The 1969 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament was the 10th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 6 and March 8, 1969. All East Regional games were played at the Weinberg Coliseum in Ann Arbor, Michigan while West Regional games were held at the DU Arena in Denver, Colorado. By winning the regional tournaments, both the East Regional Champion†, Michigan Tech, and West Regional Champion‡, Denver, were invited to participate in the 1969 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey tournament.
| 1969 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 6–8, 1969 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, Michigan DU Arena Denver, Colorado |
| Champions | Michigan Tech†[1] (4th title) Denver‡[2] (7th title) |
| Winning coach | John MacInnes[3] (4th title) Murray Armstrong[4] (7th title) |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
editAll member teams in the WCHA were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to the final conference standings. The eight teams were then divided into two separate groups by placing all three teams from Michigan in the east region, held at the Weinberg Coliseum, and all teams west of Minnesota were placed in the west region, held at the DU Arena. The remaining two Minnesota-based universities were divided so that Minnesota went into the east region and Minnesota-Duluth went into the west region. Once each regional group was set the teams were reseeded No. 1 to No. 4 according to their final conference standings. In the Second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds in each region were matched in a single game with the winners advancing to their regional final games. The winners of the two championship games were declared as co-conference tournament champions.
Conference standings
editNote: 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 | ||
| Michigan Tech†* | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .725 | 86 | 56 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 144 | 95 | |
| Denver* | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 94 | 50 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 160 | 71 | |
| North Dakota | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .682 | 97 | 89 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 130 | 125 | |
| Michigan | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 75 | 63 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 124 | 101 | |
| Minnesota | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .545 | 74 | 60 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 113 | 96 | |
| Michigan State | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .417 | 51 | 57 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 91 | 123 | |
| Colorado College | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | 47 | 94 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 105 | 121 | |
| Minnesota–Duluth | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .136 | 64 | 119 | 29 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 91 | 147 | |
| Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
edit| Regional semifinals March 6–7 | Regional Finals March 8 | ||||||||
| E1 | Michigan Tech | 4 | |||||||
| E4 | Michigan State | 2 | |||||||
| E1 | Michigan Tech | 7 | |||||||
| East Regional | |||||||||
| E2 | Michigan | 4 | |||||||
| E2 | Michigan | 8 | |||||||
| E3 | Minnesota | 4 | |||||||
| W1 | Denver | 4 | |||||||
| W4 | Minnesota-Duluth | 1 | |||||||
| W1 | Denver | 3 | |||||||
| West Regional | |||||||||
| W3 | Colorado College | 1 | |||||||
| W2 | North Dakota | 4 | |||||||
| W3 | Colorado College | 5 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
East Regional
editSemifinals
edit(1) Michigan Tech vs. (4) Michigan State
edit| March 7 | Michigan Tech | 4 – 2 | Michigan State | Weinberg Coliseum | ||||
(2) Michigan vs. (3) Minnesota
edit| March 7 | Michigan | 8 – 4 | Minnesota | Weinberg Coliseum | ||||
Finals
edit(1) Michigan Tech vs. (2) Michigan
edit| March 8 | Michigan Tech | 7 – 4 | Michigan | Weinberg Coliseum | ||||
West Regional
editSemifinals
edit(1) Denver vs. (4) Minnesota-Duluth
edit| March 6 | Denver | 4 – 1 | Minnesota-Duluth | DU Arena | ||||
(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Colorado College
edit| March 7 | North Dakota | 4 – 5 | Colorado College | DU Arena | ||||
Finals
edit(1) Denver vs. (3) Colorado College
edit| March 8 | Denver | 3 – 1 | Colorado College | DU Arena | ||||
Tournament awards
editNone
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Michigan Tech Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "Denver Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "John MacInnes Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "Murray Armstrong Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
External links
edit- WCHA.com
- 1968–69 WCHA Standings
- 1968–69 NCAA Standings
- 2013–14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide
- 2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide[permanent dead link]
- 2013–14 Michigan Wolverines Media Guide; Through the Years Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- 2013–14 Michigan State Spartans Media Guide; Section 5 Archived 2014-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- 2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- 2012–13 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Media Guide
- 2013–14 North Dakota Hockey Media Guide