1969 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1969
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 6–8, 1969
Teams:8
Finalarena:Weinberg Coliseum
Ann Arbor, Michigan
DU Arena
Finalcity:Denver, Colorado
Champions:Michigan Tech[1] (4th title)
Denver[2]
Titlecount:7th
Coach:John MacInnes[3] (4th title)
Murray Armstrong[4]
Coachcount:7th
Prevseason Year:1968
Prevseason Link:1968 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament
Nextseason Year:1970
Nextseason Link:1970 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 1969 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament was the 10th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 6 and March 8, 1969. All East Regional games were played at the Weinberg Coliseum in Ann Arbor, Michigan while West Regional games were held at the DU Arena in Denver, Colorado. By winning the regional tournaments, both the East Regional Champion†, Michigan Tech, and West Regional Champion‡, Denver, were invited to participate in the 1969 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey tournament.

Format

All member teams in the WCHA were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to the final conference standings. The eight teams were then divided into two separate groups by placing all three teams from Michigan in the east region, held at the Weinberg Coliseum, and all teams west of Minnesota were placed in the west region, held at the DU Arena. The remaining two Minnesota-based universities were divided so that Minnesota went into the east region and Minnesota-Duluth went into the west region. Once each regional group was set the teams were reseeded No. 1 to No. 4 according to their final conference standings. In the Second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds in each region were matched in a single game with the winners advancing to their regional final games. The winners of the two championship games were 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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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East Regional

Semifinals

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Minnesota

Finals

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (2) Michigan

West Regional

Semifinals

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Colorado College

Finals

(1) Denver vs. (3) Colorado College

Tournament awards

None

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Michigan Tech Men's Team History. 2014-06-01.
  2. News: Denver Men's Team History. 2014-06-01.
  3. News: John MacInnes Year-by-Year Coaching Record. 2014-06-01.
  4. News: Murray Armstrong 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.