1968 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey tournament

Collegiate ice hockey tournament

1968 NCAA University Division men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	4
Finals site	Duluth Arena Auditorium Duluth, Minnesota
Champions	Denver Pioneers (4th title)
Runner-up	North Dakota Fighting Sioux (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Boston College Eagles (9th Frozen Four) Cornell Big Red (2nd Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Murray Armstrong (4th title)
MOP	Gerry Powers (Denver)
Attendance	13,346
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The 1968 NCAA Men's University Division Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1967–68 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season, the 21st such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 14 and 16, 1968, and concluded with Denver defeating North Dakota 4–0. All games were played at the Duluth Arena Auditorium in Duluth, Minnesota.

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
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Cornell	ECAC Hockey	26–1–0	Tournament champion	2nd	1967	1	Denver	WCHA	26–5–1	Tournament co-champion	7th	1966
2	Boston College	ECAC Hockey	19–9–1	At-Large	9th	1965	2	North Dakota	WCHA	19–9–3	Tournament co-champion	6th	1967

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 Duluth Arena 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

W1	Denver	4

E2	Boston College	1
			W1	Denver	4

			W2	North Dakota	0
E1	Cornell	1

W2	North Dakota	3	Third Place Game


			E1	Cornell	6

			E2	Boston College	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

(W1) Denver vs. (E2) Boston College

March 14

Denver

4 – 1

Boston College

Duluth Arena Auditorium

(E1) Cornell vs. (W2) North Dakota

March 15	Cornell		1 – 3	North Dakota	Duluth Arena Auditorium	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		02:40 - Dave Kartio (Abram) 13:44 - GW - Gary Lyons (Gasparini)
(Tufford, Hughes) Brian Cornell - 11:09		Third period		01:38 - PP - Bob Munro (Ogden)
( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Ken Dryden		Goalie stats		Mike Curran ( 21 saves / 22 shots )

Consolation Game

(E1) Cornell vs. (E2) Boston College

March 16	Cornell		6 – 1	Boston College	Duluth Arena Auditorium	Recap
(Hughes, Giuliani) Brian Cornell - 11:56 (Lewis) Bruce Pattison - GW - 13:54 (Giuliani, Ryan) Dick Bertrand - 15:23		First period		No scoring
(Hughes, Lowe) Brian Cornell - 01:22 (Pattison, Stanowski) Peter Tufford - PP - 13:54 (Tufford, Hughes) Brian Cornell - 14:28		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		05:52 - Whitey Allen (Ahern, Clarke)
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Ken Dryden		Goalie stats		Jeff Cohen ( 15 saves / 19 shots ) / George McPhee ( 21 saves / 23 shots )

National Championship

(W1) Denver vs. (W2) North Dakota

March 16

Denver

4 – 0

North Dakota

Duluth Arena Auditorium

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	None
2nd	None
3rd	DEN	Bob Trembecky – GW PP	Wiste and Magnuson	42:44	1–0 DEN
	DEN	Bob Trembecky	Patrick	53:16	2–0 DEN
	DEN	Al Genovy	Gilmore	58:06	3–0 DEN
	DEN	Tom Gilmore	unassisted	58:25	4–0 DEN

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
North Dakota	12	3	7	22
Denver	6	8	14	28

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
UND	Mike Curran	24	4
DEN	Gerry Powers	22	0

All-Tournament Team

First Team

G: Gerry Powers* (Denver)
D: Terry Abram (North Dakota)
D: Keith Magnuson (Denver)
F: Brian Cornell (Cornell)
F: Bob Munro (North Dakota)
F: Bob Trembecky (Denver)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Second Team

G: Ken Dryden (Cornell)
D: Tim Gould (Denver)
D: Terry Ogden (North Dakota)
F: Dave Kartio (North Dakota)
F: Jim Wiste (Denver)
F: Tom Gilmore (Denver)

References

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"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.
"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.

"NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey historical Archive. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
"NCAA Division 1 Awards". College Hockey historical Archive. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
"Murray Armstrong Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
"Attendance Records and Sites" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 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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