1973 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey tournament

College ice hockey tournament August 2023 February 2026 1973 men's University Division 150px 4 Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts Wisconsin Badgers 1st 1st 3rd none (Denver Pioneers vacated)https://www.ncaa.com/history/icehockey-men/d1 Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship History NCAA 2015-03-28 - - Boston College Eagles 10th Cornell Big Red 6th Bob Johnson 1st Dean Talafous Wisconsin 23,368 The 1973 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1972–73 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 26th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 15 and 17, 1973, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Denver 4–2. All games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. After the tournament Denver's participation was vacated as a result of NCAA recruiting violations.https://www.ncaa.com/history/icehockey-men/d1 Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship History NCAA 2015-03-28 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 Cornell ECAC Hockey 23–3–1 Tournament champion 6th 19721 Denver WCHA 28–8–1 Tournament co-champion 11th (vacated) 19722 Boston College ECAC Hockey 21–6–1 At-Large 10th 19682 Wisconsin WCHA 27–9–2 Tournament co-champion 3rd 1972 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 15–16 National ChampionshipMarch 17 Third place game E1 Cornell 5 W2 Wisconsin 6* W1 Denver† 10 E2 Boston College 4 W2 Wisconsin 4 W1 Denver† 2 E1 Cornell 1 E2 Boston College 3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: † Denver's participation was later vacated due to NCAA violations Semifinals (W1) Denver vs. (E2) Boston College Denver Boston College Boston Garden March 15 10 – 4 www.newspapers.com/image/405475862/?clipping_id=194164797 1 (McNab, Pearson) Bruce Affleck - PP - 08:07(unassisted) John Clayton - 14:08(Young, Miller) Ed Hays - PP - 16:15 03:37 - Ed Kenty (unassisted) (Palmer, Affleck) Pete McNab - 10:46(Brandt) Mike Busniuk - GW - 12:11(McNab, Affleck) Rich Preston - PP - 13:55(Preston, Palmer) Pete McNab - 14:57 (Tomassoni, Clayton) Ed Hays - 02:26(Affleck, Palmer) Pete McNab - 05:53(Affleck, McNab) Rob Palmer - 16:10 06:14 - Bob Reardon (Smith, Albrecht)06:58 - Bob Reardon (Smith, Mellor)18:35 - Bob Reardon (Smith) ( 30 saves / 34 shots ) Ron Grahame Ned Yetten ( 26 saves / 33 shots )Neil Higgins ( 12 saves / 15 shots ) (E1) Cornell vs. (W2) Wisconsin Cornell Wisconsin Boston Garden March 16 5 – 6 2 1 (Kuzmicz, Bo. Murray) Doug Marrett - 00:40(Ceci) Paul Perras - 08:52 (Bi. Murray, Bo. Murray) George Kuzmicz - 00:31(Skillins, Peace) Mike McGuire - 04:39 12:03 - PP - Norm Cherrey (Bentley, Talafous)18:28 - Dennis Olmstead (Hinkley) (unassisted) Bill Murray - 00:40 08:16 - Gary Winchester (Pay, Hinkley)16:49 - Jim Johnston (Winchester, Taft)19:55 - EA - Dean Talafous (Hinkley, Olmstead) 09:27 - GW - Dean Talafous (Olmstead, Alley) ( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Dave Elenbaas Dick Perkins ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Consolation Game (E1) Cornell vs. (E2) Boston College Cornell Boston College Boston Garden March 17 1 – 3 2 No Scoring 00:22 - Bob Reardon (Mellor)12:25 - Ed Kenty (unassisted) (Ugolini) Doug Marrett - 08:42 19:59 - EN - Jim Doyle (Smith, Reardon) ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Dave Elenbaas Neil Higgins ( 46 saves / 47 shots ) National Championship (W1) Denver vs. (W2) Wisconsin Denver Wisconsin Boston Garden March 171973 Championship Boxscore http://uwbadgers.com/documents/2015/8/21/1973_box_score_3961.pdf Wisconsin Badgers 2018-04-191994-95 Wisconsin Hockey Media Guide http://images.library.wisc.edu/UW/EFacs/UWAthletics/Hockey/Hock1994/reference/uw.hock1994.i0001.pdf Wisconsin Badgers 2018-08-10 2 – 4 2 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st WISDave PayJohnston and Eaves 3:05 1–0 WIS DENJim MillerMcNab and Pearson 13:55 1–1 2nd DENJohn Pearson – PPMcNab 20:54 2–1 DEN WISTim Dool – PPCherrey and Bentley 24:17 2–2 WISDean Talafous – GWLundeen and Deprez 28:30 3–2 WIS 3rd WISJim JohnstonWinchester and Pay 42:34 4–2 WIS Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st WISJim JohnstonTripping 19:32 2:00 2nd DENBob YoungInterference 24:01 2:00 WISPeter McNabHigh-sticking 33:07 2:00 WISDave PayTripping 37:59 2:00 3rd WISDave PayHigh-sticking 54:18 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Wisconsin 12 9 8 29 Denver 14 11 9 34 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice WIS Jim Makey 32 2 DEN Ron Grahame 25 4 All-Tournament Team G: Jim Makey (Wisconsin) D: vacated† D: John Taft (Wisconsin) F: Stan Hinkley (Wisconsin) F: vacated† F: Dean Talafous* (Wisconsin) * Most Outstanding Player(s)NCAA Division I Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archives 2013-07-17 † Recognition of Denver's D: Bruce Affleck and F: Peter McNab was vacated when Denver's participation in the tournament was vacated 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 1973 NCAA Tournament Inside College Hockey http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/6History/ncaa_73.htm 2008-05-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20080523174615/http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/6History/ncaa_73.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 Bob Johnson Year-by-Year Coaching Record USCHO.com http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,304/bob-johnson/ 2013-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20130525230624/http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,304/bob-johnson/ 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