# 2013 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2013 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 15 and March 23, 2013, at six conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Colorado College Tigers to win their 12th Broadmoor Trophy as the tournament's champions, and was awarded the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2013 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
2012–13 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 |
| #4 St. Cloud State † | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 94 | 66 | 42 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 141 | 103 |
| #6 Minnesota † | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 94 | 65 | 40 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 139 | 80 |
| #7 North Dakota | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 93 | 71 | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 135 | 103 |
| #12 Wisconsin * | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 69 | 64 | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 112 | 89 |
| #14 Denver | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 92 | 81 | 39 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 131 | 108 |
| #13 Minnesota State | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 90 | 68 | 41 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 127 | 99 |
| Omaha | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 92 | 91 | 39 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 127 | 117 |
| Colorado College | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 88 | 98 | 42 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 133 | 141 |
| Minnesota–Duluth | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 75 | 83 | 38 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 99 | 109 |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 75 | 92 | 37 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 107 | 116 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 58 | 87 | 36 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 74 | 110 |
| Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 52 | 106 | 36 | 4 | 25 | 7 | 67 | 133 |
| Championship: March 23, 2013 † 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 15–17 | First round March 15–17 | First round March 15–17 | First round March 15–17 | First round March 15–17 | Quarterfinals March 21 | Quarterfinals March 21 | Quarterfinals March 21 | Semifinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 |
| 1 | St. Cloud State | 6 | 5 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Alaska-Anchorage | 1 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Minnesota | 2* | 4 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Minnesota | 2* | 4 | — | | | | 1 | St. Cloud State | 1 | | | |
| 11 | Bemidji State | 1 | 3 | — | | | | 1 | St. Cloud State | 1 | | | |
| 11 | Bemidji State | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | Wisconsin | 7 | 4 | Wisconsin | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Minnesota State | 2 | | | | | | |
| 3 | North Dakota | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Minnesota State | 2 | | | | | | |
| 3 | North Dakota | 5 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | Wisconsin | 3 |
| 10 | Michigan Tech | 3 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | 4 | Wisconsin | 3 |
| 10 | Michigan Tech | 3 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | 8 | Colorado College | 2 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 3 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 3 | 4 | — | | | | 2 | Minnesota | 0 | | | |
| 9 | Minnesota Duluth | 1 | 1 | — | | | | 2 | Minnesota | 0 | | | |
| 9 | Minnesota Duluth | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | North Dakota | 3 | 8 | Colorado College | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Colorado College | 4* | | | | | | |
| 5 | Denver | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | Colorado College | 4* | | | | | | |
| 8 | Colorado College | 3 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Minnesota State | 4* | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Nebraska-Omaha | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods

## Results
### First round

All times are local.

#### (1) St. Cloud State vs. (12) Alaska Anchorage

* St. Cloud State wins series 2 - 0

#### (2) Minnesota vs. (11) Bemidji State

* Minnesota wins series 2–0

#### (3) North Dakota vs. (10) Michigan Tech

* North Dakota wins series 2 - 1

#### (4) Wisconsin vs. (9) Minnesota-Duluth

* Wisconsin wins series 2–0

#### (5) Denver vs. (8) Colorado College

* Colorado College wins series 2 - 1

#### (6) Minnesota State vs. (7) Nebraska-Omaha

* Minnesota State wins series 2 - 1

### Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC−5).

#### (3) North Dakota vs. (8) Colorado College
### Semifinals

All times are local (UTC−5).

#### (2) Minnesota vs. (8) Colorado College
### Championship

All times are local (UTC−5).

#### (4) Wisconsin vs. (8) Colorado College
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Tyler Barnes (Wisconsin)
* F Nic Kerdiles* (Wisconsin)
* F Rylan Schwartz (Colorado College)
* D John Ramage (Wisconsin)
* D Peter Stoykewych (Colorado College)
* G Joel Rumpel (Wisconsin)
* Most Valuable Player(s)