# 2018 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2018 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018, on campus locations. By winning the tournament, Michigan Tech was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The first two rounds of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. The top eight conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The higher seeded teams each earned 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
2017–18 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference record | 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 | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #9 Minnesota State† | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 116 | 58 | 40 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 153 | 84 |
| #20 Northern Michigan | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 85 | 64 | 43 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 130 | 108 |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 87 | 63 | 41 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 122 | 100 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 77 | 63 | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 103 | 95 |
| #16 Michigan Tech* | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 82 | 75 | 44 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 134 | 117 |
| Ferris State | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 68 | 86 | 38 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 87 | 122 |
| Alabama–Huntsville | 28 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 69 | 86 | 37 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 84 | 121 |
| Alaska | 28 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 74 | 85 | 36 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 97 | 118 |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 59 | 90 | 36 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 76 | 121 |
| Alaska Anchorage | 28 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 55 | 102 | 34 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 65 | 124 |
| Championship: March 17, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 5, 2018 ||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round
| Quarterfinals March 2–4 | Quarterfinals March 2–4 | Quarterfinals March 2–4 | Quarterfinals March 2–4 | Quarterfinals March 2–4 | Semifinals March 9–11 | Semifinals March 9–11 | Semifinals March 9–11 | Semifinals March 9–11 | Semifinals March 9–11 | Championship March 17 | Championship March 17 | Championship March 17 |
| 1 | Minnesota State | 8 | 6 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 2 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | Minnesota State | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Michigan Tech | 1 | 4 | 2* | | | |
| 2 | Northern Michigan | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | Michigan Tech | 1 | 4 | 2* | | | |
| 7 | Alabama-Huntsville | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Alabama-Huntsville | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 5 | Michigan Tech | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Northern Michigan | 0 |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 2* | 5 | — | | | | | | | | | 2 | Northern Michigan | 0 |
| 6 | Ferris State | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Ferris State | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | Northern Michigan | 6 | 0 | 3* | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Bemidji State | 3 | 4 | — | 3 | Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Michigan Tech | 5 | 5 | — | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods

## Results
### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Minnesota State vs. (8) Alaska

* Minnesota State wins series 2–0

#### (2) Northern Michigan vs. (7) Alabama–Huntsville

* Northern Michigan wins series 2–1

#### (3) Bowling Green vs. (6) Ferris State

* Bowling Green wins series 2-0

#### (4) Bemidji State vs. (5) Michigan Tech

* Michigan Tech wins series 2–0

### Semifinals
#### (1) Minnesota State vs. (5) Michigan Tech

* Michigan Tech wins series 2–1

#### (2) Northern Michigan vs. (3) Bowling Green

* Northern Michigan wins series 2–1

### Championship
#### (2) Northern Michigan vs. (5) Michigan Tech
## Tournament awards
### Most Outstanding Player

Patrick Munson (Michigan Tech)