# 2000 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2000 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 41st conference playoff in league history and 47th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2000 tournament played between March 10 and March 18, 2000 at five conference arenas and the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, North Dakota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey 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 Target 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: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
1999–00 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 Wisconsin† | 28 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 112 | 70 | 41 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 166 | 109 |
| #1 North Dakota* | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 113 | 61 | 44 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 192 | 97 |
| #12 St. Cloud State | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 105 | 66 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 156 | 103 |
| #15 Minnesota State-Mankato | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 90 | 82 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 126 | 117 |
| Colorado College | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 88 | 69 | 39 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 126 | 102 |
| #14 Minnesota | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 95 | 84 | 41 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 148 | 133 |
| Alaska-Anchorage | 28 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 65 | 87 | 36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 85 | 104 |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 28 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 59 | 114 | 37 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 93 | 146 |
| Denver | 28 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 92 | 97 | 41 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 132 | 136 |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 136 | 38 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 68 | 183 |
| Championship: North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First round March 10–12, 2000 | First round March 10–12, 2000 | First round March 10–12, 2000 | First round March 10–12, 2000 | First round March 10–12, 2000 | Quarterfinal March 16, 2000 | Quarterfinal March 16, 2000 | Quarterfinal March 16, 2000 | Semifinals March 17, 2000 | Semifinals March 17, 2000 | Semifinals March 17, 2000 | Championship March 18, 2000 | Championship March 18, 2000 | Championship March 18, 2000 |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | 9 | – | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Michigan Tech | 0 | 4 | – | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 1 | Wisconsin | 5 | | | |
| 2 | North Dakota | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | Minnesota State-Mankato | 4 | 6 | Minnesota | 3 | | | |
| 9 | Denver | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | Minnesota | 6 | | | | | | |
| 3 | St. Cloud State | 4 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | 1 | Wisconsin | 3 |
| 8 | Minnesota-Duluth | 5 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | North Dakota | 5 |
| 4 | Minnesota State-Mankato | 2* | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Alaska-Anchorage | 1 | 2 | — | | | | 2 | | | | North Dakota | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | 3 | St. Cloud State | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Colorado College | 2 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Minnesota | 4 | 3* | — | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Wisconsin vs. (10) Michigan Tech

* Wisconsin won series 2–0

#### (2) North Dakota vs. (9) Denver

* North Dakota won series 2–1

#### (3) St. Cloud State vs. (8) Minnesota-Duluth

* St. Cloud State won series 2–1

#### (4) Minnesota State-Mankato vs. (7) Alaska-Anchorage

* Minnesota State won series 2–0

#### (5) Colorado College vs. (6) Minnesota

* Minnesota won series 2–0

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

* F Brandon Sampair (St. Cloud State)
* F Ryan Bayda (North Dakota)
* F Lee Goren* (North Dakota)
* D Dan Bjornlie (Wisconsin)
* D Travis Roche (North Dakota)
* G Andy Kollar (North Dakota)
* Most Valuable Player(s)