# 2015 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2015 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 13 and March 21, 2015, at four conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight or ten 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 top four seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.
The winners of the first round series advance to the Xcel Energy Center for the WCHA Final Five, a holdover from previous tournaments where it was used as the collective name of the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.

### Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2014–15 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #7 Minnesota State †* | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 98 | 47 | 40 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 145 | 77 |
| #9 Michigan Tech | 28 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 103 | 48 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 144 | 74 |
| #18 Bowling Green | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 87 | 66 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 119 | 93 |
| Alaska^ | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 75 | 69 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 92 | 81 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 73 | 62 | 38 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 101 | 90 |
| Ferris State | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 66 | 58 | 40 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 88 | 88 |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 59 | 71 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 86 | 100 |
| Alabama–Huntsville | 28 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 44 | 95 | 38 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 62 | 121 |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 44 | 91 | 38 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 60 | 131 |
| Alaska Anchorage | 28 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 52 | 94 | 34 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 70 | 107 |
| Championship: March 21, 2015 † indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) ^ indicates ineligible for postseason play due to NCAA sanctions Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 9, 2015 |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First round March 13–15 | First round March 13–15 | First round March 13–15 | First round March 13–15 | First round March 13–15 | | | Semifinals March 20 | Semifinals March 20 | Semifinals March 20 | Championship March 21 | Championship March 21 | Championship March 21 |
| 1 | Minnesota State | 9 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lake Superior State | 2 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lake Superior State | 2 | 2 | — | | | 1 | Minnesota State | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 5 | Ferris State | 0 | | | |
| 2 | Michigan Tech | 1*** | 3 | — | | | 5 | Ferris State | 0 | | | |
| 7 | Alabama–Huntsville | 0 | 0 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Alabama–Huntsville | 0 | 0 | — | | | | | | 1 | Minnesota State | 5 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 1 | Minnesota State | 5 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 2 | Michigan Tech | 2 |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 3* | 4 | — | | | | | | | | | 2 | Michigan Tech | 2 |
| 6 | Northern Michigan | 2 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Northern Michigan | 2 | 1 | — | | | 2 | Michigan Tech | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 3 | Bowling Green | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Bemidji State | 1 | 2 | — | | | 3 | Bowling Green | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Ferris State | 4 | 3*** | — | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods

## Results
### First round

All times are local.

#### (4) Bemidji State vs. (5) Ferris State
### Semifinals

All times are local (UTC−5).

#### (5) Ferris State vs. (1) Minnesota State
### Championship

All times are local (UTC−5).

#### (2) Michigan Tech vs. (1) Minnesota State
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Tyler Heinonen, So. (Michigan Tech)
* F David Johnstone, Sr. (Michigan Tech)
* F Brad McClure*, Fr. (Minnesota State)
* D Zach Palmquist, Sr. (Minnesota State)
* D Brett Stern, Sr. (Minnesota State)
* G Stephon Williams, Jr. (Minnesota State)
* Most Valuable Player