The 1968 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 9th conference playoff in league history. The

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was played between March 5 and March 9, 1968. All games were played at home team campus sites. By being declared as co-champions, both

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and

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were invited to participate in the

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. Though not official designations, North Dakota is considered as the East Regional Champion† and Denver as the West Regional Champion‡.

Format

All eight teams in the WCHA were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings. In the first round the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds played a single game with the winners advancing to the second round. After the first round the remaining teams were reseeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to their final conference standings and advanced to the second round. In the second 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 victors of the second round series were declared as co-conference tournament champions.

Conference standings

''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against''

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Denver vs. (8) Minnesota-Duluth

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (7) Colorado College

(3) North Dakota vs. (6) Michigan State

(4) Michigan vs. (5) Minnesota

Second round

(1) Denver vs. (5) Minnesota

(2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) North Dakota

Tournament awards

None

References

External links

WCHA.com1967–68 NCAA Standings2013–14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide2013–14 Michigan Wolverines Media Guide; Through the Years2013–14 Michigan State Spartans Media Guide; Section 52013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide

2012–13 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Media Guide2013–14 North Dakota Hockey Media Guide
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