# 2012 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2012 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 9 and March 17, 2012 at six conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. North Dakota received the Broadmoor Trophy as the tournament's champions and was awarded the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. All twelve conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 12 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top six 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, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top two teams automatically advancing to the semifinals. All Final Five games will be broadcast by Fox Sports North and carried by Root Sports Rocky Mountain and Fox College Sports Central.

### Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2011–12 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #4 Minnesota† | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 88 | 57 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 155 | 99 |
| #6 Minnesota–Duluth | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 103 | 73 | 41 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 147 | 106 |
| #12 Denver | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 96 | 79 | 43 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 139 | 111 |
| #5 North Dakota* | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 82 | 73 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 135 | 108 |
| Colorado College | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 95 | 86 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 114 | 104 |
| St. Cloud State | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 86 | 74 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 120 | 104 |
| Omaha | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 83 | 85 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 106 | 112 |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 85 | 87 | 39 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 111 | 116 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 72 | 89 | 38 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 101 | 109 |
| Wisconsin | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 76 | 83 | 37 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 105 | 102 |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 73 | 102 | 38 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 101 | 129 |
| Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 60 | 111 | 36 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 85 | 134 |
| Championship: North Dakota 4, Denver 0 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First round March 9–11 | First round March 9–11 | First round March 9–11 | First round March 9–11 | First round March 9–11 | Quarterfinals March 15 | Quarterfinals March 15 | Quarterfinals March 15 | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Championship March 17 | Championship March 17 | Championship March 17 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 2 | 7 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Alaska-Anchorage | 1 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | 3** | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | 3** | — | | | | 1 | Minnesota | 3 | | | |
| 11 | Minnesota State | 2 | 2 | — | | | | 1 | Minnesota | 3 | | | |
| 11 | Minnesota State | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | North Dakota | 4 | 4 | North Dakota | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | St. Cloud State | 1 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Denver | 0 | 3 | 3* | 6 | St. Cloud State | 1 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Denver | 0 | 3 | 3* | | | | | | | 4 | North Dakota | 4 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | North Dakota | 4 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | Denver | 0 |
| 4 | North Dakota | 4 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | North Dakota | 4 | 4 | — | | | | 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | | | |
| 9 | Bemidji State | 1 | 3 | — | | | | 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | | | |
| 9 | Bemidji State | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | Denver | 3* | 3 | Denver | 4** | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Michigan Tech | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Colorado College | 1 | 3 | — | 8 | Michigan Tech | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Michigan Tech | 3 | 4* | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | St. Cloud State | 4 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods

## Results
### First round
#### (1) Minnesota vs. (12) Alaska-Anchorage

* Minnesota Wins Series 2 - 0

#### (2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (11) Minnesota State

* Minnesota-Duluth Wins Series 2 - 0

#### (3) Denver vs. (10) Wisconsin

* Denver Wins Series 2 - 1

#### (4) North Dakota vs. (9) Bemidji State

* North Dakota Wins Series 2 - 0

#### (5) Colorado College vs. (8) Michigan Tech

* Michigan Tech Wins Series 2 - 0

#### (6) St. Cloud State vs. (7) Nebraska-Omaha

* St. Cloud State Wins Series 2 - 0

### Championship
#### (3) Denver vs. (4) North Dakota
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Mario Lamoureux (North Dakota)
* F Brock Nelson (North Dakota)
* F Jason Zucker (Denver)
* D Derek Forbort (North Dakota)
* D Andrew MacWilliams (North Dakota)
* G Aaron Dell* (North Dakota)
* Most Valuable Player(s)