1962 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1962 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 3rd conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 1 and March 3, 1962. All games were played at the Weinberg Coliseum in Ann Arbor, Michigan. By reaching the title game both Michigan Tech and Michigan were invited to participate in the 1962 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The top four teams in the WCHA, based upon the conference regular season standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 4. The entire tournament consisted of single-elimination games. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched with winners advanced to the championship game and the losers playing in a third place game.

Conference Standings[3]

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
Michigan Tech†*201730.8501015832293018880
Michigan181530.833954827225015076
Denver181170.61183713017112144111
Michigan State16691.406577125131119894
North Dakota187110.389627126917096123
Minnesota165101.34469612191029573
Colorado College180180.0005614323023074181
Championship: Michigan Tech
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Bracket[4]

  First Round Championship
                     
1 Michigan Tech 5  
4 Michigan State 1  
  1 Michigan Tech 6  
  2 Michigan 4  
2 Michigan 8
3 Denver 4     Third Place Game
  3 Denver 3
  4 Michigan State 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (4) Michigan State

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Denver

Third Place Game

(1) Denver vs. (2) Michigan State

Championship Game

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (2) Michigan

Tournament awards

None

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Michigan Tech Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. ↑ "John MacInnes Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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