| Year: | 1962 |
| Gender: | men's |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Frozenfourarena: | Utica Memorial Auditorium |
| Frozenfourcity: | Utica, New York |
| Champions: | Michigan Tech Huskies |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Champgamecount: | 3rd |
| Champffcount: | 3rd |
| Runnerup: | Clarkson Golden Knights |
| Gamecount: | 1st |
| Runnerffcount: | 3rd |
| Semifinal1: | Michigan Wolverines |
| Frozenfourcount: | 11th |
| Semifinal2: | St. Lawrence Saints |
| Frozenfourcount2: | 7th |
| Coach: | John MacInnes |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mop: | Lou Angotti |
| Mopteam: | Michigan Tech |
| Attendance: | 11,451 |
The 1962 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1961–62 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 15th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 15 and 17, 1962, and concluded with Michigan Tech defeating Clarkson 7–1. All games were played at the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York.
Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the WCHA tournament champion received automatic bids into the tournament. Two at-large bids were offered to one eastern and one western team based upon both their tournament finish as well as their regular season record.
| East | West | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | 21–2–1 | At-Large | 3rd | 1958 | 1 | Michigan Tech | WCHA | 27–3–0 | Tournament champion | 3rd | 1960 |
| 2 | St. Lawrence | ECAC Hockey | 17–7–1 | Tournament champion | 7th | 1961 | 2 | Michigan | WCHA | 21–4–0 | At-Large | 11th | 1957 |
The higher-ranked ECAC team was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA champion was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. All games were played at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.
[2] Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
| Scoring summary | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score | |||
| 1st | align=center style=";" | MTU | John Ivanitz | unassisted | align=center | 0:38 | align=center | 1–0 MTU |
| align=center style=";" | MTU | John Ivanitz – GW | Sullivan | align=center | 5:38 | align=center | 2–0 MTU | |
| align=center style=";" | MTU | Jerry Sullivan | Merlo and Rebellato | align=center | 9:26 | align=center | 3–0 MTU | |
| align=center style=";" | CLK | Joseph LaPointe – PP | Pettersen | align=center | 19:42 | align=center | 3–1 MTU | |
| 2nd | None | |||||||
| 3rd | align=center style=";" | MTU | Jerry Sullivan | Ivanitz and Rebellato | align=center | 40:38 | align=center | 4–1 MTU |
| align=center style=";" | MTU | John Ivanitz | Sullivan and Rebellato | align=center | 44:53 | align=center | 5–1 MTU | |
| align=center style=";" | MTU | Lou Angotti | unassisted | align=center | 46:14 | align=center | 6–1 MTU | |
| align=center style=";" | MTU | Lou Angotti | unassisted | align=center | 59:20 | align=center | 7–1 MTU | |
| Penalty summary | ||||||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM | |||
| 1st | align=center style=";" | CLK | Robert Taylor | Illegal Check | align=center | 9:40 | align=center | 2:00 |
| align=center style=";" | MTU | Bob Pallante | Elbowing | align=center | 13:33 | align=center | 2:00 | |
| align=center style=";" | MTU | Bob Pallante | Interference | align=center | 18:35 | align=center | 2:00 | |
| 2nd | align=center style=";" | CLK | Corby Adams | Illegal Check | align=center | 21:32 | align=center | 2:00 |
| align=center style=";" | MTU | Albert Merlo | Slashing | align=center | 26:56 | align=center | 2:00 | |
| align=center style=";" | MTU | Norman Wimmer | Elbowing | align=center | 30:12 | align=center | 2:00 | |
| align=center style=";" | MTU | Henry Akervall | Interference | align=center | 32:04 | align=center | 2:00 | |
| 3rd | align=center style=";" | MTU | Elov Seger | Boarding | align=center | 49:05 | align=center | 2:00 |
| align=center style=";" | MTU | Bob Pallante | Spearing | align=center | 50:52 | align=center | 2:00 | |
| align=center style=";" | MTU | Gene Rebellato | Holding | align=center | 56:55 | align=center | 2:00 | |
| align=center style=";" | MTU | Bob Pallante | Holding | align=center | 58:10 | align=center | 2:00 | |
| align=center style=";" | CLK | Frank Schmeler | Tripping | align=center | 58:17 | align=center | 2:00 | |
| Shots by period | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | ||||||
| align=center style=";" | Clarkson | align=center | 12 | align=center | 13 | align=center | 15 | align=center | 40 | |
| align=center style=";" | Michigan Tech | align=center | 12 | align=center | 16 | align=center | 16 | align=center | 44 | |
| Goaltenders | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice | |||||
| align=center style=";" | CLK | align=center | 37 | align=center | 7 | align=center | |||
| align=center style=";" | MTU | align=center | 39 | align=center | 1 | align=center | |||
* Most Outstanding Player(s)[4]