2018 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament
| 2018 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 2–17, 2018 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Berry Events Center Marquette, Michigan |
| Champions | Michigan Tech (11th title) |
| Winning coach | Joe Shawhan (1st title) |
| Most Outstanding Player | Patrick Munson (Michigan Tech) |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2018 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018, on campus locations. By winning the tournament, Michigan Tech was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
[edit]The first two rounds of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. The top eight conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The higher seeded teams each earned home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.
The final was a single game held at the campus site of the highest remaining seed.
Conference standings
[edit]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 | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #9 Minnesota State† | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 116 | 58 | 40 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 153 | 84 | |
| #20 Northern Michigan | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 85 | 64 | 43 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 130 | 108 | |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 87 | 63 | 41 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 122 | 100 | |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 77 | 63 | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 103 | 95 | |
| #16 Michigan Tech* | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 82 | 75 | 44 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 134 | 117 | |
| Ferris State | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 68 | 86 | 38 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 87 | 122 | |
| Alabama–Huntsville | 28 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 69 | 86 | 37 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 84 | 121 | |
| Alaska | 28 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 74 | 85 | 36 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 97 | 118 | |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 59 | 90 | 36 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 76 | 121 | |
| Alaska Anchorage | 28 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 55 | 102 | 34 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 65 | 124 | |
| Championship: March 17, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018 | |||||||||||||||
Bracket
[edit]Teams are reseeded after the first round
| Quarterfinals March 2–4[1] | Semifinals March 9–11 | Championship March 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota State | 8 | 6 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Alaska | 2 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota State | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Michigan Tech | 1 | 4 | 2* | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Northern Michigan | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Alabama-Huntsville | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Michigan Tech | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Northern Michigan | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bowling Green | 2* | 5 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Ferris State | 1 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Northern Michigan | 6 | 0 | 3* | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Bemidji State | 3 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Michigan Tech | 5 | 5 | — | ||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods
Results
[edit]Quarterfinals
[edit](1) Minnesota State vs. (8) Alaska
[edit]| March 2 | Minnesota State | 8–2 | Alaska | Verizon Arena | Recap | |||
| (Rivera, Spooner) Brad McClure (10) - 02:18 (Spooner) Reggie Lutz (7) - 10:53 (Zmolek, Suess) Marc Michaelis (17) - GW - 15:58 | First period | 04:04 - Ross Heidt (7) (Staley, Leiter) | ||||||
| (Brickley, Gerads) Max Coatta (5) - 05:58 (Knutson, Hookenson) Jake Jaremko (13) - 06:16 (Spooner, Rivera) Brad McClure (11) - 08:04 (Suess) Parker Tuomie (9) - 10:34 | Second period | 05:29 - Tristan Thompson (5) (Staley, Frye) | ||||||
| (Tuomie, LaCouvee) C. J. Suess (22) - PP - 08:53 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Connor LaCouvee | Goalie stats | Anton Martinsson ( 16 saves / 22 shots ) / Niko DellaMaggiore ( 15 saves / 17 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Minnesota State | 6–2 | Alaska | Verizon Arena | Recap | |||
| (Frye) Tayler Munson (8) - PP - 00:51 (Lutz, Scheid) Dallas Gerads (6) - PP - 15:21 | First period | 10:50 - Edwin Hookenson (2) (Rivera, Lewis) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Lewis) Nick Rivera (8) - GW SH - 05:43 (Spooner, Brickley) Connor Mackey (6) - 06:08 (Knutson, Tuomie) Daniel Brickley (10) - PP - 07:36 (Tuomie, Knutson) Marc Michaelis (18) - PP - 10:38 | Third period | 18:03 - PP - Zach Frye (11) (Van Tetering, Woods) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Connor LaCouvee | Goalie stats | Niko DellaMaggiore ( 33 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
| Minnesota State wins series 2–0 | |
(2) Northern Michigan vs. (7) Alabama–Huntsville
[edit]| March 2 | Northern Michigan | 7–1 | Alabama–Huntsville | Berry Events Center | Recap | |||
| (Rockwood, Beaulieu) Troy Loggins (18) - SH - 01:59 (Heikkila, Paskaruk) Demico Hannoun (2) - GW - 04:47 (Diamantoni, Rockwood) Robbie Payne (21) - 05:35 (Beaulieu, Rockwood) Denver Pierce (10) - PP - 08:50 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Rockwood, Loggins) Denver Pierce (11) - 17:19 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Klimek, Craighead) Philip Beaulieu (10) - 06:51 (Diamantoni, Tolvanen) Robbie Payne (22) - 07:20 | Third period | 18:58 - PP - Brandon Parker (1) (Dunn, Kestner) | ||||||
| ( 13 saves / 14 shots ) Atte Tolvanen | Goalie stats | Jordan Uhelski ( 4 saves / 8 shots ) / Mark Sinclair ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Northern Michigan | 2–3 | Alabama–Huntsville | Berry Events Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Klimek, Beaulieu) Troy Loggins (19) - 03:52 (Beaulieu, Rockwood) Mitchell Slattery (2) - 14:18 | Second period | 11:47 - Josh Kestner (22) (McHugh) 17:22 - Adam Wilcox (2) (Poulsen) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:31 - GW - Josh Kestner (23) (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 11 saves / 14 shots ) Atte Tolvanen | Goalie stats | Jordan Uhelski ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
| March 4 | Northern Michigan | 5–2 | Alabama–Huntsville | Berry Events Center | Recap | |||
| (Loggins, Beaulieu) Denver Pierce (12) - 02:45 | First period | 10:54 - Josh Kestner (24) (Poulsen) | ||||||
| (Nardi, Black) Mitchell Slattery (11) - 00:55 (Beaulieu, Rockwood) Troy Loggins (20) - GW PP - 13:11 (Loggins, Beaulieu) Denver Pierce (13) - PP - 14:58 | Second period | 06:41 - PP - Max McHugh (3) (Gosselin, Larson) | ||||||
| (Rockwood) Troy Loggins (21) - EH EN - 19:38 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Atte Tolvanen | Goalie stats | Jordan Uhelski ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| Northern Michigan wins series 2–1 | |
(3) Bowling Green vs. (6) Ferris State
[edit]| March 2 | Bowling Green | 2–1 | OT | Ferris State | Slater Family Ice Arena | Recap | ||
| (McLain, Spezia) Brandon Kruse (7) - 15:38 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 15:50 - PP - Jason Tackett (2) (Rutkowski, Recktenwald) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (McLain, Spezia) Brandon Kruse (8) - GW - 12:05 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Ryan Bednard | Goalie stats | Darren Smith ( 62 saves / 64 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Bowling Green | 5–2 | Ferris State | Slater Family Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Reichert, Johnson) Sam Craggs (3) - 05:25 (Baylis, Rauhauser) Max Johnson (11) - PP - 14:22 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Pohlkamp, Ford) Alec Rauhauser (9) - GW - 04:11 | Second period | 07:44 - Jason Tackett (3) (Rutkowski, Recktenwald) 14:08 - Jasen Fernsler (3) (Killins, MacDougall) | ||||||
| (Wright, Baylis) Brett D'Andrea (9) - 02:25 (Johnson, Baylis) Mitchell McLain (17) - PP - 15:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Ryan Bednard | Goalie stats | Darren Smith ( 32 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| Bowling Green wins series 2-0 | |
(4) Bemidji State vs. (5) Michigan Tech
[edit]| March 2 | Bemidji State | 3–5 | Michigan Tech | Sanford Center | Recap | |||
| (Harris) Hampus Sjödahl (3) - 06:46 (Bauman, Miller) Justin Baudry (8) - PP - 17:41 | First period | 07:20 - Gavin Gould (13) (L'Esperance, Meek) | ||||||
| (Miller, Baudry) Brendan Harris (4) - PP - 03:18 | Second period | 16:43 - PP - Jake Lucchini (14) (Reinke, Auk) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:19 - PP - Jake Lucchini (15) (Auk, Reinke) 18:30 - GW - Seamus Donohue (3) (Steman) 19:44 - EN - Jake Jackson (10) (Lucchini, L'Esperance) | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Michael Bitzer | Goalie stats | Devin Kero ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Bemidji State | 4–5 | Michigan Tech | Sanford Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 00:41 - Mitch Reinke (3) (L'Esperance, Lucchini) 04:13 - SH - Jake Lucchini (16) (L'Esperance) | ||||||
| (Whitecloud, Brady) Gerry Fitzgerald (7) - PP - 11:03 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (G. Fitzgerald, Whitecloud) Jay Dickman (15) - EA - 17:48 (L. Fitzgerald) Justin Baudry (9) - EA - 18:47 (Brady, Whitecloud) Charlie Combs (13) - EA - 19:04 | Third period | 13:01 - PP - Justin Misiak (7) (Auk, Reinke) 12:24 - Joel L'Esperance (9) (Lucchini, Birks) 18:32 - GW EN - Mark Auk (8) (Steman) | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) Michael Bitzer | Goalie stats | Devin Kero ( 33 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| Michigan Tech wins series 2–0 | |
Semifinals
[edit](1) Minnesota State vs. (5) Michigan Tech
[edit]| March 9 | Minnesota State | 2–1 | Michigan Tech | Verizon Arena | Recap | |||
| (Rivera, Brickley) Jared Spooner (4) - 18:26 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Tuomie, Scheid) Jake Jaremko (14) - GW PP - 01:22 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 09:19 - Joel L'Esperance (10) (Gould, Lucchini) | ||||||
| ( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Connor LaCouvee | Goalie stats | Devin Kero ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | Minnesota State | 2–4 | Michigan Tech | Verizon Arena | Recap | |||
| (Brickley) Jake Jaremko (15) - 12:57 | First period | 09:19 - Justin Misiak (8) (unassisted) 15:20 - Mark Auk (9) (Jackson, Beretta) | ||||||
| (Jaremko, Scheid) Dallas Gerads (7) - PP - 13:13 | Second period | 12:04 - GW - Raymond Brice (4) (Gould, L'Esperance) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:53 - EN - Dylan Steman (7) (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) Connor LaCouvee | Goalie stats | Patrick Munson ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Minnesota State | 1–2 | OT | Michigan Tech | Verizon Arena | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Tuomie) Zeb Knutson (14) - PP - 10:30 | Second period | 06:09 - Jake Jackson (11) (Baltus, Donohue) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 15:07 - GW - Jake Jackson (12) (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Connor LaCouvee | Goalie stats | Patrick Munson ( 41 saves / 42 shots ) | ||||||
| Michigan Tech wins series 2–1 | |
(2) Northern Michigan vs. (3) Bowling Green
[edit]| March 9 | Northern Michigan | 6–1 | Bowling Green | Berry Events Center | Recap | |||
| (Rockwood, Pierce) Troy Loggins (22) - PP - 14:30 | First period | 01:49 - PP - Max Johnson (12) (Baylis, Rauhauser) | ||||||
| (Rockwood, Beaulieu) Robbie Payne (23) - GW PP - 02:20 (Loggins, Rockwood) Philip Beaulieu (11) - 09:17 (Hannoun, Beaulieu) Anthony Paskaruk (1) - 09:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Craighead) Mitchell Slattery (4) - 10:28 (Diamantoni) Robbie Payne (24) - 16:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Atte Tolvanen | Goalie stats | Ryan Bednard ( 23 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | Northern Michigan | 0–1 | Bowling Green | Berry Events Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:05 - GW PP - Connor Ford (8) (Schilling, Wright) | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Atte Tolvanen | Goalie stats | Ryan Bednard ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Northern Michigan | 3–2 | OT | Bowling Green | Berry Events Center | Recap | ||
| (Payne) Zach Diamantoni (6) - 18:55 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:52 - Max Johnson (13) (McLain, Baylis) | ||||||
| (Black, Diamantoni) Joseph Nardi (9) - 10:53 | Third period | 19:52 - EA - Mitchell McLain (18) (Rauhauser, Baylis) | ||||||
| (Black, Vermeulen) Troy Loggins (23) - GW - 15:53 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) Atte Tolvanen | Goalie stats | Ryan Bednard ( 39 saves / 42 shots ) | ||||||
| Northern Michigan wins series 2–1 | |
Championship
[edit](2) Northern Michigan vs. (5) Michigan Tech
[edit]| March 18 | Northern Michigan | 0–2 | Michigan Tech | Berry Events Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:36 - GW - Greyson Reitmeier (5) (Misiak, Meek) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:13 - EN - Joel L'Esperance (11) (Lucchini, Birks) | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Atte Tolvanen | Goalie stats | Patrick Munson ( 21 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
[edit]Patrick Munson (Michigan Tech)
References
[edit]- ^ "Field Is Set For 2018 WCHA Postseason Tournament". wcha.com. February 25, 2018. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2018.