1972-73 WCHA season

This is the 1972-73 Western Collegiate Hockey Association season. This was the league's fourteenth season.

The league standings were suposed to be based on points, however, not all teams played the same number of games and winning percentage was used to determine standings.

Standings
Team                       GP  W  L T Pct   P GF GA  Denver Pioneers             28 20  8 0 .714 52  -  - Notre Dame Fighting Irish  28 19  9 0 .679 48  -  - Wisconsin Badgers          28 18  9 1 .661 47  -  - Michigan State Spartans    26 16  9 1 .635 47  -  - Michigan Tech Huskies      26 16 10 0 .615 44  -  - Minnesota Golden Gophers   28 12 13 3 .482 35  -  - North Dakota Fighting Sioux 30 13 15 2 .467 32 -  - Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs  28 13 15 0 .464 30  -  - Colorado College Tigers    28  5 23 0 .179 14  -  - Michigan Wolverines        30  4 25 1 .150 11  -  -

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

First Round

 * Denver defeated Minnesota-Duluth 9 goals to 6 (5-4, 4-2)
 * Notre Dame defeated North Dakota 13 goals to 3 (5-0, 8-3)
 * Wisconsin defeated Minnesota 14 goals to 10 (8-4, 6-4)
 * Michigan Tech defeated Michigan State 8 goals to 5 (7-1, 1-3)

Second Round

 * Denver defeated Michigan Tech 7 goals to 3 (3-3, 4-0)
 * Wisconsin defeated Notre Dame 8 goals to 7 (4-4, 4-3)

National Semifinals

 * Denver defeated Boston College, 10 to 4
 * Wisconsin defeated Cornell, 6 to 5 in overtime

Third Place Game
note: After the tournament it was determined by the NCAA Committee on Infractions that the Denver Pioneers violated rules and their participation in the tournament was vacated.
 * Wisconsin defeated Denver, 4 to 2