| 1962 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 1–3, 1962 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Finals site | Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Champions | Michigan Tech [1] (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | John MacInnes [2] (2nd title) |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
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.
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.
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†* | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 101 | 58 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 188 | 80 | |
| Michigan | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 95 | 48 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 150 | 76 | |
| Denver | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 83 | 71 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 144 | 111 | |
| Michigan State | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | .406 | 57 | 71 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 98 | 94 | |
| North Dakota | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 62 | 71 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 96 | 123 | |
| Minnesota | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | .344 | 69 | 61 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 95 | 73 | |
| Colorado College | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | .000 | 56 | 143 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 74 | 181 | |
| Championship: Michigan Tech † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
| 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)
| March 1 | Michigan Tech | 5 – 1 | Michigan State | Weinberg Coliseum | ||||
| March 2 | Michigan | 8 – 4 | Denver | Weinberg Coliseum | ||||
| March 3 | Denver | 3 – 4 | Michigan State | Weinberg Coliseum | ||||
| March 3 [5] | Michigan Tech | 6 – 4 | Michigan | Weinberg Coliseum | ||||
| (Akervall) John Ivanitz - PP - 19:37 (Rebellato) Jerry Sullivan - 19:59 | First period | 09:32 - PP - Jerry Kolb (Coristine) 11:39 - PP - Don Rodgers (Kelly, Hinnegan) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:05 - 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 period | 11:23 - Ron Coristine (Berenson, Kartusch) | ||||||
| Garry Bauman (29 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Dave Butts (30 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
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