El Torneo de Hockey sobre Hielo Masculino de la WCHA de 1988 fue el desempate número 29 de la conferencia en la historia de la liga y la temporada 36 en la que se coronó a un campeón de la WCHA. El torneo se jugó entre el 25 de febrero y el 7 de marzo de 1988. Los partidos de la primera ronda se jugaron en el campus del equipo local mientras que todos los partidos de la 'Final Four' se llevaron a cabo, por primera vez, en el Civic Center en St. Paul, Minnesota . Este fue el primer año en la historia del torneo que el juego de campeonato se llevó a cabo en un sitio neutral, lo que continuaría haciéndolo de ahora en adelante (a partir de 2014) . Al ganar el torneo, Wisconsin recibió el Trofeo Broadmoor y recibió la WCHA's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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February 25-March 7, 1988 |
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Civic Center St. Paul, Minnesota |
Wisconsin[1] (8th title) |
Jeff Sauer[2] (3rd title) |
Dean Anderson[3] (Wisconsin) |
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WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
Additionally, this was the first season that the WCHA named a tournament MVP as well as an All-Tournament Team.
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. Teams 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.
The winners of the first round series advanced to the semifinal and championship rounds held at the Civic Center. All Final Four games used a single-elimination format. Teams 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 game and the losers competing in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1988 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
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
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Minnesota† | 35 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 167 | 107 | | 44 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 209 | 125 |
Wisconsin* | 35 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 45 | 163 | 125 | | 45 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 205 | 161 |
Denver | 35 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 40 | 169 | 152 | | 39 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 184 | 170 |
Michigan Tech | 35 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 39 | 165 | 158 | | 41 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 189 | 188 |
North Dakota | 35 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 33 | 147 | 140 | | 42 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 174 | 160 |
Minnesota-Duluth | 35 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 32 | 143 | 155 | | 41 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 163 | 179 |
Northern Michigan | 35 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 32 | 145 | 147 | | 40 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 164 | 159 |
Colorado College | 35 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 102 | 206 | | 38 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 111 | 222 |
Championship: Wisconsin † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
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Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First Round February 25–28 | | Semifinals March 6 | | Championship March 7 |
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| 1 | Minnesota | 7 | 5 | — | | 1 | Minnesota | 6 | |
| 8 | Colorado College | 0 | 0 | — | | 6 | Minnesota-Duluth | 1 | |
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| 2 | Wisconsin | 2* | 5 | — |
| 7 | Northern Michigan | 1 | 4 | — | | | 1 | Minnesota | 2 | |
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| 3 | Denver | 2 | 3 | — |
| 6 | Minnesota-Duluth | 5 | 7 | — |
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| 4 | Michigan Tech | 4 | 6 | 3 | | 2 | Wisconsin | 2 |
| 5 | North Dakota | 5 | 3 | 4* | | 5 | North Dakota | 1 | | | 5 | North Dakota | 6 |
| 6 | Minnesota-Duluth | 0 | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First Round
(1) Minnesota vs. (8) Colorado College
February 26 | Minnesota | | 7 – 0 | | Colorado College | Mariucci Arena | |
February 27 | Minnesota | | 5 – 0 | | Colorado College | Mariucci Arena | |
(2) Wisconsin vs. (7) Northern Michigan
February 25 | Wisconsin | | 2 – 1 | OT | Northern Michigan | Dane County Coliseum | |
February 26 | Wisconsin | | 5 – 4 | | Northern Michigan | Dane County Coliseum | |
(3) Denver vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth
February 26 | Denver | | 2 – 5 | | Minnesota-Duluth | DU Arena | |
February 27 | Denver | | 3 – 7 | | Minnesota-Duluth | DU Arena | |
Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–0 | |
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(4) Michigan Tech vs. (5) North Dakota
February 26 | Michigan Tech | | 4 – 5 | | North Dakota | Student Ice Arena | |
February 27 | Michigan Tech | | 6 – 3 | | North Dakota | Student Ice Arena | |
February 28 | Michigan Tech | | 3 – 4 | OT | North Dakota | Student Ice Arena | |
North Dakota won series 2–1 | |
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Semifinals
(1) Minnesota vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth
March 6 | Minnesota | | 6 – 0 | | Minnesota-Duluth | Civic Center | |
(2) Wisconsin vs. (5) North Dakota
March 6 | Wisconsin | | 2 – 1 | | North Dakota | Civic Center | |
Third Place
(5) North Dakota vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth
March 7 | North Dakota | | 6 – 0 | | Minnesota-Duluth | Civic Center | |
Championship
(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Wisconsin
March 7 | Minnesota | | 2 – 3 | | Wisconsin | Civic Center | |
- F Neil Eisenhut (North Dakota)
- F Paul Ranheim (Wisconsin)
- F Steve Tuttle (Wisconsin)
- D Randy Skarda (Minnesota)
- D Paul Stanton (Wisconsin)
- G Dean Anderson* (Wisconsin)
* Most Valuable Player(s)
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