# 2007 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2007 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 48th conference playoff in league history and 53rd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2007 tournament was played between March 9 and March 17, 2007, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the NCAA 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: PTS = Points; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2006–07 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 |
| #5 Minnesota†* | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 91 | 67 | 44 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 139 | 89 |
| #8 St. Cloud State | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 89 | 70 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 127 | 99 |
| #3 North Dakota | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 93 | 75 | 43 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 153 | 116 |
| #15 Denver | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 73 | 73 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 107 | 95 |
| Colorado College | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 79 | 74 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 111 | 98 |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 69 | 64 | 40 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 90 | 87 |
| Wisconsin | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 59 | 53 | 41 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 93 | 83 |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 81 | 99 | 38 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 106 | 132 |
| Minnesota–Duluth | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 64 | 84 | 39 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 103 | 121 |
| Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 62 | 101 | 37 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 90 | 124 |
| Championship: Minnesota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 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 | Quarterfinal March 15 | Quarterfinal March 15 | Quarterfinal March 15 | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Championship March 17 | Championship March 17 | Championship March 17 |
| 1 | Minnesota | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Alaska-Anchorage | 2 | 2* | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 1 | Minnesota | 4 | | | |
| 2 | St. Cloud State | 1 | 3* | 3*** | 6 | Michigan Tech | 0 | 7 | Wisconsin | 2 | | | |
| 9 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Wisconsin | 4 | | | | | | |
| 3 | North Dakota | 5 | 2 | – | | | | | | | 1 | Minnesota | 3* |
| 8 | Minnesota State | 2 | 1 | – | | | | | | | 3 | North Dakota | 2 |
| 4 | Denver | 2 | 1 | – | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | – | | | | 2 | | | | St. Cloud State | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | 3 | North Dakota | 6 | | | |
| 5 | Colorado College | 1 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Michigan Tech | 2* | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### First round
#### (1) Minnesota vs. (10) Alaska-Anchorage

* Minnesota won series 2–1

#### (2) St. Cloud State vs. (9) Minnesota-Duluth

* St. Cloud State won series 2–1

#### (3) North Dakota vs. (8) Minnesota State

* North Dakota won series 2–0

#### (4) Denver vs. (7) Wisconsin

* Wisconsin won series 2–0

#### (5) Colorado College vs. (6) Michigan Tech

* Michigan Tech won series 2–1

### Championship
#### (1) Minnesota vs. (3) North Dakota
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Blake Wheeler* (Minnesota)
* F Jonathan Toews (North Dakota)
* F Jake Dowell (Wisconsin)
* D Mike Vannelli (Minnesota)
* D Taylor Chorney (North Dakota)
* G Philippe Lamoureux (North Dakota)
* Most Valuable Player(s)