1970-71 WCHA season

This is the 1970-71 Western Collegiate Hockey Association season. This was the league's twelveth season.

The league standings were based on point percentage as each team made its own conference schedule and did not have to play everyone else in the conference.

Standings
Team                       GP  W  L T Pct  GF G A Michigan Tech Huskies       22 18  4 0 .818  -  - Denver Pioneers            22 15  7 0 .682  -  - Wisconsin Badgers          22 13  9 0 .591  -  - Michigan State Spartans    22 12 10 0 .545  -  - Minnesota Golden Gophers   22  9 12 1 .432  -  - Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs  24 10 14 0 .417  -  - North Dakota Fighting Sioux 26 10 15 1 .404 -  - Colorado College Tigers    18  7 11 0 .389  -  - Michigan Wolverines        22  5 17 0 .227  -  -

Post Season
Denver Pioneers and Minnesota were tournament co-champions.

First Round

 * North Dakota defeated Michigan Tech, 6 to 4
 * Minnesota defeated Wisconsin, 4 to 3

Championship

 * Minnesota defeated North Dakota, 5 to 2

First Round

 * Denver defeated Colorado College, 6 to 3
 * Minnesota-Duluth defeated Michigan State, 4 to 3

Championship

 * Denver defeated Minnesota-Duluth, 9 to 3

National Semifinals

 * Boston University defeated Denver, 4 to 2
 * Minnesota defeated Harvard, 6 to 5 in overtime

National Championship

 * Boston University defeated Minnesota, 4 to 2

Third Place Game

 * Denver defeated Harvard, 1 to 0