# 2011 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2011 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2011 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 2011 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.

### Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2010–11 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 |
| #2 North Dakota†* | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 112 | 62 | 44 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 178 | 94 |
| #7 Denver | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 93 | 75 | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 136 | 113 |
| #14 Nebraska–Omaha | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 94 | 69 | 39 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 128 | 99 |
| #1 Minnesota–Duluth | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 91 | 73 | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 143 | 108 |
| Minnesota | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 91 | 78 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 113 | 102 |
| #11 Colorado College | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 83 | 84 | 45 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 143 | 131 |
| Wisconsin | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 75 | 72 | 41 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 129 | 98 |
| Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 62 | 78 | 37 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 89 | 106 |
| St. Cloud State | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 84 | 80 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 112 | 113 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 62 | 78 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 89 | 102 |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 67 | 90 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 105 | 116 |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 124 | 38 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 75 | 169 |
| Championship: North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First round March 11–13 | First round March 11–13 | First round March 11–13 | First round March 11–13 | First round March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 17 | Quarterfinals March 17 | Quarterfinals March 17 | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 |
| 1 | North Dakota | 8 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Michigan Tech | 0 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Denver | 4 | 3* | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Denver | 4 | 3* | — | | | | 2 | Denver | 6 | | | |
| 11 | Minnesota State | 2 | 2 | — | | | | 2 | Denver | 6 | | | |
| 11 | Minnesota State | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | 10 | Bemidji State | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | 10 | Bemidji State | 3* | | | | | | |
| 3 | Nebraska-Omaha | 2 | 2 | — | 10 | Bemidji State | 3* | | | | | | |
| 3 | Nebraska-Omaha | 2 | 2 | — | | | | | | | 1 | North Dakota | 3** |
| 10 | Bemidji State | 4 | 3 | — | | | | | | | 1 | North Dakota | 3** |
| 10 | Bemidji State | 4 | 3 | — | | | | | | | 2 | Denver | 2 |
| 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | 3*** | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | 3*** | — | | | | 1 | North Dakota | 4 | | | |
| 9 | St. Cloud State | 2 | 2 | — | | | | 1 | North Dakota | 4 | | | |
| 9 | St. Cloud State | 2 | 2 | — | 6 | Colorado College | 4 | 6 | Colorado College | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Alaska-Anchorage | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Minnesota | 3 | 0 | — | 8 | Alaska-Anchorage | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska-Anchorage | 4 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Colorado College | 1 | 4* | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods

### First round
#### (1) North Dakota vs. (12) Michigan Tech

* North Dakota Wins Series 2–0

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

* Denver Wins Series 2–0

#### (3) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (10) Bemidji State

* Bemidji State Wins Series 2-0

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

* Minnesota-Duluth Wins Series 2-0
Note: Game 2 was the 3rd longest game in WCHA History and 12th longest in NCAA history, although not the longest match between these two schools. SCSU defeated UMD in Triple Overtime in Game 3 of their WCHA 1st Round series in 2007, that went 11:13 into triple overtime. This is the 1st time 2 schools have played 2 triple-overtime games vs one another.

#### (5) Minnesota vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage

* Alaska-Anchorage Wins Series 2-0

#### (6) Colorado College vs. (7) Wisconsin

* Colorado College Wins Series 2-1

### Championship
#### (1) North Dakota vs. (2) Denver
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Matt Frattin* (North Dakota)
* F Anthony Maiani (Denver)
* F Jaden Schwartz (Colorado College)
* D Matt Donovan (Denver)
* D Chay Genoway (North Dakota)
* G Sam Brittain (Denver)
* Most Valuable Player(s)