1969 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

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 ← 1968 1970 →

Format

All 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

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

1968–69 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	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

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Bracket

	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)

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East Regional

Semifinals

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (4) Michigan State

March 7

Michigan Tech

4 – 2

Michigan State

Weinberg Coliseum

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Minnesota

March 7

Michigan

8 – 4

Minnesota

Weinberg Coliseum

Finals

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (2) Michigan

March 8

Michigan Tech

7 – 4

Michigan

Weinberg Coliseum

West Regional

Semifinals

(1) Denver vs. (4) Minnesota-Duluth

March 6

Denver

4 – 1

Minnesota-Duluth

DU Arena

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Colorado College

March 7

North Dakota

4 – 5

Colorado College

DU Arena

Finals

(1) Denver vs. (3) Colorado College

March 8

Denver

3 – 1

Colorado College

DU Arena

Tournament awards

None

See also

• Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions

References

1. "Michigan Tech Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
2. "Denver Men's Team History". Retrieved June 1, 2014.
3. "John MacInnes 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
• 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