College ice hockey tournament
The 1999 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 40th conference playoff in league history and 47th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 1999 tournament played between March 12 and March 20, 1999, at five conference arenas and the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota . By winning the tournament, Denver was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association 's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament .
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 the following year. 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 Target 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
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
First round [4] March 12–14, 1999Quarterfinal [5] March 18, 1999Semifinals March 19, 1999Championship March 20, 19991 North Dakota 2 3 10 10 Mankato State 3 *2 0 1 North Dakota 6 2 Colorado College 3 5 *— 5 Minnesota 5 5 Minnesota 2 9 Minnesota-Duluth 1 4 — 7 St. Cloud State 3 3 Denver 2 4 — 1 North Dakota 3 8 Michigan Tech 1 2 — 3 Denver 4 4 Wisconsin 2 2 — 7 St. Cloud State 5 3 — 2 Colorado College 2 3 Denver 3 *5 Minnesota 4 1 — 6 Alaska-Anchorage 0 0 —
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
(1) North Dakota vs. (10) Mankato State
North Dakota won series 2–1
(2) Colorado College vs. (9) Minnesota-Duluth
Colorado College won series 2–0
(3) Denver vs. (8) Michigan Tech
(4) Wisconsin vs. (7) St. Cloud State
St. Cloud State won series 2–0
(5) Minnesota vs. (6) Alaska-Anchorage
March 13[16]
Minnesota
1 – 0
Alaska-Anchorage
Mariucci Arena
Rico Pagel - GW - 19:02
First period
No scoring
No scoring
Second period
No scoring
No scoring
Third period
No scoring
Adam Hauser ( 17 saves / 17 shots )
Goalie stats
Gregg Naumenko ( 31 saves / 32 shots )
Quarterfinal
(5) Minnesota vs. (7) St. Cloud State
Semifinals
(1) North Dakota vs. (5) Minnesota
(2) Colorado College vs. (3) Denver
Third Place
(2) Colorado College vs. (5) Minnesota
Championship
(1) North Dakota vs. (3) Denver
Tournament awards
* Most Valuable Player(s)
[22]
See also
References
^ "Denver Men's Team History" . Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "George Gwozdecky Year-by-Year Coaching Record" . Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "WCHA Awards" . College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ "WCHA men's Hockey 1998-99 Week 24" . USCHO.com. March 14, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "WCHA men's Hockey 1998-99 Week 25" . USCHO.com. March 20, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "Mankato State 3, North Dakota 2" . USCHO.com. March 12, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "North Dakota 3, Mankato State 2" . USCHO.com. March 13, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "North Dakota 10, Mankato State 0" . USCHO.com. March 14, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "Colorado College 3, Minnesota-Duluth 1" . USCHO.com. March 12, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "Colorado College 5, Minnesota-Duluth 4" . USCHO.com. March 13, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "Denver 2, Michigan Tech 1" . USCHO.com. March 12, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "Denver 4, Michigan Tech 2" . USCHO.com. March 13, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "St. Cloud State 5, Wisconsin 2" . USCHO.com. March 13, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "St. Cloud State 3, Wisconsin 2" . USCHO.com. March 14, 1999. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota 4, Alaska-Anchorage 0" . USCHO.com. March 12, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota 1, Alaska-Anchorage 2" . USCHO.com. March 13, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "Minnesota 5, St. Cloud State 3" . USCHO.com. March 18, 1999. Retrieved May 5, 2013 .
^ "North Dakota 6, Minnesota 2" . USCHO.com. March 19, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "Denver 3, Colorado College 2" . USCHO.com. March 19, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "Colorado College 7, Minnesota 4" . USCHO.com. March 20, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "Denver 4, North Dakota 3" . USCHO.com. March 20, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2013 .
^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF) . WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
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