1973 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

1973 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams	4
Finals Site	Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Wisconsin (1st title, 1st title game, 3rd Frozen Four)
Runner-Up	none (Denver vacated) (- title game, - Frozen Four)
Semifinalists	Boston College (10th Frozen Four) Cornell (6th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach	Bob Johnson (1st title)
MOP	Dean Talafous (Wisconsin)
Attendance	23,368
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1972  1974 →

The 1973 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament (the historical equivalent to today's Division I) was the culmination of the 1971–72 season in men's ice hockey in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), United States. The Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Denver Pioneers in the championship game, held in Boston, Massachusetts on March 17. Denver's participation in the tournament was later vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

Tournament bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Denver (vacated)	10
	Boston College	4
					Denver (vacated)	2
					Wisconsin	4
					Third place
	Cornell	5		Boston College	3
	Wisconsin	6 OT			Cornell	1

All-Tournament Team

• G: Jim Makey (Wisconsin)
• D: vacated†
• D: John Taft (Wisconsin)
• F: Stan Hinkley (Wisconsin)
• F: vacated†
• F: Dean Talafous* (Wisconsin)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)
† Participation of Denver's D: Bruce Affleck and F: Peter McNab was vacated when Denver's participation in tournament was vacated

External links

• Men's Ice Hockey home - NCAA.com