1975 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1975
Gender:men's
Division:Division I
Teams:4
Frozenfourarena:St. Louis Arena
Frozenfourcity:St. Louis, Missouri
Titlecount:3rd
Champgamecount:6th
Champffcount:8th
Runnerup:Minnesota Golden Gophers
Gamecount:5th
Runnerffcount:6th
Semifinal1:Boston University Terriers
Frozenfourcount:10th
Semifinal2:Harvard Crimson
Frozenfourcount2:7th
Coach:John MacInnes
Coachcount:3rd
Mop:Jim Warden
Mopteam:Michigan Tech
Attendance:10,639

The 1975 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 28th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 13 and 15, 1975, and concluded with Michigan Tech defeating Minnesota 6–1. All games were played at the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri.

This is the first time since 1949 that all four teams in the tournament had played in the previous championship. It has not happened since (as of 2017).

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
1Boston UniversityECAC Hockey25–4–1Tournament champion10th19741MinnesotaWCHA30–9–1Tournament co-champion6th1974
2HarvardECAC Hockey23–4–0At-Large7th19742Michigan TechWCHA30–10–0Tournament co-champion8th1974
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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 St. Louis 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.

Bracket

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

Semifinals

(W1) Minnesota vs. (E2) Harvard

Consolation Game

(E1) Boston University vs. (E2) Harvard

National Championship

(W1) Minnesota vs. (W2) Michigan Tech

Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stalign=center style=";" MTUBill SteeleYoung and D'Alvisealign=center 11:36align=center 1–0 MTU
align=center style=";" MTUMike Zuke – GWS. Jensen and Deckeralign=center 18:56align=center 2–0 MTU
2ndalign=center style=";" MTUGeorge LyleS. Jensen and Ostlundalign=center 25:21align=center 3–0 MTU
align=center style=";" MTUScott JesseeMayer and Robertsalign=center 38:40align=center 4–0 MTU
3rdalign=center style=";" MTUBob D'Alvise – PPWilcox and Steelealign=center 41:26align=center 5–0 MTU
align=center style=";" MTUGeorge Lyle – PPOstlund and Abbeyalign=center 46:56align=center 6–0 MTU
align=center style="color:white; background:#862334; " MINTom YounghansPhippen and Gaugealign=center 49:49align=center 6–1 MTU
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayerPenaltyTimePIM
1stalign=center style="color:white; background:#862334; " MINBuzz SchneiderInterferencealign=center 1:00align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUGeorge LyleHigh–Stickingalign=center 3:37align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862334; " MINJoe MichelettiHigh–Stickingalign=center 5:16align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUJim MayerRoughingalign=center 12:27align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862334; " MINWarren MillerRoughingalign=center 12:27align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUDana DeckerTrippingalign=center 15:27align=center 2:00
2ndalign=center style=";" MTUBruce AbbeyInterferencealign=center 20:46align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUGeorge LyleTrippingalign=center 28:18align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862334; " MINRobby HarrisElbowingalign=center 30:53align=center 2:00
3rdalign=center style="color:white; background:#862334; " MINJoe MichelettiInterferencealign=center 40:18align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUBob LorimerTrippingalign=center 43:40align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862334; " MINPaul HolmgrenElbowingalign=center 45:55align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862334; " MINWarren MillerHigh–Stickingalign=center 47:10align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862334; " MINRuss AndersonHoldingalign=center 47:21align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUJim MayerHookingalign=center 53:32align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862334; " MINMike PolichRoughngalign=center 53:32align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MTUJim MurrayRoughngalign=center 53:32align=center 2:00
Shots by period
Team123T
align=center style=";" Michigan Tech align=center 9 align=center 5 align=center 11 align=center 25
align=center style="color:white; background:#862334; " Minnesota align=center 7 align=center 9 align=center 7 align=center 23
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
align=center style=";" MTU align=center 22 align=center 1 align=center
align=center style="color:white; background:#862334; " MIN align=center 19 align=center 6 align=center

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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