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2017 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 2017 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 58th conference playoff in league history and 63rd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2017 tournament was played between March 3 and March 18, 2017, at four conference arenas, with the championship game being hosted by Michigan Tech at their home rink, MacInnes Student Ice Arena. By winning the tournament, Michigan Tech was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The first two rounds of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. The top eight conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are 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 higher seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.

The final was a single game held at the campus site of the highest remaining seed.

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

<small>Note: * denotes overtime periods</small>

Results

Quarterfinals

(1) Bemidji State vs. (8) Northern Michigan

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (7) Lake Superior State

(3) Minnesota State vs. (6) Alaska

(4) Bowling Green vs. (5) Ferris State

Semifinals

(1) Bemidji State vs. (4) Bowling Green

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) Minnesota State

Championship

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (4) Bowling Green

Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player

Shane Hanna <small>(Michigan Tech)</small>

References