1973-74 WCHA season

This is the 1973-74 Western Collegiate Hockey Association season. This was the league's fifteenth season.

Standings
Team                       GP  W  L T Pct   P GF GA Michigan Tech Huskies      28 20  6 2 .750 42  -  - Minnesota Golden Gophers   28 14  9 5 .589 33  -  - Denver Pioneers            28 15 11 2 .571 32  -  - Michigan State Spartans    28 15 12 1 .554 31  -  - Wisconsin Badgers          28 12 11 5 .518 29  -  - Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs  28 13 14 1 .482 27  -  - Michigan Wolverines        28 12 15 1 .446 25  -  - Notre Dame Fighting Irish  28 11 16 1 .411 23  -  - Colorado College Tigers    28 10 16 2 .393 22  -  - North Dakota Fighting Sioux 28 8 20 0 .286 16  -  -

Post Season
Michigan and Minnesota were tournament co-champions.

First Round

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

Second Round

 * Michigan Tech defeated Michigan State 12 goals to 10 (6-8, 6-2)
 * Minnesota defeated Denver 5 goals to 4 (3-3, 2-1)1

National Semifinals

 * Minnesota defeated Boston University, 5 to 4
 * Michigan Tech defeated Harvard, 6 to 5 in overtime

Championship Game

 * Minnesota defeated Michigan Tech, 4 to 2