1968 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey tournament

1968 NCAA University Division men's
ice hockey tournament

Teams	4
Finals site	Duluth Arena Auditorium Duluth, Minnesota
Champions	Denver Pioneers (4th title)
Runner-up	North Dakota Fighting Sioux (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Boston College Eagles (9th Frozen Four) Cornell Big Red (2nd Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Murray Armstrong (4th title)
MOP	Gerry Powers (Denver)
Attendance	13,346

The 1968 NCAA Men's University Division Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1967–68 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season, the 21st such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 14 and 16, 1968, and concluded with Denver defeating North Dakota 4–0. All games were played at the Duluth Arena Auditorium in Duluth, Minnesota.

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
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Cornell	ECAC Hockey	26–1–0	Tournament champion	2nd	1967	1	Denver	WCHA	26–5–1	Tournament co-champion	7th	1966
2	Boston College	ECAC Hockey	19–9–1	At-Large	9th	1965	2	North Dakota	WCHA	19–9–3	Tournament co-champion	6th	1967

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 Duluth Arena Auditorium. 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 14–15					National Championship March 16
	W1	Denver	4
	E2	Boston College	1
						W1	Denver	4
						W2	North Dakota	0
	E1	Cornell	1
	W2	North Dakota	3			Third Place Game
						E1	Cornell	6
						E2	Boston College	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

(W1) Denver vs. (E2) Boston College

March 14

Denver

4 – 1

Boston College

Duluth Arena Auditorium

(E1) Cornell vs. (W2) North Dakota

March 15	Cornell		1 – 3		North Dakota	Duluth Arena Auditorium	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			02:40 - Dave Kartio (Abram) 13:44 - GW - Gary Lyons (Gasparini)
(Tufford, Hughes) Brian Cornell - 11:09		Third period			01:38 - PP - Bob Munro (Ogden)
( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Ken Dryden		Goalie stats			Mike Curran ( 21 saves / 22 shots )

Consolation Game

(E1) Cornell vs. (E2) Boston College

March 16	Cornell		6 – 1		Boston College	Duluth Arena Auditorium	Recap
(Hughes, Giuliani) Brian Cornell - 11:56 (Lewis) Bruce Pattison - GW - 13:54 (Giuliani, Ryan) Dick Bertrand - 15:23		First period			No scoring
(Hughes, Lowe) Brian Cornell - 01:22 (Pattison, Stanowski) Peter Tufford - PP - 13:54 (Tufford, Hughes) Brian Cornell - 14:28		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			05:52 - Whitey Allen (Ahern, Clarke)
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Ken Dryden		Goalie stats			Jeff Cohen ( 15 saves / 19 shots ) / George McPhee ( 21 saves / 23 shots )

National Championship

(W1) Denver vs. (W2) North Dakota

March 16

Denver

4 – 0

North Dakota

Duluth Arena Auditorium

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	None
2nd	None
3rd	DEN	Bob Trembecky – GW PP	Wiste and Magnuson	42:44	1–0 DEN
	DEN	Bob Trembecky	Patrick	53:16	2–0 DEN
	DEN	Al Genovy	Gilmore	58:06	3–0 DEN
	DEN	Tom Gilmore	unassisted	58:25	4–0 DEN

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
North Dakota	12	3	7	22
Denver	6	8	14	28

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
UND	Mike Curran	24	4
DEN	Gerry Powers	22	0

All-Tournament Team

First Team

• G: Gerry Powers* (Denver)
• D: Terry Abram (North Dakota)
• D: Keith Magnuson (Denver)
• F: Brian Cornell (Cornell)
• F: Bob Munro (North Dakota)
• F: Bob Trembecky (Denver)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Second Team

• G: Ken Dryden (Cornell)
• D: Tim Gould (Denver)
• D: Terry Ogden (North Dakota)
• F: Dave Kartio (North Dakota)
• F: Jim Wiste (Denver)
• F: Tom Gilmore (Denver)

References

• "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey historical Archive. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
• "NCAA Division 1 Awards". College Hockey historical Archive. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
• "Murray Armstrong Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
• "Attendance Records and Sites" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2013.