1965 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1965
Gender:men's
Division:University Division
Season:1965
Teams:4
Frozenfourarena:Meehan Auditorium
Frozenfourcity:Providence, Rhode Island
Champions:Michigan Tech Huskies
Titlecount:2nd
Champgamecount:4th
Champffcount:4th
Runnerup:Boston College Eagles
Gamecount:2nd
Runnerffcount:8th
Semifinal1:Brown Bears
Frozenfourcount:2nd
Semifinal2:North Dakota Fighting Sioux
Frozenfourcount2:4th
Coach:John MacInnes
Coachcount:2nd
Mop:Gary Milroy
Mopteam:Michigan Tech

The 1965 NCAA Men's University Division Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season, the 18th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 20, 1965, and concluded with Michigan Tech defeating Boston College 8-2. All games were played at the Meehan Auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island.

This is the first time the NCAA tournament did not have a participant that appeared in the previous season's meeting.

Qualifying teams

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
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid
1Boston CollegeECAC Hockey23–6–0Tournament champion8th19631Michigan TechWCHA22–5–2Tournament champion4th1962
2BrownECAC Hockey21–7–0At-Large2nd19512North DakotaWCHA24–7–0At-Large4th1963
[1]

Format

The ECAC champion 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 Meehan 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.

Bracket

[2] Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

Michigan Tech vs. Brown

Consolation Game

North Dakota vs. Brown

National Championship

Boston College vs. Michigan Tech

Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stalign=center style=";" MTUGary MilroyWelleralign=center 7:28align=center 1–0 MTU
align=center style=";" MTUWayne WellerMilroy and Holmalign=center 13:12align=center 2–0 MTU
align=center style=";" MTUBob Wilson – GW PPLeiman and Yeoalign=center 18:56align=center 3–0 MTU
2ndalign=center style=";" MTUColin PattersonWilson and Yeoalign=center 22:13align=center 4–0 MTU
align=center style=";" MTUFred DartYoshino and Toothillalign=center 23:37align=center 5–0 MTU
align=center style=";" MTUGary Milroy – PPRiutta and Huculakalign=center 34:58align=center 6–0 MTU
align=center style=";" BCE. J. Breen – PPToranalign=center 37:24align=center 6–1 MTU
align=center style=";" MTUWayne WellerMilroyalign=center 39:26align=center 7–1 MTU
3rdalign=center style=";" BCJim MullenDyer and Cunniffalign=center 46:02align=center 7–2 MTU
align=center style=";" MTUBob Wilsonunassistedalign=center 57:58align=center 8–2 MTU
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayerPenaltyTimePIM
1stalign=center style=";" MTUTerry RyanHoldingalign=center 6:00align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCJohn MoylanCross–Checkingalign=center 6:00align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUColin PattersonCross–Checkingalign=center 8:47align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUEd CatererTrippingalign=center 10:52align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCWoody JohnsonElbowingalign=center 16:57align=center 2:00
2ndalign=center style=";" BCFrancis KearnsInterferencealign=center 24:02align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUDennis HuculakHoldingalign=center 32:04align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCJim MullenIllegal Checkalign=center 34:23align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUGary MilroySlashingalign=center 36:06align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUDavid ConfreyChargingalign=center 36:41align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUWayne WellerTrippingalign=center 39:32align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUAl HolmRoughingalign=center 39:32align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCWoody JohnsonRoughingalign=center 39:32align=center 2:00
3rdalign=center style=";" BCRalphy ToranSlashingalign=center 42:08align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCFrancis KearnsElbowingalign=center 50:47align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUDennis HuculakSlashingalign=center 50:47align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUTerry RyanTrippingalign=center 54:17align=center 2:00
Shots by period
Team123T
align=center style=";" Boston College align=center 5 align=center 11 align=center 11 align=center 27
align=center style=";" Michigan Tech align=center 10 align=center 14 align=center 11 align=center 35
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
align=center style=";" BC align=center 27 align=center 8 align=center
align=center style=";" MTU align=center 27 align=center 2 align=center

All-Tournament team

[3]

First Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[4]

Second Team

References

Notes and References

  1. News: NCAA Division 1 Tournament . College Hockey Historical Archives . 2013-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145059/http://augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html . 2014-02-02 . live .
  2. News: NCAA Tournament. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  3. News: NCAA Frozen Four Records . NCAA.org . 2013-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120817163005/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf . 2012-08-17 . live .
  4. News: NCAA Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013-07-17.

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