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Property	Value
rdf:type	NCAA Ice Hockey Conference Tournament
rdfs:label	1997 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
rdfs:comment	The 1997 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 38th conference playoff in league history and 45th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 7 and March 15, 1997. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Five' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, North Dakota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
owl:sameAs	dbr:1997_WCHA_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament
RD4-score	3 4
dcterms:subject	NCAA Tournaments Western Collegiate Hockey Association 1997 in hockey
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Champions	North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey
Team	Minnesota Wisconsin Denver North Dakota St. Cloud State Colorado College Michigan Tech Minnesota-Duluth Northern Michigan Alaska-Anchorage
Date	--03-07 --03-08 --03-13 --03-15 --03-14
RD3-score	1 4 5
Series	Minnesota won series 2–0 Colorado College won series 2–0 North Dakota won series 2–0 Denver won series 2–0 St. Cloud State won series 2–0
RD1-seed	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
RD2-seed	4 5
ImageSize	200
won	1 2
Coach	Dean Blais
Conference	Western Collegiate Hockey Association
RD5-seed	3 4
RD2-score	2 5
Dates	--03-07
OT	1 4
CoachCount	1.0
MVP	dbkwik:resource/YTn95mlxCgvfbRi2KyPSBw==
Score	0 1 3 4 5 7 8 9
RD4-seed	1 2
Attendance	56707
MVPTeam	North Dakota
RD	--03-07 --03-13 --03-15 First Round Semifinals --03-14 Championship Quarterfinal Third place
RD1-score	0 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 —
TitleCount	6
RD5-score	0 6
FinalCity	St. Paul, Minnesota
RD2-team	Denver Colorado College
prevseason link	1996
RD5-team	St. Cloud State Colorado College
prevseason year	1996
RD4-team	Minnesota North Dakota
RD1-team	Minnesota Wisconsin Denver North Dakota St. Cloud State Colorado College Michigan Tech Minnesota-Duluth Northern Michigan Alaska-Anchorage
FinalArena	RiverCentre
RD3-seed	1 2 3 4
nextseason link	1998
Gender	Men's
Stadium	Ralph Engelstad Arena (old) University of Denver Arena Mariucci Arena Cadet Ice Arena Herb Brooks National Hockey Center RiverCentre
RD3-team	Minnesota North Dakota St. Cloud State Colorado College
Teams	10
nextseason year	1998
Year	1997
abstract	The 1997 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 38th conference playoff in league history and 45th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 7 and March 15, 1997. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Five' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, North Dakota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.