1969 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey tournament

The 1969 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season, the 22nd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 13 and 15, 1969, and concluded with Denver defeating Cornell 4–3. Three games were played at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado while the consolation game was played at the newly opened Cadet Ice Arena.

This was the first time that the NCAA tournament did not take place entirely at one venue, an event that did not occur again until the tournament expanded to include a play-in game in 1977.

This was the 11th and final time that the Broadmoor World Arena played host to the NCAA tournament. The arena that has held the second most championships is the Dunkin' Donuts Center (previously the Providence Civic Center) with 6 (as of 2016).

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.

East							West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Cornell	ECAC Hockey	26–1–0	Tournament champion	3rd	1968	1	Denver	WCHA	24–6–0	Tournament co-champion	8th	1968
2	Harvard	ECAC Hockey	18–7–1	At-Large	4th	1958	2	Michigan Tech	WCHA	21–7–1	Tournament co-champion	5th	1965

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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. Both semifinal games and the championship game were played at the Broadmoor World Arena while the consolation match was held at the Cadet Ice 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.

Bracket

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	Semifinals March 13–14					National championship March 15
	W1	Denver	9
	E2	Harvard	2
						W1	Denver	4
						E1	Cornell	3
	E1	Cornell	4*
	W2	Michigan Tech	3			Third-place game
						E2	Harvard	6**
						W2	Michigan Tech	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

(W1) Denver vs. (E2) Harvard

March 13

Denver

9 – 2

Harvard

Broadmoor World Arena

(E1) Cornell vs. (W2) Michigan Tech

March 14	Cornell		4 – 3	OT	Michigan Tech	Broadmoor World Arena	Recap
(Lodboa, Pattison) Brian McCutcheon - 01:21 (McGuinn) Gordon Lowe - 01:55 (Coviello) Bob Aitchison - 05:21		First period			00:07 - Al Karlander (Schillington)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			10:01 - Al Karlander (Schillington) 13:02 - Al Karlander (Moffat, Hinton)
(unassisted) Gordon Lowe - GW - 01:40		First overtime period			No scoring
( 43 saves / 46 shots ) Ken Dryden		Goalie stats			Gord McRae ( 38 saves / 42 shots )

Consolation Game

(E2) Harvard vs. (W2) Michigan Tech

March 15

Harvard

6 – 5

2OT

Michigan Tech

Cadet Ice Arena

National Championship

(W1) Denver vs. (E1) Cornell

March 15[3]

Denver

4 – 3

Cornell

Broadmoor World Arena

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	DEN	Tom Gilmore	Powis and Magnuson	2:41	1–0 DEN
	COR	Dan Lodboa	Pattison	13:09	1–1
2nd	DEN	George Morrison - PP	Miller and Magnuson	30:25	2–1 DEN
	COR	Brian Cornell	Tufford	33:31	2–2
3rd	DEN	Bob Trembecky - PP	Magnuson and Patrick	44:17	3–2 DEN
	DEN	Tom Miller - GW	Zeman	51:50	4–2 DEN
	COR	Gordon Lowe	Giullani	58:40	4–3 DEN

All-Tournament team

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References