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.
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Despite winning the tournament the ECAC champion was not seeded as the top eastern team; this occurred because the at-large team played and won more games, both in conference and overall. 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 Williams 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.
Bracket
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| Semifinals
March 17–18 | | | National championship
March 19 | |
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| W1 | Denver | 3 | | |
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| E2 | Clarkson | 4 | |
| | E2 | Clarkson | 1 | |
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| | | W2 | Michigan State | 6 | |
| E1 | Boston University | 1 | |
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| W2 | Michigan State | 2 | | | Third-place game |
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| | W1 | Denver | 4 |
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| | E1 | Boston University | 3 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Semifinals
(W1) Denver vs. (E2) Clarkson
(E1) Boston University vs. (W2) Michigan State
| March 18[3] | Boston University | | 1 – 2 | | Michigan State | Williams Arena | |
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| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring |
| No Scoring | Second period | 15:20 - Doug French (unassisted) |
| (O'Connell, Finnie) Pete McLachlan - 17:58 | Third period | 12:21 - GW - Doug Volmar (Brawley, Faunt) |
Consolation Game
(W1) Denver vs. (E1) Boston University
National Championship
(E2) Clarkson vs. (W2) Michigan State
| Scoring summary |
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
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| 1st | MSU | Mike Coppo | Heaphy | 14:31 | 1–0 MSU |
| CLK | Andrew Hamilton | McLennan and Hurley | 17:54 | 1–1 |
| 2nd | MSU | Bob Brawley – GW | McAndrew and Heaphy | 34:31 | 2–1 MSU |
| 3rd | MSU | Mike Coppo | Faunt | 40:17 | 3–1 MSU |
| MSU | Bob Fallat | McAndrew | 43:38 | 4–1 MSU |
| MSU | Doug Volmar | Faunt | 52:12 | 5–1 MSU |
| MSU | Bill Faunt | unassisted | 59:32 | 6–1 MSU |
References