1967 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1967
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 7–11, 1967
Teams:8
Finalarena:Dee Stadium
Houghton, Michigan
DU Arena
Finalcity:Denver, Colorado
Champions:Michigan State[1] (2nd title)
North Dakota[2]
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Amo Bessone[3] (2nd title)
Bill Selman[4]
Coachcount:1st
Prevseason Year:1966
Prevseason Link:1966 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:1968
Nextseason Link:1968 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1967 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 8th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 7 and March 11, 1967. All games were played at home team campus sites. By being declared as co-champions, both Michigan State and North Dakota were invited to participate in the 1967 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Though not official designations, Michigan State is considered as the East Regional Champion† and North Dakota 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. Because each of these teams had met under the same circumstances the previous year the home venue that wasn't used the first time was utilized for this tournament, resulting in two higher-seeded teams playing on the road. 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[5]

Bracket

[6] Eastern Teams advanced to one final while western teams advanced to the otherNote: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(4) Michigan vs. (5) Michigan State

Second round

(3) Michigan Tech vs. (5) Michigan State

Tournament awards

None

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Michigan State Men's Team History. 2014-06-01.
  2. News: North Dakota Men's Team History. 2014-06-01.
  3. News: Amo Bessone Year-by-Year Coaching Record. 2014-06-01.
  4. News: Bill Selman Year-by-Year Coaching Record. 2014-06-01.
  5. News: 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 97-112. WCHA. 2014-06-01.
  6. News: 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144. WCHA. 2014-06-01.