1973 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

1973 NCAA Division I Men's
Ice Hockey Tournament
Season 1972–73
Teams 4
Finals Site Boston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
Champions Wisconsin (1st title, 1st title game,
3rd Frozen Four)
Runner-Up none
(Denver vacated)[1] (- title game,
- Frozen Four)
Semifinalists Boston College (10th Frozen Four)
Cornell (6th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach Bob Johnson (1st title)
MOP Dean Talafous (Wisconsin)
Attendance 23,368
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
← 1972  1974 →

The 1973 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1972–73 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 26th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 15 and 17, 1973, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Denver 4-2. All games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

After the tournament Denver's participation was vacated as a result of NCAA violations.[1]

Qualifying teams[2]

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 23–3–1 Tournament champion 6th 1972 1 Denver WCHA 28–8–1 Tournament co-champion 11th 1972
2 Boston College ECAC Hockey 21–6–1 At-Large 10th 1968 2 Wisconsin WCHA 27–9–2 Tournament co-champion 3th 1972

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 Boston Garden. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.

Tournament Bracket[3]

  Semifinals
March 15–16		 National Championship
March 17
                     
E1  Cornell 5  
W2  Wisconsin 6*  
  W2  Wisconsin 4  
  W1  Denver† 2  
W1  Denver† 10
E2  Boston College 4     Third Place Game
  E1  Cornell 1
  E2  Boston College 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Note: † Denver's participation was later vacated due to NCAA violations

Semifinals

(W1) Denver vs. (E2) Boston College

(E1) Cornell vs. (W2) Wisconsin

Consolation Game

(E1) Cornell vs. (E2) Boston College

National Championship

(W1) Denver vs. (W2) Wisconsin

All-Tournament Team[4]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[5]
† Participation of Denver's D: Bruce Affleck and F: Peter McNab was vacated when Denver's participation in tournament was vacated[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship History". NCAA. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  3. ↑ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  4. ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  5. ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

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