1962_WCHA_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament

1962 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

1962 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

College ice hockey tournament

The 1962 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 3rd conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 1 and March 3, 1962. All games were played at the Weinberg Coliseum in Ann Arbor, Michigan. By reaching the title game both Michigan Tech and Michigan were invited to participate in the 1962 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The top four teams in the WCHA, based upon the conference regular season standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 4. The entire tournament consisted of single-elimination games. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched with winners advanced to the championship game and the losers playing in a third-place game.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

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Bracket

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First round Championship
      
1 Michigan Tech 5
4 Michigan State 1
1 Michigan Tech 6
2 Michigan 4
2 Michigan 8
3 Denver 4 Third-place game
3 Denver 3
4 Michigan State 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (4) Michigan State

March 1 Michigan Tech 5 – 1 Michigan State Weinberg Coliseum

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Denver

March 2 Michigan 8 – 4 Denver Weinberg Coliseum

Third-place game

(1) Denver vs. (2) Michigan State

March 3 Denver 3 – 4 Michigan State Weinberg Coliseum

Championship Game

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (2) Michigan

March 3[5] Michigan Tech 6 – 4 Michigan Weinberg Coliseum  
(Akervall) John Ivanitz - PP - 19:37
(Rebellato) Jerry Sullivan - 19:59		 First period 09:32 - PP - Jerry Kolb (Coristine)
11:39 - PP - Don Rodgers (Kelly, Hinnegan)
No scoring Second period 08:05 - PP - Red Berenson (Kolb, Coristine)
(unassisted) Elov Seger - 02:00
(Begg) Scott Watson - 02:17
(unassisted) Lou Angotti - GW - 12:35
(Angotti) Mike Draper - 14:19		 Third period 11:23 - Ron Coristine (Berenson, Kartusch)
Garry Bauman (29 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Dave Butts (30 saves / 36 shots)

Tournament awards

None

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Michigan Tech Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. [2]
    "John MacInnes Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. [3]
    "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. [4]
    "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Tech Beats Wolverines in Playoffs". The Michigan Daily. March 4, 1962. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
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