1967 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament
The 1967 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 8th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 7 and March 11, 1967. All games were played at home team campus sites. By being declared as co-champions, both Michigan State and North Dakota were invited to participate in the 1967 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 1967 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 7–11, 1967 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Dee Stadium Houghton, Michigan DU Arena Denver, Colorado |
| Champions | Michigan State†[1] (2nd title) North Dakota‡[2] (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Amo Bessone[3] (2nd title) Bill Selman[4] (1st title) |
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Though not official designations, Michigan State is considered as the East Regional Champion† and North Dakota as the West Regional Champion‡.
Format
All eight teams in the WCHA were eligible for the tournament. In the first round the schools were matched up based upon regional location, having the schools closest to one another play a single game with the winners advancing to the second round. The two Colorado schools (Colorado College and Denver) met in one match, leaving North Dakota to play their closest geographic rival Minnesota. With the Gophers occupied Minnesota-Duluth's next closest opponent was Michigan Tech, leaving Michigan and Michigan State as the pair in the final First Round game. Because each of these teams had met under the same circumstances the previous year the home venue that wasn't used the first time was utilized for this tournament, resulting in two higher-seeded teams playing on the road. After the first round the two easternmost remaining teams met in the home venues of Michigan Tech (Dee Stadium) while the two westernmost schools met at Denver's home building (DU Arena). In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched with the winners being declared as co-conference tournament champions.
Conference standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| North Dakota†* | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | .727 | 84 | 70 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 106 | 92 | |
| Denver | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 75 | 47 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 153 | 89 | |
| Michigan Tech | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | .659 | 96 | 61 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 125 | 84 | |
| Michigan | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .639 | 82 | 68 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 150 | 98 | |
| Michigan State* | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .425 | 72 | 81 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 119 | 121 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 23 | 8 | 15 | 0 | .348 | 90 | 114 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 124 | 125 | |
| Colorado College | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .333 | 55 | 86 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 122 | 116 | |
| Minnesota | 23 | 5 | 17 | 1 | .239 | 88 | 115 | 29 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 134 | 138 | |
| Championship: Michigan State, North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
[6] Eastern Teams advanced to one final while western teams advanced to the other
| First Round March 7–9 | Second Round March 11 | ||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota | 7 | |||||||
| 8 | Minnesota | 2 | |||||||
| 1 | North Dakota | 3 | |||||||
| 2 | Denver | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | Denver | 6 | |||||||
| 7 | Colorado College | 3 | |||||||
| 3 | Michigan Tech | 6 | |||||||
| 6 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | |||||||
| 3 | Michigan Tech | 1 | |||||||
| 5 | Michigan State | 2* | |||||||
| 4 | Michigan | 2 | |||||||
| 5 | Michigan State | 4 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Minnesota
| March 7 | Minnesota | 2 – 7 | North Dakota | Williams Arena | ||||
(2) Denver vs. (7) Colorado College
| March 7 | Denver | 6 – 3 | Colorado College | DU Arena | ||||
(3) Michigan Tech vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth
| March 9 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 – 6 | Michigan Tech | Duluth Arena Auditorium | ||||
(4) Michigan vs. (5) Michigan State
| March 9 | Michigan State | 4 – 2 | Michigan | Demonstration Hall | ||||
Second round
(1) North Dakota vs. (2) Denver
| March 11 | Denver | 2 – 3 | North Dakota | DU Arena | ||||
(3) Michigan Tech vs. (5) Michigan State
| March 11 | Michigan Tech | 1 – 2 | OT | Michigan State | Dee Stadium | |||
Tournament awards
None
See also
References
- ^ "Michigan State Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^ "North Dakota Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^ "Amo Bessone Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^ "Bill Selman Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
External links
- WCHA.com
- 1966–67 WCHA Standings
- 1966–67 NCAA Standings
- 2013–14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide
- 2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide[permanent dead link]
- 2013–14 Michigan Wolverines Media Guide; Through the Years 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- 2013–14 Michigan State Spartans Media Guide; Section 5 2014-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- 2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- 2012–13 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Media Guide