1972 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

1972 NCAA Division I Men's
Ice Hockey Tournament
Season 1971–72
Teams 4
Finals Site Boston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
Champions Boston University (2nd title, 4th title game,
8th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up Cornell (4th title game,
5th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists Wisconsin (2nd Frozen Four)
Denver (10th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach Jack Kelley (2nd title)
MOP Tim Regan (Boston University)
Attendance 30,566
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 1972 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1971–72 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 25th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 16 and 18, 1972, and concluded with Boston University defeating Cornell 4-0. All games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

Qualifying teams[1]

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 Boston University ECAC Hockey 24–4–1 Tournament champion 8th 1971 1 Denver WCHA 27–9–0 Tournament co-champion 10th 1971
2 Cornell ECAC Hockey 22–5–0 At-Large 5th 1970 2 Wisconsin WCHA 26–9–1 Tournament co-champion 2nd 1970

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[2]

  Semifinals
March 16–17		 National Championship
March 18
                     
E1  Boston University 4  
W2  Wisconsin 1  
  E1  Boston University 4  
  E2  Cornell 0  
W1  Denver 2
E2  Cornell 7     Third Place Game
  W1  Denver 2
  W2  Wisconsin 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

(E1) Boston University vs. (W2) Wisconsin

(W1) Denver vs. (E2) Cornell

Consolation Game

(W1) Denver vs. (W2) Wisconsin

National Championship

(E1) Boston University vs. (E2) Cornell

All-Tournament Team[3]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[4]

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  4. ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

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