1968 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 1968 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 9th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 5 and March 9, 1968. All games were played at home team campus sites. By being declared as co-champions, both North Dakota and Denver were invited to participate in the 1968 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1968 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 5–9, 1968
Teams	8
Finals site	Dee Stadium Houghton, Michigan DU Arena Denver, Colorado
Champions	North Dakota†[1] (2nd title) Denver‡[2] (6th title)
Winning coach	Bill Selman[3] (2nd title) Murray Armstrong[4] (6th title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1967 1969 →

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

Format

All eight teams in the WCHA were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings. 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 played a single game with the winners advancing to the second round. 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 were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. The victors of the second round series were 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

1967–68 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Denver†*	18	15	3	0	.833	84	32		34	28	5	1	183	65
Michigan Tech	20	15	5	0	.750	76	47		32	22	9	1	131	82
North Dakota*	22	13	8	1	.614	78	57		33	20	10	3	113	80
Michigan	18	11	7	0	.611	83	60		27	18	9	0	152	84
Minnesota	22	13	9	0	.591	98	71		31	19	12	0	132	109
Michigan State	20	6	13	1	.325	57	82		29	11	16	2	92	111
Colorado College	20	4	16	0	.200	40	106		29	9	20	0	84	108
Minnesota-Duluth	24	4	20	0	.167	54	109		28	5	23	0	71	144
Championship: North Dakota, Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first round

	First Round March 5					Second Round March 8–9
	1	Denver	11
	8	Minnesota-Duluth	4
						1	Denver	9	7
						5	Minnesota	0	3
	2	Michigan Tech	5
	7	Colorado College	2
	3	North Dakota	5
	6	Michigan State	2
						2	Michigan Tech	0	2
						3	North Dakota	0	3
	4	Michigan	3
	5	Minnesota	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Denver vs. (8) Minnesota-Duluth

March 5

Denver

11 – 4

Minnesota-Duluth

DU Arena

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (7) Colorado College

March 5

Michigan Tech

5 – 2

Colorado College

Dee Stadium

(3) North Dakota vs. (6) Michigan State

March 5

North Dakota

5 – 2

Michigan State

Winter Sports Building

(4) Michigan vs. (5) Minnesota

March 5

Michigan

3 – 5

Minnesota

Weinberg Coliseum

Second round

(1) Denver vs. (5) Minnesota

March 8

Denver

9 – 0

Minnesota

DU Arena

March 9

Denver

7 – 3

Minnesota

DU Arena

Denver won series 16–3

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) North Dakota

March 8

Michigan Tech

0 – 0

North Dakota

Dee Stadium

March 9

Michigan Tech

2 – 3

North Dakota

Dee Stadium

North Dakota won series 2–3

Tournament awards

None

See also

• Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions

References

1. "North Dakota Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
2. "Denver Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
3. "Bill Selman 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.

External links

• WCHA.com
• 1967–68 WCHA Standings
• 1967–68 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