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The 1994 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 35th conference playoff in league history and 42nd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 1994. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Five' matches were held at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. By winning the tournament, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1994 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 11–19, 1994
Teams10
Finals siteBradley Center
Milwaukee
ChampionsMinnesota[1] (9th title)
Winning coachDoug Woog[2] (2nd title)
MVPChris McAlpine[3] (Minnesota)
Attendance61,367
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

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The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All nine conference teams participated in the tournament as did Mankato State which was slated to join the WCHA as a full member in two years. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 9 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated while Mankato State was seeded tenth. 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 Bradley 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 and the remaining two playing in a quarterfinal game. The semifinal pitted the top remaining seed against the winner of the quarterfinal game while the two other teams that received byes were matched against one another with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers meeting in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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

1993–94 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Colorado College† 32 18 9 5 41 135 126 39 23 11 5 163 138
Minnesota* 32 18 10 4 40 111 109 42 25 13 4 151 142
Wisconsin 32 19 12 1 39 128 103 42 26 15 1 172 133
St. Cloud State 32 16 12 4 36 127 111 38 21 13 4 160 135
Northern Michigan 32 17 14 1 35 129 120 39 22 16 1 157 140
Alaska-Anchorage 32 14 16 2 30 110 109 36 15 19 2 123 132
Minnesota-Duluth 32 12 17 3 27 125 131 38 14 21 3 144 160
North Dakota 32 11 17 4 26 101 131 38 11 23 4 119 164
Denver 32 11 18 3 25 116 130 38 15 20 3 146 155
Michigan Tech 32 8 19 5 21 93 105 45 13 27 5 135 163
Championship: Minnesota
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first round

First Round
March 11–12		Quarterfinal
March 17		Semifinals
March 18		Championship
March 19
1Colorado College232
10Michigan Tech303*
2Minnesota6
2Minnesota86—5Northern Michigan110Michigan Tech1
9Denver53—10Michigan Tech5
3Wisconsin64—2Minnesota3*
8North Dakota12—4St. Cloud State2
4St. Cloud State38—
7Minnesota-Duluth05—3Wisconsin2
4St. Cloud State3*
5Northern Michigan55—
6Alaska-Anchorage21—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

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(1) Colorado College vs. (10) Michigan Tech

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March 11 Colorado College 2 – 3 Michigan Tech Broadmoor World Arena
March 12 Colorado College 3 – 0 Michigan Tech Broadmoor World Arena
March 13 Colorado College 2 – 3 Michigan Tech Broadmoor World Arena
Michigan Tech won series 2–1


(2) Minnesota vs. (9) Denver

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March 11 Minnesota 8 – 5 Denver Mariucci Arena
March 12 Minnesota 6 – 3 Denver Mariucci Arena
Minnesota won series 2–0


(3) Wisconsin vs. (8) North Dakota

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March 11 Wisconsin 6 – 1 North Dakota Dane County Coliseum
March 12 Wisconsin 4 – 2 North Dakota Dane County Coliseum
Wisconsin won series 2–0


(4) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Minnesota-Duluth

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March 11 St. Cloud State 3 – 0 Minnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center
March 12 St. Cloud State 8 – 5 Minnesota-Duluth National Hockey Center
St. Cloud State won series 2–0


(5) Northern Michigan vs. (6) Alaska-Anchorage

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March 11 Northern Michigan 5 – 2 Alaska-Anchorage Lakeview Arena
March 12 Northern Michigan 5 – 1 Alaska-Anchorage Lakeview Arena
Northern Michigan won series 2–0


Quarterfinal

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(5) Northern Michigan vs. (10) Michigan Tech

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March 17 Northern Michigan 1 – 5 Michigan Tech Bradley Center


Semifinals

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(2) Minnesota vs. (10) Michigan Tech

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March 18 Minnesota 6 – 1 Michigan Tech Bradley Center


(3) Wisconsin vs. (4) St. Cloud State

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March 18 Wisconsin 2 – 3 OT St. Cloud State Bradley Center


Third Place

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(3) Wisconsin vs. (10) Michigan Tech

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March 19 Wisconsin 8 – 3 Michigan Tech Bradley Center


Championship

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(2) Minnesota vs. (4) St. Cloud State

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March 19 Minnesota 3 – 2 OT St. Cloud State Bradley Center


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. ^ "Minnesota Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Doug Woog Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  5. ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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