1965 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
| 1965 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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| Dates | March 5-13, 1965 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Finals site | Winter Sports Building Grand Forks, North Dakota |
| Champions | Michigan Tech[1] (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | John MacInnes[2] (3rd title) |
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WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 1965 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 6th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 5 and March 13, 1965. All games were played at home team campus sites. By reaching the title game both Michigan Tech and North Dakota were invited to participate in the 1965 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
This was the final season that the WCHA named a single tournament champion until 1977.
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Format
The top four teams in the WCHA, based upon the conference regular season standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 4. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. The winners advanced to the title game which was to be played at the higher remaining seed's home venue.
Conference Standings[3]
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning Percentage; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| North Dakota† | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 75 | 48 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 184 | 106 | |
| Michigan Tech* | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .694 | 78 | 47 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 153 | 82 | |
| Minnesota | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 86 | 78 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 137 | 121 | |
| Michigan State | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 69 | 61 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 165 | 118 | |
| Michigan | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 68 | 94 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 110 | 122 | |
| Denver | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .375 | 34 | 37 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 144 | 74 | |
| Colorado College | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 51 | 96 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 96 | 132 | |
| Championship: Michigan Tech † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |
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Bracket[4]
| First Round March 5-6 |
Final March 13 |
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| 1 | North Dakota | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
| 4 | Michigan State | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 | Michigan Tech | 6 | |||||||||
| 2 | Michigan Tech | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First Round
(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Michigan State
| March 5 | North Dakota | 7 – 1 | Michigan State | Winter Sports Building | ||||
| March 6 | North Dakota | 4 – 6 | Michigan State | Winter Sports Building | ||||
| North Dakota won series 11–7 | |
(2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) Minnesota
| March 5 | Michigan Tech | 8 – 4 | Minnesota | Dee Stadium | ||||
| March 6 | Michigan Tech | 3 – 3 | Minnesota | Dee Stadium | ||||
| Michigan Tech won series 11–7 | |
Final
(1) North Dakota vs. (2) Michigan Tech
| March 13 | North Dakota | 4 – 6 | Michigan Tech | Winter Sports Building | ||||
Tournament awards
None
