1962 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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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.

Contents

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

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPCTGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Michigan Tech†*201730.8501015832293018880
Michigan 181530.833954827225015076
Denver 181170.61183713017112144111
Michigan State 16691.406577125131119894
North Dakota 187110.389627126917096123
Minnesota 165101.34469612191029573
Colorado College 180180.0005614323023074181
Championship: Michigan Tech
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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First roundChampionship
      
1Michigan Tech5
4 Michigan State 1
1Michigan Tech6
2 Michigan 4
2Michigan8
3 Denver 4 Third-place game
3 Denver 3
4Michigan State4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

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

March 1Michigan Tech5 – 1Michigan State Weinberg Coliseum

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Denver

March 2Michigan8 – 4Denver Weinberg Coliseum

Third-place game

(1) Denver vs. (2) Michigan State

March 3Denver3 – 4Michigan State Weinberg Coliseum

Championship Game

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (2) Michigan

March 3 [5] Michigan Tech6 – 4Michigan Weinberg Coliseum  
(Akervall) John Ivanitz - PP - 19:37
(Rebellato) Jerry Sullivan - 19:59
First period09:32 - PP - Jerry Kolb (Coristine)
11:39 - PP - Don Rodgers (Kelly, Hinnegan)
No scoringSecond period08:05 - PP - Red Berenson (Kolb, Coristine)
(unassisted) Elov Seger - 02:00
(Begg) Scott Watson - 02:17
(unassisted) Lou Angotti - GW - 12:35
(Angotti) Mike Draper - 14:19
Third period11:23 - Ron Coristine (Berenson, Kartusch)
Garry Bauman (29 saves / 33 shots)Goalie stats Dave Butts (30 saves / 36 shots)

Tournament awards

None

See also

References

  1. "Michigan Tech Men's Team History" . Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. "John MacInnes Year-by-Year Coaching Record" . Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  5. "Tech Beats Wolverines in Playoffs". The Michigan Daily. March 4, 1962. Retrieved February 9, 2019.