| 2010 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
 2010 WCHA Final Five logo | |
| Dates | March 12–20, 2010 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Champions | North Dakota (15th title) |
| Winning coach | Dave Hakstol (3rd title) |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First round March 12–14 | Quarterfinal March 18 | Semifinals March 19 | Championship March 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Denver | 2 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Michigan Tech | 1 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Denver | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 4 | 7 | — | 5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 0 | 4 | North Dakota | 4 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Alaska Anchorage | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | North Dakota | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Cloud State | 4 | 3 | 3* | 4 | North Dakota | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Minnesota State | 5* | 2 | 2 | 3 | St. Cloud State | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | North Dakota | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Minnesota | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Wisconsin | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Cloud State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3* | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Colorado College | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods
First round[edit]
(1) Denver vs. (10) Michigan Tech[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
(4) North Dakota vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth[edit]
| 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[edit]
(1) Denver vs. (4) North Dakota[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
(2) Wisconsin vs. (1) Denver[edit]
| 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[edit]
(3) St. Cloud State vs. (4) North Dakota[edit]
| 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[edit]
All-Tournament Team[edit]
- F Derrick Lapoint (North Dakota)
- F Tony Mosey (St. Cloud State)
- F Chris VandeVelde (North Dakota)
- D Ben Blood (North Dakota)
- D Garrett Raboin (St. Cloud State)
- G Brad Eidsness (North Dakota)
MVP[edit]
Evan Trupp, (North Dakota)
References[edit]
- ^ "WCHA Tourney History". WCHA. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.