1964 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
| 1964 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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| Dates | March 12-14, 1964 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Finals site | Weinberg Coliseum Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Champions | Denver[1] (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Murray Armstrong[2] (4th title) |
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WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 1964 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 12 and March 14, 1964. All games were played at home team campus sites. By reaching the title game both Denver and Michigan were invited to participate in the 1964 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Contents
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 school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. The winners advanced to the title game which was to be played at the higher remaining seed's home venue.
Conference Standings[3]
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning Percentage; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Michigan† | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 90 | 37 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 217 | 80 | |
| Denver* | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 33 | 17 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 141 | 76 | |
| Minnesota | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 65 | 65 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 105 | 115 | |
| Michigan Tech | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 57 | 47 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 95 | 79 | |
| North Dakota | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .393 | 37 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 79 | 72 | |
| Colorado College | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | .281 | 57 | 84 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 121 | 131 | |
| Michigan State | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | .107 | 42 | 90 | 26 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 100 | 134 | |
| Championship: Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |
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Bracket[4]
| First Round March 12-13 |
Final March 14 |
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| 1 | Michigan | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| 4 | Michigan Tech | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1 | Michigan | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Denver | 6 | |||||||||
| 2 | Denver | 6 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First Round
(1) Michigan vs. (4) Michigan Tech
| March 12 | Michigan | 4 – 3 | Michigan Tech | Weinberg Coliseum | ||||
| March 13 | Michigan | 5 – 5 | Michigan Tech | Weinberg Coliseum | ||||
| Michigan won series 9–8 | |
(2) Denver vs. (3) Minnesota
| March 12 | Denver | 6 – 2 | Minnesota | DU Arena | ||||
| March 13 | Denver | 3 – 3 | Minnesota | DU Arena | ||||
| Denver won series 9–5 | |
Final
(1) Michigan vs. (2) Denver
| March 14 | Michigan | 2 – 6 | Denver | Weinberg Coliseum | ||||
Tournament awards
None
