# 2019 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2019 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019 on campus locations. By winning the tournament, Minnesota State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2019 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. (teams will NOT be re-seeded with each proceeding round).
The final was a single game held at the campus site of the highest remaining seed.

### Standings

2018–19 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 | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #6 Minnesota State †* | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 99 | 43 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 147 | 76 |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 82 | 57 | 39 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 104 | 96 |
| #13 Bowling Green | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 77 | 52 | 41 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 133 | 75 |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 91 | 69 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 123 | 93 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 71 | 63 | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 95 | 94 |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 68 | 63 | 38 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 90 | 101 |
| Alaska | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 57 | 81 | 36 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 72 | 114 |
| Alabama–Huntsville | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 61 | 93 | 38 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 67 | 129 |
| Ferris State | 28 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 68 | 96 | 36 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 90 | 123 |
| Alaska Anchorage | 28 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 86 | 34 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 40 | 115 |
| Championship: March 23, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll ||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals March 8–9 | Quarterfinals March 8–9 | Quarterfinals March 8–9 | Quarterfinals March 8–9 | Quarterfinals March 8–9 | Semifinals March 15–16 | Semifinals March 15–16 | Semifinals March 15–16 | Semifinals March 15–16 | Semifinals March 15–16 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 |
| 1 | Minnesota State | 3 | 4 | X | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alabama–Huntsville | 1 | 1 | X | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alabama–Huntsville | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | Minnesota State | 2 | 2 | X | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Lake Superior | 1 | 0 | X | | | |
| 4 | Lake Superior | 4 | 3 | X | 4 | Lake Superior | 1 | 0 | X | | | |
| 5 | Bemidji State | 2 | 1 | X | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Bemidji State | 2 | 1 | X | | | | | | 1 | Minnesota State | 3* |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Bowling Green | 2 |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 3 | 6 | X | | | | | | | | | 3 | Bowling Green | 2 |
| 6 | Michigan Tech | 2 | 2 | X | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Michigan Tech | 2 | 2 | X | 2 | Northern Michigan | 1 | 1 | X | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Bowling Green | 6 | 2** | X | | | |
| 2 | Northern Michigan | 5** | 4 | X | 3 | Bowling Green | 6 | 2** | X | | | |
| 7 | Alaska | 4 | 3 | X | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods

## Results
### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Minnesota State vs. (8) Alabama–Huntsville

* Minnesota State wins series 2–0

#### (2) Northern Michigan vs. (7) Alaska

* Northern Michigan wins series 2–0

#### (3) Bowling Green vs. (6) Michigan Tech

* Bowling Green wins series 2-0

#### (4) Lake Superior State vs. (5) Bemidji State

* Lake Superior State wins series 2–0

### Semifinals
#### (1) Minnesota State vs. (4) Lake Superior State

* Minnesota State wins series 2–0

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

* Bowling Green wins series 2–0

### Championship
#### (1) Minnesota State vs. (3) Bowling Green
## Tournament awards
### Most Outstanding Player

Nick Rivera (Minnesota State)