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| 2011 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
 2011 WCHA Final Five logo | |
| Dates | March 11–19, 2011 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Finals site | Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Champions | TBD (N/A title) |
| Winning coach | TBD (N/A title) |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2011 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament will be played between March 11 and March 19, 2011 at six conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. The winner will receive the Broadmoor Trophy as the tournament's champions, and will be awarded the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I 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.
Conference Standings
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 | ||
| #2 North Dakota†* | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 112 | 62 | 44 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 178 | 94 | |
| #7 Denver | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 93 | 75 | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 136 | 113 | |
| #14 Nebraska–Omaha | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 94 | 69 | 39 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 128 | 99 | |
| #1 Minnesota–Duluth | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 91 | 73 | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 143 | 108 | |
| Minnesota | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 91 | 78 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 113 | 102 | |
| #11 Colorado College | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 83 | 84 | 45 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 143 | 131 | |
| Wisconsin | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 75 | 72 | 41 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 129 | 98 | |
| Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 62 | 78 | 37 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 89 | 106 | |
| St. Cloud State | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 84 | 80 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 112 | 113 | |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 62 | 78 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 89 | 102 | |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 67 | 90 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 105 | 116 | |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 124 | 38 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 75 | 169 | |
| Championship: North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Template:12TeamBracket-NCAA Note: * denotes overtime periods
First round
(1) North Dakota vs. (12) Michigan Tech
| March 11 | North Dakota | 8-0 | Michigan Tech | Ralph Englestad Arena | ||||
| March 12 | North Dakota | 3-1 | Michigan Tech | Ralph Englestad Arena | ||||
| North Dakota Wins Series 2–0 | |
(2) Denver vs. (11) Minnesota State
| March 11 | Denver | 4-2 | Minnesota State | Magness Arena | ||||
| March 12 | Denver | 3-2 | OT | Minnesota State | Magness Arena | |||
| Denver Leads Wins Series 2–0 | |
(3) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (10) Bemidji State
| March 11 | Nebraska-Omaha | 2-4 | Bemidji State | Qwest Center Omaha | ||||
| March 12 | Nebraska-Omaha | 2-3 | Bemidji State | Qwest Center Omaha | ||||
| Bemidji State Wins Series 2-0 | |
(4) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (9) St. Cloud State
| March 11 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4-2 | St. Cloud State | Amsoil Arena | ||||
| March 12 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3-2 | 3OT | St. Cloud State | Amsoil Arena | |||
| Minnesota-Duluth Wins Series 2-0 | |
(5) Minnesota vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage
| March 11 | Minnesota | 3-4 | Alaska-Anchorage | Mariucci Arena | ||||
| March 12 | Minnesota | 0-2 | Alaska-Anchorage | Mariucci Arena | ||||
| Alaska-Anchorage Wins Series 2-0 | |
(6) Colorado College vs. (7) Wisconsin
| March 11 | Colorado College | 1-3 | Wisconsin | World Arena | ||||
| March 12 | Colorado College | 4-3 | OT | Wisconsin | World Arena | |||
| Series Tied 1-1 | |
Quarterfinals
(3) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (6) Bemidji State
| March 17 | Minnesota-Duluth | - | Bemidji State | Xcel Energy Center | ||||
(4) TBD vs. (5) Alaska-Anchorage
| March 17 | - | Alaska-Anchorage | Xcel Energy Center | |||||