1963 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1963 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 4th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 7 and March 9, 1963. All games were played at home team campus sites. By reaching the title game both Denver and North Dakota were invited to participate in the 1963 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1963 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 7–9, 1963
Teams4
Finals siteDU Arena
Denver, Colorado
ChampionsDenver[1] (3rd title)
Winning coachMurray Armstrong[2] (3rd title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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

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

1962–63 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Denver†*181260.6677754332391156102
North Dakota†181152.667766232227316291
Michigan Tech201172.6006853291710210976
Minnesota201073.575876729169412884
Colorado College166100.37570912312110113125
Michigan State166100.3756090231112090108
Michigan203143.22562892471439896
Championship: Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

[4]

  First Round
March 7–8		 Final
March 9
                       
1 Denver 3 6  
4 Minnesota 0 2  
  1 Denver 5*  
  2 North Dakota 4  
2 North Dakota 2 6
3 Michigan Tech 0 1  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Denver vs. (4) Minnesota
Denver won series 9–2

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Michigan Tech
North Dakota won series 8–1

(1) Denver vs. (2) North Dakota

Tournament awards

None

See also

References
  1. "Denver Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. "Murray Armstrong 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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