1964 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1964 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 12 and March 14, 1964. All games were played at home team campus sites. By reaching the title game both Denver and Michigan were invited to participate in the 1964 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1964 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 12-14, 1964
Teams4
Finals siteWeinberg Coliseum
Ann Arbor, Michigan
ChampionsDenver[1] (4th title)
Winning coachMurray Armstrong[2] (4th 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. Due to the ongoing dispute between Minnesota and Denver the Golden Gophers refused to participate in the tournament and were replaced by 5th-place North Dakota.

Conference Standings

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

1963–64 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan†141220.857903729244121780
Denver*10721.750331731207414176
Minnesota161060.62565652514110105115
Michigan Tech16970.563574727141219579
North Dakota14581.393374125121127972
Colorado College164111.28157842611141121131
Michigan State141121.1074290268171100134
Championship: Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

[3]

Bracket

[4]

  First Round
March 12-13		 Final
March 14
                       
1 Michigan 4 5  
4 Michigan Tech 3 5  
  1 Michigan 2  
  2 Denver 6  
2 Denver 6 3
3 North Dakota 3 3  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Michigan vs. (4) Michigan Tech
Michigan won series 9–8

(2) Denver vs. (5) North Dakota
Denver won series 9–5

(1) Michigan vs. (2) Denver

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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