1963 NCAA men's ice hockey tournament

Collegiate ice hockey tournament

1963 NCAA men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	4
Finals site	McHugh Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Champions	North Dakota Fighting Sioux (2nd title)
Runner-up	Denver Pioneers (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Clarkson Golden Knights (4th Frozen Four) Boston College Eagles (7th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Barry Thorndycraft (2nd title)
MOP	Al McLean (North Dakota)
Attendance	16,190
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The 1963 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1962–63 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 16th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 14 and 16, 1963, and concluded with North Dakota defeating Denver 6–5. All games were played at the McHugh Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Qualifying teams

Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the WCHA tournament champion received automatic bids into the tournament. Harvard, the ECAC champion, declined the bid to the tournament and was instead replaced by the runner-up Boston College. Two at-large bids were offered to one eastern and one western team based upon both their tournament finish as well as their regular season record.

East							West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Boston College	ECAC Hockey	22–7–0	At-Large	7th	1959	1	Denver	WCHA	22–8–1	Tournament champion	4th	1961
2	Clarkson	ECAC Hockey	19–3–2	At-Large	4th	1962	2	North Dakota	WCHA	20–7–3	At-Large	3rd	1959

Format

The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA champion 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 Meehan Auditorium. 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

Semifinals March 14–15			National championship March 16

E1	Boston College	2

W2	North Dakota	8
			W2	North Dakota	6

			W1	Denver	5
W1	Denver	6

E2	Clarkson	2	Third-place game


			E1	Boston College	3

			E2	Clarkson	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

Boston College vs. North Dakota

March 14

Boston College

2 – 8

North Dakota

McHugh Forum

Denver vs. Clarkson

March 15

Denver

6 – 2

Clarkson

McHugh Forum

Consolation Game

Boston College vs. Clarkson

March 21

Boston College

3 – 5

Clarkson

McHugh Forum

National Championship

Denver vs. North Dakota

March 16

Denver

5 – 6

North Dakota

McHugh Forum

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	UND	Don Stokaluk	Merrifield and Bartlett	1:57	1–0 UND
	UND	Al McLean	Sutherland and Bartlett	3:11	2–0 UND
	UND	Ernie Dyda	Matheson and Merrifield	7:25	3–0 UND
	DEN	Greg Lacomy	Kenning and Fragomeni	12:55	3–1 UND
	DEN	Bob Hamill	Wilson and Art	13:13	3–2 UND
	UND	Don Stokaluk	Roberge	14:20	4–2 UND
	UND	Jack Matheson	Ross	15:14	5–2 UND
2nd	UND	Al McLean – GW	unassisted	25:01	6–2 UND
	DEN	Greg Lacomy	Wilson and Johnston	27:05	6–3 UND
	DEN	Bob Hamill	Staub	33:09	6–4 UND
3rd	DEN	Bob Hamill	Kowel	53:19	6–5 UND

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
North Dakota	15	15	9	39
Denver	7	8	2	17

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
UND	Joe Lech	12	5
DEN	Rudy Unis	33	6

All-Tournament team

First Team

G: Tom Apprille (Boston College)
D: George Goodacre (North Dakota)
D: Don Ross (North Dakota)
F: Al McLean* (North Dakota)
F: Dave Merrifield (North Dakota)
F: Don Stokaluk (North Dakota)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Second Team

G: Wayne Gibbons (Clarkson)
D: Jim Kenning (Denver)
D: Maurice Roberge (North Dakota)
F: Jack Leetch (Boston College)
F: Corby Adams (Clarkson)
F: Bob Hamill (Denver)

References

"NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
"NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
"North Dakota 2015-16 Hockey Yearbook" (PDF). North Dakota. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
"NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
"NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.

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NCAA Division I men's ice hockey champions

1948: Michigan
1949: Boston College
1950: Colorado College
1951: Michigan
1952: Michigan
1953: Michigan
1954: RPI
1955: Michigan
1956: Michigan
1957: Colorado College
1958: Denver
1959: North Dakota
1960: Denver
1961: Denver
1962: Michigan Tech
1963: North Dakota
1964: Michigan
1965: Michigan Tech
1966: Michigan State
1967: Cornell
1968: Denver
1969: Denver
1970: Cornell
1971: Boston University
1972: Boston University
1973: Wisconsin
1974: Minnesota
1975: Michigan Tech
1976: Minnesota
1977: Wisconsin
1978: Boston University
1979: Minnesota
1980: North Dakota
1981: Wisconsin
1982: North Dakota
1983: Wisconsin
1984: Bowling Green
1985: RPI
1986: Michigan State
1987: North Dakota
1988: Lake Superior State
1989: Harvard
1990: Wisconsin
1991: Northern Michigan
1992: Lake Superior State
1993: Maine
1994: Lake Superior State
1995: Boston University
1996: Michigan
1997: North Dakota
1998: Michigan
1999: Maine
2000: North Dakota
2001: Boston College
2002: Minnesota
2003: Minnesota
2004: Denver
2005: Denver
2006: Wisconsin
2007: Michigan State
2008: Boston College
2009: Boston University
2010: Boston College
2011: Minnesota–Duluth
2012: Boston College
2013: Yale
2014: Union
2015: Providence
2016: North Dakota
2017: Denver
2018: Minnesota–Duluth
2019: Minnesota Duluth
2020: No tournament
2021: UMass
2022: Denver
2023: Quinnipiac
2024: Denver

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