# 2009 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2009 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was an American college ice hockey tournament in 2009 played between March 13 and March 21, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Minnesota-Duluth won their third WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were 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 host one of the lower seeded teams.
The winners of the first round series advanced to the Xcel Energy Center for the WCHA Final Five, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five used 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
2008–09 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 |
| #13 North Dakota† | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 96 | 74 | 43 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 146 | 118 |
| #7 Denver | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 96 | 68 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 132 | 96 |
| Wisconsin | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 92 | 78 | 40 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 131 | 106 |
| Colorado College | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 79 | 82 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 103 | 103 |
| Minnesota | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 87 | 83 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 119 | 105 |
| St. Cloud State | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 83 | 81 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 122 | 107 |
| #8 Minnesota–Duluth* | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 78 | 72 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 128 | 98 |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 88 | 90 | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 117 | 122 |
| Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 69 | 93 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 95 | 111 |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 94 | 38 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 62 | 122 |
| Championship: Minnesota–Duluth † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |||||||||||||||

#### Tiebreakers

* Wisconsin and Colorado College each finished the regular season with 31 points. Wisconsin won the tiebreaker, having the better head-to-head record of the two teams.

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First round March 13–14 | First round March 13–14 | First round March 13–14 | First round March 13–14 | First round March 13–14 | Quarterfinal March 19 | Quarterfinal March 19 | Quarterfinal March 19 | Semifinals March 20 | Semifinals March 20 | Semifinals March 20 | Championship March 21 | Championship March 21 | Championship March 21 |
| 1 | North Dakota | 5 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Michigan Tech | 1 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 1 | North Dakota | 0 | | | |
| 2 | Denver | 3 | 4 | — | 4 | Minnesota | 1 | 5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | | | |
| 9 | Alaska-Anchorage | 2 | 3 | — | 5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Wisconsin | 7 | 4 | — | | | | | | | 2 | Denver | 0 |
| 8 | Minnesota State | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | | 5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 |
| 4 | Colorado College | 1 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | 3 | — | | | | 2 | | | | Denver | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | 3 | Wisconsin | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Minnesota | 4 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | St. Cloud State | 2 | 0 | — | | | | | | | | | |

### First round
#### (1) North Dakota vs. (10) Michigan Tech

* North Dakota won series 2–0

#### (2) Denver vs. (9) Alaska-Anchorage

* Denver won series 2–0

#### (3) Wisconsin vs. (8) Minnesota State

* Wisconsin won series 2–0

#### (4) Colorado College vs. (7) Minnesota-Duluth

* Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–0

#### (5) Minnesota vs. (6) St. Cloud State

* Minnesota won series 2–0

### Championship
#### (2) Denver vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Mike Connolly (Minnesota-Duluth)
* F Jordy Murray (Wisconsin)
* F MacGregor Sharp (Minnesota-Duluth)
* D Josh Meyers (Minnesota-Duluth)
* D Patrick Wiercioch (Denver)
* G Alex Stalock* (Minnesota-Duluth)
* Most Valuable Player(s)