1967 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1967 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 8th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 7 and March 11, 1967. All games were played at home team campus sites. By being declared as co-champions, both Michigan State and North Dakota were invited to participate in the 1967 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1967 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 7–11, 1967
Teams8
Finals siteDee Stadium
Houghton, Michigan
DU Arena
Denver, Colorado
ChampionsMichigan State†[1] (2nd title)
North Dakota‡[2] (1st title)
Winning coachAmo Bessone[3] (2nd title)
Bill Selman[4] (1st title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Though not official designations, Michigan State is considered as the East Regional Champion† and North Dakota as the West Regional Champion‡.

Format

All eight teams in the WCHA were eligible for the tournament. In the first round the schools were matched up based upon regional location, having the schools closest to one another play a single game with the winners advancing to the second round. The two Colorado schools (Colorado College and Denver) met in one match, leaving North Dakota to play their closest geographic rival Minnesota. With the Gophers occupied Minnesota-Duluth's next closest opponent was Michigan Tech, leaving Michigan and Michigan State as the pair in the final First Round game. Because each of these teams had met under the same circumstances the previous year the home venue that wasn't used the first time was utilized for this tournament, resulting in two higher-seeded teams playing on the road. After the first round the two easternmost remaining teams met in the home venues of Michigan Tech (Dee Stadium) while the two westernmost schools met at Denver's home building (DU Arena). In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched with the winners being declared as co-conference tournament champions.

Conference Standings

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

1966–67 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
North Dakota†*221660.7278470291910010692
Denver161150.688754730228015389
Michigan Tech221471.6599661301811112584
Michigan181161.639826828197215098
Michigan State*208111.42572813216151119121
Minnesota-Duluth238150.348901142812160124125
Colorado College186120.33355862915131122116
Minnesota235171.23988115299191134138
Championship: Michigan State, North Dakota
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

[6] Eastern Teams advanced to one final while western teams advanced to the other

  First Round
March 7–9		 Second Round
March 11
                             
1 North Dakota 7  
8 Minnesota 2 1 North Dakota 3
2 Denver 2
  2 Denver 6
7 Colorado College 3  
  3 Michigan Tech 6
6 Minnesota-Duluth 4 3 Michigan Tech 1
5 Michigan State 2*
  4 Michigan 2
5 Michigan State 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) North Dakota vs. (8) Minnesota

(2) Denver vs. (7) Colorado College

(3) Michigan Tech vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth

(4) Michigan vs. (5) Michigan State

(1) North Dakota vs. (2) Denver

(3) Michigan Tech vs. (5) Michigan State

Tournament awards

None

See also

References
  1. "Michigan State Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. "North Dakota Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. "Amo Bessone Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. "Bill Selman 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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