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2004 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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2004 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 12–20, 2004
Teams	10
Finals site	Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, MN
Champions	Minnesota(13th title)
Winning coach	Don Lucia^[1](2nd title)
MVP	Kellen Briggs(Minnesota)
Attendance	82,564
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2003 2005 →

The2004 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 45thconference playoff in league history and 50th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The2004 tournament was played between March 12 and March 20, 2004, at five conference arenas and theXcel Energy Center inSt. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament,Minnesota was awarded theBroadmoor Trophy and received theWestern Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to theNCAA Tournament.

Format

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The first round of the postseason tournament featured abest-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 theWCHA Final Five, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses asingle-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

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Note: PTS = Points; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2003–04 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#5 North Dakota†	28	20	5	3	43	122	62	41	30	8	3	182	90
#4 Minnesota–Duluth	28	19	7	2	40	119	71	45	28	13	4	185	123
#8 Wisconsin	28	14	7	7	35	85	62	43	22	13	8	123	93
#1 Denver	28	13	10	5	31	93	90	44	27	12	5	149	120
#6 Minnesota*	28	15	12	1	31	101	86	44	27	14	3	178	127
St. Cloud State	28	12	12	4	28	81	89	38	18	16	4	113	118
#15 Colorado College	28	11	15	2	24	77	75	39	20	16	3	126	98
Alaska–Anchorage	28	7	18	3	17	68	103	40	14	23	3	104	140
Minnesota State	28	6	18	4	16	83	139	39	10	24	5	124	179
Michigan Tech	28	6	19	3	15	66	118	38	8	25	5	97	161
Championship: Minnesota †indicates conference regular season champion *indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings:USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first round


First round^[2] March 12–14					Quarterfinal^[3] March 18			Semifinals March 19			Championship March 20



1	North Dakota	6	4*	—

10	Michigan Tech	2	3	—

								1	North Dakota	4

2	Minnesota-Duluth	3	6	6	7	Colorado College	1	8	Alaska-Anchorage	2

9	Minnesota State	4*	2	5	8	Alaska-Anchorage	4



3	Wisconsin	2	4	1							1	North Dakota	4

8	Alaska-Anchorage	3	0	4							5	Minnesota	5



4	Denver	3	1	–

7	Colorado College	4	6	–				2	Minnesota-Duluth	4

								5	Minnesota	7

5	Minnesota	6	7	–

6	St. Cloud State	1	3	–

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

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(1) North Dakota vs. (10) Michigan Tech

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March 12^[4]	North Dakota		6 – 2	Michigan Tech	Ralph Engelstad Arena	Recap
(Stafford, Schneider)Zach Parise - 03:27		First period		08:39 -Clay Wilson
(Bochenski, Parise)Brady Murray -PP - 01:28 (Parise, Stafford)Nick Fuher -GW - 16:41		Second period		No scoring
(Parise, Murray)Drew Stafford - 00:26 (McMahon)Quinn Fylling - 01:44 (Lundbohm, Fuher)Colby Genoway - 07:25		Third period		05:14 -Justin Brown(Markham, Radovich)
( 13 saves / 15 shots )Jake Brandt		Goalie stats		Cam Ellsworth ( 20 saves / 25 shots ) /Bryce Luker ( 7 saves / 8 shots )

March 13^[5]	North Dakota		4 – 3	OT	Michigan Tech	Ralph Engelstad Arena	Recap
(Jones, Parise)Brnadon Bochenski -PP - 14:22		First period			11:21 -PP -Colin Murphy(Dora, Engelhardt) 19:00 -PP -Brandon Schwartz(Pittis)
No scoring		Second period			13:34 -Brett Engelhardt(Schwartz)
(Bochenski, Murray)Zach Parise - 05:39 (Fuher)Chris Porter - 08:53		Third period			No scoring
( 23 saves / 26 shots )Jake Brandt		Goalie stats			Cam Ellsworth ( 42 saves / 46 shots )

North Dakota won series 2–0

(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (9) Minnesota State-Mankato

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March 12^[6]	Minnesota-Duluth		3 – 4	OT	Minnesota State-Mankato	Duluth Entertainment Convention Center	Recap
(Stapleton, Geisler)Luke Stauffacher - 06:02		First period			10:06 -Chad Clower(Metcalf)
(Peluso, Geisler)Junior Lessard -PP - 07:36 (Geisler, Smith)Justin Williams - 19:56		Second period			01:25 -PP -David Backes(Johns, Clower) 06:34 -Chad Clower(Forsythe, Morin)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			12:18 -GW -Lucas Fransen(Forscythe, Joseph)
( 34 saves / 38 shots )Isaac Reichmuth		Goalie stats			Jon Volp ( 46 saves / 49 shots )

March 13^[7]	Minnesota-Duluth		6 – 2	Minnesota State-Mankato	Duluth Entertainment Convention Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Unklesbay, Caig)Beau Geisler - 04:31 (Schwabe)Junior Lessard - 05:43 (Geisler, Schwabe)Junior Lessard -GW PP - 07:06 (Lessard, Geisler)Luke Stauffacher - 14:21		Second period		01:54 -Brock Becker(Rankin) 18:03 -Shane Joseph(Clower, Backes)
(Schwabe, Stapleton)Junior Lessard -PP - 06:04 (Lessard)Justin Williams - 14:21		Third period		No scoring
( 26 saves / 28 shots )Isaac Reichmuth		Goalie stats		Jon Volp ( 38 saves / 44 shots ) /Kyle Nixon ( 5 saves / 5 shots )

March 14^[8]	Minnesota-Duluth		6 – 5	Minnesota State-Mankato	Duluth Entertainment Convention Center	Recap
(Schwabe, Lessard)Marco Peluso -PP - 01:23 (Geisler, Smith) T. J. Caig - 02:33 (Hammond)John Miskovich - 04:53 (Peluso, Schwabe)Tim Stapleton -PP - 07:21 Marco Peluso - 10:32		First period		14:24 -SH -David Backes(Joseph)
(Peluso, Geisler)Evan Schwabe -GW PP - 06:35		Second period		01:48 -PP -Rob Rankin(Morin, Peto) 11:44 -PP -Brock Becker(Morin, Peto) 19:48 -Lucas Fransen(Kisio, Thompson)
No scoring		Third period		15:38 -Shane Joseph(McKelvie, Peto)
( 26 saves / 28 shots )Isaac Reichmuth		Goalie stats		Jon Volp ( 11 saves / 15 shots ) /Kyle Nixon ( 26 saves / 28 shots )

Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–1

(3) Wisconsin vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage

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March 12^[9]	Wisconsin		2 – 3	Alaska-Anchorage	Kohl Center	Recap
(Earl, Likens)Jake Dowell -PP - 02:51		First period		09:01 -PP -Dallas Steward(Segal, Bourne) 18:54 -PP -Charlie Kronschnabel(Fournier, King)
(Gilbert, Suter)Ross Carlson -PP - 05:14		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		05:56 -GW PP -Justin Johnson(Fournier, Glencross)
( 21 saves / 24 shots )Bernd Brückler		Goalie stats		Chris King ( 45 saves / 47 shots )

March 13^[10]	Wisconsin		4 – 0	Alaska-Anchorage	Kohl Center	Recap
Rene Bourque -GW - 02:00		First period		No scoring
(Earl, Dowell)A.J. Degenhardt - 02:39 (Bourque, Joudrey)Ryan MacMurchy - 03:24 (Burish)A.J. Degenhardt - 14:30		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 16 saves / 16 shots )Bernd Brückler		Goalie stats		Kevin Reiter ( 41 saves / 45 shots )

March 14^[11]	Wisconsin		1 – 4	Alaska-Anchorage	Kohl Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		10:42 -Chris Fournier(Segal)
No scoring		Second period		08:38 -GW -Chris Fournier 12:33 -PP -Curtis Glencross(Fournier, Smith) 18:30 -Curtis Glencross
(MacMurchy, Boeser)Andrew Joudrey -PP - 13:05		Third period		No scoring
( 19 saves / 23 shots )Bernd Brückler		Goalie stats		Chris King ( 29 saves / 30 shots )

Alaska-Anchorage won series 2–1

(4) Denver vs. (7) Colorado College

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March 12^[12]	Denver		3 – 4	Colorado College	Magness Arena	Recap
(Handza, Halme)Ted O'Leary - 10:02		First period		04:07 -Marty Sertich(Canzanello, Zaba)
(Corbin, Skinner)Gabe Gauthier - 13:38		Second period		No scoring
(Carle, Keith)Lukas Dora -PP - 13:53		Third period		07:22 -Andrew Canzanello(Cox, Slattengren) 09:57 -Trevor Frischmon(Stuart, Canzanello) 11:48 -GW -Aaron Slattengren(Petiot, Cox)
( 22 saves / 26 shots )Adam Berkhoel		Goalie stats		Matt Zaba ( 18 saves / 21 shots )

March 13^[13]	Denver		1 – 6	Colorado College	Magness Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		11:43 -Colin Stuart(Polaski, Sweatt) 15:27 -GW -Brett Sterling(Petoit, Liebel) 18:24 -Reid Goolsby(Slattengren, Crabb)
(Carle, Skinner)Gabe Gauthier -PP - 05:00		Second period		08:20 -PP -Brady Greco(Canzanello, Sertich) 17:46 -PP -Brady Greco(Stuart, Sertich)
No scoring		Third period		06:50 -PP -Brett Sterling(Canzanello, Crabb)
( 10 saves / 13 shots )Adam Berkhoel / ( 13 saves / 16 shots ) Glenn Fisher		Goalie stats		Curtis McElhinney ( 35 saves / 36 shots )

Colorado College won series 2–0

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

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March 12^[14]	Minnesota		6 – 1	St. Cloud State	Mariucci Arena	Recap
(Fleming)Mike Vannelli - 10:02 (Riddle, Vanek)Matt Koalska -GW PP - 14:58		First period		12:30 -Brock Hooton(Szabo, Jensen)
(Martin, Riddle)Thomas Vanek - 06:18 (Vanek, Kennedy)Ryan Potulny - 09:44 (Vannelli)Troy Riddle - 14:44		Second period		No scoring
(Riddle, Ballard)Ryan Potulny -PP - 15:21		Third period		No scoring
( 26 saves / 27 shots )Kellen Briggs		Goalie stats		Aaron Coole ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) /Tim Boron ( 19 saves / 21 shots )

March 13^[15]	Minnesota		7 – 3	St. Cloud State	Mariucci Arena	Recap
(Ballard, Riddle)Ryan Potulny -PP - 19:46		First period		No scoring
(Riddle)Ryan Potulny - 12:52 (Potulny, Ballard)Troy Riddle -PP - 19:14		Second period		00:22 -Brock Hooton(Szabo)
(Vanek, Koalska)Troy Riddle -GW PP - 01:39 (Tallackson, Guyer)Grant Potulny -PP - 07:16 (Vanek, Vannelli)Troy Riddle - 08:38 (Potulny, Tallackson)Tyler Hirsch - 09:13		Third period		00:24 -SH -Matt Hendricks(Reeder) 09:33 -Konrad Reeder(Peters, Doyle)
( 23 saves / 26 shots )Kellen Briggs		Goalie stats		Tim Boron ( 39 saves / 46 shots )

Minnesota won series 2–0

Quarterfinal

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(7) Colorado College vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage

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March 18^[16]	Colorado College		1 – 4	Alaska-Anchorage	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Sterling, Polaski)Trevor Frischmon - 09:21		Second period		09:51 -Brandon Segal(Anderson, Arcand-Kootenay) 10:41 -GW -Vladimir Novak(Johnson, Gilchrist) 19:24 -Brant McMann(Novak)
No scoring		Third period		19:43 -EN -Dallas Steward(Kronschnabel, Green)
( 7 saves / 9 shots )Matt Zaba / ( 7 saves / 8 shots )Curtis McElhinney		Goalie stats		Chris King ( 44 saves / 45 shots )

Semifinals

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(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage

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March 19^[17]	North Dakota		4 – 2	Alaska-Anchorage	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
(Parise, Bochenski)Brady Murray - 15:56		First period		No scoring
(Hale, Prpich)Rory McMahon - 02:16 (Bochenski, Murray)Zach Parise -GW - 09:01 (Jones, McMahon)Ryan Hale - 15:50		Second period		10:30 -PP -Curtis Glencross(Bourne, Segal)
No scoring		Third period		17:18 -Lee Green
( 22 saves / 24 shots )Jordan Parise		Goalie stats		Chris King ( 41 saves / 45 shots )

(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (5) Minnesota

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March 19^[18]	Minnesota-Duluth		4 – 7	Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
(Stapleton, Peluso)Luke Stauffacher - 02:08 (Unklesbay, Geisler)Evan Schwabe - 09:06 (Williams, Lessard)Evan Schwabe - 14:21		First period		14:03 -PP -Troy Riddle(Potulny, Koalska) 19:25 -Danny Irmen(Guyer, Fleming)
No scoring		Second period		04:51 -SH -Danny Irmen(Ballard) 14:25 -Ryan Potulny
(Schwabe, Lessard)Justin Williams - 00:40		Third period		03:45 -GW -Thomas Vanek(Riddle, Koalska) 14:41 -Andy Sertich(Waibel, Vannelli) 19:24 -Barry Tallackson(Waibel, Fleming)
( 34 saves / 40 shots )Isaac Reichmuth		Goalie stats		Kellen Briggs ( 27 saves / 31 shots )

Third place

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(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (8) Alaska-Anchorage

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March 20^[19]	Minnesota-Duluth		4 – 2	Alaska-Anchorage	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		12:14 -Curtis Glencross(Arcand-Kootenay, Reiter)
(Peluso, Lessard)Evan Schwabe -PP - 09:30 (Geisler, Peluso)Junior Lessard -PP - 13:12 (Hammond, Czech)Luke Stauffacher -GW SH - 19:14		Second period		No scoring
(Miskovich)Bryan McGregor - 10:13		Third period		19:42 -Vladimir Novak(Smith, Johnson)
( 25 saves / 27 shots )Josh Johnson		Goalie stats		Kevin Reiter ( 36 saves / 40 shots )

Championship

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(1) North Dakota vs. (5) Minnesota

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March 20^[20]	North Dakota		4 – 5	Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
(Parise)Drew Stafford -PP - 16:57		First period		10:39 -Danny Irmen(Guyer, Harrington)
(Parise, Schneider)Brandon Bochenski - 08:50 (Fuher, Bochenski)Zach Parise - 16:47		Second period		04:09 -Jon Waibel(Kennedy)
(Parise, Smaby)Brandon Bochenski -SH - 09:18		Third period		02:08 -Thomas Vanek 04:48 -Troy Riddle(Harrington, Koalska) 13:58 -GW -Grant Potulny(Irmen)
( 33 saves / 38 shots )Jake Brandt		Goalie stats		Kellen Briggs ( 35 saves / 39 shots )

Tournament awards

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All-Tournament Team

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FZach Parise(North Dakota)
FDanny Irmen(Minnesota)
FBrandon Bochenski(North Dakota)
DMatt Jones(North Dakota)
DKeith Ballard(Minnesota)
GKellen Briggs*(Minnesota)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

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^"Colorado College 4, Denver 3". USCHO.com. March 12, 2004. RetrievedJune 25, 2013.
^"Colorado College 6, Denver 1". USCHO.com. March 13, 2004. RetrievedJune 25, 2013.
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^"Minnesota 7, St. Cloud State 3". USCHO.com. March 13, 2004. RetrievedJune 25, 2013.
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External links

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WCHA official site Archived 2008-03-16 at theWayback Machine
2003–04 WCHA Standings
2003–04 NCAA Standings

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