The 1987 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 28th conference playoff in league history and 35th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between February 27 and March 14, 1987. First round and semifinal games were played at home team campus sites while the championship match was held, for the final time, at the Winter Sports Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. By winning the tournament, North Dakota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

All member teams were eligible for the tournament and were 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 top four seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams. As a result of their being the regular season champion, North Dakota's home venue, Winter Sports Center, served as the site for the Championship game regardless of which teams qualified for the penultimate match. Each series were two-game matchups with the team that scored the most goals advancing to the succeeding round. The teams that advanced to the semifinal were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top remaining seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game while the two other semifinalists meeting with the winners advancing to the championship round. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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

1986–87 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
North Dakota†*3529605820094484080264129
Minnesota352591511761234934141248165
Denver3516163351501494019183182172
Wisconsin3517171351271344223181160155
Northern Michigan3516181331311444018211151164
Colorado College3512221251431514217241171176
Michigan Tech3511231231181824011281130218
Minnesota-Duluth3511231231141633911271121184
Championship: North Dakota
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

[4] Teams are reseeded after the first round

First Round
February 27-March 1 		Semifinals
March 6–7 		Championship
March 13–14
               
1 North Dakota 5 8 13
8 Minnesota-Duluth 3 1 4
1 North Dakota 6 1 7
6 Colorado College 2 2 4
2 Minnesota 9 8 17
7 Michigan Tech 4 5 9
1 North Dakota 5 5 10
2 Minnesota 3 3 6
3 Denver 2 2 4
6 Colorado College 4 3 7
2 Minnesota 1 8 9
4 Wisconsin 2 4 6
4 Wisconsin 4 6 10
5 Northern Michigan 2 2 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Minnesota-Duluth

February 28 North Dakota 5 – 3 Minnesota-Duluth Winter Sports Center
March 1 North Dakota 8 – 1 Minnesota-Duluth Winter Sports Center
North Dakota won series 13–4

(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Michigan Tech

February 28 Minnesota 9 – 4 Michigan Tech Mariucci Arena
March 1 Minnesota 8 – 5 Michigan Tech Mariucci Arena
Minnesota won series 17–9

(3) Denver vs. (6) Colorado College

February 27 Denver 2 – 4 Colorado College DU Arena
February 28 Denver 2 – 3 Colorado College DU Arena
Colorado College won series 7–4

(4) Wisconsin vs. (5) Northern Michigan

February 28 Wisconsin 4 – 2 Northern Michigan Dane County Coliseum
March 1 Wisconsin 6 – 2 Northern Michigan Dane County Coliseum
Wisconsin won series 10–4

Semifinals

(1) North Dakota vs. (6) Colorado College

March 6 North Dakota 6 – 2 Colorado College Winter Sports Center
March 7 North Dakota 1 – 2 Colorado College Winter Sports Center
North Dakota won series 7–4

(2) Minnesota vs. (4) Wisconsin

March 6 Minnesota 1 – 2 Wisconsin Mariucci Arena
March 7 Minnesota 8 – 4 Wisconsin Mariucci Arena
Minnesota won series 9–6

Championship

(1) North Dakota vs. (2) Minnesota

March 13 North Dakota 5 – 3 Minnesota Winter Sports Center
March 14 North Dakota 5 – 3 Minnesota Winter Sports Center
North Dakota won series 10–6

Tournament awards

None

See also

References

  1. ↑ "North Dakota Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "John "Gino" Gasparini Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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