1963 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |||
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Season | 1962–63 | ||
Teams | 4 | ||
Finals Site | McHugh Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | ||
Champions | North Dakota Fighting Sioux (2nd title, 3rd title game, 3rd Frozen Four) | ||
Runner-Up | Denver Pioneers (4th title game, 4th Frozen Four) | ||
Semifinalists | Clarkson Golden Knights (4th Frozen Four) Boston College Eagles (7th Frozen Four) | ||
Winning Coach | Barry Thorndycraft (2nd title) | ||
MOP | Al McLean North Dakota | ||
Attendance | 16,190 | ||
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 1963 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1962–63 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 16th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 14 and 16, 1963, and concluded with North Dakota defeating Denver 6-5. All games were played at the McHugh Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Qualifying teams[]
Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the WCHA tournament champion received automatic bids into the tournament. Harvard, the ECAC champion, declined the bid to the tournament and was instead replaced by the runner-up Boston College. Two at-large bids were offered to one eastern and one western team based upon both their tournament finish as well as their regular season record.
East | West | ||||||||||||
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Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
1 | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | 22–7–0 | At-Large | 7th | 1959 | 1 | Denver | WCHA | 22–8–1 | Tournament champion | 4th | 1961 |
2 | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | 19–3–2 | At-Large | 4th | 1962 | 2 | North Dakota | WCHA | 20–7–3 | At-Large | 3rd | 1959 |
Format[]
The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA champion 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 Meehan 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.
Tournament Bracket[]
Semifinals March 14–15 |
National Championship March 16 | |||||||||
E1 | Boston College | 2 | ||||||||
W2 | North Dakota | 8 | ||||||||
W2 | North Dakota | 6 | ||||||||
W1 | Denver | 5 | ||||||||
W1 | Denver | 6 | ||||||||
E2 | Clarkson | 2 | Third Place Game | |||||||
E1 | Boston College | 3 | ||||||||
E2 | Clarkson | 5 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Semifinals[]
Boston College vs. North Dakota[]
March 14 | Boston College | 2 – 8 | North Dakota | McHugh Forum |
Denver vs. Clarkson[]
March 15 | Denver | 6 – 2 | Clarkson | McHugh Forum |
Consolation Game[]
Boston College vs. Clarkson[]
March 21 | Boston College | 3 – 5 | Clarkson | McHugh Forum |
National Championship[]
Denver vs. North Dakota[]
March 16[3] | Denver | 5 – 6 | North Dakota | McHugh Forum |
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | UND | Don Stokaluk | Merrifield and Bartlett | 1:57 | 1–0 UND |
UND | Al McLean | Sutherland and Bartlett | 3:11 | 2–0 UND | |
UND | Ernie Dyda | Matheson and Merrifield | 7:25 | 3–0 UND | |
DU | Greg Lacomy | Kenning and Fragomeni | 12:55 | 3–1 UND | |
DU | Bob Hamill | Wilson and Art | 13:13 | 3–2 UND | |
UND | Don Stokaluk | Roberge | 14:20 | 4–2 UND | |
UND | Jack Matheson | Ross | 15:14 | 5–2 UND | |
2nd | UND | Al McLean – GW | unassisted | 25:01 | 6–2 UND |
DU | Greg Lacomy | Wilson and Johnston | 27:05 | 6–3 UND | |
DU | Bob Hamill | Staub | 33:09 | 6–4 UND | |
3rd | DU | Bob Hamill | Kowel | 53:19 | 6–5 UND |
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All-Tournament Team[]
First Team[]
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Second Team[]
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References[]
- ↑ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on 2013-06-19. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21.
- ↑ "NCAA Tournament", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 19, 2013.
- ↑ "North Dakota 2015-16 Hockey Yearbook", North Dakota. Retrieved on 2017-01-01.
- ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records", NCAA.org. Retrieved on 2013-06-19. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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Tournaments | 1948 - 1949 - 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959 - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979 - 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - |
Records & achievements | All-time team records - Tournament appearances - Frozen Four appearances - Champions - Most Outstanding Player - All-Tournament Teams |
1962–63 NCAA men's ice hockey season | |
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Conference | ECAC - WCHA |
National | NCAA |