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
DatesMarch 6–8, 1969
Teams8
Finals siteWeinberg Coliseum
Ann Arbor, Michigan
DU Arena
Denver, Colorado
ChampionsMichigan Tech†[1] (4th title)
Denver‡[2] (7th title)
Winning coachJohn MacInnes[3] (4th title)
Murray Armstrong[4] (7th title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan Tech†*201451.725865632219214495
Denver*201460.700945032266016071
North Dakota221570.68297892918101130125
Michigan181080.55675632816120124101
Minnesota221192.5457460291313311396
Michigan State187101.4175157281116191123
Colorado College184140.22247942812160105121
Minnesota–Duluth223190.1366411929623091147
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

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

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Minnesota

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (2) Michigan

West Regional

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

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

(1) Denver vs. (3) Colorado College

Tournament awards

None

See also

References
  1. "Michigan Tech Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. "Denver Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. "John MacInnes Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. "Murray Armstrong Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  5. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 97-112" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  6. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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