1965 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1965 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 6th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 5 and March 13, 1965. All games were played at home team campus sites. By reaching the title game both Michigan Tech and North Dakota were invited to participate in the 1965 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

This was the final season that the WCHA named a single tournament champion until 1977.

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 school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. The winners advanced to the title game which was to be played at the higher remaining seed's home venue.

Conference Standings[3]

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
North Dakota† 16 13 3 0 .813 75 48 33 25 8 0 184 106
Michigan Tech* 18 12 5 1 .694 78 47 31 24 5 2 153 82
Minnesota 18 10 8 0 .556 86 78 28 14 12 2 137 121
Michigan State 14 7 7 0 .500 69 61 29 17 12 0 165 118
Michigan 18 7 11 0 .389 68 94 26 13 12 1 110 122
Denver 12 4 7 1 .375 34 37 28 18 8 2 144 74
Colorado College 16 2 14 0 .125 51 96 25 7 17 1 96 132
Championship: Michigan Tech
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Bracket[4]

  First Round
March 5-6		 Final
March 13
                       
1  North Dakota 7 4  
4  Michigan State 1 6  
  1  North Dakota 4  
  2  Michigan Tech 6  
2  Michigan Tech 8 3
3  Minnesota 4 3  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First Round

(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Michigan State

North Dakota won series 11–7

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) Minnesota

Michigan Tech won series 11–7

Final

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

Tournament awards

None

See also

References

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

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