1976 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 1976 men's Division I 4 University of Denver Arena Denver, Colorado Minnesota Golden Gophers 2nd 6th 7th Michigan Tech Huskies 7th 9th Brown Bears 3rd Boston University Terriers 11th Herb Brooks 2nd Tom Vannelli Minnesota 17,410 The 1976 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 29th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 25 and 27, 1976, and concluded with Minnesota defeating Michigan Tech 6–4. All games were played at the University of Denver Arena in Denver, Colorado. 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 25–3–0 Tournament champion 11th 19751 Michigan Tech WCHA 33–8–0 Tournament co-champion 9th 19752 Brown ECAC Hockey 22–6–0 At-Large 3rd 19652 Minnesota WCHA 26–14–2 Tournament co-champion 7th 1975 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 University of Denver Arena. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game. Minnesota and Michigan Tech squared off in the championship game for the third straight year, with Michigan Tech having won in '75 and Minnesota in '74. Bracket NCAA Tournament http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 SemifinalsMarch 25–26 National championshipMarch 27 Third-place game E1 Boston University 2 W2 Minnesota 4 W1 Michigan Tech 7** E2 Brown 6 W2 Minnesota 6 W1 Michigan Tech 4 E1 Boston University 7 E2 Brown 8 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Results Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 25, 1976 7:30 pm (W1) Michigan Tech (E2) Brown 7–6 (2OT) (3–2, 1–1, 2–3, 0–0, 1–0) https://www.newspapers.com/image/186372469/?clipping_id=196931989 Bruce Horsch Kevin McCabe 1 – 02 – 02 – 13 – 13 – 24 – 24 – 34 – 44 – 54 – 65 – 66 – 67 – 6 (Murray, Letzgus) George Lyle – SH – 04:59(Lyle, Mayer) Mike Zuke – PP – 06:23(Zuke, Roberts) Jim Mayer – PP – 13:09(unassisted) Mike Zuke – PP – 31:11(unassited) George Lyle – 55:50(unassited) Dana Decker – 57:00(Decker, Young) Dave Joelson – GW – 72:13 12:34 – PP – Bob McIntosh (Gilligan, Bennett)17:38 – Skip Stovern (Ahern, Gilligan)36:12 – Mark Charest (Lucky, Roberts)44:57 – Bill Gilligan (Bennett, Ahern)47:17 – PP – Bill Gilligan (Stovern, McIntosh)51:40 – Bob McIntosh (Ahern, Gilligan) University of Denver Arena 4,479 20 12 49 50 #e0e0e0 March 26, 1976 7:30 pm (E1) Boston University (W2) Minnesota 2–4 (0–0, 2–1, 0–3) https://www.newspapers.com/image/1132391613/?clipping_id=196933481 Brian Durocher Tom Mohr 0 – 11 – 12 – 12 – 22 – 32 – 4 (Brown, Marzo) Ken Kuzyk – PP – 28:07(Fay, Brown) Mike Fidler – PP – 37:17 27:30 – Don Madson (Reed Larson, Miller)44:38 – Tom Vannelli (Reed Larson)49:56 – GW – Mark Lambert (Yackel, Lind)57:22 – Tom Younghams (Vannelli, Phippen) Dino Paniccia Frank Kelly University of Denver Arena 5,204 38 42 31 40 Third Place Game #e0e0e0 March 27, 1976 (E1) Boston University (E2) Brown 7–8 (3–1, 3–4, 1–3) https://www.newspapers.com/image/1126334603/?clipping_id=196935050 Pat Devlin Mike Laycock 1 – 02 – 02 – 13 – 13 – 24 – 24 – 34 – 45 – 45 – 56 – 56 – 67 – 67 – 77 – 8 (Sunderland) Ken Kuzyk – 06:19(R. Meagher, Kuzyk) Bill Robbins – 14:24(Marden, O'Callahan) Marc Hetnik – 19:36(O'Callahan) Jerry Gryp – 20:50(Buckton) Pete Marzo – 28:33(Kuzyk, Robbins) Pete Marzo – 38:46(Fay, Brown) Mike Fidler – 47:58 15:03 – Wayne Lucky (Mastrullo, Colehour)20:17 – Wayne Lucky (Roberts)21:26 – John Ahern (Stovern)25:48 – Bob McIntosh (Stovern, Vezzosi)32:13 – John Ahern (Bennett, Gilligan)44:27 – Paul Stevenson (Colehour, Roberts)55:50 – Mike Flanigan (McIntosh, Mars)56:49 – GW – Greg Vezzosi (unassisted) University of Denver Arena 2,416 42 41 National Championship #d0d0d0 March 27, 1976 7:30 pm (W1) Michigan Tech (W2) Minnesota 4–6 (3–1, 1–3, 0–2) https://www.newspapers.com/image/186376335/?match=1&clipping_id=196936349 Bill Riley Jr. Medo Martinello University of Denver Arena 5,311 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTUWarren YoungJoelson, Dempsey 7:55 1–0 MTU MTUWarren YoungJoelson and Decker 10:36 2–0 MTU MTUJim MurrayJessee 11:31 3–0 MTU MINTom Vannelli – PPYounghans and Phippen 17:05 3–1 MTU 2nd MINJoe Micheletti – PPLarson and Vannelli 22:55 3–2 MTU MINBill BakerVannelli and Phippen 30:26 3–3 MINTom GorenceReed Larson 32:47 4–3 MIN MTUNels GoddardRoberts and Zuke 39:24 4–4 3rd MINPat Phippen – GWVannelli and Reed Larson 48:37 5–4 MIN MINWarren MillerPhippen and Vannelli 59:30 6–4 MIN Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTUWarren YoungSlashing 2:08 2:00 MTUJim MayerRoughing 6:47 2:00 MINJoe MichelettiTripping 7:40 2:00 MINBenchToo many man (served by Tim Rainey) 8:27 2:00 MTUPete RobertsElbowing 11:43 2:00 MTUStu OstlundTripping 13:55 2:00 MTUJeff WilcoxSlashing 16:28 2:00 MINTom YounghansRoughing 18:57 2:00 MTUStu YoungerRoughing 18:57 2:00 2nd MTUSteve LetzgusHolding 21:11 2:00 MTUEd DempseyElbowing 29:17 2:00 MINJoe MichelettiSlashing 29:59 2:00 MINBenchToo many men 35:49 2:00 3rd none Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Minnesota 8 16 11 35 Michigan Tech 12 3 9 24 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice MIN Jeff Tscherne 9 3 20:00 MIN Tom Mohr 11 1 MTU Bruce Horsch 29 6 All-Tournament team None Selected 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 Most Outstanding Player(s) Tom Vannelli NCAA Division I Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archives 2013-07-17 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 2008-05-29 June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes 1976 NCAA Tournament Inside College Hockey http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/6History/ncaa_76.htm 2008-05-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20080523221217/http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/6History/ncaa_76.htm 23 May 2008 live NCAA Division 1 Tournament College Hockey historical Archive http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html 2013-07-03 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 2013-07-03 Herb Brooks Year-by-Year Coaching Record USCHO.com http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,263/herb-brooks/ 2013-07-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20130525224445/http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,263/herb-brooks/ 2013-05-25 live Attendance Records and Sites NCAA.org http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2003/attendanceRecords.pdf 2013-07-03 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 Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Category:1970s in Denver Category:Ice hockey competitions in Denver