# 2016 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2016 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2016, at four conference arenas and the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Ferris State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
This was the last WCHA tournament where an All-Tournament Team was named. This is also the only year with an All-Tournament Team where the Tournament MVP was not also named to the All-Tournament Team.

## Format

The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.
The winners of the first round series advance to the Van Andel Arena for the WCHA Final Five, a holdover from previous tournaments where it was used as the collective name of the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.

### Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2015–16 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 |
| #12 Michigan Tech † | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 92 | 55 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 123 | 77 |
| #15 Minnesota State † | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 82 | 48 | 41 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 105 | 80 |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 81 | 59 | 42 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 118 | 91 |
| Ferris State* | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 73 | 70 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 112 | 109 |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 65 | 69 | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 89 | 99 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 66 | 66 | 39 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 96 | 96 |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 49 | 71 | 41 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 74 | 105 |
| Alaska | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 65 | 87 | 36 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 86 | 117 |
| Alaska Anchorage | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 63 | 84 | 34 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 81 | 103 |
| Alabama–Huntsville | 28 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 61 | 88 | 34 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 73 | 106 |
| Championship: Ferris State † indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016 |||||||||||||||

## 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 | | | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 |
| 1 | Michigan Tech | 7 | 5 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 1 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alaska | 1 | 3 | — | | | 1 | Michigan Tech | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 | Ferris State | 1 | | | |
| 2 | Minnesota State | 5 | 0 | 3 | | | 4 | Ferris State | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Lake Superior State | 2 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Lake Superior State | 2 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | 4 | Ferris State | 2 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 4 | Ferris State | 2 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 2 | Minnesota State | 1 |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 1 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Minnesota State | 1 |
| 6 | Bemidji State | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Bemidji State | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | 2 | Minnesota State | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 3 | Bowling Green | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Ferris State | 3 | 5 | — | | | 3 | Bowling Green | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Northern Michigan | 2 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods

## Results
### First round

All times are local.

#### (4) Ferris State vs. (5) Northern Michigan
### Semifinals

All times are local (UTC−4).

#### (4) Ferris State vs. (1) Michigan Tech
### Championship

All times are local (UTC−4).

#### (4) Ferris State vs. (2) Minnesota State
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Kenny Babinski (Ferris State)
* F Gerald Mayhew (Ferris State)
* F Brad McClure (Minnesota State)
* D Brandon Anselmini (Ferris State)
* D Casey Nelson (Minnesota State)
* G Cole Huggins (Minnesota State)

### Most Valuable Player

G Darren Smith (Ferris State)