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2003 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
2003 WCHA Final Five logo
Dates	March 14–22, 2003
Teams	10
Finals site	Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, MN
Champions	Minnesota (12th title)
Winning coach	Don Lucia^[1] (1st title)
MVP	Grant Potulny (Minnesota)
Attendance	72,786
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 44th conference playoff in league history and 49th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2003 tournament was played between March 14 and March 22, 2003, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Format

The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-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 the WCHA Final Five, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-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

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

2002–03 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#5 Colorado College†	28	19	4	5	43	125	70	42	30	7	5	190	103
#2 Minnesota*	28	15	6	7	37	106	81	45	28	8	9	189	122
#11 Minnesota State-Mankato	28	15	6	7	37	116	104	41	20	11	10	155	144
#13 North Dakota	28	14	9	5	33	103	82	43	26	12	5	172	120
#14 Minnesota-Duluth	28	14	10	4	32	95	80	42	22	15	5	153	119
St. Cloud State	28	12	11	5	29	96	85	38	17	16	5	124	118
Denver	28	11	11	6	28	95	85	41	21	14	6	152	102
Wisconsin	28	7	14	4	18	61	101	40	13	23	4	93	134
Michigan Tech	28	7	18	3	17	77	116	38	10	24	4	109	154
Alaska-Anchorage	28	0	22	6	6	41	111	36	1	28	7	57	143
Championship: Minnesota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round


First round^[2] March 14–16, 2003					Quarterfinal^[3] March 20, 2003			Semifinals March 21, 2003			Championship March 22, 2003



1	Colorado College	5	4	—

10	Alaska-Anchorage	3	1	—

								1	Colorado College	4*

2	Minnesota	3	5	—	4	North Dakota	1	5	Minnesota-Duluth	3

9	Michigan Tech	1	2	—	5	Minnesota-Duluth	2



3	Minnesota State	2	6**	—							1	Colorado College	2

8	Wisconsin	1	5	—							2	Minnesota	4



4	North Dakota	1	3*	3*

7	Denver	4	2	2				2	Minnesota	3*

								3	Minnesota State	2

5	Minnesota-Duluth	5	2	7

6	St. Cloud State	4	3*	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Colorado College vs. (10) Alaska-Anchorage

March 14^[4]	Colorado College		5 – 3	Alaska-Anchorage	World Arena, Colorado Springs	Recap
(Sejna, Clarke) Joe Cullen - 13:23		First period		16:33 - PP - Matt Hanson
James Laux - 02:44 (Goolsby) Scott Polaski - 12:22		Second period		No scoring
(Clarke, Petoit) Peter Sejna - GW - 05:43 (Sejna) Noah Clarke - SH - 12:44		Third period		13:05 - PP - Vladimir Novak (Glencross, Parez) 13:22 - Dan Gilkerson (Roach)
Curtis McElhinney ( 16 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats		Chris King ( 44 saves / 49 shots )

March 15^[5]	Colorado College		4 – 1	Alaska-Anchorage	World Arena, Colorado Springs	Recap
(Canzanello, Clarke) Peter Sejna - PP - 09:05 (McElhinney) Tom Preissing - GW - 15:51 (Sertich, Stuart) James Laux - PP - 18:11		First period		No scoring
(Canzanello, Preissing) Peter Sejna - PP - 04:16		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		13:03 - PP - Lee Green (Johnson, Shasby)
Curtis McElhinney ( 13 saves / 14 shots )		Goalie stats		Chris King ( 15 saves / 18 shots ) / Kevin Reiter ( 27 saves / 28 shots )

Colorado College won series 2–0

(2) Minnesota vs. (9) Michigan Tech

March 14^[6]	Minnesota		3 – 1	Michigan Tech	Mariucci Arena	Recap
(Reinholz) Andy Sertich - 01:51		First period		No scoring
(Hirsch, Weber) Troy Riddle - GW PP - 08:42 (Hirsch, Sertich) Grant Potulny - PP - 14:51		Second period		19:15 - PP - Chris Conner (Brown, Murphy)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Travis Weber ( 21 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats		Cam Ellsworth ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

March 15^[7]	Minnesota		5 – 2	Michigan Tech	Mariucci Arena	Recap
(Riddle, Koalska) Grant Potulny - PP - 19:59		First period		08:55 - Colin Murphy (Conner, Singer)
(Tallackson) Gino Guyer - SH - 04:35 (Harrington, Tallackson) Grant Potulny - GW - 09:23 (Potulny, Hirsch) Barry Tallackson - PP - 15:01		Second period		15:41 - Brett Engelhardt
(Martin, Ballard) Thomas Vanek - PP - 08:36		Third period		No scoring
Travis Weber ( 4 saves / 5 shots ) / Justin Johnson ( 11 saves / 12 shots )		Goalie stats		Cam Ellsworth ( 55 saves / 60 shots )

Minnesota won series 2–0

(3) Minnesota State-Mankato vs. (8) Wisconsin

March 14

Minnesota State-Mankato

2 – 1

Wisconsin

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Recap

March 15

Minnesota State-Mankato

6 – 5

2OT

Wisconsin

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Recap

Minnesota State-Mankato won series 2–0

(4) North Dakota vs. (7) Denver

March 14^[8]	North Dakota		1 – 4	Denver	Ralph Engelstad Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		03:22 - PP - Brett Skinner (Caldwell) 13:28 - GW - Luke Fulghum (Skinner, Bull)
(Spiewak, Fylling) David Lundbohm - 08:44		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		14:08 - Lukas Dora (Barber, Doell) 14:41 - Connor James (Halme, Drummond)
Marc Ranfranz ( 3 saves / 5 shots ) / Jake Brandt ( 8 saves / 10 shots )		Goalie stats		Adam Berkhoel ( 16 saves / 17 shots )

March 15^[9]	North Dakota		3 – 2	OT	Denver	Ralph Engelstad Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Parise, Schneider) Rory McMahon - PP - 13:13		Second period			18:29 - PP - Greg Barber (MacKenzie, James)
(Schneider, Parise) Brandon Bochenski - EA PP - 16:42		Third period			14:23 - Ryan Caldwell (Fulghum, Dora)
(Schneider, Fuher) Brandon Bochenski - GW - 00:46		First overtime period			No scoring
Jake Brandt ( 17 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats			Wade Dubielewicz ( 30 saves / 33 shots )

March 16^[10]	North Dakota		3 – 2	OT	Denver	Ralph Engelstad Arena	Recap
(Bochenski, Marvin) Zach Parise - 07:31		First period			No scoring
(Schneider, Parise) Mike Prpich - 19:19		Second period			05:05 - Lukas Dora (Doell, Barber) 13:41 - PP - Connor James (Keith, Doell)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Lundbohm) Nick Fuher - GW - 18:56		First overtime period			No scoring
Jake Brandt ( 25 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Adam Berkhoel ( 37 saves / 40 shots )

North Dakota won series 2–1

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

March 14^[11]	Minnesota-Duluth		5 – 4	St. Cloud State	Duluth Entertainment Convention Center	Recap
Brett Hammond - 00:27		First period		10:36 - PP - Jon Cullen (Malone, Eastman)
(Stauffacher, Hammond) Marco Peluso - PP - 02:58 (Lessard, Stapleton) Beau Geisler - 03:19 (Peluso, Stapleton) Junior Lessard - 06:07		Second period		17:56 - PP - Matt Gens (Cullen, Malone)
Brett Hammond - GW SH - 03:08		Third period		04:23 - PP - Jon Cullen (Motzko, Hendricks) 06:49 - Jonathan Lehun (Szabo, Hendricks)
Isaac Reichmuth ( 27 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Jason Montgomery ( 24 saves / 29 shots )

March 15^[12]	Minnesota-Duluth		2 – 3	OT	St. Cloud State	Duluth Entertainment Convention Center	Recap
(Anderson, Francisco) T. J. Caig - PP - 11:57 Tim Stapleton - SH - 18:56		First period			17:24 - Peter Szabo (Hendricks, Lehun)
No scoring		Second period			17:17 - Matt Hendricks (Doyle)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			09:00 - GW - Mike Doyle (Malone, Wright)
Rob Anderson ( 17 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats			Jake Moreland ( 30 saves / 33 shots )

March 16^[13]	Minnesota-Duluth		7 – 3	St. Cloud State	Duluth Entertainment Convention Center	Recap
(Otten) Evan Schwabe - 09:15		First period		03:44 - Ryan Malone (Motzko, Hendricks)
(Anderson) Drew Otten - 04:57 (Stapleton, Caig) Nick Anderson - PP - 05:59 (Stauffacher, Hammond) Beau Geisler - GW - 10:45		Second period		No scoring
(Lessard, Geris) Brett Hammond - PP - 04:40 Brett Hammond - SH - 05:59 Tim Stapleton - EN - 18:18		Third period		03:57 - SH - Ryan Malone (Doyle) 10:19 - Matt Hendricks (Cullen)
Isaac Reichmuth ( 22 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats		Jake Moreland ( 29 saves / 35 shots )

Minnesota-Duluth won series 2–1

Quarterfinal

(4) North Dakota vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth

March 20^[14]	North Dakota		1 – 2	Minnesota-Duluth	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
(Schneider, Lundbohm) Brandon Bochenski - 07:12		First period		08:48 - Matt Mathias (Schwabe)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		14:47 - GW - Junior Lessard (Czech, Francisco)
Jake Brandt ( 25 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats		Isaac Reichmuth ( 31 saves / 32 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Colorado College vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth

March 21^[15]	Colorado College		4 – 3	OT	Minnesota-Duluth	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			05:57 - Neil Petruic (Stauffacher, Hammond)
(Cullen) Colin Stuart - SH - 00:56 (Polaski, Stuart) Trevor Frischmon - 00:56		Second period			10:34 - Junior Lessard (Brosz, Geisler) 12:41 - Tim Stapleton (Hammond, Lessard)
(Sejna, Stuart) Tom Preissing - PP - 09:05		Third period			No scoring
(Leibel) Brett Sterling - GW - 07:18		First overtime period			No scoring
Curtin McElhinney ( 20 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			Rob Anderson ( 37 saves / 41 shots )

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Minnesota State-Mankato

March 21^[16]	Minnesota		3 – 2	OT	Minnesota State-Mankato	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
(Ballard) Barry Tallackson - 04:42		First period			01:54 - Grant Stevenson (Joseph, Forscythe)
No scoring		Second period			14:30 - PP - B.J. Abel (Bassett, Stevenson)
(Ballard, Martin) Grant Potulny - PP - 01:58		Third period			No scoring
(Riddle, Harrington) Thomas Vanek - GW - 03:57		First overtime period			No scoring
Justin Johnson ( 14 saves / 16 shots )		Goalie stats			Jon Volp ( 46 saves / 49 shots )

Third Place

(3) Minnesota State-Mankato vs. (5) Minnesota-Duluth

March 22^[17]	Minnesota State-Mankato		4 – 6	Minnesota-Duluth	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
(Stevenson, Joseph) Cole Bassett - PP - 19:04		First period		03:20 - Tim Hambly 12:12 - Junior Lessard (Petruic, Brosz) 19:45 - Tyler Brosz (Caig)
(Bassett, Stevenson) Shane Joseph - PP - 12:19 (Bassett, Abel) Shane Joseph - PP - 13:06		Second period		02:22 - Josh Miskovich (Czech)
(Dubel, Joseph) Adam Gerlach - 13:00		Third period		06:15 - Steve Czech (Anderson, Francisco) 12:05 - T. J. Caig (Lessard)
Jason Jensen ( 7 saves / 10 shots ) / Jon Volp ( 27 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Isaac Reichmuth ( 23 saves / 27 shots )

Championship

(1) Colorado College vs. (2) Minnesota

March 22^[18]	Colorado College		2 – 4	Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		01:29 - Grant Potulny (Guyer) 01:49 - Gino Guyer (Potunly, Tallackson) 05:25 - GW PP - Grant Potulny (Vanek, Koalska)
(Preissing, Canzanello) Kevin Ulanski - PP - 19:46		Second period		No scoring
(Smaagaard) Jon Waibel - 05:13		Third period		06:41 - PP - Peter Sejna (Clarke, Canzanello)
Curtis McElhinney ( 21 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats		Justin Johnson ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

F Grant Potulny* (Minnesota)
F Junior Lessard (Minnesota-Duluth)
F Shane Joseph (Minnesota State-Mankato)
D Tom Preissing (Colorado College)
D Keith Ballard (Minnesota)
G Justin Johnson (Minnesota)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

^[19]

Tournament Three Stars

3 Justin Johnson (Minnesota)
2 Peter Sejna (Colorado College)
1 Grant Potulny (Minnesota)

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References

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External links

WCHA official site Archived 2008-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
2002–03 WCHA Standings
2002–03 NCAA Standings

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