1970 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1970 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 11th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 12 and March 14, 1970. All East Regional games were played at the Duluth Arena Auditorium in Duluth, Minnesota 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‡, Wisconsin, were invited to participate in the 1970 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1970 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 12–14, 1970
Teams8
Finals siteDuluth Arena Auditorium
Duluth, Minnesota
DU Arena
Denver, Colorado
ChampionsMichigan Tech†[1] (5th title)
Wisconsin‡[2] (1st title)
Winning coachJohn MacInnes[3] (5th title)
Bob Johnson[4] (1st title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

The top eight teams in the WCHA, according to their final conference standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8. The eight teams were then divided into two separate groups by placing all even-numbered seeds in one group (2, 4, 6, 8) and the odd-numbered seeds (1, 3, 5, 7) in the other group. Using the location of the top seeds in each of the groups, the odd-numbered group (containing Minnesota) was placed in the east region which was held at the Duluth Arena Auditorium while the odd-numbered grouping (containing Denver) was placed in the west region which was held at the DU Arena. Once each regional group was set the teams were reseeded No. 1 to No. 4 according to their final conference standings. Because Minnesota-Duluth was placed in the West Region despite their building hosting the East Region they were swapped with the equivalent seed (Michigan State) in the East Region to allow them to play in their home venue. In the first 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

1969–70 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota†261880.692106863321120122112
Denver221381.61496783221101153107
Michigan Tech*221273.61498793419123148127
Wisconsin*2212100.5458472342311015198
North Dakota2612131.481981143014151115131
Michigan2411130.4581061043014160133122
Michigan State2210120.45586922913160112124
Minnesota-Duluth2410131.43889932913151118107
Colorado College203170.15070115307221117154
Championship: Michigan Tech, Wisconsin
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket
  Regional Semifinals
March 12–13		 Regional Finals
March 14
                                     
E1 Minnesota 3*  
E4 Minnesota-Duluth 2  
  E1 Minnesota 5  
East Regional
  E2 Michigan Tech 6  
E2 Michigan Tech 5
E3 North Dakota 3  
W1 Denver 6  
W4 Michigan State 2  
  W1 Denver 2  
West Regional
  W2 Wisconsin 3  
W2 Wisconsin 2
W3 Michigan 1  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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East Regional

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

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

(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan Tech

West Regional

(1) Denver vs. (4) Michigan State

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Michigan

(1) Denver vs. (2) Wisconsin

Tournament awards

None

See also

References
  1. "Michigan Tech Men's Team Histor". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. "Wisconsin Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. "John MacInnes Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. "Bob Johnson 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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