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2016 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2016 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2016, at four conference arenas and the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Ferris State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

This was the last WCHA tournament where an All-Tournament Team was named. This is also the only year with an All-Tournament Team where the Tournament MVP was not also named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]

Format

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The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are 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 earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advance to the Van Andel Arena for the WCHA Final Five, a holdover from previous tournaments where it was used as the collective name of the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.[2]

Conference standings

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

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#12 Michigan Tech 28 18 7 3 39 92 55 37 23 9 5 123 77
#15 Minnesota State 28 16 5 7 39 82 48 41 21 13 7 105 80
Bowling Green 28 16 7 5 37 81 59 42 22 14 6 118 91
Ferris State* 28 13 11 4 30 73 70 41 20 15 6 112 109
Northern Michigan 28 12 11 5 29 65 69 38 15 16 7 89 99
Bemidji State 28 11 12 5 27 66 66 39 17 16 6 96 96
Lake Superior State 28 10 13 5 25 49 71 41 14 22 5 74 105
Alaska 28 8 16 4 20 65 87 36 10 22 4 86 117
Alaska Anchorage 28 8 18 2 18 63 84 34 11 20 3 81 103
Alabama–Huntsville 28 5 17 6 16 61 88 34 7 21 6 73 106
Championship: Ferris State
† indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016

Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first round

First round
March 11–13
Semifinals
March 18
Championship
March 19
           
1 Michigan Tech 7 5
8 Alaska 1 3
1 Michigan Tech 0
4 Ferris State 1
2 Minnesota State 5 0 3
7 Lake Superior State 2 2 0
4 Ferris State 2
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 Minnesota State 1
3 Bowling Green 1 7 3
6 Bemidji State 3 2 1
2 Minnesota State 2
3 Bowling Green 1
4 Ferris State 3 5
5 Northern Michigan 2 2

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

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First round

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All times are local.

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (8) Alaska

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March 11, 2016
7:07 pm CDT
(8) Alaska1 – 7
(1–2, 0–3, 0–2)
(1) Michigan TechMacInnes Student Ice Arena, Houghton, MI
Attendance: 2,709
Game reference
Davis Jones (40:00)
Jesse Jenks (20:00)
GoaliesJamie PhillipsReferees:
Mike Elam
Dan Kovarik
Linesmen:
Eric Froberg
Dan Juopperi
0 – 18:36 – Joel L'Esperance (Gould, Watson)
Tyler Morley – 11:051 – 1
1 – 213:29 – Dylan Steman (Petan, Watson)
1 – 34:05 – Jake Lucchini (Vallis, Roy)
1 – 413:12 – Joel L'Esperance (Heinonen, Steman)
1 – 514:28 – Alex Gillies (Lucchini, Hanna)
1 – 67:38 – Cliff Watson (Heinonen, Steman)
1 – 715:24 – C.J. Eick (Petan, Watson)
8 minPenalties8 min
21Shots42
March 12, 2016
7:07 pm CDT
(8) Alaska3 – 5
(1–2, 2–2, 0–1)
(1) Michigan TechMacInnes Student Ice Arena, Houghton, MI
Attendance: 3,018
Game reference
Davis JonesGoaliesJamie PhillipsReferees:
Mike Elam
Dan Kovarik
Linesmen:
Eric Froberg
Dan Juopperi
Chad Staley (Erickson, Morley) – 2:271 – 0
1 – 112:09 – Alex Petan
1 – 212:40 – Reid Sturos (Vallis, Neville)
1 – 33:48 – Alex Gillies (Baltus, Auk)
1 – 44:39 – Joel L'Esperance (Eick, Vallis)
Tyler Morley (Atkinson, Woods) – pp – 11:462 – 4
Marcus Basara (Atkinson, Huysmans) – pp – 17:233 – 4
3 – 519:25 – en – Malcolm Gould
8 minPenalties8 min
24Shots40

(2) Minnesota State vs. (7) Lake Superior State

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March 11, 2016
7:07 pm CDT
(7) Lake Superior State2 – 5(2) Minnesota State
March 12, 2016
7:07 pm CDT
(7) Lake Superior State2 – 0(2) Minnesota State
March 13, 2016
7:07 pm CDT
(7) Lake Superior State0 – 3(2) Minnesota State

(3) Bowling Green vs. (6) Bemidji State

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March 11, 2016
7:07 pm CDT
(6) Bemidji State3 – 1(3) Bowling Green
March 12, 2016
7:07 pm CDT
(6) Bemidji State2 – 7(3) Bowling Green
March 13, 2016
7:07 pm CDT
(6) Bemidji State1 – 3(3) Bowling Green

(4) Ferris State vs. (5) Northern Michigan

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March 11, 2016
7:07 pm CDT
(5) Northern Michigan2 – 3(4) Ferris State
March 12, 2016
7:07 pm CDT
(5) Northern Michigan2 – 5(4) Ferris State

Semifinals

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All times are local (UTC−4).

(3) Bowling Green vs. (2) Minnesota State

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March 18, 2016
4:07 pm EDT
(3) Bowling Green1 – 2
(0–2, 0–0, 1–0)
(2) Minnesota StateVan Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attendance: 5,044
Game reference
Chris NellGoaliesCole HugginsReferees:
Pete Friesema
Tony Czech
Linesmen:
Dan Juopperi
Eric Froberg
0 – 15:18 – Brad McClure (Brickley)
0 – 27:00 – Casey Nelson (Franklin, Knutson)
Mitchell McLain (Pohlkamp, Cooper) – pp – 16:051 – 2
12 minPenalties8 min
24Shots23

(4) Ferris State vs. (1) Michigan Tech

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March 18, 2016
7:37 pm EDT
(4) Ferris State1 – 0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
(1) Michigan TechVan Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attendance: 5,044
Game reference
Darren SmithGoaliesJamie PhillipsReferees:
Tony Czech
Chris Perrault
Linesmen:
Rick Nelson
Matt Tyree
Kenny Babinski (Dorantes, O'Rourke) – 11:151 – 0
8 minPenalties12 min
33Shots30

Championship

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All times are local (UTC−4).

(4) Ferris State vs. (2) Minnesota State

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March 19, 2016
6:07 pm EDT
(4) Ferris State2 – 1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(2) Minnesota StateVan Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attendance: 4,048
Game reference
Darren SmithGoaliesCole HugginsReferees:
Tony Czech
Chris Perrault
Linesmen:
Rick Nelson
Matt Tyree
0 – 110:33 – pp – Bryce Gervais (McClure, Jutzi)
Brandon Anselmini (Lowney, Dorantes) – pp – 14:551 – 1
Gerald Mayhew – ps – 19:342 – 1
27 minPenalties31 min
29Shots14

Tournament awards

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G Darren Smith (Ferris State)

References

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  1. ^ "2019-20 WCHA Media Guide & Record Book" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "WCHA playoff central". U.S. College Hockey Online. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2016.