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1990 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 1990 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 31st conference playoff in league history and 38th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 1 and March 12, 1990. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Four' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1990 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 1–12, 1990
Teams8
Finals siteCivic Center
St. Paul, Minnesota
ChampionsWisconsin[1] (9th title)
Winning coachJeff Sauer[2] (4th title)
MVPSteve Rohlik[3] (Wisconsin)
Attendance47,845
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

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The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.

The winners of the first round series advanced to the semifinal and championship rounds held at the Civic Center. All Final Four games used a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top remaining seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game while the two other semifinalists meeting with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers competing in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1990 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

1989–90 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Wisconsin†* 28 19 8 1 39 147 111 46 36 9 1 254 166
Minnesota 28 17 9 2 36 147 124 46 28 16 2 227 189
North Dakota 28 15 10 3 33 149 114 45 28 13 4 252 175
Northern Michigan 28 15 12 1 31 130 129 42 22 19 1 191 191
Denver 28 13 15 0 26 130 139 42 18 24 0 183 201
Minnesota-Duluth 28 13 15 0 26 114 112 40 20 19 1 170 152
Colorado College 28 10 17 1 21 97 129 40 18 20 2 152 174
Michigan Tech 28 6 22 0 12 112 168 40 10 30 0 150 218
Championship: Wisconsin
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first round

First Round
March 1–4 		Semifinals
March 11 		Championship
March 12
           
1 Wisconsin 4 4* —
8 Michigan Tech 2 3 —
1 Wisconsin 4*
4 Northern Michigan 3
2 Minnesota 9 9 —
7 Colorado College 3 2 —
1 Wisconsin 7
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 Minnesota 1
3 North Dakota 11 2 —
6 Minnesota-Duluth 4 1 —
2 Minnesota 5 Third place
3 North Dakota 4
4 Northern Michigan 3 9 — 3 North Dakota 6*
5 Denver 0 4 — 4 Northern Michigan 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

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(1) Wisconsin vs. (8) Michigan Tech

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March 3 Wisconsin 4 – 2 Michigan Tech Dane County Coliseum
March 4 Wisconsin 4 – 3 OT Michigan Tech Dane County Coliseum
Wisconsin won series 2–0


(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Colorado College

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March 2 Minnesota 9 – 3 Colorado College Mariucci Arena
March 3 Minnesota 9 – 2 Colorado College Mariucci Arena
Minnesota won series 2–0


(3) North Dakota vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth

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March 1 North Dakota 11 – 4 Minnesota-Duluth Ralph Engelstad Arena
March 2 North Dakota 2 – 1 Minnesota-Duluth Ralph Engelstad Arena
North Dakota won series 2–0


(4) Northern Michigan vs. (5) Denver

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March 2 Northern Michigan 3 – 0 Denver Lakeview Arena
March 3 Northern Michigan 9 – 4 Denver Lakeview Arena
Northern Michigan won series 2–0


Semifinals

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(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Northern Michigan

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March 11 Wisconsin 4 – 3 OT Northern Michigan Civic Center


(2) Minnesota vs. (3) North Dakota

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March 11 Minnesota 5 – 4 North Dakota Civic Center


Third Place

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(3) North Dakota vs. (4) Northern Michigan

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March 12 North Dakota 6 – 5 OT Northern Michigan Civic Center


Championship

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(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota

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March 12 Wisconsin 7 – 1 Minnesota Civic Center


Tournament awards

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All-Tournament Team

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MVP

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Wisconsin Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Jeff Sauer Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  5. ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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