1964 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

1964 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 12–14, 1964
Teams	4
Finals site	Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, Michigan
Champions	Denver [1] (4th title)
Winning coach	Murray Armstrong [2] (4th title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1963 1965 →

The 1964 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 12 and March 14, 1964. All games were played at home team campus sites. By reaching the title game both Denver and Michigan were invited to participate in the 1964 NCAA 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. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. The winners advanced to the title game which was to be played at the higher remaining seed's home venue. Due to the ongoing dispute between Minnesota and Denver the Golden Gophers refused to participate in the tournament and were replaced by 5th-place North Dakota.

Conference standings

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

1963–64 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Michigan†	14	12	2	0	.857	90	37		29	24	4	1	217	80
Denver*	10	7	2	1	.750	33	17		31	20	7	4	141	76
Minnesota	16	10	6	0	.625	65	65		25	14	11	0	105	115
Michigan Tech	16	9	7	0	.563	57	47		27	14	12	1	95	79
North Dakota	14	5	8	1	.393	37	41		25	12	11	2	79	72
Colorado College	16	4	11	1	.281	57	84		26	11	14	1	121	131
Michigan State	14	1	12	1	.107	42	90		26	8	17	1	100	134
Championship: Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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	First Round March 12–13							Final March 14
	1	Michigan	4	5	9
	4	Michigan Tech	3	5	8
								1	Michigan	2
								2	Denver	6
	2	Denver	6	3	9
	3	North Dakota	3	3	6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Michigan vs. (4) Michigan Tech

March 12

Michigan

4 – 3

Michigan Tech

Weinberg Coliseum

March 13

Michigan

5 – 5

Michigan Tech

Weinberg Coliseum

Michigan won series 9–8

(2) Denver vs. (5) North Dakota

March 12

Denver

6 – 2

North Dakota

DU Arena

March 13

Denver

3 – 3

North Dakota

DU Arena

Denver won series 9–5

Final

(1) Michigan vs. (2) Denver

March 14

Michigan

2 – 6

Denver

Weinberg Coliseum

Tournament awards

None

See also

• Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions

References

1. "Denver Men's Team History" . Retrieved June 1, 2014.
2. "Murray Armstrong 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.

External links

• WCHA.com
• 1963–64 WCHA Standings
• 1963–64 NCAA Standings
• 2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• 2013–14 Michigan Wolverines Media Guide; Through the Years Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
• 2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine