WCHA men's ice hockey tournament
| WCHA Tournament (defunct) | |
|---|---|
| College hockey conference championship | |
The Xcel Energy Center hosted the tournament from 2001 to 2013, then again in 2015. Its fourteen years hosting are the most years of any neutral site. | |
| Sport | College ice hockey |
| Conference | Western Collegiate Hockey Association |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Format | Single-elimination; best two-of-three first round, single-game semifinals and final |
| Played | 1959–2021 |
| Last contest | 2021 WCHA Tournament |
| Current champion | Lake Superior State Lakers (first win) |
| Most championships | Denver Pioneers (fifteen wins) |
| Winner trophy | Broadmoor Trophy Jeff Sauer WCHA Championship Trophy |
The WCHA Men's Tournament was the conference tournament for the men's division of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), an NCAA Division I men's ice hockey conference that originally operated from 1951 to 2021. The tournament was also referred to as the WCHA Final Five, the moniker for the tournament's closing rounds. The winner of the tournament received an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. From 1985 to 2018, the winner of the tournament received the Broadmoor Trophy, before that trophy was retired in favor of the Jeff Sauer WCHA Championship Trophy.