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1984 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 1984 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 25th conference playoff in league history and 32nd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between February 25 and March 11, 1984. First round and semifinal games were played at home team campus sites while the championship match was held at the Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota-Duluth received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1984 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesFebruary 25-March 11, 1984
Teams6
Finals siteWilliams Arena
Minneapolis, Minnesota
ChampionsMinnesota-Duluth[1] (1st title)
Winning coachMike Sertich[2] (1st title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

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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. Unlike previous years the Broadmoor Trophy recipient's (Minnesota-Duluth) home venue was not used for the tournament championship round. Instead the Williams Arena, the home of the Minnesota Golden Gophers, served as the site for the Championship game. 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 1984 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

1983–84 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota-Duluth†* 26 19 5 2 40 138 85 43 29 12 2 216 140
North Dakota 26 16 8 2 34 117 82 45 31 12 2 204 145
Minnesota 26 16 9 1 33 106 97 40 27 11 2 190 154
Wisconsin 26 11 14 1 23 105 107 39 21 17 1 182 168
Denver 26 8 18 0 16 119 152 39 14 25 0 182 203
Colorado College 26 5 21 0 10 77 139 35 9 25 1 109 168
Championship: Minnesota-Duluth
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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[4] Teams are reseeded after the first round

First Round
February 25–26 		Semifinals
March 2–3 		Championship
March 10–11
1 Minnesota-Duluth 6 9
3 Minnesota 3 4 4 Wisconsin 3 0
6 Colorado College 1 1 1 Minnesota-Duluth 8 4
2 North Dakota 1 5
2 North Dakota 4 5
4 Wisconsin 5 8 3 Minnesota 3 4
5 Denver 3 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

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(3) Minnesota vs. (6) Colorado College

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February 25 Minnesota 3 – 1 Colorado College Williams Arena
February 26 Minnesota 4 – 1 Colorado College Williams Arena
Minnesota won series 7–2


(4) Wisconsin vs. (5) Denver

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February 25 Wisconsin 5 – 3 Denver Dane County Coliseum
February 26 Wisconsin 8 – 5 Denver Dane County Coliseum
Wisconsin won series 13–8


Semifinals

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(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (4) Wisconsin

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March 2 Minnesota-Duluth 6 – 3 Wisconsin Duluth Arena Auditorium
March 3 Minnesota-Duluth 9 – 0 Wisconsin Duluth Arena Auditorium
Minnesota-Duluth won series 15–3


(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Minnesota

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March 2 North Dakota 4 – 3 Minnesota Winter Sports Center
March 3 North Dakota 5 – 4 Minnesota Winter Sports Center
North Dakota won series 9–7


Championship

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(1) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (2) North Dakota

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March 10 Minnesota-Duluth 8 – 1 North Dakota Williams Arena
March 11 Minnesota-Duluth 4 – 5 North Dakota Williams Arena
Minnesota-Duluth won series 12–6


Tournament awards

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None

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Minnesota-Duluth Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Mike Sertich Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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