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2007 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 9–17, 2007
Teams10
Finals siteXcel Energy Center
St. Paul, Minnesota
ChampionsMinnesota (14th title)
Winning coachDon Lucia[1] (3rd title)
MVPBlake Wheeler (Minnesota)
Attendance88,900
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2007 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 48th conference playoff in league history and 53rd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2007 tournament was played between March 9 and March 17, 2007, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Format

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The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference schools participated in the tournament with teams seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advanced 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 were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 5 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top three teams automatically advancing to the semifinals.

Conference standings

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

2006–07 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 Minnesota†* 28 18 7 3 39 91 67 44 31 10 3 139 89
#8 St. Cloud State 28 14 7 7 35 89 70 40 22 11 7 127 99
#3 North Dakota 28 13 10 5 31 93 75 43 24 14 5 153 116
#15 Denver 28 13 11 4 30 73 73 40 21 15 4 107 95
Colorado College 28 13 12 3 29 79 74 39 18 17 4 111 98
Michigan Tech 28 11 12 5 27 69 64 40 18 17 5 90 87
Wisconsin 28 12 13 3 27 59 53 41 19 18 4 93 83
Minnesota State 28 10 13 5 25 81 99 38 13 19 6 106 132
Minnesota–Duluth 28 8 16 4 20 64 84 39 13 21 5 103 121
Alaska–Anchorage 28 8 19 1 17 62 101 37 13 21 3 90 124
Championship: Minnesota
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first round

First round[2]
March 9–11		Quarterfinal[3]
March 15		Semifinals
March 16		Championship
March 17
1Minnesota613
10Alaska-Anchorage22*1
1Minnesota4
2St. Cloud State13*3***6Michigan Tech07Wisconsin2
9Minnesota-Duluth3227Wisconsin4
3North Dakota52–1Minnesota3*
8Minnesota State21–3North Dakota2
4Denver21–
7Wisconsin32–2St. Cloud State2
3North Dakota6
5Colorado College120
6Michigan Tech2*11

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

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(1) Minnesota vs. (10) Alaska-Anchorage

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March 9[4] Minnesota 6 – 2 Alaska-Anchorage Mariucci Arena Recap  
(Gordon, Johnson) Jay Barriball - 06:56
(Goligoski, Gordon) Mike Vannelli - PP - 19:43 		First period 14:49 - PP - Paul Crowder (Clark, Hunt)
(Goligoski, Vannelli) Jay Barriball - GW PP - 13:19
(Bostrom, O'Brien) Ryan Flynn - 14:54 		Second period 09:17 - PP - Merit Waldrop (Beagle, Anderson)
(Gordon, Johnson) Blake Wheeler - 01:20
(O'Brien) Justin Bostrom - PP - 18:00 		Third period No scoring
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Kellen Briggs Goalie stats Jon Olthuis ( 26 saves / 32 shots )
March 10[5] Minnesota 1 – 2 OT Alaska-Anchorage Mariucci Arena Recap  
(Stoa, Kaufmann) Kyle Okposo - PP - 15:34 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 16:25 - Josh Lunden (Clark, Backstrom)
No scoring First overtime period 05:45 - GW - Luke Beaverson (Kronschnabel, Bourne)
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Kellen Briggs Goalie stats Nathan Lawson ( 25 saves / 26 shots )
March 11[6] Minnesota 3 – 1 Alaska-Anchorage Mariucci Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 05:43 - Kevin Clark (Lunden)
(Barriball, Vannelli) Ben Gordon - PP - 04:22 Second period No scoring
(Flynn, Lucia) Mike Carman - GW - 08:44
(Lucia) Kyle Okposo - SH - 18:35 		Third period No scoring
( 11 saves / 12 shots ) Jeff Frazee Goalie stats Nathan Lawson ( 26 saves / 29 shots )
Minnesota won series 2–1


(2) St. Cloud State vs. (9) Minnesota-Duluth

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March 9[7] St. Cloud State 1 – 3 Minnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Swanson, Stephenson) Dan Kronick - 09:01 Second period 00:33 - Bryan McGregor (Sharp)
14:46 - GW - Mike Curry
No scoring Third period 16:58 - PP - Josh Meyers (Sharp, Raymond)
( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Bobby Goepfert Goalie stats Josh Johnson ( 27 saves / 28 shots )
March 10[8] St. Cloud State 3 – 2 OT Minnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center Recap  
(Stephenson, Borer) Andrew Gordon - 16:10 First period No scoring
(Kronick, Swanson) Ryan Lasch - PP - 09:46 Second period 09:46 - PP - Jordan Fulton (Garrison, McKnight)
No scoring Third period 16:06 - Josh Meyers (Raymond, Sharp)
(Gordon, Fletcher) Nate Dey - GW - 17:01 First overtime period No scoring
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Bobby Goepfert Goalie stats Josh Johnson ( 42 saves / 45 shots )
March 11[9] St. Cloud State 3 – 2 3OT Minnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center Recap  
(Raduns, Kronick) Ryan Lasch - 18:33 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 01:26 - PP - Bryan McGregor (Niskanen, Raymond)
07:00 - Nick Kemp (Geris)
John Swanson - 04:11 Third period No scoring
(Borer) Andreas Nödl - GW - 11:33 Third overtime period No scoring
( 67 saves / 69 shots ) Bobby Goepfert Goalie stats Josh Johnson ( 62 saves / 65 shots )
St. Cloud State won series 2–1


(3) North Dakota vs. (8) Minnesota State

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March 9[10] North Dakota 5 – 2 Minnesota State Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(Toews, Chorney) T. J. Oshie - 09:05
(Zajac) Kyle Radke - 18:03 		First period No scoring
(Chorney, Bina) Ryan Duncan - GW PP - 01:56
(Kozek, Kaip) Erik Fabian - 02:26
(Oshie, Lee) Jonathan Toews - 09:07 		Second period 01:09 - PP - Kurtis Kisio (Mouillierat, Irwin)
16:22 - Mick Berge (Kalinski)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Philippe Lamoureux Goalie stats Mike Zacharias ( 15 saves / 20 shots ) / Dan Tormey ( 18 saves / 18 shots )
March 10[11] North Dakota 2 – 1 Minnesota State Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Chorney, Toews) Ryan Duncan - PP - 12:45
(Fabian, Kozek) Rylan Kaip - GW - 18:28 		Second period 15:43 - Joel Hanson (Kilburg, Harrison)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 23 saves / 24 shots ) Philippe Lamoureux Goalie stats Dan Tormey ( 25 saves / 27 shots )
North Dakota won series 2–0


(4) Denver vs. (7) Wisconsin

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March 9[12] Denver 2 – 3 Wisconsin Magness Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 14:33 - Joe Piskula
17:44 - Ben Street (Klubertanz)
(Trotter, Veideman) Ryan Dingle - 05:14
(Gifford) J.D. Corbin - 15:44 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 15:36 - GW - Jake Dowell (Davies, Olinger)
( 34 saves / 37 shots ) Peter Mannino Goalie stats Brian Elliott ( 23 saves / 25 shots )
March 10[13] Denver 1 – 2 Wisconsin Magness Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 10:48 - Andrew Joudrey (Skille, Likens)
15:27 - GW SH - Andy Brandt (Carlson, Likens)
(Testwuide, Dingle) Rhett Rakhshani - 08:27 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Glenn Fisher Goalie stats Brian Elliott ( 35 saves / 36 shots )
Wisconsin won series 2–0


(5) Colorado College vs. (6) Michigan Tech

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March 9[14] Colorado College 1 – 2 OT Michigan Tech World Arena, Colorado Springs Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Kilpatrick, Rau) Scott McCulloch - PP - 08:44 Second period 18:09 - Peter Rouleau (Shelast, Helminen)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 00:39 - GW - Jimmy Kerr (St. Louis, Gagne)
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Matt Zaba Goalie stats Michael Teslak ( 26 saves / 27 shots )
March 10[15] Colorado College 2 – 0 Michigan Tech World Arena, Colorado Springs Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Cox, Kilpatrick) Scott Thauwald - GW - 15:02 Second period No scoring
Andreas Vlassopoulos - 05:50 Third period No scoring
( 29 saves / 29 shots ) Matt Zaba Goalie stats Michael Teslak ( 20 saves / 22 shots )
March 11[16] Colorado College 0 – 1 Michigan Tech World Arena, Colorado Springs Recap  
No Scoring First period 12:59 - GW - Ryan Bunger (Kivisto, Lord)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Matt Zaba Goalie stats Michael Teslak ( 18 saves / 18 shots )
Michigan Tech won series 2–1


Quarterfinal

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(6) Michigan Tech vs. (7) Wisconsin

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March 15[17] Michigan Tech 0 – 4 Wisconsin Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 01:45 - GW - Blake Geoffrion (Drewiske, McBain)
No scoring Second period 02:42 - PP - Michael Davies (Joudrey, McBain)
04:14 - Andrew Joudrey (Klubertanz, Piskula)
No scoring Third period 10:12 - Tom Gorowsky (Street, Klubertanz)
( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Michael Teslak Goalie stats Brian Elliott ( 26 saves / 26 shots )


Semifinals

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(1) Minnesota vs. (7) Wisconsin

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March 16[18] Minnesota 4 – 2 Wisconsin Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Barriball, Schack) Blake Wheeler - 05:52 First period 19:16 - Davis Drewiske (Ford, Geoffrion)
(Lucia, Carman) Mike Vannelli - 11:00
(Goligoski, Vannelli) Blake Wheeler - GW PP - 19:56 		Second period 01:37 - Jake Dowell (Olinger, Piskula)
Blake Wheeler - EN - 19:56 Third period No scoring
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Kellen Briggs Goalie stats Brian Elliott ( 21 saves / 24 shots )


(2) St. Cloud State vs. (3) North Dakota

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March 16[19] St. Cloud State 2 – 6 North Dakota Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 16:20 - Jonathan Toews (Duncan, Oshie)
(Gordon, Dey) Andreas Nödl - 04:09
(Dey, Nödl) Andrew Gordon - PP - 10:06 		Second period 05:19 - Chris VandeVelde (Porter, Watkins)
08:43 - GW - Chris VandeVelde (Watkins, Chorney)
12:29 - Jonathan Toews (Oshie, Genoway)
13:12 - Matt Watkins (VandeVelde, Jones)
No scoring Third period 09:06 - Chris Porter (Kaip, Fabian)
( 29 saves / 35 shots ) Bobby Goepfert Goalie stats Philippe Lamoureux ( 25 saves / 27 shots )


Third Place

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(2) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Wisconsin

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March 17[20] St. Cloud State 3 – 4 OT Wisconsin Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Gordan, Dey) Andreas Nödl - 00:29 First period 12:39 - Jake Dowell (Carlson, Davies)
(Kronick, Swanson) Ryan Lasch - PP - 03:18
(Kronick, Lasch) John Swanson - PP - 10:20 		Second period 18:38 - PP - Andy Brandt (Skille, Street)
No scoring Third period 13:00 - Jack Skille (Joudrey, Klubertanz)
No scoring First overtime period 04:50 - GW - Ben Street (Joudrey, Klubertanz)
( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Bobby Goepfert Goalie stats Brian Elliott ( 2 saves / 3 shots ) / Shane Connelly ( 24 saves / 26 shots )


Championship

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(1) Minnesota vs. (3) North Dakota

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March 17[21] Minnesota 3 – 2 OT North Dakota Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Lucia, Carman) Erik Johnson - 08:26
(Wheeler, Vannelli) Ben Gordon - 15:36 		Second period 13:24 - PP - Taylor Chorney (Bina, Oshie)
No scoring Third period 01:54 - PP - Ryan Duncan (Chorney, Bina)
(Barriball) Blake Wheeler - GW - 03:25 First overtime period No scoring
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Jeff Frazee Goalie stats Philippe Lamoureux ( 38 saves / 41 shots )


Tournament awards

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All-Tournament Team

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* Most Valuable Player(s)

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Don Lucia Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "WCHA men's Hockey 2006-07 Week 24". USCHO.com. March 11, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  3. ^ "WCHA men's Hockey 2006-07 Week 25". USCHO.com. March 17, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  4. ^ "Minnesota 6, Alaska-Anchorage 2". USCHO.com. March 9, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  5. ^ "Alaska-Anchorage 2, Minnesota 1". USCHO.com. March 10, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  6. ^ "Minnesota 6, Alaska-Anchorage 2". USCHO.com. March 11, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  7. ^ "Minnesota-Duluth 3, St. Cloud State 1". USCHO.com. March 9, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  8. ^ "St. Cloud State 3, Minnesota-Duluth 2". USCHO.com. March 10, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  9. ^ "St. Cloud State 3, Minnesota-Duluth 2". USCHO.com. March 11, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  10. ^ "North Dakota 5, Minnesota State 2". USCHO.com. March 9, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  11. ^ "Minnesota 5, Minnesota State 3". USCHO.com. March 10, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  12. ^ "Wisconsin 3, Denver 2". USCHO.com. March 9, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  13. ^ "Wisconsin 2, Denver 1". USCHO.com. March 10, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  14. ^ "Michigan Tech 2, Colorado College 1". USCHO.com. March 9, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  15. ^ "Colorado College 2, Michigan Tech 0". USCHO.com. March 10, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  16. ^ "Michigan Tech 1, Colorado College 0". USCHO.com. March 11, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  17. ^ "Wisconsin 4, Michigan Tech 0". USCHO.com. March 15, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  18. ^ "Minnesota 4, Wisconsin 2". USCHO.com. March 16, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  19. ^ "North Dakota 6, St. Cloud State 2". USCHO.com. March 16, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  20. ^ "Wisconsin 4, St. Cloud State 3". USCHO.com. March 17, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  21. ^ "Minnesota 3, North Dakota 2". USCHO.com. March 17, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  22. ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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