1960 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 1960 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 1st conference playoff in league history. Additionally it is the first conference tournament ever held for an American college ice hockey conference. The tournament was played between March 11 and March 12, 1960. All games were played at home team campus sites. By being declared as co-champions, both Michigan Tech and Denver were invited to participate in the 1960 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1960 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 11–12, 1960
Teams4
Finals siteDee Stadium
Houghton, Michigan
DU Arena
Denver, Colorado
ChampionsMichigan Tech†[1] (1st title)
Denver‡[2] (1st title)
Winning coachJohn MacInnes[3] (1st title)
Murray Armstrong[4] (1st title)
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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

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 team with the higher number of goals scored was declared the winner. Rather than decide upon a single tournament champion, the WCHA declared the winners of the two series as co-tournament champions.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

1959–60 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PCT GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Denver†*221741.7951285534274320488
Michigan Tech*221561.705107723221101152107
North Dakota221471.65993803219112157115
Colorado College208120.4007210126817187146
Michigan187110.389637124121209781
Minnesota248151.354102109279162111121
Michigan State244182.2085413024418254130
Championship: Michigan Tech, Denver
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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Finals
March 11–12
    
1 Denver 9 3
4 Colorado College 2 1
2 Michigan Tech 4 5
3 North Dakota 3 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Denver vs. (4) Colorado College
March 11 Denver 9 – 2 Colorado College DU Arena
March 12 Denver 3 – 1 Colorado College DU Arena
Denver won series 12–3

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) North Dakota
March 11 Michigan Tech 4 – 3 North Dakota Dee Stadium
March 12 Michigan Tech 5 – 4 North Dakota Dee Stadium
Michigan Tech won series 9–7

Tournament awards
  • None

See also

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