1966 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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The 1966 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 7th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 3 and March 5, 1966. All games were played at home team campus sites. By being declared as co-champions, both Michigan State and Denver were invited to participate in the 1966 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Though not official designations, Michigan State is considered as the East Regional Champion† and Denver 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. This format was to be used for the following season as well with each team in the first round matches serving as the home team once. Denver was the only higher seed to play a road game in the first round but was guaranteed to be the home team the following season. 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

1965–66 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPCTGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Michigan Tech†201541.775774830236114182
North Dakota 221390.59197853017121135115
Minnesota 221390.5919276271611011794
Denver*201073.57581613218113137100
Michigan 18990.50074722814140125109
Michigan State*209110.45088852916130123111
Colorado College 184122.278519329918298147
Minnesota-Duluth 203152.2006010028719296137
Championship: Michigan State, Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

[6] Eastern Teams advanced to one final while western teams advanced to the other

First Round
March 3 		Second Round
March 5
      
1Michigan Tech9
8 Minnesota-Duluth 3
2 North Dakota 4
4Denver5*
2North Dakota4
3 Minnesota 3
4Denver8
7 Colorado College 2
1 Michigan Tech 3
6Michigan State4
5 Michigan 2
6Michigan State3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (8) Minnesota-Duluth

March 3Michigan Tech9 – 3Minnesota-Duluth Dee Stadium

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Minnesota

March 3North Dakota4 – 3Minnesota Winter Sports Building

(4) Denver vs. (7) Colorado College

March 3Colorado College2 – 8Denver Broadmoor World Arena

(5) Michigan vs. (6) Michigan State

March 3Michigan2 – 3Michigan State Weinberg Coliseum

Second round

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (6) Michigan State

March 5Michigan Tech3 – 4Michigan State Demonstration Hall

(2) North Dakota vs. (4) Denver

March 5Denver5 – 4OTNorth Dakota DU Arena

Tournament awards

None

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Michigan State Men's Team History" . Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Denver Men's Team History" . Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Amo Bessone Year-by-Year Coaching Record" . Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Murray Armstrong Year-by-Year Coaching Record" . Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  6. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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