1960 NCAA men's ice hockey tournament

1960 NCAA men's
ice hockey tournament

Teams	4
Finals site	Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Denver Pioneers (2nd title)
Runner-up	Michigan Tech Huskies (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Boston University Terriers (4th Frozen Four) St. Lawrence Saints (5th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Murray Armstrong (2nd title)
MOP	Lou Angotti (Michigan Tech) Bob Marquis (Boston University) Barry Urbanski (Boston University)

The 1960 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1959–60 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 13th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 17 and 19, 1960, and concluded with Denver defeating Michigan Tech 5–3. All games were played at the Boston Arena in Boston, Massachusetts.

This was the last tournament to include an independent school until 1988.

Qualifying teams

Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The WCHA tournament co-champions received automatic bids into the tournament. The two at-large bids that were available to eastern teams were conferred to the winners of two separate playoff games between the four teams judged to be the best at the conclusion of the regular season. The games were played at the home venue of the higher seed. Neither of these games are considered to be part of the NCAA tournament but are included here for continuity.

	Playoff March 11–12
	1	St. Lawrence	4
	4	Boston College	3
	2	Boston University	4
	3	Dartmouth	1

East							West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	St. Lawrence	Tri-State League	14–6–2	Playoff	5th	1959	1	Denver	WCHA	25–4–3	Tournament co-champion	2nd	1958
2	Boston University	Independent	17–8–0	Playoff	4th	1953	2	Michigan Tech	WCHA	20–9–1	Tournament co-champion	2nd	1956

Format

The higher-ranked eastern team was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA champion with the better conference 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 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

	Semifinals March 17–18					National Championship March 19
	E1	St. Lawrence	3
	W2	Michigan Tech	13
						W2	Michigan Tech	3
						W1	Denver	5
	W1	Denver	6
	E2	Boston University	4			Third Place Game
						E1	St. Lawrence	6
						E2	Boston University	7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

St. Lawrence vs. Michigan Tech

March 17

St. Lawrence

3 – 13

Michigan Tech

Boston Arena

Denver vs. Boston University

March 18

Denver

6 – 4

Boston University

Boston Arena

Consolation Game

St. Lawrence vs. Boston University

March 19

St. Lawrence

6 – 7

Boston University

Boston Arena

National Championship

Denver vs. Michigan Tech

March 19

Denver

5 – 3

Michigan Tech

Boston Arena

Recap

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	DEN	Jerry Walker	Masterton and Collie	10:51	1–0 DEN
2nd	DEN	Grant Munro	Geisthardt	32:42	2–0 DEN
	MTU	Paul Coppo – PP	Kosiancic	34:17	2–1 DEN
	MTU	Jerry Sullivan	Pascht and Angotti	36:27	2–2
	MTU	Gerald Fabbro	Kosiancic and Angotti	39:02	3–2 MTU
3rd	DEN	George Konik	unassisted	42:30	3–3
	DEN	John MacMillan – GW	Howe	58:57	4–3 DEN
	DEN	John MacMillan – EN	Walker	59:48	5–3 DEN

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
Michigan Tech	6	16	6	28
Denver	7	9	12	28

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
MTU	George Cuculick	23	4
DEN	George Kirkwood	25	3

All-Tournament Team

First Team

• G: Barry Urbanski* (Boston University)
• D: Marty Howe (Denver)
• D: George Konik (Denver)
• F: Lou Angotti* (Michigan Tech)
• F: Paul Coppo (Michigan Tech)
• F: Bob Marquis* (Boston University)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Second Team

• G: George Kirkwood (Denver)
• D: Henry Akervall (Michigan Tech)
• D: Pat Enright (Boston University)
• F: Terry Slater (St. Lawrence)
• F: John MacMillan (Denver)
• F: John Kosiancic (Michigan Tech)

See also

• 1960 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament