# 2017 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 3 and March 18, 2017, on campus locations. By winning the tournament, Michigan Tech was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The first two rounds 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 higher seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.
The final was a single game held at the campus site of the highest remaining seed.

### Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2016–17 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference record | 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 | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Bemidji State† | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 71 | 44 | 41 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 94 | 79 |
| #19 Michigan Tech* | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 80 | 59 | 45 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 131 | 100 |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 89 | 68 | 39 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 119 | 95 |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 79 | 65 | 41 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 120 | 102 |
| Ferris State | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 78 | 74 | 37 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 95 | 101 |
| Alaska | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 67 | 84 | 36 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 79 | 113 |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 78 | 87 | 36 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 103 | 119 |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 69 | 75 | 39 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 93 | 108 |
| Alabama–Huntsville | 28 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 68 | 95 | 34 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 74 | 120 |
| Alaska Anchorage | 28 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 52 | 80 | 34 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 59 | 102 |
| Championship: March 18, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup); * indicates conference tournament champion (Broadmoor Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017 ||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round
| Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Semifinals March 10–12 | Semifinals March 10–12 | Semifinals March 10–12 | Semifinals March 10–12 | Semifinals March 10–12 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 |
| 1 | Bemidji State | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Northern Michigan | 0 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Northern Michigan | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Bemidji State | 3 | 1 | — | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Bowling Green | 4* | 2 | — | | | |
| 2 | Michigan Tech | 6 | 8 | — | 4 | Bowling Green | 4* | 2 | — | | | |
| 7 | Lake Superior State | 4 | 0 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Lake Superior State | 4 | 0 | — | | | | | | 2 | Michigan Tech | 3** |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Bowling Green | 2 |
| 3 | Minnesota State | 3 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | | 4 | Bowling Green | 2 |
| 6 | Alaska | 0 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Alaska | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | Michigan Tech | 5 | 0 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Minnesota State | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Bowling Green | 6 | 5 | — | 3 | Minnesota State | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Ferris State | 1 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods

## Results
### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Bemidji State vs. (8) Northern Michigan

* Bemidji State wins series 2–1

#### (2) Michigan Tech vs. (7) Lake Superior State

* Michigan Tech wins series 2–0

#### (3) Minnesota State vs. (6) Alaska

* Minnesota State wins series 2-0

#### (4) Bowling Green vs. (5) Ferris State

* Bowling Green wins series 2–0

### Semifinals
#### (1) Bemidji State vs. (4) Bowling Green

* Bowling Green wins series 2–0

#### (2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) Minnesota State

* Michigan Tech wins series 2–1

### Championship
#### (2) Michigan Tech vs. (4) Bowling Green
## Tournament awards
### Most Outstanding Player

Shane Hanna (Michigan Tech)