1960 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1960 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 1st conference playoff in league history. Additionally it is the first conference tournament ever held for an American college ice hockey conference. The tournament was played between March 11 and March 12, 1960. All games were played at home team campus sites. By being declared as co-champions, both Michigan Tech and Denver were invited to participate in the 1960 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Though not official designations, Michigan Tech is considered as the East Regional Champion† and Denver as the West Regional Champion‡.

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. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched in two-game series where the team with the higher number of goals scored was declared the winner. Rather than decide upon a single tournament champion, the WCHA declared the winners of the two series as co-tournament champions.

Conference Standings[5]

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning Percentage; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Denver†* 22 17 4 1 .795 128 55 34 27 4 3 204 88
Michigan Tech* 22 15 6 1 .705 107 72 32 21 10 1 152 107
North Dakota 22 14 7 1 .659 93 80 32 19 11 2 157 115
Colorado College 20 8 12 0 .400 72 101 26 8 17 1 87 146
Michigan 18 7 11 0 .389 63 71 24 12 12 0 97 81
Minnesota 24 8 15 1 .354 102 109 27 9 16 2 111 121
Michigan State 24 4 18 2 .208 54 130 24 4 18 2 54 130
Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Bracket[6]

  Finals
March 11-12
           
1  Denver 9 3  
4  Colorado College 2 1
  2  Michigan Tech 4 5
3  North Dakota 3 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Finals

(1) Denver vs. (4) Colorado College

Denver won series 12–3

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) North Dakota

Michigan Tech won series 9–7

Tournament awards

None

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Minnesota Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. ↑ "Denver Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. ↑ "John MacInnes Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. ↑ "Murray Armstrong Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  5. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  6. ↑ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.

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