The 1968 NCAA Men's University Division Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the

1967–68 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season The 1967–68 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season began in November 1967 and concluded with the 1968 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 16, 1968, at the Duluth Arena Auditorium in Duluth, Minnes ...

, the 21st such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 14 and 16, 1968, and concluded with Denver defeating North Dakota 4-0. All games were played at the Duluth Arena Auditorium in Duluth, Minnesota.

Qualifying teams

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.

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 Duluth Arena 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.

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

(W1) Denver vs. (E2) Boston College

(E1) Cornell vs. (W2) North Dakota

Consolation Game

(E1) Cornell vs. (E2) Boston College

National Championship

(W1) Denver vs. (W2) North Dakota

All-Tournament Team

First Team

*G:

Gerry Powers Gerald 'Gerry' Powers is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. He helped the Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey win consecutive NCAA National Titles in 1968 and 1969. He received the Tournament MOP in 1968 and finished his college career with a t ...

* (Denver) *D:

Terry Abram Terry Abram is an American retired ice hockey defenseman and coach who was an List of Division I AHCA All-American Teams, All-American for North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey, North Dakota. Career Abram was a standout defenseman at Sout ...

(North Dakota) *D:

Keith Magnuson Keith Arlen Magnuson (April 27, 1947 – December 15, 2003) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman from Wadena, Saskatchewan who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1969 and 1979. Magnuson played 589 career NHL games, a ...

(Denver) *F:

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(Cornell) *F:

Bob Munro Robert Munro is a Canadian retired ice hockey centre and coach who was a two-time All-American for North Dakota. Career After winning the 1964 junior league championship, Munro began attending North Dakota in the fall of 1965 and joined the var ...

(North Dakota) *F:

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(Denver) * Most Outstanding Player(s)

Second Team

*G: Ken Dryden (Cornell) *D:

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(Denver) *D: Terry Ogden (North Dakota) *F:

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(North Dakota) *F:

Jim Wiste James Andrew Wiste (February 18, 1946 – January 2, 2018) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who spent parts of three seasons in the National Hockey League between 1968 and 1971. He was an original member of the Vancouver Canucks upon ...

(Denver) *F: Tom Gilmore (Denver)

References

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