The 1964 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1963–64 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 17th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 19 and 21, 1964, and concluded with Michigan defeating Denver 6–3. All games were played at the University of Denver Arena in Denver, Colorado.
Qualifying teams Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the WCHA tournament champion received automatic bids into the tournament. Two at-large bids were offered to one eastern and one western team based upon both their tournament finish as well as their regular season record.
East West SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Providence ECAC Hockey 19–5–0 Tournament champion 1st Never1 Denver WCHA 19–6–4 Tournament champion 5th 19632 Rensselaer ECAC Hockey 17–7–0 At-Large 4th 19612 Michigan WCHA 22–4–1 At-Large 12th 1962
Format The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA champion 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 Meehan 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
Denver vs. Rensselaer
Providence vs. Michigan
Consolation Game
Providence vs. Rensselaer
National Championship
Denver vs. Michigan
Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st UMWilf MartinHood and Polanic 17:48 1–0 UM 2nd UMMel Wakabayashi – PPFerguson and Wilkie 22:19 2–0 UM UMJack ColeWilkie 23:22 3–0 UM DENBill Staub – PPHerrebout and Lindsay 25:34 3–1 UM DENRon LivingstoneSampson and Naslund 37:24 3–2 UM 3rd UMJack Cole – GWPolanic and Wilkie 44:08 4–2 UM DENWayne Smith – PPHerrebout 49:54 4–3 UM UMMel WakabayashiCoristine and Ferguson 56:49 5–3 UM UMAlex HoodPolanic and Martin 58:24 6–3 UM Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st UMRon CoristineInterference 1:46 2:00 UMRoger GalipeauSlashing 2:28 2:00 DENDave PaderskiHolding 7:12 2:00 UMBarry MacDonaldTripping 11:32 2:00 UMTed HendersonInterference 18:20 2:00 2nd DENEmory SampsonCharging 20:32 2:00 UMBob FergusonHooking 24:08 2:00 DENMyles GillardRoughing 26:55 2:00 UMTom PolonicRoughing 26:55 2:00 DENWayne SmithInterference 39:27 2:00 3rd UMTom PolonicMisconduct 44:08 10:00 UMBob FergusonHooking 49:30 2:00 UMRoger GalipeauRoughing 52:19 2:00 DENBill StaubRoughing 52:19 2:00 UMBarry MacDonaldCross-checking 52:32 2:00 UMRoger GalipeauInterference 59:16 2:00
Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Michigan 7 6 16 29 Denver 15 10 9 34
Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice UM Bob Gray 31 3 DEN Buddy Blom 23 6
All-Tournament Team
First Team G: Bob Gray* (Michigan) D: Tom Polanic (Michigan) D: Wayne Smith (Denver) F: Andy Herrebout (Denver) F: Bill Staub (Denver) F: Gordon Wilkie (Michigan) * Most Outstanding Player(s)
Second Team G: Bob Bellemore (Providence) D: Jim Kenning (Denver) D: Larry Kish (Providence) D: Barry MacDonald (Michigan) F: Mel Wakabayashi (Michigan) F: Jerry Knightley (Rensselaer) F: Jack Cole (Michigan)
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