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
Dates	February 25-March 11, 1984
Teams	6
Finals site	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions	Minnesota-Duluth[1] (1st title)
Winning coach	Mike Sertich[2] (1st title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1983 1985 →

Format

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

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 v t e
	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

^[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

(3) Minnesota vs. (6) Colorado College

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

February 25

Wisconsin

5 – 3

Denver

Dane County Coliseum

February 26

Wisconsin

8 – 5

Denver

Dane County Coliseum

Wisconsin won series 13–8

Semifinals

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

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

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

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

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

None

See also

• Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions

References

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.

External links

• WCHA.com
• 1983–84 WCHA Standings
• 1983–84 NCAA Standings
• 2013–14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide
• 2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• 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