1973 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1973
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 5–11, 1973
Teams:8
Finalarena:Edmund P. Joyce Center
Notre Dame, Indiana
DU Arena
Finalcity:Denver, Colorado
Champions:Wisconsin[1] (3rd title)
Denver[2]
Titlecount:10th
Coach:Bob Johnson[3] (3rd title)
Murray Armstrong[4]
Coachcount:10th
Prevseason Year:1972
Prevseason Link:1972 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:1974
Nextseason Link:1974 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1973 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 14th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 5 and March 11, 1973. All games were played at home team campus sites, including each of the two regional final series. By winning the regional tournaments, both Wisconsin and Denver were invited to participate in the 1973 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Though not official designations, Wisconsin is considered as the East Regional Champion† and Denver as the West Regional Champion‡.

Format

The top eight teams in the WCHA, according to their final conference standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8. In the first round the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. After the first round the remaining teams were reseeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to their final conference standings and advanced to the second round. In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds competed in an additional two-game, total goal series with the winners of each being declared as co-conference champions.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against[5]

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first roundNote: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

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

Second round

(2) Notre Dame vs. (3) Wisconsin

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Tournament awards

None

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Wisconsin Men's Team History. 2014-06-01.
  2. News: Denver Men's Team History. 2014-06-01.
  3. News: Bob Johnson 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.