The 1960 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1959–60 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 13th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 17 and 19, 1960, and concluded with Denver defeating Michigan Tech 5–3. All games were played at the Boston Arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
This was the last tournament to include an independent school until 1988.
Qualifying teams Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The WCHA tournament co-champions received automatic bids into the tournament. The two at-large bids that were available to eastern teams were conferred to the winners of two separate playoff games between the four teams judged to be the best at the conclusion of the regular season. The games were played at the home venue of the higher seed. Neither of these games are considered to be part of the NCAA tournament but are included here for continuity.
East West SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 St. Lawrence Tri-State League 14–6–2 Playoff 5th 19591 Denver WCHA 25–4–3 Tournament co-champion 2nd 19582 Boston University Independent 17–8–0 Playoff 4th 19532 Michigan Tech WCHA 20–9–1 Tournament co-champion 2nd 1956
Format The higher-ranked eastern team was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA champion with the better conference 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 Boston 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
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Semifinals
St. Lawrence vs. Michigan Tech
Denver vs. Boston University
Consolation Game
St. Lawrence vs. Boston University
National Championship
Denver vs. Michigan Tech
Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st DENJerry WalkerMasterton and Collie 10:51 1–0 DEN 2nd DENGrant MunroGeisthardt 32:42 2–0 DEN MTUPaul Coppo – PPKosiancic 34:17 2–1 DEN MTUJerry SullivanPascht and Angotti 36:27 2–2 MTUGerald FabbroKosiancic and Angotti 39:02 3–2 MTU 3rd DENGeorge Konikunassisted 42:30 3–3 DENJohn MacMillan – GWHowe 58:57 4–3 DEN DENJohn MacMillan – ENWalker 59:48 5–3 DEN Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTUBob HauswirthTripping 15:28 2:00 DENGeorge KonikHooking 16:25 2:00 DENCon CollieTripping 18:51 2:00 2nd DENJohn MacMillanHolding 29:21 2:00 DENJerry WalkerHooking 33:27 2:00 3rd DENMurray MacDonaldIllegal check 47:24 2:00
Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Michigan Tech 6 16 6 28 Denver 7 9 12 28
Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice MTU George Cuculick 23 4 DEN George Kirkwood 25 3
All-Tournament Team
First Team G: Barry Urbanski* (Boston University) D: Marty Howe (Denver) D: George Konik (Denver) F: Lou Angotti* (Michigan Tech) F: Paul Coppo (Michigan Tech) F: Bob Marquis* (Boston University) * Most Outstanding Player(s)
Second Team G: George Kirkwood (Denver) D: Henry Akervall (Michigan Tech) D: Pat Enright (Boston University) F: Terry Slater (St. Lawrence) F: John MacMillan (Denver) F: John Kosiancic (Michigan Tech)
See also 1960 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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