1975 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

1975 NCAA Division I Men's
Ice Hockey Tournament
Season 197475
Teams 4
Finals Site St. Louis Arena
St. Louis, Missouri
Champions Michigan Tech (3rd title, 6th title game,
8th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up Minnesota (5th title game,
6th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists Boston University (10th Frozen Four)
Harvard (7th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach John MacInnes (3rd title)
MOP Jim Warden (Michigan Tech)
Attendance 10,639
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
 1974  1976 

The 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 28th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 13 and 15, 1975, and concluded with Michigan Tech defeating Minnesota 6-1. All games were played at the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri.

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 Boston University ECAC Hockey 25–4–1 Tournament champion 10th 1974 1 Minnesota WCHA 30–9–1 Tournament co-champion 6th 1974
2 Harvard ECAC Hockey 23–4–0 At-Large 7th 1974 2 Michigan Tech WCHA 30–10–0 Tournament co-champion 8th 1974

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 University of Denver Arena. 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 13
National Championship
March 15
                     
E1  Boston University 5  
W2  Michigan Tech 9  
  W2  Michigan Tech 6  
  W1  Minnesota 1  
W1  Minnesota 6
E2  Harvard 4     Third Place Game
  E1  Boston University 10
  E2  Harvard 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

(E1) Boston University vs. (W2) Michigan Tech

(W1) Minnesota vs. (E2) Harvard

Consolation Game

(E1) Boston University vs. (E2) Harvard

National Championship

(W1) Minnesota vs. (W2) Michigan Tech

All-Tournament Team[4]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[5]

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. "Michigan Tech 2009-10 Hockey Yearbook". Michigan Tech Huskies. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  4. "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  5. "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

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