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1983 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

1983 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
February 25-March 13, 1983
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Williams ArenaMinneapolis, Minnesota
Wisconsin (7th title)
Jeff Sauer (2nd title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 24th conference playoff in league history and 31st season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between February 25 and March 13, 1983. 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, Wisconsin received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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, Minnesota's home venue, Williams Arena, 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 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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

Teams are reseeded after the first round

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4Column 5Column 6Column 7Column 8
February 25Wisconsin3 – 2Colorado CollegeDane County Coliseum
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February 26Wisconsin5 – 2Colorado CollegeDane County Coliseum
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Wisconsin won series 8–4
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February 25Minnesota-Duluth7 – 2DenverDuluth Arena Auditorium
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February 26Minnesota-Duluth6 – 2DenverDuluth Arena Auditorium
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Minnesota-Duluth won series 13–4
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March 4Minnesota8 – 2Minnesota-DuluthWilliams Arena
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March 5Minnesota3 – 4Minnesota-DuluthWilliams Arena
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Minnesota won series 11–6
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March 4North Dakota1 – 1WisconsinWinter Sports Center
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March 5North Dakota5 – 63OTWisconsinWinter Sports Center
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Wisconsin won series 7–6
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March 12Minnesota1 – 5WisconsinWilliams Arena
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March 13Minnesota2 – 3WisconsinWilliams Arena
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Wisconsin won series 8–3

None

  • Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions

  • WCHA.com

  • 1982–83 WCHA Standings

  • 1982–83 NCAA Standings

  • 2013–14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide

  • 2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide

  • 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

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