2012 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. All twelve conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 12 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top six seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advance to the Xcel Energy 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 are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top two teams automatically advancing to the semifinals. All Final Five games will be broadcast by Fox Sports North and carried by Root Sports Rocky Mountain and Fox College Sports Central.

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 March 9–11 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Minnesota | RD1-score1-1=2 | RD1-score1-2=7 | RD1-score1-3=— | RD1-seed2=12 | RD1-team2=Alaska-Anchorage | RD1-score2-1=1 | RD1-score2-2=3 | RD1-score2-3=— | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Minnesota-Duluth | RD1-score3-1=4 | RD1-score3-2=3** | RD1-score3-3=— | RD1-seed4=11 | RD1-team4=Minnesota State | RD1-score4-1=2 | RD1-score4-2=2 | RD1-score4-3=— | RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5=Denver | RD1-score5-1=0 | RD1-score5-2=3 | RD1-score5-3=3* | RD1-seed6=10 | RD1-team6=Wisconsin | RD1-score6-1=1 | RD1-score6-2=1 | RD1-score6-3=2 | RD1-seed7=4 | RD1-team7=North Dakota | RD1-score7-1=4 | RD1-score7-2=4 | RD1-score7-3=— | RD1-seed8=9 | RD1-team8=Bemidji State | RD1-score8-1=1 | RD1-score8-2=3 | RD1-score8-3=— | RD1-seed9=5 | RD1-team9=Colorado College | RD1-score9-1=1 | RD1-score9-2=3 | RD1-score9-3=— | RD1-seed10=8 | RD1-team10=Michigan Tech | RD1-score10-1=3 | RD1-score10-2=4* | RD1-score10-3=— | RD1-seed11=6 | RD1-team11=St. Cloud State | RD1-score11-1=4 | RD1-score11-2=3 | RD1-score11-3=— | RD1-seed12=7 | RD1-team12=Nebraska-Omaha | RD1-score12-1=0 | RD1-score12-2=1 | RD1-score12-3=— March 15 | RD2-seed1=4 | RD2-team1=North Dakota | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2=6 | RD2-team2=St. Cloud State | RD2-score2=1 | RD2-seed3=3 | RD2-team3=Denver | RD2-score3=3* | RD2-seed4=8 | RD2-team4=Michigan Tech | RD2-score4=2 March 16 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=Minnesota | RD3-score1=3 | RD3-seed2=4 | RD3-team2=North Dakota | RD3-score2=6 | RD3-seed3=2 | RD3-team3=Minnesota-Duluth | RD3-score3=3 | RD3-seed4=3 | RD3-team4=Denver | RD3-score4=4** March 17 | RD4-seed1=4 | RD4-team1=North Dakota | RD4-score1=4 | RD4-seed2=3 | RD4-team2=Denver | RD4-score2=0 Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

First round

(1) Minnesota vs. (12) Alaska-Anchorage

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-2-1 = Erik Haula (16) (Schmidt, Parenteau) - 01:42 Erik Haula (17) (Schmidt, Hansen) - 09:52 |1-2-2 = 19:58 - PP - Brad Gorham (2) (Scheid, Leinweber) |goalie1-1 = Kent Patterson ( 16 saves / 17 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Chris Kamal ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) |2-1-1 = Jake Hansen (12) (Marshall, Alt) - 04:03 |2-2-2 = 00:35 - PP - Matt Bailey (9) (Allen, Docken) 07:57 - PP2 - Matt Bailey (10) (Kwas, Coldwell) 08:20 - PP - Scott Allen (3) (Coldwell, Docken) |2-2-1 = Zach Budish (11) (Rau, Bjugstad) - 11:16 Nick Bjugstad (16) (Haula, Schmidt) - PP - 19:14 |2-3-1 = Erik Haula (18) (Rau, Budish) - 05:05 Erik Haula (19) (Warning, Alt) - 05:23 Seth Helgeson (4) (Condon, Matson) - 06:36 Sam Warning (6) (Haula, Marshall) - 09:39 |goalie2-1 = Kent Patterson ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) Jake Kremer ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Chris Kamal ( 31 saves / 38 shots )

(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (11) Minnesota State

|1-1-1 = J.T. Brown (22) (Herbert, Oleksuk) - 11:31 |1-2-1 = Brady Lamb (8) (Grun, Hendrickson) - 01:06 |1-2-2 = 05:29 - Max Gaede (3) (Dorr, Louwerse) 19:15 - Joe Schiller (3) (Elbrecht) |1-3-1 = Brady Lamb (9) (Basaraba) - 11:58 Wade Bergman (8) - EN - 19:54 |goalie1-1 = Kenny Reiter ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Austin Lee ( 34 saves / 37 shots ) |2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = 19:05 - PP - Matt Leitner (11) (Palmquist) |2-2-1 = David Grun (3) (Basaraba, Hendrickson) - 13:46 |2-3-1 = J.T. Brown (23) (Lamb, Oleksuk) - PP - 06:59 |2-3-2 = 03:54 - Tyler Elbrecht (1) (McInnis) |2-4-1 = Mike Seidel (15) (Flaherty, Connolly) - 04:07 |goalie2-1 = Kenny Reiter ( 47 saves / 49 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Austin Lee ( 56 saves / 59 shots )

(3) Denver vs. (10) Wisconsin

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-3-2 = 14:10 - Sean Little (2) (McCabe, Ramage) |goalie1-1 = Juho Olkinuora ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Joel Rumpel ( 28 saves / 28 shots ) |2-1-1 = No scoring |2-3-1 = Nate Dewhurst (3) (Jackson, Lee) - 04:04 Luke Salazar (10) (Zucker, N. Shore) - 12:53 Nick Shore (12) - EN - 19:04 |2-3-2 = 06:54 - Justin Schultz (16) (McCabe) |goalie2-1 = Sam Brittain ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Joel Rumpel ( 39 saves / 41 shots ) |3-1-1 = No scoring |3-2-1 = Ty Loney (9) (Salazar, D. Shore) - 11:17 |3-2-2 = 06:40 - SH - Mark Zengerle (13) 12:32 - Tyler Barnes (11) (Simonelli, Schultz) |3-3-1 = Nick Shore (13) (Zucker, D. Shore) - PP - 11:17 |3-4-1 = Luke Salazar (11) (D. Shore, Mayfield) - 01:40 |goalie3-1 = Sam Brittain ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) |goalie3-2 = Joel Rumpel ( 30 saves / 33 shots )

(4) North Dakota vs. (9) Bemidji State

|1-1-1 = Connor Gaarder (3) (Parks, Rowney) - PP - 17:10 |1-2-1 = Corban Knight (13) (Nelson) - 07:15 |1-3-1 = Mark MacMillan (6) (Rowney, Parks) - 14:08 Ben Blood (3) (Rowney) - PP - EN - 19:05 |1-3-2 = 13:05 - Aaron McLeod (9) (Mattson, Wacker) |goalie1-1 = Aaron Dell ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Dan Bakala ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) |2-1-1 = Connor Gaarder (4) (Sinkbeil, MacMillan) - 13:48 |2-2-1 = Carter Rowney (17) (MacMillan, Parks) - 07:30 Michael Parks (17) (MacMillan, Rowney) - 18:17 |2-2-2 = 06:25 - Jordan George (4) (Hunt, Kinne) |2-3-1 = Dillon Simpson (17) (Lamoureux) - 05:06 |2-3-2 = 16:04 - Jamie MacQueen (4) (Boehm, Hunt) 16:23 - Jamie MacQueen (5) (Walters) |goalie2-1 = Brad Eidsness ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Dan Bakala ( 28 saves / 32 shots )

(5) Colorado College vs. (8) Michigan Tech

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-2-2 = 17:12 - David Johnstone (10) |1-3-1 = Rylan Schwartz (23) (Guentzel, J. Schwartz) - PP2 - 00:39 |1-3-2 = 03:41 - Dennis Rix (4) (Reddick, Pietila) 10:21 - Alex MacLeod (7) (D. Johnstone, J. Johnstone) |goalie1-1 = Josh Thorimbert ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Josh Robinson ( 16 saves / 17 shots ) |2-1-1 = Andrew Hamburg (3) (Skalbeck, Thorimbert) - 08:23 |2-1-2 = 01:08 - David Johnstone (11) 06:46 - Brett Olson (10) (Baker, Stebner) |2-2-1 = Andrew Hamburg (4) (McDermott) - 03:50 |2-3-1 = Scott Winkler (7) (Krushelnyski, Dineen) - 08:52 |2-3-2 = 18:55 - EA - Steven Seigo (5) (Pietila, Gordic) |2-4-2 = 03:30 - David Johnstone (12) (Sova, Fillion) |goalie2-1 = Josh Thorimbert ( 37 saves / 41 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Josh Robinson ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

(6) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Nebraska-Omaha

|1-1-1 = Joe Rehkamp (2) (Milan, Bertsch) - 02:30 Ben Hanowski (21) (Festler, Prochno) - PP - 16:50 |1-2-1 = Andrew Prochno (5) (Festler, Novak) - 11:32 |1-3-1 = Taylor Johnson (2) (Zabkowicz, Olover) - PP - 19:36 |goalie1-1 = Mike Lee ( 27 saves / 27 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Ryan Massa ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) |2-1-1 = No scoring |2-2-1 = Jared Festler (15) (Hanowski, Dowd) - PP - 00:22 |2-2-2 = 07:16 - Dominic Zombo (2) (Gwidt, Jaycob Megna) |2-3-1 = Ben Hanowski (22) (Bertsch, Jensen) - 19:17 Travis Novak (12) - EN - 19:59 |goalie2-1 = Mike Lee ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) |goalie2-2 = John Faulkner ( 35 saves / 37 shots )

Quarterfinals

(3) Denver vs. (8) Michigan Tech

|1-1-1 = Ty Loney (10) (D. Shore) - 03:50 |1-1-2 = 10:45 - Blake Pietila (10) (Fillion) |1-3-1 = Luke Salazar (12) (Loney, D. Shore) - 15:28 |1-3-2 = 00:18 - Ryan Furne (12) (Baker) |1-4-1 = Jason Zucker (21) (LaLeggia, N. Shore) - 02:18 |goalie1-1 = Juho Olkinuora ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Josh Robinson ( 41 saves / 44 shots )

(4) North Dakota vs. (6) St. Cloud State

|1-1-1 = Corban Knight (14) (MacMillan, MacWilliam) - 07:40 |1-1-2 = 16:14 - PP - Ben Hanowski (23) (Dowd, Prochno) |1-2-1 = Brock Nelson (24) (Blood, Forbort) - 15:51 |1-3-1 = Brock Nelson (25) (Kristo) - EN - 19:00 Danny Kristo (18) - EN,PP - 19:33 |goalie1-1 = Aaron Dell ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Mike Lee ( 24 saves / 26 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) North Dakota

|1-1-1 = Kyle Rau (17) (Haula, Schmidt) - PP - 12:37 |1-2-1 = Jake Hansen (13) (Haula, Schmidt) - PP - 05:55 Zach Budish (12) (Holl, Rau) - 10:01 |1-2-2 = 14:51 - Derek Forbort (2) (Lamoureux) |1-3-2 = 05:31 - Michael Parks (10) (Rowney, Forbort) 06:01 - Brock Nelson (26) (Senkbeil) 09:42 - Mario Lamoureux (2) (Pattyn, Parks) 10:19 - PP - Corban Knight (15) (Mattson, Kristo) 16:10 - Mario Lamoureux (3) (MacMillan, Blood) |goalie1-1 = Kent Patterson ( 22 saves / 28 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Aaron Dell ( 22 saves / 25 shots )

(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (3) Denver

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = 08:01 - Shawn Ostrow (11) (Dewhurst) |1-2-1 = Mike Seidel (16) (Lamb, Oleksuk) - PP - 10:57 Mike Seidel (17) (Connolly, Kishel) - 13:45 |1-2-2 = 03:26 - Jason Zucker (22) (N. Shore) 06:02 - Dustin Jackson (2) (Ostrow, Mermis) |1-3-1 = Jack Connolly (19) (Olsen, Seidel) - 12:38 |1-4-2 = 08:14 - Zac Larraza (1) (Didier) |goalie1-1 = Kenny Reiter ( 45 saves / 49 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Sam Brittain ( 67 saves / 70 shots )

Championship

(3) Denver vs. (4) North Dakota

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = 17:43 - PP - Brock Nelson (27) (Simpson, Knight) 18:29 - Carter Rowney (18) (MacMillan, Forbort) |1-2-2 = 09:58 - PP - Michael Parks (11) (Rowney, Forbort) |1-3-2 = 07:11 - SH - Mark MacMillan (7) |goalie1-1 = Juho Olkinuora ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Adam Murray ( 7 saves / 7 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Aaron Dell ( 22 saves / 22 shots )

Tournament awards

[[List of WCHA All-Tournament Team|All-Tournament Team]]

• F Mario Lamoureux (North Dakota)
• F Brock Nelson (North Dakota)
• F Jason Zucker (Denver)
• D Derek Forbort (North Dakota)
• D Andrew MacWilliams (North Dakota)
• G Aaron Dell* (North Dakota)

• Most Valuable Player(s)

References

References

1. "WCHA Tourney History". WCHA.