2001 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

2001 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 9–17, 2001
Teams10
Finals siteXcel Energy Center
St. Paul, Minnesota
ChampionsSt. Cloud State (1st title)
Winning coachCraig Dahl[1] (1st title)
MVPTyler Arnason (St. Cloud State)
Attendance67,612
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2001 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 42nd conference playoff in league history and 48th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2001 tournament was played between March 9 and March 17, 2001, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, the home of the NHL's Minnesota Wild. By winning the tournament, St. Cloud State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament. This was the inaugural year in which the Xcel Energy Center hosted the WCHA final five and it remained there until the conclusion of the 2013 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: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2000–01 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#2 North Dakota† 28 18 4 6 42 115 80 46 29 8 9 183 121
#5 St. Cloud State* 28 20 8 0 40 111 69 41 31 9 1 168 94
#9 Minnesota 28 18 8 2 38 107 70 42 27 13 2 171 109
#6 Colorado College 28 17 11 0 34 106 81 41 27 13 1 150 108
#8 Wisconsin 28 14 10 4 32 81 86 41 22 15 4 133 129
Denver 28 14 11 3 31 84 78 38 19 15 4 116 104
Minnesota State-Mankato 28 13 14 1 27 91 99 38 19 18 1 128 135
Michigan Tech 28 6 19 3 15 69 105 36 8 24 4 91 135
Alaska-Anchorage 28 4 20 4 12 61 104 36 7 24 5 82 132
Minnesota-Duluth 28 3 22 3 9 68 121 39 7 28 4 103 166
Championship: St. Cloud State
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

First round[2]
March 9–11, 2001		Quarterfinal[3]
March 15, 2001		Semifinals
March 16, 2001		Championship
March 17, 2001
1North Dakota264
10Minnesota-Duluth320
1North Dakota2
2St. Cloud State58–4Colorado College44Colorado College1
9Alaska-Anchorage12–5Wisconsin3
3Minnesota73–1North Dakota5
8Michigan Tech21–2St. Cloud State6*
4Colorado College37—
7Minnesota State-Mankato03—2St. Cloud State3
3Minnesota0
5Wisconsin66—
6Denver42—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) North Dakota vs. (10) Minnesota-Duluth

March 9[4] North Dakota 2 – 3 Minnesota-Duluth Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Notermann, Dorey) David Lundbohm - 01:13 Second period 12:17 - PP - Matt Mathias (Homstol, Lessard)
15:13 - Ryan Homstol (Gunderson, Otten)
(Dorey, Hammer) Ryan Bayda - 11:14 Third period 17:48 - GW - Mark Gunderson (Otten)
15:13 - Ryan Homstol (Gunderson, Otten)
Karl Goehring ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Rob Anderson ( 35 saves / 37 shots )
March 10[5] North Dakota 6 – 2 Minnesota-Duluth Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Schneekloth, Roche) Jeff Panzer - PP - 08:53
(Skarperud, Spiewak) Tyler Palmiscno - 12:33
(Bayda, Panzer) Bryan Lundbohm - GW - 14:58
(Roche, Mazurak) Wes Dorey - PP - 19:13 		Second period 07:01 - Mark Carlson (Reierson, Medak)
08:01 - Matt Mathias
(Skarperud, Spiewak) Aaron Schneekloth - 10:24
(Lundbohm, Notermann) Wes Dorey - 13:19 		Third period No scoring
Andy Kollar ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats Rob Anderson ( 33 saves / 38 shots ) / Adam Coole ( 0 saves / 1 shots )
March 11[6] North Dakota 4 – 0 Minnesota-Duluth Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Ryan Bayda - GW - 07:31
(Skarperud, Panzer) Kevin Spiewak - 12:16 		Second period No scoring
(Dorey, Lundbohm) Jason Notermann - 03:11
Jeff Panzer - 05:27 		Third period No scoring
Karl Goehring ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Rob Anderson ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) / Adam Coole ( 5 saves / 5 shots )
North Dakota won series 2–1


(2) St. Cloud State vs. (9) Alaska-Anchorage

March 9[7] St. Cloud State 5 – 1 Alaska-Anchorage National Hockey Center Recap  
Chris Purslow - 04:36
(Arnason) Brandon Sampair - GW - 17:06 		First period No scoring
(Arnason, Sampair) Mark Hartigan - PP - 15:48 Second period No scoring
Chris Purslow - 04:52
(Arnason, Hartigan) Nate DiCasmirro - PP - 11:11 		Third period 05:49 - Vladimir Novak (Gilkerson, Ludwig)
Scott Meyer ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats Chris King ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) / Kevin Reiter ( 6 saves / 7 shots )
March 10[8] St. Cloud State 8 – 2 Alaska-Anchorage National Hockey Center Recap  
(Motzko, Meyer) Chris Purslow - 01:16
(Eastman, Hartigan) Joe Motzko - 06:01
(Hartigan) Joe Motzko - GW - 10:48
(DiCasmirro, Arnason) Mark Hartigan - PP - 18:04 		First period 19:26 - Petr Chytka (Leitner, Cygan)
(Westcott) Brandon Sampair - PP - 18:15 Second period 03:26 - Vladimir Novak (Garvin)
(Malone) Ritchie Larson - 01:16
(Westcott, DiCasmirro) Mark Hartigan - 10:53
(DiCasmirro, Finger) Ryan Malone - 14:49 		Third period No scoring
Scott Meyer ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Chris King ( 5 saves / 9 shots ) / Kevin Reiter ( 22 saves / 26 shots ))
St. Cloud State won series 2–0


(3) Minnesota vs. (8) Michigan Tech

March 9[9] Minnesota 7 – 2 Michigan Tech Mariucci Arena Recap  
(Koalska, Anthony) Stuart Senden - 00:58
(Leopold, Westrum) Grant Potulny - PP - 08:55
(Pohl, Martin) Jeff Taffe - GW - 10:11
(Senden) Nick Anthony - 13:03 		First period 12:34 - PP - Brett Engelhardt (Snesrud, Way)
(Martin, Miskovich) Dylan Mills - PP - 11:49 Second period No scoring
(Westrum) Troy Riddle - 17:21
(Tharp, Westrum) Nick Angell - 18:13 		Third period 16:18 - Jarrett Weinberger (Patterson)
Adam Hauser ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Goalie stats Brian Rodgers ( 25 saves / 32 shots )
March 10[10] Minnesota 3 – 1 Michigan Tech Mariucci Arena Recap  
(Koalska, Anthony) Ben Tharp - 17:01 First period No scoring
(Anthony, Koalska) Stuart Senden - GW - 17:12 Second period No scoring
(Martin) Nick Anthony - 14:44 Third period 03:43 - Chris Durno (Ulwelling)
Adam Hauser ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Brian Rodgers ( 38 saves / 41 shots )
Minnesota won series 2–0


(4) Colorado College vs. (7) Minnesota State-Mankato

March 9 Colorado College 3 – 0 OT Minnesota State-Mankato Colorado Springs World Arena Recap
March 10 Colorado College 7 – 3 Minnesota State-Mankato Colorado Springs World Arena Recap
Colorado College won series 2–0


(5) Wisconsin vs. (6) Denver

March 9[11] Wisconsin 6 – 4 Denver Alliant Energy Center Recap  
(Bourque, Hukalo) Dany Heatley - 14:30
(Boeser) Matt Hussey - 15:48 		First period 07:38 - PP - Ryan Caldwell (Paradise, James)
07:51 - Kelly Popadynetz (Engstrom, Hartmann)
08:29 - Max Bull (Doell, Barber)
(Brooks, Hukalo) Rene Bourque - 07:48
(Jensen, Boeser) Dany Heatley - PP - 09:37
(Heatley, Hussey) Rene Bourque - GW - 17:42 		Second period No scoring
(Bourque, Heatley) David Hukalo - PP - 06:45 Third period 19:41 - PP - Judd Stauss (Weber)
Graham Melanson ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Wade Dubielewicz ( 26 saves / 31 shots ) / Adam Berkhoel ( 10 saves / 11 shots )
March 10[12] Wisconsin 6 – 2 Denver Alliant Energy Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Wheeler, Dessner) Kent Davyduke - 00:55
(Brooks, Doman) Matt Murray - 12:48
(Winchester) Dany Heatley - GW - 13:34 		Second period 06:16 - Ryan Caldwell (Paradise)
07:50 - David Neale (Stauss)
(Hergert) Kevin Granato - 10:56
(Bourque, Heatley) Jeff Dessner - PP - 15:02
(Jensen) Kent Davyduke - EN - 18:49 		Third period No scoring
Graham Melanson ( 41 saves / 43 shots ) Goalie stats Adam Berkhoel ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) / Wade Dubielewicz ( 0 saves / 1 shots )
Wisconsin won series 2–0


Quarterfinal

(4) Colorado College vs. (5) Wisconsin

March 15[13] Minnesota 4 – 3 Wisconsin Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Preissing, Manning) Joe Cullen - 04:02
(Clark, Jozsa) Noah Clarke - 14:26 		First period 13:12 - Dany Heatley
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Cullen, Manning) Peter Sejna - 19:13
(Cullen, Sejna) Justin Morrison - GW EN - 19:25 		Third period 00:53 - PP - Rene Bourque (Heatley, Hukalo)
19:49 - Dany Heatley (Granato, Brooks)
Jeff Sanger ( 37 saves / 40 shots ) Goalie stats Graham Melanson ( 30 saves / 33 shots )


Semifinals

(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Colorado College

March 16[14] North Dakota 2 – 1 Colorado College Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 04:26 - Mark Cullen (Sejna, Morrison)
(Bayda, Panzer) Aaron Schneekloth - PP - 03:27
(Dorey, Roche) Jason Notermann - GW - 10:51 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Karl Goehring ( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Goalie stats Colin Zulianello ( 18 saves / 20 shots )


(2) St. Cloud State vs. (3) Minnesota

March 16[15] St. Cloud State 3 – 0 Minnesota Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Arnason, Sampair) Chris Purslow - GW - 05:07
(Arnason, Westcott) Nate DiCasmirro - 05:47 		First period No scoring
(Westcott) Tyler Arnason - SH - 09:46 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Scott Meyer ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats Adam Hauser ( 18 saves / 21 shots )


Third Place

(3) Minnesota vs. (4) Colorado College

March 17[16] Minnesota 4 – 5 Colorado College Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Pohl) Erik Westrum - PP - 08:13
(Westrum, Leopold) Troy Riddle - 10:32 		First period 06:01 - SH - Mark Cullen (Clark)
(Pohl, Leopold) Erik Westrum - 08:46 Second period 13:05 - PP - Joe Cullen (Kim, Stuart)
14:54 - PP - Mike Stuart (Morrison, Kim)
(Leopold) John Pohl - PP - 15:18 Third period 14:29 - Peter Sejna (Cullen)
16:55 - Justin Morrison
Pete Samargia ( 27 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats Jeff Sanger ( 37 saves / 41 shots )


Championship

(1) North Dakota vs. (2) St. Cloud State

March 17[17] North Dakota 5 – 6 OT St. Cloud State Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 12:10 - Tyler Arnason (Westcott, Meyer)
(Bayda, Mazurak) Jeff Panzer - 05:21 Second period 08:10 - Derek Eastman (Malone, Cullen)
15:06 - PP - Joe Motzko (Anderson, Eastman)
16:06 - Tyler Arnason (DiCasmirro)
(Skarperud) Kevin Spiewak - 08:11
(Hammer, Lundbohm) Jeff Panzer - 14:25
Jason Notermann - 18:58
(Lundbohm) Travis Roche - EA - 19:49 		Third period 12:24 - PP - Tyler Arnason (Sampair, Eastman)
No scoring First overtime period 11:33 - GW - Derek Eastman (Malone, Cullen)
Andy Kollar ( 30 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats Scott Meyer ( 33 saves / 38 shots )


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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See also

References

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  18. ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.