1976-77 WCHA Season

The 1977 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 18th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 9 and March 17, 1977. All games were played at home team campus sites including the championship series. By reaching the finals both Wisconsin and Michigan were invited to participate in the 1977 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
This was the first year that the WCHA had named one tournament champion in twelve years. After this championship the conference would revert to awarding two teams the postseason title for an additional four years.
==Format==
The top eight teams in the WCHA, according to their final conference standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8. In the first round the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. After the first round the remaining teams were reseeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to their final conference standings and advanced to the second round. In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds competed in an additional two-game, total goal series with the winners of each advancing to the championship series, again a two-game, total goal match.
===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
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
===First Round===
====(1) Wisconsin vs. (8) Colorado College====
====(2) Notre Dame vs. (7) Minnesota====
====(3) Michigan vs. (6) Michigan Tech====
====(4) Denver vs. (5) North Dakota====
===Semifinals===
====(1) Wisconsin vs. (7) Minnesota====
====(3) Michigan vs. (4) Denver====
===Championship===
====(1) Wisconsin vs. (3) Michigan====
==Tournament awards==
None
==See also==
*Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions
==References==
==External links==
*WCHA.com
*1976–77 WCHA Standings
*1976–77 NCAA Standings
*2013–14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide
*2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide
*2013–14 Michigan Wolverines Media Guide; Through the Years
*2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide
*2013–14 North Dakota Hockey Media Guide
*2008–09 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Media Guide; History
*2003–04 Wisconsin Badgers Media Guide
Category:1977 in hockey
Category:Western Collegiate Hockey Association seasons