1974 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1974 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 15th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 5 and March 10, 1974. All games were played at home team campus sites, including each of the two regional final series. By winning the regional tournaments, both Michigan Tech and Minnesota were invited to participate in the 1974 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1974 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 5-10, 1974
Teams8
Finals siteStudent Ice Arena
Houghton, Michigan
Williams Arena
Minneapolis, Minnesota
ChampionsMichigan Tech†[1] (6th title)
Minnesota‡[2] (3rd title)
Winning coachJohn MacInnes[3] (6th title)
Herb Brooks[4] (1st title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Though not official designations, Michigan Tech is considered as the East Regional Champion† and Minnesota as the West Regional Champion‡.

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. In the first round the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. After the first round the remaining teams were reseeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to their final conference standings and advanced to the second round. In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds competed in an additional two-game, total goal series with the winners of each being declared as co-conference champions.

Conference Standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

1973–74 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Michigan Tech†*2820624215595402893218135
Minnesota*281495331251003922116171143
Denver2815112321261223822133171156
Michigan State2815121311501403823141207177
Wisconsin2812115291241053618135170141
Minnesota-Duluth2813141271131263821161167155
Michigan2812151251071313618171147162
Notre Dame2811161231251213614202159154
Colorado College2810162221201383213172155157
North Dakota28820016801473410231103169
Championship: Michigan Tech, Minnesota
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

[5]

Bracket

[6] Teams are reseeded after the first round

  First Round
March 5-6		 Second Round
March 8-10
                                 
1 Michigan Tech 4 2  
8 Notre Dame 2 2 1 Michigan Tech 6 6
4 Michigan State 8 2
  2 Minnesota 5 5
7 Michigan 1 4  
  3 Denver 3 5
6 Minnesota-Duluth 2 2 2 Minnesota 3 2
3 Denver 3 1
  4 Michigan State 4 3
5 Wisconsin 1 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (8) Notre Dame
Michigan Tech won series 6–4

(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Michigan
Minnesota won series 10–5

(3) Denver vs. (6) Minnesota-Duluth
Denver won series 8–4

(4) Michigan State vs. (5) Wisconsin
Michigan State won series 7–5

(1) Michigan Tech vs. (4) Michigan State
Michigan Tech won series 12–10

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Denver
Minnesota won series 5–4

Tournament awards

None

See also

References
  1. "Michigan Tech Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. "Minnesota Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. "John MacInnes Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. "Herb Brooks Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  5. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  6. "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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