1975 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1975
Conference:WCHA
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 3–9, 1975
Teams:8
Finalarena:Student Ice Arena
Houghton, Michigan
Williams Arena
Finalcity:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions:Michigan Tech[1] (7th title)
Minnesota[2]
Titlecount:4th
Coach:John MacInnes[3] (7th title)
Herb Brooks[4]
Coachcount:2nd
Prevseason Year:1974
Prevseason Link:1974 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:1976
Nextseason Link:1976 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1975 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 16th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 3 and March 9, 1975. All games were played at home team campus sites, including each of the two regional final series. By winning the regional tournaments, both Michigan Tech and Minnesota were invited to participate in the 1975 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Though not official designations, Michigan Tech is considered as the East Regional Champion† and Minnesota 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

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

First round

(4) Wisconsin vs. (5) Michigan State

Second round

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

Tournament awards

None

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Michigan Tech Men's Team History. 2014-06-01.
  2. News: Minnesota Men's Team History. 2014-06-01.
  3. News: John MacInnes Year-by-Year Coaching Record. 2014-06-01.
  4. News: Herb Brooks Year-by-Year Coaching Record. 2014-06-01.
  5. News: 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128. WCHA. 2014-06-01.
  6. News: 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144. WCHA. 2014-06-01.