1982 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

1982 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 4–14, 1982
Teams6
Finals siteWinter Sports Center
Grand Forks, North Dakota
ChampionsWisconsin[1] (6th title)
Winning coachBob Johnson[2] (6th title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 1982 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 23rd conference playoff in league history and 30th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 4 and March 14, 1982. First round and semifinal games were played at home team campus sites while the championship match was held at the Winter Sports Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

This as the first WCHA tournament held after the defection of four conference schools to the CCHA.

Format

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All member teams were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. As a result of their receiving the Broadmoor Trophy, North Dakota's home venue, Winter Sports Center, served as the site for the Championship game regardless of which teams qualified for the penultimate match. Each series were two-game matchups with the team that scored the most goals advancing to the succeeding round. The top two seeded teams received byes into the semifinal round while the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed met in the first round. The teams that advanced to the semifinal were re-seeded according to the final regular season conference standings, with the first seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game and the second seed meeting with the other advancing team with the winners meeting in the championship round. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1982 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

1981–82 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
North Dakota† 26 19 7 0 38 119 81 47 35 12 0 218 143
Wisconsin* 26 18 7 1 37 126 80 47 35 11 1 255 126
Minnesota 26 13 11 2 28 103 102 36 22 12 2 153 125
Denver 26 9 15 2 20 119 132 43 21 19 3 233 197
Minnesota-Duluth 26 9 16 1 19 114 141 40 16 21 3 192 201
Colorado College 26 6 18 2 14 105 150 36 11 23 2 152 196
Championship: Wisconsin
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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[4] Teams are reseeded after the first round

First Round
March 4–6 		Semifinals
March 9–10 		Championship
March 13–14
1 North Dakota 4 5
3 Minnesota 3 6 4 Denver 3 2
6 Colorado College 1 3 1 North Dakota 0 1
2 Wisconsin 9 3
2 Wisconsin 3 6
4 Denver 5 5 3 Minnesota 4 2
5 Minnesota-Duluth 2 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

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(3) Minnesota vs. (6) Colorado College

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March 5 Minnesota 3 – 1 Colorado College Williams Arena
March 6 Minnesota 6 – 3 Colorado College Williams Arena
Minnesota won series 9–4


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

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March 4 Denver 5 – 2 Minnesota-Duluth DU Arena
March 5 Denver 5 – 5 Minnesota-Duluth DU Arena
Denver won series 10–7


Semifinals

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(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Denver

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March 9 North Dakota 4 – 3 Denver Winter Sports Center
March 10 North Dakota 5 – 2 Denver Winter Sports Center
North Dakota won series 9–5


(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Minnesota

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March 9 Wisconsin 3 – 4 Minnesota Dane County Coliseum
March 10 Wisconsin 6 – 2 Minnesota Dane County Coliseum
Wisconsin won series 9–6


Championship

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(1) North Dakota vs. (2) Wisconsin

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March 13 North Dakota 0 – 9 Wisconsin Winter Sports Center
March 14 North Dakota 1 – 3 Wisconsin Winter Sports Center
Wisconsin won series 12–1


Tournament awards

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None

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Wisconsin Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Bob Johnson Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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