2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
| 2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 3-18, 2018 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site |
MacInnes Student Ice Arena Houghton, Michigan |
| Champions | Michigan Tech (10th title) |
| Winning coach | Mel Pearson (1st title) |
| MVP | Shane Hanna (Michigan Tech) |
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The 2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 3 and March 18, 2017, at conference arenas.
Format
The first two rounds of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are 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 higher seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.
The final was a single game held at the campus site of the highest remaining seed.
Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| 2016–17 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings | |||||||||||||||
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| Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Bemidji State | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 71 | 44 | 39 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 90 | 73 | |
| #19 Michigan Tech | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 80 | 59 | 40 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 117 | 90 | |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 89 | 68 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 116 | 86 | |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 79 | 65 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 112 | 95 | |
| Ferris State | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 78 | 74 | 37 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 95 | 101 | |
| Alaska | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 67 | 84 | 36 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 79 | 113 | |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 78 | 87 | 36 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 103 | 119 | |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 69 | 75 | 39 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 93 | 108 | |
| Alabama–Huntsville | 28 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 68 | 95 | 34 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 74 | 120 | |
| Alaska Anchorage | 28 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 52 | 80 | 34 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 59 | 102 | |
| Championship: March 18, 2017 indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First round March 3-5 |
Semifinals March 10-12 |
Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bemidji State | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Bemidji State | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Northern Michigan | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Bowling Green | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan Tech | 6 | 8 | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Lake Superior State | 4 | 0 | - | 1 | Michigan Tech | 3** | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Bowling Green | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota State | 3 | 4 | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Alaska | 0 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Bowling Green | 6 | 5 | - | 2 | Michigan Tech | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Ferris State | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | Minnesota State | ||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods