1-1 = Drake Caggiula (7) - (Grimaldi, Rowney) - 14:23 Danny Kristo (25) - (O'Donnell) - 19:50 |1-1-2 = 03:06 - PP - Rylan Schwartz (18) - (Bradley, Rapuzzi) |1-2-2 = 07:54 - SH - Alexander Krushelnyski (15) - (Schwartz) |1-3-1 = Drake Caggiula (8) - (St. Clair, Pattyn) - 12:45 |1-3-2 = 03:42 - Hunter Fejes (8) - (Hamburg) |1-4-2 = 04:52 - Peter Stoykewych (2) - (Maric, Collett) |goalie1-1 = Clarke Saunders ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Joe Howe ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC−5).

(1) St. Cloud State vs. (4) Wisconsin

|1-1-1 = Ben Hanowski (16) - (Dowd, Jensen) - PP - 14:29 |1-1-2 = 10:46 - Joseph LaBate (9) - (Woods, McCabe) |1-2-2 = 02:08 - PP - John Ramage (8) - (Kerdiles, Woods) |1-3-2 = 10:29 - PP - Nic Kerdiles (9) - (Ramage, LaBate) 18:49 - EN - Tyler Barnes (14) - (unassisted) |goalie1-1 = Ryan Faragher ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Joel Rumpel ( 30 saves / 31 shots )

(2) Minnesota vs. (8) Colorado College

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-2-2 = 00:59 - Rylan Schwartz (19) - (Stoykewych, McDermott) 04:24 - Charlie Taft (7) - (Krushelnyski) |goalie1-1 = Adam Wilcox ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Joe Howe ( 35 saves / 35 shots )

Championship

All times are local (UTC−5).

(4) Wisconsin vs. (8) Colorado College

|1-1-1 = Tyler Barnes (15) - (Kerdiles, Simonelli) - 19:43 |1-2-1 = Sean Little (3) - (McCabe, Dahl) - 03:28 Nic Kerdiles (10) - (Ramage, Zengerle) - 16:15 |1-2-2 = 07:19 - Charlie Taft (8) - (Schwartz) 19:32 - Rylan Schwartz (20) - (Krushennyski) |goalie1-1 = Joel Rumpel ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Joe Howe ( 30 saves / 33 shots )

Tournament awards

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

• F Tyler Barnes (Wisconsin)
• F Nic Kerdiles* (Wisconsin)
• F Rylan Schwartz (Colorado College)
• D John Ramage (Wisconsin)
• D Peter Stoykewych (Colorado College)
• G Joel Rumpel (Wisconsin)

• Most Valuable Player(s)

References

References

1. "WCHA Tourney History". WCHA.