1978 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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1978 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 10–15, 1978
Teams	8
Finals site	Dane County Coliseum Madison, Wisconsin DU Arena Denver, Colorado
Champions	Wisconsin†^[1] (5th title) Colorado College‡^[2] (1st title)
Winning coach	Bob Johnson^[3] (5th title) Jeff Sauer^[4] (1st title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 19th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 10 and March 15, 1978. All games were played at home team campus sites, including each of the two regional final series. By winning the regional tournaments, both Wisconsin and Colorado College were invited to participate in the 1978 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Though not official designations, Wisconsin is considered as the East Regional Champion† and Colorado College as the West Regional Champion‡.

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 being declared as co-conference champions.

Conference standings

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

1977–78 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Denver†	32	27	5	0	54	192	112	40	33	6	1	235	140
Wisconsin*	32	21	9	2	44	127	113	43	28	12	3	214	149
Michigan Tech	32	21	11	0	42	150	123	40	25	14	1	184	157
Minnesota	32	18	13	1	37	143	134	38	22	14	2	171	150
Colorado College*	32	13	19	0	26	162	172	41	18	22	1	212	218
North Dakota	32	13	19	0	26	146	167	38	15	22	1	172	192
Minnesota-Duluth	32	12	19	1	25	135	155	37	14	22	1	155	182
Notre Dame	32	12	19	1	25	117	147	38	12	24	2	137	186
Michigan	32	12	19	1	25	149	175	36	15	20	1	169	192
Michigan State	32	7	23	2	16	119	182	36	7	27	2	130	201
Championship: Wisconsin, Colorado College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first round

First Round March 10–11				Second Round March 14–15

1	Denver	6	7

8	Notre Dame	6	1
				1	Denver	3	4

				5	Colorado College	6	3
2	Wisconsin	9	5

7	Minnesota-Duluth	2	4



3	Michigan Tech	2	3*

6	North Dakota	2	2
				2	Wisconsin	4	7

				3	Michigan Tech	3	4
4	Minnesota	3	4

5	Colorado College	3	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Denver vs. (8) Notre Dame

March 10

North Dakota

6 – 6

Notre Dame

DU Arena

March 11

North Dakota

7 – 1

Notre Dame

DU Arena

Denver won series 13–7

(2) Wisconsin vs. (7) Minnesota-Duluth

March 10

Wisconsin

9 – 2

Minnesota-Duluth

Dane County Coliseum

March 11

Wisconsin

5 – 4

Minnesota-Duluth

Dane County Coliseum

Wisconsin won series 14–6

(3) Michigan Tech vs. (6) North Dakota

March 10

Michigan Tech

2 – 2

North Dakota

Student Ice Arena

March 11

Michigan Tech

3 – 2

North Dakota

Student Ice Arena

Michigan Tech won series 5–4

(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Colorado College

March 10

Minnesota

3 – 3

Colorado College

Williams Arena

March 11

Minnesota

4 – 5

Colorado College

Williams Arena

Colorado College won series 8–7

Second round

(1) Denver vs. (5) Colorado College

March 14

Denver

3 – 6

Colorado College

DU Arena

March 15

Denver

4 – 3

Colorado College

DU Arena

Colorado College won series 9–7

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Michigan Tech

March 14

Wisconsin

4 – 3

Michigan Tech

Dane County Coliseum

March 15

Wisconsin

7 – 4

Michigan Tech

Dane County Coliseum

Wisconsin won series 11–7

Tournament awards

None

References

^ "Wisconsin Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
^ "Colorado College Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
^ "Bob Johnson Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
^ "Jeff Sauer Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.

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Format

Conference standings

Bracket

First round

(1) Denver vs. (8) Notre Dame

(2) Wisconsin vs. (7) Minnesota-Duluth

(3) Michigan Tech vs. (6) North Dakota

(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Colorado College

Second round

(1) Denver vs. (5) Colorado College

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Michigan Tech

Tournament awards

See also

References

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