1983 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament
| 1983 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | February 25-March 13, 1983 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Finals site | Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Champions | Wisconsin[1] (7th title) |
| Winning coach | Jeff Sauer[2] (2nd title) |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 1983 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 24th conference playoff in league history and 31st season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between February 25 and March 13, 1983. First round and semifinal games were played at home team campus sites while the championship match was held at the Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
[edit]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, Minnesota's home venue, Williams Arena, 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 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standings
[edit]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 | ||
| Minnesota† | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 148 | 101 | 46 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 253 | 155 | |
| North Dakota | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 115 | 71 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 158 | 100 | |
| Wisconsin* | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 118 | 85 | 47 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 233 | 131 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 28 | 103 | 95 | 45 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 193 | 158 | |
| Denver | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 120 | 146 | 37 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 177 | 207 | |
| Colorado College | 26 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 184 | 35 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 126 | 227 | |
| Championship: Wisconsin † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
[edit][4] Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First Round February 25–26 | Semifinals March 4–5 | Championship 12-13 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Wisconsin | 3 | 5 | 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Colorado College | 2 | 2 | 1 | Minnesota | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Wisconsin | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | North Dakota | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | 7 | 6 | 3 | Wisconsin | 1 | 6*** | ||||||||||
| 5 | Denver | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
[edit](3) Wisconsin vs. (6) Colorado College
[edit]| February 25 | Wisconsin | 3 – 2 | Colorado College | Dane County Coliseum | ||||
| February 26 | Wisconsin | 5 – 2 | Colorado College | Dane County Coliseum | ||||
| Wisconsin won series 8–4 | |
(4) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (5) Denver
[edit]| February 25 | Minnesota-Duluth | 7 – 2 | Denver | Duluth Arena Auditorium | ||||
| February 26 | Minnesota-Duluth | 6 – 2 | Denver | Duluth Arena Auditorium | ||||
| Minnesota-Duluth won series 13–4 | |
Semifinals
[edit](1) Minnesota vs. (4) Minnesota-Duluth
[edit]| March 4 | Minnesota | 8 – 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | Williams Arena | ||||
| March 5 | Minnesota | 3 – 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | Williams Arena | ||||
| Minnesota won series 11–6 | |
(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Wisconsin
[edit]| March 4 | North Dakota | 1 – 1 | Wisconsin | Winter Sports Center | ||||
| March 5 | North Dakota | 5 – 6 | 3OT | Wisconsin | Winter Sports Center | |||
| Wisconsin won series 7–6 | |
Championship
[edit](1) Minnesota vs. (3) Wisconsin
[edit]| March 12 | Minnesota | 1 – 5 | Wisconsin | Williams Arena | ||||
| March 13 | Minnesota | 2 – 3 | Wisconsin | Williams Arena | ||||
| Wisconsin won series 8–3 | |
Tournament awards
[edit]None
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Wisconsin Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "Jeff Sauer Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
External links
[edit]- WCHA.com
- 1982–83 WCHA Standings
- 1982–83 NCAA Standings
- 2013–14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide
- 2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide[permanent dead link]
- 2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- 2012–13 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Media Guide
- 2013–14 North Dakota Hockey Media Guide
- 2003–04 Wisconsin Badgers Media Guide