1990 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 1990 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 31st conference playoff in league history and 38th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 1 and March 12, 1990. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Four' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advanced to the semifinal and championship rounds held at the Civic Center. All Final Four games used a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top remaining seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game while the two other semifinalists meeting with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers competing in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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

ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Wisconsin†*28198139147111463691254166
Minnesota281792361471244628162227189
North Dakota2815103331491144528134252175
Northern Michigan2815121311301294222191191191
Denver2813150261301394218240183201
Minnesota-Duluth2813150261141124020191170152
Colorado College281017121971294018202152174
Michigan Tech286220121121684010300150218
Championship: Wisconsin
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first round

First Round
March 1–4
Semifinals
March 11
Championship
March 12
           
1Wisconsin44*
8Michigan Tech23
1Wisconsin4*
4Northern Michigan3
2Minnesota99
7Colorado College32
1Wisconsin7
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2Minnesota1
3North Dakota112
6Minnesota-Duluth41
2Minnesota5Third place
3North Dakota4
4Northern Michigan393North Dakota6*
5Denver044Northern Michigan5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

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(1) Wisconsin vs. (8) Michigan Tech

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March 3Wisconsin4 – 2Michigan TechDane County Coliseum
March 4Wisconsin4 – 3OTMichigan TechDane County Coliseum
Wisconsin won series 2–0


(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Colorado College

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March 2Minnesota9 – 3Colorado CollegeMariucci Arena
March 3Minnesota9 – 2Colorado CollegeMariucci Arena
Minnesota won series 2–0


(3) North Dakota vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth

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March 1North Dakota11 – 4Minnesota-DuluthRalph Engelstad Arena
March 2North Dakota2 – 1Minnesota-DuluthRalph Engelstad Arena
North Dakota won series 2–0


(4) Northern Michigan vs. (5) Denver

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March 2Northern Michigan3 – 0DenverLakeview Arena
March 3Northern Michigan9 – 4DenverLakeview Arena
Northern Michigan won series 2–0


Semifinals

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(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Northern Michigan

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March 11Wisconsin4 – 3OTNorthern MichiganCivic Center


(2) Minnesota vs. (3) North Dakota

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March 11Minnesota5 – 4North DakotaCivic Center


Third Place

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(3) North Dakota vs. (4) Northern Michigan

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March 12North Dakota6 – 5OTNorthern MichiganCivic Center


Championship

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(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota

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March 12Wisconsin7 – 1MinnesotaCivic Center


Tournament awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Wisconsin Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Jeff Sauer Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  5. ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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