1973 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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1973 NCAA Men's University Division
Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams4
Finals site
ChampionsWisconsin Badgers (1st title)
Runner-upnone
(Denver Pioneers vacated)[1] (- title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachBob Johnson (1st title)
MOPDean Talafous (Wisconsin)
Attendance23,368

The 1973 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1972–73 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 26th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 15 and 17, 1973, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Denver 4-2. All games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

After the tournament Denver's participation was vacated as a result of NCAA recruiting violations.[1]

Qualifying teams[]

Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the two WCHA tournament co-champions received automatic bids into the tournament. An at-large bid was offered to a second eastern team based upon both their ECAC tournament finish as well as their regular season record.

East West
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Cornell ECAC Hockey 23–3–1 Tournament champion 6th 1972 1 Denver WCHA 28–8–1 Tournament co-champion 11th (vacated) 1972
2 Boston College ECAC Hockey 21–6–1 At-Large 10th 1968 2 Wisconsin WCHA 27–9–2 Tournament co-champion 3rd 1972

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Format[]

The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA co-champion with the better regular season record was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. All games were played at the Boston Garden. All matches were single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.

Tournament bracket[]

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Semifinals
March 15–16 		National Championship
March 17
      
E1 Cornell 5
W2 Wisconsin 6*
W2 Wisconsin 4
W1 Denver† 2
W1 Denver† 10
E2 Boston College 4 Third place game
E1 Cornell 1
E2 Boston College 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Note: † Denver's participation was later vacated due to NCAA violations

Semifinals[]

(W1) Denver vs. (E2) Boston College[]

March 15 Denver 10 – 4 Boston College Boston Garden


(E1) Cornell vs. (W2) Wisconsin[]

March 16 Cornell 5 – 6 OT Wisconsin Boston Garden  
(Kuzmicz, Bo. Murray) - 00:40
(Ceci) - 08:52 		First period No scoring
(Bi. Murray, Bo. Murray) George Kuzmicz - 00:31
(Skillins, Peace) - 04:39 		Second period 12:03 - PP - (Bentley, Talafous)
18:28 - (Hinkley)
(unassisted) - 00:40 Third period 08:16 - (Pay, Hinkley)
16:49 - (Winchester, Taft)
19:55 - EA - Dean Talafous (Hinkley, Olmstead)
No scoring First overtime period 09:27 - GW - Dean Talafous (Olmstead, Alley)
( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Dave Elenbaas Goalie stats ( 24 saves / 27 shots )


Consolation Game[]

(E1) Cornell vs. (E2) Boston College[]

March 17 Cornell 1 – 3 Boston College Boston Garden  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 00:22 - (Mellor)
12:25 - (unassisted)
(Ugolini) - 08:42 Third period 19:59 - EN - (Smith, Reardon)
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Dave Elenbaas Goalie stats ( 46 saves / 47 shots )


National Championship[]

(W1) Denver vs. (W2) Wisconsin[]

March 17[4][5] Denver 2 – 4 Wisconsin Boston Garden


Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st WIS Johnston and Eaves 3:05 1–0 WIS
DEN McNab and Pearson 3:55 1–1
2nd DEN – PP McNab 20:54 2–1 DEN
WIS – PP Cherrey and Bentley 24:17 2–2
WIS Dean Talafous – GW Lundeen and Deprez 28:30 3–2 WIS
3rd WIS Winchester and Pay 42:34 4–2 WIS
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st WIS Jim Johnston Tripping 19:32 2:00
2nd DEN Bob Young Interference 24:01 2:00
DEN Peter McNab High–Sticking 33:07 2:00
WIS Dave Pay Tripping 37:59 2:00
3rd WIS Dave Pay High–Sticking 54:18 2:00

All-Tournament Team[]

  • G: (Wisconsin)
  • D: vacated†
  • D: John Taft (Wisconsin)
  • F: (Wisconsin)
  • F: vacated†
  • F: Dean Talafous* (Wisconsin)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[6]
† Recognition of Denver's D: Bruce Affleck and F: Peter McNab was vacated when Denver's participation in the tournament was vacated[1]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship History". NCAA. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  2. ^ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  3. ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  4. ^ "1973 Championship Boxscore" (PDF). Wisconsin Badgers. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  5. ^ "1994-95 Wisconsin Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). Wisconsin Badgers. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  6. ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  7. ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
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