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2001 WCHA Men ' s Ice Hockey Tournament The 2001 WCHA Men ' s Ice Hockey Tournament was the 42nd conference playoff in league history and 48th season where a WCHA champion was crowned . The 2001 tournament was played between March 9 and March 17 , 2001 , at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St . Paul , Minnesota , the home of the NHL ' s Minnesota Wild . By winning the tournament , St . Cloud State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association ' s automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Men ' s Division I Ice Hockey Tournament . This was the inaugural year in which the Xcel Energy Center hosted the WCHA final five and it remained there until the conclusion of the 2013 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 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 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 " Bracket . Teams are reseeded after the first round < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Most Valuable Player ( s )
Gilles Marotte Gilles Marotte ( January 7 , 1945 – July 26 , 2005 ) was a Canadian defenceman in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins , Chicago Black Hawks , Los Angeles Kings and St . Louis Blues . Born in Montreal , Marotte played junior hockey for the Victoriaville Bruins in Quebec before joining the Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association in 1963 . He was a first - team all - star on the Flyers team that won the 1965 Memorial Cup . Both of his junior teams were affiliated with the Boston Bruins , and Marotte began his NHL career with the Bruins in 1965 . In May 1967 , he was part of one of the biggest trades in Bruins history as one of three players sent to Chicago in the deal where Boston acquired Phil Esposito . Marotte spent most of the next three seasons with the Black Hawks before being traded to the Los Angeles Kings in February 1970 . While with the Kings in January 1971 , Marotte broke rookie Darryl Sittler ' s wrist with a cross - check , giving him the most serious injury of his career . Marotte represented the Kings at the 1973 National Hockey League All - Star Game and scored a career - high 45 points that year . The next season , he was sent to the New York Rangers in the trade where the Kings acquired their future captain and coach , Mike Murphy . Marotte played in New York for three years . At the beginning of the 1976 – 77 season , Marotte was claimed on waivers by the St . Louis Blues , and spent time in the minor leagues for the only time in his career , playing for the Kansas City Blues in the Central Hockey League . The next season , Marotte jumped to the World Hockey Association to join the Cincinnati Stingers . He was traded mid - season to the Indianapolis Racers and finished his career there in 1978 , retiring at the age of 33 . Over his 13 seasons as a professional , Marotte appeared in 808 NHL games and scored 56 goals and 265 assists . In the WHA he played 73 games and scored 3 goals and 20 assists . Marotte died of pancreatic cancer in 2005 .
Leamington Flyers The Leamington Flyers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Leamington , Ontario , Canada . They play in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League . History . Originally a member of the Border Cities Junior " B " league , the current Leamington Flyers were founded in 1958 . Originally the Flyers were a part of the BCJBHL 1958 until 1964 . The entered the new Border Cities league in 1968 . When the league became the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League in 1970 , the Flyers stayed on board . The Flyers were promoted to the Western Junior " B " league in 1992 and are still a charter member . On January 3 , 1993 , the Leamington Flyers helped set a record for the highest scoring tie in the history of the Western Ontario Hockey League by tying the London Nationals 11 - 11 . The Flyers hold the record for the most lopsided game in the history of the WOHL . On January 20 , 1995 , the Flyers defeated the Windsor Bulldogs by a score of 30 - 3 . On January 26 , 2002 , the Flyers set the WOHL record for largest margin in a shutout victory by defeating the Aylmer Aces by a score of 16 - 0 . At the beginning of the 2006 - 07 season , it was announced that the Flyers have officially affiliated with the Ontario Hockey League ' s Saginaw Spirit .
Owen Sound 147th Battalion The 147th Battalion , Canadian Army , was recruited in Grey County , Ontario in 1915 . It was based in Grey County ' s largest city - Owen Sound - until it went overseas in 1916 . In the meantime it entered a team in the Ontario Hockey Association ' s intermediate series in 1915 - 16 . It was common for miltary units to enter hockey teams while training in Canada .
Toledo Mercurys The Toledo Mercurys are a defunct International Hockey League franchise from Toledo , Ohio . The Toledo Franchise was the first IHL franchise to be granted outside of the Windsor - Detroit area , for the cost of $ 1000 . 00 to Virgil Gladeaux of Toledo . The Mercurys existed 15 seasons in total from 1947 to 1962 with some minor naming variations . Toledo was successful on the ice , being the first IHL team to win multiple Turner Cup championships , and the first to do so consecutively . History . The Mercurys won the Turner during their first year of operation in the 1947 – 48 season . Toledo defeated the Windsor Hettche Spitfires four games to one in the IHL championship series . Team coach and manager Andy Mulligan had signed nine players from his native Manitoba to build the team , including team captain and right - winger Max Labovitch , center Barney O ' Connell and left wing Jake Kernahan . The Mercurys later won the 1947 - 48 United States National Senior Championship , defeating the Elveth Rangers in two games , and the New York Rovers in three games . In the 1948 – 49 season , the team played in both the north and south division of the IHL , because the team owners wanted to play more games . The Mercurys of the north division won the J . P . McGuire Trophy that year by capturing the IHL North title . In a rematch of the previous season ' s IHL championship , Windsor defeated Toledo four games to three . The following year for 1949 – 50 season , the team was known as the Toledo Buckeyes while playing in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League . The team returned to the IHL in 1950 known again as the Mercurys . Toledo won consecutive Turner Cups in 1950 – 51 and 1951 – 52 defeating the Grand Rapids Rockets in the finals both seasons . They won the 1950 - 51 United States National Senior Championship and lost the final of the 1951 - 52 United States National Senior Championship . In the 1955 – 56 season , the Mercurys played some home games in Marion , Ohio at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum , hence being known as the Toledo - Marion Mercurys . The Mercurys split home games between arenas again for the 1959 – 60 season . The Toledo - St . Louis Mercurys played some home games in St . Louis , Missouri at the St . Louis Arena . The Mercurys franchise folded after the 1961 – 62 season . The International Hockey League returned to Toledo in 1963 , with the Toledo Blades franchise .
Quad City Mallards ( 2009 – ) The Quad City Mallards are a minor league professional ice hockey team based in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa . The Mallards are a member of the ECHL . Named in honor of the Mallards team that played in the United Hockey League from 1995 to 2007 , the current Mallards debuted in 2009 in the International Hockey League before joining the CHL for the 2010 – 11 season after the CHL and IHL merged . The Mallards play their home games at i wireless Center in Moline , Illinois . On May 11 , 2011 the Mallards originally ceased operations due to a lack of funding , but almost a month later , Club 9 Sports , a consortium between Chicago - based investment bank Prometheus Capital Partners , LLC , management and consulting firm Tobacco Road Capitalists and sports management and marketing firm ScheerSports , Inc . ( headed by former National Basketball Association general manager Carl Scheer ) bought the team from former owner Eric Karls and announced the team would return for the 2011 – 12 Central Hockey League season . History . The original Mallards franchise played in the Quad Cities from the 1995 – 96 season through the 2006 – 07 season . Their first two seasons of existence were played in the Colonial Hockey League , which was renamed the United Hockey League ( UHL ) in 1997 . The Mallards were an overwhelming success in their first few years , with attendance figures that regularly topped 6 , 000 per game . Attendance peaked in the 1997 – 98 season at over 8 , 500 fans per game , and while it declined , average attendance remained over 6 , 000 fans per game through the 2001 - 2002 season . It continued to drop , though , until it reached a low of 3 , 120 fans per game in the Mallards ' final UHL season in 2006 – 07 . The Mallards franchise was historic in several ways . The team won three league championships and became the first North American professional hockey team to record 5 straight seasons of 50 or more wins ; the Mallards went on to achieve 6 straight 50 + win seasons . In 1996 – 97 , the team ' s second year of existence , the Mallards won the Colonial Hockey League championship . The next year , they won the United Hockey League championship . After losing in the finals in 1998 – 99 and 1999 – 00 , the Mallards won their third championship in the 2000 – 01 season . On August 27 , 2013 a new affiliation agreement was announced between the National Hockey League Minnesota Wild , its American Hockey League affiliate Iowa Wild , and the Mallards . On October 7 , 2014 , soon before the 2014 – 15 Central Hockey League season was set to begin , it was announced that the Central Hockey League ceased operations and the Mallards , along with the Allen Americans , Brampton Beast , Missouri Mavericks , Rapid City Rush , Tulsa Oilers and Wichita Thunder , were all approved the expansion membership application into the ECHL for the 2014 – 15 season .
Norm Aubin Normand Aubin ( born July 26 , 1960 in Montreal , Quebec , Canada ) is a former professional ice hockey centre who played two seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1981 to 1983 . Aubin played junior hockey for the Sorel Éperviers and ( after the team moved ) the Verdun Éperviers and the Sherbrooke Castors . In 244 games he scored 258 goals , including a league record eight in one game . He was drafted 51st overall in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft by the Maple Leafs . He turned pro with the New Brunswick Hawks in 1980 - 81 and scored 43 goals in his first season . But he was not quite as big a star with the Toronto Maple Leafs , scoring 18 goals and 13 assists in 69 games . Aubin played mostly in the American Hockey League and retired in 1985 .
San Diego Mariners ( PHL ) " This article is about the team in the Pacific Hockey League . For the team that played in the World Hockey Association please see San Diego Mariners . " The San Diego Mariners were a minor pro team in San Diego , California . They played in the Pacific Hockey League in 1977 - 78 . They finished in third place with a 20 - 22 - 0 record . Their coach was Bob Barber . The Mariners were renamed the San Diego Hawks for the 1978 - 79 season .
1932 - 33 OHA Senior B Season This is the 1932 - 33 season of the Ontario Hockey Association ' s Senior B series : Group 1 . Section A . Windsor MicMacs ( only team ) Played in the Michigan - Ontario League . Section B . Standings Final " 2 games total goals " Chatham Maroons beat University of Western Ontario 7 goals to 3 . Chatham also played in the Michigan - Ontario League . Group 1 Final . " 2 games total goals " Windsor MicMacs beat Chatham Maroons 4 goals to 3 . Group 2 . Semi Final . " 2 games total goals " Brantford beat Galt Terriers 6 goals to 4 . Final . " 2 games total goals " Hamilton Patricias beat Brantford 4 goals to 3 . Group 3 . Final . " 2 games total goals " Niagara Falls beat Port Colborne 1 goal to none . Group 4 . Semi Final . " Sudden death " Final . " 2 games total goals " Oshawa Maroons beat University of Toronto 6 goals to 4 . Group 5 . Standings . No playoffs . Provincial Playoffs . Quarter Final . " 2 games total goals " Hamilton Patricias beat Niagara Falls 8 goals to 4 . Semi Finals . " 2 games total goals " Hamilton Patricias beat Windsor MicMacs 5 goals to 3 . Oshawa Maroons beat Kingston 6 goals to 1 . Final . " Best of 3 " Hamilton Patricias beat Oshawa Maroons 2 wins to none . Hamilton Patricias advanced to the 1932 - 33 Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs . See Also . List of OHA Senior B Seasons
List of CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman The CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman was an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association ( CCHA ) regular season to the best defensive defenseman in the conference as voted by the coaches of each CCHA team . The Best Defensive Defenseman was first awarded in 1990 and every year thereafter until 2013 when the CCHA was dissolved as a consequence of the Big Ten forming its men ' s ice hockey conference . Three players ( Tyler Harlton , Mike Weaver and Dan DeKeyser ) have received the award two separate times , each doing so in consecutive years . Additionally , Andy Greene is the only defenseman to win both the " Best Defensive " and " Best Offensive " Defenseman in the same year ( 2005 – 06 ) .
Éric Dazé Éric Dazé ( born July 2 , 1975 ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey winger who played primarily for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . His career was cut short as a result of many major injuries . Playing career . Eric Daze began his career playing midget with Laval in Quebec AAA Midget Hockey League . In the 1992 – 93 , he joined the Hull Olympiques of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ( QMJHL ) before being traded to the Beauport Harfangs late in the season . Despite starring for Beauport , and a strong junior career ( finishing with 261 points in 191 games ) , Daze ' s value amongst NHL scouts dropped sharply due to his unwillingness to play a rough game , despite possessing the abilities for it . Daze was drafted in the fourth round , 90th overall , in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks ( with the draft pick the Blackhawks received with Stephane Beauregard for Dominik Hasek ) . He had early success and was named to the NHL All - Rookie Team in 1996 after scoring 30 goals as a rookie . He scored at least 20 goals in each season between 1996 and 2003 , even when struggling with injuries , and was named to the NHL All - Star Game in 2002 . He often polarized Chicago fans because he showed a reluctance to involve himself in the physical ( hitting ) aspect of the game despite his prototypical power forward build . Instead he displayed a combination of size and good scoring ability , especially during key , or clutch , moments of the game . He possessed a quick wrist shot and an excellence with one - timers . Unfortunately , Daze ran into severe back problems during his career , which limited him to only 19 games in the 2003 – 04 NHL season . Even after three herniated disc surgeries in a five - year span , pain was still a problem in Daze ' s back when he attempted to return to the Blackhawks in 2005 . He quietly left professional hockey after playing a single period in the season opener for the Blackhawks that season . < br >
Kelly Czuy Kelly Czuy ( born January 2 , 1983 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a professional ice hockey forward currently with the Stockton Thunder of the ECHL . Collegiate career . Czuy would begin his collegiate career in 2002 when he enrolled at the University of Alaska - Fairbanks in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association . Czuy would play four seasons for the Nanooks , recording 84 points in 144 games . Professional career . At the conclusion of his senior season at Alaska - Fairbanks , Czuy signed to play with the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League and would play in three games for Manitoba . The following season , Czuy signed with the Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL . During the 2006 - 07 season , Czuy would score 15 points in 39 regular season games and appeared in five playoff games for Las Vegas and three assists in eleven games during a call up with the AHL ' s Iowa Stars . Czuy would return to Las Vegas for the 2007 - 08 campaign , posting 28 points in 55 regular season games and 17 points in 21 playoff games as the Wranglers won the National Conference Championship on their way to the Kelly Cup finals . In 2008 , Czuy signed with the Springfield Falcons of the AHL , but shortly before training camp Czuy would suffer an injury and would be sidelined until mid - December . On December 19 , Springfield assigned Czuy to Las Vegas for rehabilitation .
Ryan Reaves Ryan Reaves ( born January 20 , 1987 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a professional ice hockey right winger for the Peoria Rivermen of the American Hockey League , the top minor league affiliate of the St . Louis Blues . Reaves was drafted by the St . Louis Blues in round 5 , # 156 overall , of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft . Reaves was recalled from Peoria by the Blues on October 10 , 2010 after Cam Janssen suffered a concussion from a hit to the head in the Blues season opener on October 9th . Reaves made his NHL debut on October 11 , 2010 vs . Anaheim Ducks . He was returned to Peoria after two games with the Blues as Vladimír Sobotka returned from the IR .
Yorkton Millers The Yorkton Millers were an intermediate then senior team in Yorkton , Saskatchewan . They were an intermediate team in the 1950 ' s and won the provincial championship in 1957 - 58 . In 1971 - 72 a team with this name played in the Prairie Senior Hockey League . It won the playoff final .
1952 - 53 OHA Senior B Playoffs These are the 1952 - 53 Ontario Hockey Association ' s Senior B playoffs : Teams were determined in the 1952 - 53 OHA Senior B Season . Quarter Finals . " Best of 3 " " Best of 7 " Semi Finals . " Best of 7 " Final . " Best of 7 " Kingston Goodyears beat Woodstock Athletics 4 wins to 2 . Note . The East York Lyndhursts were invited by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association to represent the country in next year ' s World Championship . This was based on their performance in these playoffs .
1940 - 41 WKHL Season This is the 1940 - 41 season of the West Kootenay League : Standings . " Played a partial interlocking schedule with the Alberta Senior League . " Playoffs . Semi Final . " Best of 3 " Kimberley Dynamiters beat Nelson Maple Leafs 2 wins to none . Final . " Best of 5 " Trail Smoke Eaters beat Kimberley Dynamiters 3 wins to none . Trail Smoke Eaters advanced to the 1940 - 41 British Columbia Senior Playoffs . See Also . List of WKHL Seasons
Bob Sabourin Bob Sabourin ( born March 17 , 1933 in Sudbury , Ontario ) is a retired professional left wing who played one game for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1951 - 52 season . He played junior for the St . Michael ' s Majors from 1948 to 1952 . During his last junior year he was called up to the Leafs as an emergency injury replacement . That turned out to be the only NHL game that Sabourin would ever play . Sabourin played for a large number of minor pro teams between 1953 and 1968 , when he retired . He was a player - coach of the North Bay Trappers in 1961 - 62 and of the Jacksonville Rockets in 1966 - 67 and 1967 - 68 . After he retired he continued as the Rockets ' coach in 1968 - 69 .
Winnipeg Braves The Winnipeg Braves were a Canadian Junior A hockey team from St . James , Manitoba . They were members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for 10 seasons . The Braves entered the MJHL in 1957 as an expansion team . They were owned by Jack Perrin Jr . and affiliated with his Winnipeg Warriors of the Western Hockey League . Team colors were black and orange , the same as the Warriors . In 59 , Perrin affiliated all of his teams with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League . In 66 , the Team was rename the St . James Braves . They played in the Winnipeg Arena because of its artificial ice , until the St . James Civic Centre opened in 1967 . The Braves were crowned MJHL champions in 1959 and 1965 , winning the Turnbull Cup . In 59 , the Team went on to win the Abbott Cup as Western Canada Junior A Champions , and the Memorial Cup as Canada Junior A Champions . The 59 Braves were inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum , and the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame . In 65 , they advanced to the Western Canada Final for the Abbott Cup . In the fall of 1967 , Perrin would sell both his MJHL teams ( Winnipeg Warriors ) to Ben Hatskin . With the NHL mandating the end of professional teams sponsoring junior teams , the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association did not want the newly created major junior to do so either . Before granting Hatskin ’ s Jets permission to play in the Western Canada Junior League , demanded he sell his 3 MJHL teams to community - minded groups . The new owners renamed the franchise the St . James Canadians . This ended an era of junior hockey in Manitoba . = Season - by - Season Record = Note : click on season for team rosters or on league for direct link to that season . = League Record = = Award Winners , League Leaders , & All - Stars = = NHL Alumni = = NHL Draft Picks =
Frederick Freeze The Frederick Freeze are a USA Hockey - sanctioned ice hockey team from Frederick , Maryland . The team plays out of the Skate Frederick facility . The team began play in the Contintental Hockey Association in 2007 . The organization started up a second team in the Empire Junior Hockey League in 2013 . The CHA team transferred to the Eastern States Hockey League in 2011 and then to the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League in 2013 where they withdrew . The Empire team transferred to the USPHL ( along with the rest of the league ) for the 2013 - 14 season .