1971 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

1971 NCAA Division I Men's
Ice Hockey Tournament
Season 1970–71
Teams 4
Finals Site Onondaga War Memorial
Syracuse, New York
Champions Boston University (1st title, 3rd title game,
7th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up Minnesota (3rd title game,
4th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists Denver (9th Frozen Four)
Harvard (5th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach Jack Kelly (1st title)
MOP Dan Brady (Boston University)
Attendance 17,830
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 1971 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1970–71 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 24th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 20, 1971, and concluded with Boston University defeating Minnesota 4-2. All games were played at the Onondaga War Memorial in Syracuse, New York.

Qualifying teams[1]

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 Harvard ECAC Hockey 18–6–1 Tournament champion 5th 1969 1 Denver WCHA 24–9–1 Tournament co-champion 9th 1969
2 Boston University ECAC Hockey 26–2–1 At-Large 7th 1967 2 Minnesota WCHA 13–16–1 Tournament co-champion 4th 1961

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 Onondaga War Memorial. 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[2]

  Semifinals
March 18–19		 National Championship
March 20
                     
E1  Harvard 5  
W2  Minnesota 6*  
  W2  Minnesota 2  
  E2  Boston University 4  
W1  Denver 2
E2  Boston University 4     Third Place Game
  W1  Denver 1
  E2  Harvard 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

(W1) Denver vs. (E2) Boston University

(E1) Harvard vs. (W2) Minnesota

Consolation Game

(W1) Denver vs. (E1) Harvard

National Championship

(E2) Boston University vs. (W2) Minnesota

All-Tournament Team[3]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[4]

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  4. ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

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