1972 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey tournament

College ice hockey tournament August 2023 February 2026 1972 men's University Division 150px 4 Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts Boston University Terriers 2nd 4th 8th Cornell Big Red 4th 5th Wisconsin Badgers 2nd Denver Pioneers 10th Jack Kelley 2nd Tim Regan Boston University 30,566 The 1972 NCAA Men's University Division Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1971–72 NCAA University Division 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 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 SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Boston University ECAC Hockey 24–4–1 Tournament champion 8th 19711 Denver WCHA 27–9–0 Tournament co-champion 10th 19712 Cornell ECAC Hockey 22–5–0 At-Large 5th 19702 Wisconsin WCHA 26–9–1 Tournament co-champion 2nd 1970 NCAA Division 1 Tournament http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html College Hockey Historical Archives 2013-06-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145059/http://augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html 2014-02-02 live 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 NCAA Tournament http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 SemifinalsMarch 16–17 National championshipMarch 18 Third-place game E1 Boston University 4 W2 Wisconsin 1 W1 Denver 2 E2 Cornell 7 E1 Boston University 4 E2 Cornell 0 W1 Denver 2 W2 Wisconsin 5 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Semifinals (E1) Boston University vs. (W2) Wisconsin Boston University Wisconsin Boston Garden March 16 4 – 1 www.newspapers.com/image/435254916/?clipping_id=194158255 1 No scoring 10:38 - Brian Erickson (Folk) (Dolloff) Paul Giandomenico - 10:56(Anderson, Gryp) John Danby - PP GW - 17:14 (Cahoon, Jordan) John Danby - 07:12(unassisted) John Danby - EN - 18:48 (28 saves / 29 shots) Tim Regan Dick Perkins (33 saves / 36 shots) (W1) Denver vs. (E2) Cornell Denver Cornell Boston Garden March 17 2 – 7 2 No Scoring 01:08 - Larry Fullan (Ugolini, Hanson)07:15 - Dave Westner (Higgs)17:51 - GW - Gord McCormick (Stewart, Dunsmuir) (Morenz) Bob Krieger - 13:57(Christy, Preston) Brian Morenz - 14:49 18:53 - Dave Westner (Fumio, Fullan) 09:12 - Dave Westner (Fumio)12:51 - Dave Westner (Fullan)19:40 - Doug Marrett (Brush, Murray) ( 28 saves / 35 shots ) Ron Grahame Dave Elenbaas ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Consolation Game (W1) Denver vs. (W2) Wisconsin Denver Wisconsin Boston Garden March 18 2 – 5 www.newspapers.com/image/404974011/?clipping_id=194160034 2 No scoring 01:43 - Gary Winchester (Lundsen, Johnston)11:40 - Gary Winchester (Folk) (unassisted) Bob Krieger - 00:56 12:25 - GW - Gary Winchester (Rotsch, Dool) (Palmer) Pete McNab - 12:11 02:06 - Jim Young (Lundeen, Winchester)14:57 - PP - Norm Cherrey (Bentley, Machowski) (36 saves / 41 shots) Ron Grahame Jim Makey (30 saves / 32 shots) National Championship (E1) Boston University vs. (E2) Cornell Boston University Cornell Boston Garden March 18Boston University Championship Teams http://www.goterriers.com/documents/2015/4/27/ncaa-championship-teams.pdf Boston University Terriers 2017-02-26 4 – 0 1 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st BURon Anderson - GW PPBrown and Jordan 10:42 1–0 BU 2nd BURic Jordan - PPBrown 30:51 2–0 BU 3rd BURon AndersonCahoon 41:39 3–0 BU BURic JordanCahoon and Anderson 53:13 4–0 BU Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1stCORGordon McCormick 8:52 2:00 BUMike LaGarde 18:13 2:00CORLarry Fullan 18:13 2:00 2ndCORDave Elenbaas 29:13 2:00 BURon Anderson 29:44 2:00CORLarry Fullan 29:44 2:00 3rd BUPeter Thornton 43:24 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 TCornell 14 12 13 39 Boston University 8 11 13 32 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on iceCOR Dave Elenbaas 28 4 60:00 BU Tim Regan 39 0 60:00 All-Tournament team G: Tim Regan* (Boston University) D: Bob Brown (Boston University) D: Ric Jordan (Boston University) F: John Danby (Boston University) F: Dave Westner (Cornell) F: Gary Winchester (Wisconsin) * Most Outstanding Player(s)NCAA Division I Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archives 2013-07-17 NCAA Frozen Four Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf NCAA.org 2013-06-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20120817163005/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf 2012-08-17 live References 50em 50em Official 2008 NCAA Men's and Women's Ice Hockey Records Book National Collegiate Athletic Association Indianapolis 54, 58 1089-0092 https://www.ncaa.org/library/records/ice_hockey/m_w_ice_hockey_records_book/2008/2008_m_w_ice_hockey_records.pdf PDF 2008-05-27 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes 1972 NCAA Tournament Inside College Hockey http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/6History/ncaa_72.htm 2008-05-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20080523160352/http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/6History/ncaa_72.htm 23 May 2008 live NCAA Division 1 Tournament College Hockey historical Archive http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html 2013-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145059/http://augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html 2014-02-02 live NCAA Division 1 Awards College Hockey historical Archive http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_awd.html 2013-07-02 Jack Kelly Year-by-Year Coaching Record USCHO.com http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,427/jack-kelley/ 2013-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20130525220815/http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,427/jack-kelley/ 2013-05-25 live Attendance Records and Sites NCAA.org http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2003/attendanceRecords.pdf 2013-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120817162202/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2003/attendanceRecords.pdf 2012-08-17 live Tournament Category:NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Category:Ice hockey competitions in Boston Category:College ice hockey tournaments in Massachusetts