1970 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1970
Gender:men's
Division:University Division
Teams:4
Frozenfourarena:Olympic Arena
Frozenfourcity:Lake Placid, New York
Champions:Cornell Big Red
Titlecount:2nd
Champgamecount:3rd
Champffcount:4th
Runnerup:Clarkson Golden Knights
Gamecount:3rd
Runnerffcount:6th
Semifinal1:Wisconsin Badgers
Frozenfourcount:1st
Semifinal2:Michigan Tech Huskies
Frozenfourcount2:6th
Coach:Ned Harkness
Coachcount:3rd
Mop:Dan Lodboa
Mopteam:Cornell

The 1970 NCAA Men's University Division Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season, the 23rd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 19 and 21, 1970, and concluded with Cornell defeating Clarkson 6–4. All games were played at the Olympic Arena in Lake Placid, New York.

As of 2023 the 1970 Cornell team is the only undefeated NCAA champion in University Division / Division I history.

Qualifying teams

Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the two WCHA tournament co-champions received automatic bids into the tournament. An at-large bid was offered to a second eastern team based upon both their ECAC tournament finish as well as their regular season record.

East West
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid
1CornellECAC Hockey27–0–0Tournament champion4th19691Michigan TechWCHA19–10–3Tournament co-champion6th1969
2ClarksonECAC Hockey23–7–0At-Large6th19662WisconsinWCHA22–10–0Tournament co-champion1stNever
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Format

The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA co-champion with the better regular season record 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 Olympic Arena. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.

Tournament bracket

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

Semifinals

(W1) Michigan Tech vs. (E2) Clarkson

Consolation Game

(W1) Michigan Tech vs. (W2) Wisconsin

National Championship

(E1) Cornell vs. (E2) Clarkson

Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stalign=center style=";" CLKLuc St. JeanKemp and Magnussonalign=center 0:20align=center 1–0 CLK
align=center style=";" CORGiulianialign=center 4:22align=center 1–1
align=center style=";" CORGarth Ryan - PPunassistedalign=center 11:22align=center 2–1 COR
align=center style=";" CLKJerry Kemp - PPSt. Jean and Magnussonalign=center 17:27align=center 2–2
2ndalign=center style=";" CLKBill O'FlahertyHalme and Makialign=center 29:13align=center 3–2 CLK
align=center style=";" CORDavid WestnerFullan and Ryanalign=center 33:31align=center 3–3
3rdalign=center style=";" CORDan Lodboa - PPMcCutcheon and Giulianialign=center 45:03align=center 4–3 COR
align=center style=";" CORDan Lodboa - GW SHunassistedalign=center 47:58align=center 5–3 COR
align=center style=";" CORDan LodboaMcCutcheonalign=center 52:17align=center 6–3 COR
align=center style=";" CLKSteve WarrKempalign=center 53:29align=center 6–4 COR
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayerPenaltyTimePIM
1stalign=center style=";" CLKWayne LaChanceTrippingalign=center bgcolor=ddffdd9:54align=center bgcolor=ddffdd2:00
align=center style=";" CLKDavid WestnerTrippingalign=center 11:34align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" CORGarth RyanHigh–Stickingalign=center 16:58align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" CORRonald SimpsonTrippingalign=center 17:14align=center 2:00
2ndalign=center style=";" CLKGreg LewisCross–Checkingalign=center 25:37align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" CLKAlf MakiTrippingalign=center 27:32align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" CORRobert AitchisonTrippingalign=center 37:50align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" CORDan LodboaTrippingalign=center 39:44align=center 2:00
3rdalign=center style=";" CLKSteve WarrTrippingalign=center bgcolor=ddffdd44:28align=center bgcolor=ddffdd2:00
align=center style=";" CORDavid WestnerTrippingalign=center 46:01align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" CORGordon LoweCross–Checkingalign=center 47:42align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" CORRonald SimpsonCross–Checkingalign=center 51:56align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" CLKKeith McLeanHigh–Stickingalign=center 51:56align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" CORJohn HughesTrippingalign=center 57:34align=center 2:00
Shots by period
Team123T
align=center style=";" Clarkson align=center 7 align=center 6 align=center 6 align=center 19
align=center style=";" Cornell align=center 17 align=center 17 align=center 12 align=center 46
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
align=center style=";" CLK align=center 40 align=center 6 align=center 59:00
align=center style=";" COR align=center 15 align=center 4 align=center 60:00

All-Tournament team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[3]

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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 Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013-07-17.
  4. 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 .

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