1982 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament
| 1982 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 4–14, 1982 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Finals site | Winter Sports Center Grand Forks, North Dakota |
| Champions | Wisconsin[1] (6th title) |
| Winning coach | Bob Johnson[2] (6th title) |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 1982 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 23rd conference playoff in league history and 30th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 4 and March 14, 1982. First round and semifinal games were played at home team campus sites while the championship match was held at the Winter Sports Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
This as the first WCHA tournament held after the defection of four conference schools to the CCHA.
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, North Dakota's home venue, Winter Sports Center, 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 1982 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 | ||
| North Dakota† | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 119 | 81 | 47 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 218 | 143 | |
| Wisconsin* | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 126 | 80 | 47 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 255 | 126 | |
| Minnesota | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 103 | 102 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 153 | 125 | |
| Denver | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 119 | 132 | 43 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 233 | 197 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 26 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 114 | 141 | 40 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 192 | 201 | |
| Colorado College | 26 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 105 | 150 | 36 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 152 | 196 | |
| Championship: Wisconsin † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
[edit][4] Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First Round March 4–6 | Semifinals March 9–10 | Championship March 13–14 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota | 3 | 6 | 4 | Denver | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Colorado College | 1 | 3 | 1 | North Dakota | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Denver | 5 | 5 | 3 | Minnesota | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
[edit](3) Minnesota vs. (6) Colorado College
[edit]| March 5 | Minnesota | 3 – 1 | Colorado College | Williams Arena | ||||
| March 6 | Minnesota | 6 – 3 | Colorado College | Williams Arena | ||||
| Minnesota won series 9–4 | |
(4) Denver vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth
[edit]| March 4 | Denver | 5 – 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | DU Arena | ||||
| March 5 | Denver | 5 – 5 | Minnesota-Duluth | DU Arena | ||||
| Denver won series 10–7 | |
Semifinals
[edit](1) North Dakota vs. (4) Denver
[edit]| March 9 | North Dakota | 4 – 3 | Denver | Winter Sports Center | ||||
| March 10 | North Dakota | 5 – 2 | Denver | Winter Sports Center | ||||
| North Dakota won series 9–5 | |
(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Minnesota
[edit]| March 9 | Wisconsin | 3 – 4 | Minnesota | Dane County Coliseum | ||||
| March 10 | Wisconsin | 6 – 2 | Minnesota | Dane County Coliseum | ||||
| Wisconsin won series 9–6 | |
Championship
[edit](1) North Dakota vs. (2) Wisconsin
[edit]| March 13 | North Dakota | 0 – 9 | Wisconsin | Winter Sports Center | ||||
| March 14 | North Dakota | 1 – 3 | Wisconsin | Winter Sports Center | ||||
| Wisconsin won series 12–1 | |
Tournament awards
[edit]None
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Wisconsin Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "Bob Johnson 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
- 1981–82 WCHA Standings
- 1981–82 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