1963 NCAA men's ice hockey tournament
The 1963 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1962–63 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 16th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 14 and 16, 1963, and concluded with North Dakota defeating Denver 6–5. All games were played at the McHugh Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Teams | 4 |
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Finals site | |
Champions | North Dakota Fighting Sioux (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Denver Pioneers (4th title game) |
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Barry Thorndycraft (2nd title) |
MOP | Al McLean (North Dakota) |
Attendance | 16,190 |
Qualifying teams
editFour teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the WCHA tournament champion received automatic bids into the tournament. Harvard, the ECAC champion, declined the bid to the tournament and was instead replaced by the runner-up Boston College. Two at-large bids were offered to one eastern and one western team based upon both their tournament finish as well as their regular season record.
East | West | ||||||||||||
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Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
1 | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | 22–7–0 | At-Large | 7th | 1959 | 1 | Denver | WCHA | 22–8–1 | Tournament champion | 4th | 1961 |
2 | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | 19–3–2 | At-Large | 4th | 1962 | 2 | North Dakota | WCHA | 20–7–3 | At-Large | 3rd | 1959 |
Format
editThe ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA champion 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 Meehan Auditorium. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.
Bracket
editSemifinals March 14–15 | National championship March 16 | ||||||||
E1 | Boston College | 2 | |||||||
W2 | North Dakota | 8 | |||||||
W2 | North Dakota | 6 | |||||||
W1 | Denver | 5 | |||||||
W1 | Denver | 6 | |||||||
E2 | Clarkson | 2 | Third-place game | ||||||
E1 | Boston College | 3 | |||||||
E2 | Clarkson | 5 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Semifinals
editBoston College vs. North Dakota
editMarch 14 | Boston College | 2 – 8 | North Dakota | McHugh Forum |
Denver vs. Clarkson
editMarch 15 | Denver | 6 – 2 | Clarkson | McHugh Forum |
Consolation Game
editBoston College vs. Clarkson
editMarch 21 | Boston College | 3 – 5 | Clarkson | McHugh Forum |
National Championship
editDenver vs. North Dakota
editMarch 16[3] | Denver | 5 – 6 | North Dakota | McHugh Forum |
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | UND | Don Stokaluk | Merrifield and Bartlett | 1:57 | 1–0 UND |
UND | Al McLean | Sutherland and Bartlett | 3:11 | 2–0 UND | |
UND | Ernie Dyda | Matheson and Merrifield | 7:25 | 3–0 UND | |
DEN | Greg Lacomy | Kenning and Fragomeni | 12:55 | 3–1 UND | |
DEN | Bob Hamill | Wilson and Art | 13:13 | 3–2 UND | |
UND | Don Stokaluk | Roberge | 14:20 | 4–2 UND | |
UND | Jack Matheson | Ross | 15:14 | 5–2 UND | |
2nd | UND | Al McLean – GW | unassisted | 25:01 | 6–2 UND |
DEN | Greg Lacomy | Wilson and Johnston | 27:05 | 6–3 UND | |
DEN | Bob Hamill | Staub | 33:09 | 6–4 UND | |
3rd | DEN | Bob Hamill | Kowel | 53:19 | 6–5 UND |
First Teamedit
* Most Outstanding Player(s)[5]
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Second Teamedit
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References
edit- ^ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "North Dakota 2015-16 Hockey Yearbook" (PDF). North Dakota. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.