2011 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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)
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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

2010–11 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	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

Denver Leads Series 1–0

(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

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

4-2 OT

Wisconsin

World Arena

Series Tied 1-1

References

• Western Collegiate Hockey Association