College ice hockey tournament
| 1973 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 5–11, 1973 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Edmund P. Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana DU Arena Denver, Colorado |
| Champions | Wisconsin† (3rd title) Denver‡ (10th title) |
| Winning coach | Bob Johnson (3rd title) Murray Armstrong (10th title) |
| WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1972 1974 → | |
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
| 1972–73 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Denver†* | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 52 | 141 | 85 | 39 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 208 | 116 | |
| Notre Dame | 28 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 48 | 150 | 119 | 38 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 199 | 174 | |
| Wisconsin* | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 47 | 134 | 101 | 40 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 217 | 139 | |
| Michigan State | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 47 | 132 | 114 | 36 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 194 | 149 | |
| Michigan Tech | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 135 | 106 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 198 | 139 | |
| Minnesota | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 35 | 94 | 102 | 34 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 124 | 129 | |
| North Dakota | 30 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 32 | 124 | 131 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 154 | 157 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 123 | 131 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 166 | 161 | |
| Colorado College | 28 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 103 | 171 | 34 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 150 | 198 | |
| Michigan | 30 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 116 | 183 | 34 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 136 | 206 | |
| Championship: Wisconsin, Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First Round March 5–7 | Second Round March 9–11 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Denver | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
| 8 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | Denver | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| 5 | Michigan Tech | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | Notre Dame | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
| 7 | North Dakota | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | Wisconsin | 8 | 6 | ||||||||
| 6 | Minnesota | 6 | 4 | ||||||||
| 2 | Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | Wisconsin | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| 4 | Michigan State | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 5 | Michigan Tech | 7 | 1 | ||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
(1) Denver vs. (8) Minnesota-Duluth
| March 6 | Denver | 5 – 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | Denver Coliseum | ||||
| March 7 | Denver | 4 – 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | Denver Coliseum | ||||
| Denver won series 9–6 | |
(2) Notre Dame vs. (7) North Dakota
| March 5 | Notre Dame | 5 – 0 | North Dakota | Edmund P. Joyce Center | ||||
| March 6 | Notre Dame | 8 – 3 | North Dakota | Edmund P. Joyce Center | ||||
| Notre Dame won series 13–3 | |
(3) Wisconsin vs. (6) Minnesota
| March 5 | Wisconsin | 8 – 6 | Minnesota | Dane County Coliseum | ||||
| March 6 | Wisconsin | 6 – 4 | Minnesota | Dane County Coliseum | ||||
| Wisconsin won series 14–10 | |
(4) Michigan State vs. (5) Michigan Tech
| March 5 | Michigan State | 2 – 7 | Michigan Tech | Demonstration Hall | ||||
| March 6 | Michigan State | 3 – 1 | Michigan Tech | Demonstration Hall | ||||
| Michigan Tech won series 8–5 | |
Second round
(1) Denver vs. (5) Michigan Tech
| March 10 | Denver | 3 – 3 | Michigan Tech | Denver Coliseum | ||||
| March 11 | Denver | 4 – 0 | Michigan Tech | Denver Coliseum | ||||
| Denver won series 7–3 | |
(2) Notre Dame vs. (3) Wisconsin
| March 9 | Notre Dame | 4 – 4 | Wisconsin | Edmund P. Joyce Center | ||||
| March 10 | Notre Dame | 3 – 4 | Wisconsin | Edmund P. Joyce Center | ||||
| Wisconsin won series 8–7 | |
Tournament awards
None
See also
References
- "Wisconsin Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- "Denver Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- "Bob Johnson Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- "Murray Armstrong Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
External links
- WCHA.com
- 1972–73 WCHA Standings
- 1972–73 NCAA Standings
- 2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide
- 2013–14 Michigan State Spartans Media Guide; Section 5 Archived 2014-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- 2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- 2012–13 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Media Guide
- 2013–14 North Dakota Hockey Media Guide
- 2008–09 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Media Guide; History Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- 2003–04 Wisconsin Badgers Media Guide
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