1973 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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.

1973 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 5–11, 1973
Teams8
Finals siteEdmund P. Joyce Center
Notre Dame, Indiana
DU Arena
Denver, Colorado
ChampionsWisconsin†[1] (3rd title)
Denver‡[2] (10th title)
Winning coachBob Johnson[3] (3rd title)
Murray Armstrong[4] (10th title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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†*2820805214185392991208116
Notre Dame281990481501193823141199174
Wisconsin*28189147134101402992217139
Michigan State261691471321143623121194149
Michigan Tech2616100441351063824131198139
Minnesota281213335941023415163124129
North Dakota3013152321241313617172154157
Minnesota-Duluth2813150301231313619170166161
Colorado College285230141031713410240150198
Michigan30425111116183346271136206
Championship: Wisconsin, Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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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)

(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

(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

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Tournament awards

None

See also

References
  1. "Wisconsin Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. "Denver Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. "Bob Johnson Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  4. "Murray Armstrong Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  5. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  6. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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