College ice hockey tournament
| 2005 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 11–19, 2005 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Champions | Denver (14th title) |
| Winning coach | George Gwozdecky (3rd title) |
| MVP | Brett Sterling (Colorado College) |
| Attendance | 77,746 |
| WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2004 2006 → | |
The 2005 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 46th conference playoff in league history and 51st season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2005 tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2005, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Denver was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Format
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference schools participated in the tournament with teams seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. 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 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 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: PTS = Points; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| 2004–05 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings | ||||||||||||||
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| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #1 Denver†* | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 114 | 81 | 43 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 174 | 110 | |
| #2 Colorado College† | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 98 | 66 | 43 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 160 | 101 | |
| #4 Minnesota | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 105 | 80 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 155 | 109 | |
| #13 Wisconsin | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 94 | 64 | 41 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 127 | 91 | |
| #3 North Dakota | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 71 | 67 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 136 | 103 | |
| Minnesota–Duluth | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 90 | 89 | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 119 | 118 | |
| Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 72 | 102 | 37 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 94 | 129 | |
| Minnesota State–Mankato | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 82 | 109 | 38 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 118 | 140 | |
| St. Cloud State | 28 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 66 | 100 | 40 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 109 | 126 | |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 64 | 98 | 37 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 91 | 136 | |
| Championship: Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First round March 11–13 | Quarterfinal March 17 | Semifinals March 18 | Championship March 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Denver | 7 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Michigan Tech | 1 | 0 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Denver | 2* | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Colorado College | 8 | 4 | – | 4 | Wisconsin | 1 | 5 | North Dakota | 1 | ||||||||||
| 9 | St. Cloud State | 2 | 2 | – | 5 | North Dakota | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota | 7 | 5 | – | 1 | Denver | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Minnesota State | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | Colorado College | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Wisconsin | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Alaska-Anchorage | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Colorado College | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | North Dakota | 8 | 6 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
(1) Denver vs. (10) Michigan Tech
| March 11 | Denver | 7 – 1 | Michigan Tech | Magness Arena | Recap | |||
| Ryan Helgason – 10:30 (Halme, Corbin) Ryan Dingle – GW SH – 18:01 |
First period | 15:10 – Chris Connor (Desmet, Wilson) | ||||||
| (Helgason, Stastny) Gabe Gauthier - 08:41 (Drummond, Laatsch) Gabe Gauthier - 17:05 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Dingle) Paul Stastny - 06:26 (Handza, Thomas) Ryan Helgason - 08:30 (Dingle, Fulghum) Paul Stastny - 09:24 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 11 saves / 12 shots ) Glenn Fisher | Goalie stats | Cam Ellsworth ( 22 saves / 27 shots ) / Bryce Luker ( 6 saves / 8 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12 | Denver | 1 – 0 | Michigan Tech | Magness Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Gauthier, Handza) Adrian Veidman – GW – 18:02 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Peter Mannino | Goalie stats | Cam Ellsworth ( 45 saves / 46 shots ) | ||||||
| Denver won series 2–0 | |
(2) Colorado College vs. (9) St. Cloud State
| March 11 | Colorado College | 8 – 2 | St. Cloud State | World Arena, Colorado Springs | Recap | |||
| (Polaski, Hillen) Marty Sertich – 01:22 (Polaski, Sweatt) Brett Sterling – 07:05 (Cox) Aaron Slattengren – GW – 11:03 (Kilpatrick) Aaron Slattengren – 13:54 |
First period | 03:19 – PP – Nate Raduns (Gordon, Jensen) | ||||||
| (Polich, Frischmon) Mark Stuart – PP – 02:31 (Sterling, Hillen) James Brannigan – 05:04 (Sertich, Crabb) Brett Sterling – PP – 13:32 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| James Brannigan – 17:18 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 34 saves / 38 shots ) Curtis McElhinney | Goalie stats | Tim Boron ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) / Jason Montgomery ( 12 saves / 16 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12 | Colorado College | 4 – 2 | St. Cloud State | World Arena, Colorado Springs | Recap | |||
| (Polaski) Brett Sterling – 11:51 | First period | 11:01 – Konrad Reeder (Jensen, Borer) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:34 – PP – Justin Fletcher (Hengen, Gens) | ||||||
| (Frischmon) Mark Stuart – 02:20 (Sterling, Salcido) Joey Crabb – GW PP – 10:19 (Slattengren, Stuart) Jimmy Kilpatrick – 10:38 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Matt Zaba | Goalie stats | Tim Boron ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| Colorado College won series 2–0 | |
(3) Minnesota vs. (8) Minnesota State
| March 11 | Minnesota | 7 – 2 | Minnesota State | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
| (Stevens, Sertich) Garrett Smaagaard – 03:59 (Hirsch, Sertich) Evan Kaufmann – 06:38 (Hagemo, Stevens) Barry Tallackson – GW – 14:12 (Guyer) Kris Chucko – 19:00 |
First period | 03:02 – Christian Toll (McKelvie, Brenk) 05:54 – PP – Brad Thompson (Morin) | ||||||
| (Potulny, Goligoski) Danny Irmen – PP – 03:39 (Vannelli, Guyer) Barry Tallackson – 15:27 (Vannelli, Peltier) Danny Irmen – PP – 19:48 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Justin Johnson | Goalie stats | Jon Volp ( 27 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12 | Minnesota | 5 – 3 | Minnesota State | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
| (Fleming) Jerrid Reinholz – 14:54 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Hirsch, Goligoski) Danny Irmen – 08:01 (Stevens, Fleming) P.J. Atherton – 12:56 (Irmen, Vannelli) Mike Howe – 14:41 |
Second period | 00:57 – Adam Gerlach (Thompson) 10:14 – PP – Brad Thompson (Brenk, Backes) 14:08 – PP – Jake Brenk (Thompson, Morin) | ||||||
| (Harrington) Barry Tallackson – 14:24 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) Justin Johnson | Goalie stats | Chris Clark ( 31 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 2–0 | |
(4) Wisconsin vs. (7) Alaska-Anchorage
| March 11 | Wisconsin | 5 – 4 | Alaska-Anchorage | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| (Engel, Earl) Joe Pavelski – 00:46 (Gilbert, Joudrey) Joe Pavelski – PP – 04:30 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:05 – Chris Tarkir (Cartwright) 11:15 – Martin Stuchlik (Johnson) | ||||||
| (Pavelski, MacMurchy) Robbie Earl – PP – 05:01 (Piskula, Pavelski) Robbie Earl – 13:11 (Licari, Likens) Adam Burish – GW – 16:40 |
Third period | 01:29 – PP – Martin Stuchlik (Bourne, Segal) 02:51 – SH – Brent McMann | ||||||
| ( 16 saves / 20 shots ) Bernd Brückler / ( 4 saves / 4 shots ) Brian Elliott | Goalie stats | John DeCaro ( 2 saves / 4 shots ) / Nathan Lawson ( 45 saves / 48 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12 | Wisconsin | 1 – 2 | Alaska-Anchorage | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 09:52 – SH – Justin Johnson (Polaski, Sweatt) | ||||||
| (Earl, MacMurchy) Joe Pavelski – 00:59 | Second period | 09:35 – GW – Shea Hamilton (Segal, Bourne) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Brian Elliott | Goalie stats | Nathan Lawson ( 44 saves / 45 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13 | Wisconsin | 2 – 1 | Alaska-Anchorage | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 08:39 – PP – Chad Anderson (Waldrop, Segal) | ||||||
| (Piskula) Joe Pavelski – 07:13 (Licari, Degenhardt) Adam Burish – GW – 11:13 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Bernd Brückler | Goalie stats | Nathan Lawson ( 37 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
| Wisconsin won series 2–1 | |
(5) North Dakota vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth
| March 11 | North Dakota | 8 – 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
| (McMahon, Špirko) Colby Genoway – 03:12 (Murray, Genoway) Travis Zajac – 13:02 (Genoway, Bina) Rastislav Špirko – GW – 16:15 (Murray) Matt Jones – 17:59 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Canady, Massen) Erik Fabian – 02:22 | Second period | 08:02 – Tim Stapleton (Hambly, Schwabe) | ||||||
| (Zajac) Erik Fabian – 05:21 (Massen, Fabian) Rory McMahon – 07:57 (McMahon, Špirko) Colby Genoway – 09:14 |
Third period | 15:24 – Matt McKnight (Peluso, Stapleton) | ||||||
| ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Jordan Parise | Goalie stats | Isaac Reichmuth ( 10 saves / 14 shots ) / Josh Johnson ( 12 saves / 16 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12 | North Dakota | 6 – 1 | Minnesota-Duluth | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 15:22 – Tim Stapleton | ||||||
| (McMahon) Rastislav Špirko – 02:30 Rory McMahon – GW – 05:02 (Stafford, Zajac) Colby Genoway – PP – 09:39 (Jones) Brian Canady -09:58 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (McMahon, Schneider) Rastislav Špirko – 11:31 (McMahon, Špirko) Nick Fuher – PP – 18:12 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) Jordan Parise | Goalie stats | Isaac Reichmuth ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) / Josh Johnson ( 8 saves / 10 shots ) | ||||||
| North Dakota won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinal
(4) Wisconsin vs. (5) North Dakota
| March 17 | Wisconsin | 2 – 3 | North Dakota | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| (Pavelski, Carlson) Robbie Earl – 09:21 | First period | 01:22 – Brady Murray (Zajac, Stafford) 14:08 – James Massen (Canady, Fabian) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adam Burish – 10:43 | Third period | 09:44 – GW PP – Colby Genoway (Špirko, Fuher) | ||||||
| ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) Bernd Brückler | Goalie stats | Jordan Parise ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
Semifinals
(1) Denver vs. (8) North Dakota
| March 18 | Denver | 2 – 1 | OT | North Dakota | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
| (Stastny, Carle) Gabe Gauthier - PP - 04:29 | First period | 10:03 – PP – Nick Fuher (Murray) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Veideman) Gabe Gauthier – GW – 00:42 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Glenn Fisher | Goalie stats | Philippe Lamoureux ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Colorado College vs. (3) Minnesota
| March 18 | Colorado College | 3 – 0 | Minnesota | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Hillen, McElhinney) Brett Sterling – GW – 01:57 (Sterling) Aaron Slattengren – PP – 06:46 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Sterling – PP – 04:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 32 shots ) Curtis McElhinney | Goalie stats | Justin Johnson ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
Third Place
(3) Minnesota vs. (5) North Dakota
| March 19 | Minnesota | 2 – 4 | North Dakota | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| (Potulny, Howe) Danny Irmen – 10:30 | First period | 09:23 – Quinn Fylling (Foyt) | ||||||
| (Gordon, Harrington) Mike Howe – PP – 06:04 | Second period | 10:56 – SH – Rastislav Špirko (Fylling) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:03 – Matt Greene (Marvin, Stafford) 18:12 – Nick Fuher | ||||||
| ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Kellen Briggs | Goalie stats | Jordan Parise ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
(1) Denver vs. (2) Colorado College
| March 19 | Denver | 1 – 0 | Colorado College | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Carle) Luke Fulghum – GW PP – 16:56 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Peter Mannino | Goalie stats | Curtis McElhinney ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- F Rastislav Špirko (North Dakota)
- F Brett Sterling* (Colorado College)
- F Gabe Gauthier (Denver)
- D Nick Fuher (North Dakota)
- D Matt Laasch (Denver)
- G Curtis McElhinney (Colorado College)
See also
References
- "Denver Men's Team History". Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "WCHA men's Hockey 2004-05 Week 24". USCHO.com. March 13, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "WCHA men's Hockey 2004-05 Week 25". USCHO.com. March 19, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "Denver 7, Michigan Tech 1". USCHO.com. March 11, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "Denver 1, Michigan Tech 0". USCHO.com. March 12, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "Colorado College 8, St. Cloud State 2". USCHO.com. March 11, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "Colorado College 4, St. Cloud State 2". USCHO.com. March 12, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "Minnesota 7, Minnesota State 2". USCHO.com. March 11, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "Minnesota 5, Minnesota State 3". USCHO.com. March 12, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "Wisconsin 5, Alaska-Anchorage 4". USCHO.com. March 11, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "Alaska-Anchorage 2, Wisconsin 1". USCHO.com. March 12, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "Wisconsin 2, Alaska-Anchorage 1". USCHO.com. March 13, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "North Dakota 8, Minnesota-Duluth 2". USCHO.com. March 11, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "North Dakota 6, Minnesota-Duluth 1". USCHO.com. March 12, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "North Dakota 3, Wisconsin 2". USCHO.com. March 17, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "Denver 2, North Dakota 1". USCHO.com. March 18, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "Colorado College 3, Minnesota 0". USCHO.com. March 18, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "North Dakota 4, Minnesota 2". USCHO.com. March 19, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "Denver 1, Colorado College 0". USCHO.com. March 19, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
External links
- WCHA official site Archived 2008-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- 2004–05 WCHA Standings
- 2004–05 NCAA Standings
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