The 1965 NCAA Men's University Division Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season, the 18th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 20, 1965, and concluded with Michigan Tech defeating Boston College 8-2. All games were played at the Meehan Auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island.

This is the first time the NCAA tournament did not have a participant that appeared in the previous season's meeting.

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 Boston College ECAC Hockey 23–6–0 Tournament champion 8th 19631 Michigan Tech WCHA 22–5–2 Tournament champion 4th 19622 Brown ECAC Hockey 21–7–0 At-Large 2nd 19512 North Dakota WCHA 24–7–0 At-Large 4th 1963

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

Boston College vs. North Dakota

Michigan Tech vs. Brown

Consolation Game

North Dakota vs. Brown

National Championship

Boston College vs. Michigan Tech

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTUGary MilroyWeller 7:28 1–0 MTU MTUWayne WellerMilroy and Holm 13:12 2–0 MTU MTUBob Wilson – GW PPLeiman and Yeo 18:56 3–0 MTU 2nd MTUColin PattersonWilson and Yeo 22:13 4–0 MTU MTUFred DartYoshino and Toothill 23:37 5–0 MTU MTUGary Milroy – PPRiutta and Huculak 34:58 6–0 MTU BCE. J. Breen – PPToran 37:24 6–1 MTU MTUWayne WellerMilroy 39:26 7–1 MTU 3rd BCJim MullenDyer and Cunniff 46:02 7–2 MTU MTUBob Wilsonunassisted 57:58 8–2 MTU Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTUTerry RyanHolding 6:00 2:00 BCJohn MoylanCross-checking 6:00 2:00 MTUColin PattersonCross-checking 8:47 2:00 MTUEd CatererTripping 10:52 2:00 BCWoody JohnsonElbowing 16:57 2:00 2nd BCFrancis KearnsInterference 24:02 2:00 MTUDennis HuculakHolding 32:04 2:00 BCJim MullenIllegal check 34:23 2:00 MTUGary MilroySlashing 36:06 2:00 MTUDavid ConfreyCharging 36:41 2:00 MTUWayne WellerTripping 39:32 2:00 MTUAl HolmRoughing 39:32 2:00 BCWoody JohnsonRoughing 39:32 2:00 3rd BCRalphy ToranSlashing 42:08 2:00 BCFrancis KearnsElbowing 50:47 2:00 MTUDennis HuculakSlashing 50:47 2:00 MTUTerry RyanTripping 54:17 2:00

Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Boston College 5 11 11 27 Michigan Tech 10 14 11 35

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice BC Pat Murphy 27 8 MTU Tony Esposito 27 2

All-Tournament team

First Team G: Tony Esposito (Michigan Tech) D: Dennis Huculak (Michigan Tech) D: Pete Leiman (Michigan Tech) F: John Cunniff (Boston College) F: Gary Milroy* (Michigan Tech) F: Wayne Weller (Michigan Tech) * Most Outstanding Player(s)

Second Team G: Pat Murphy (Boston College) D: Roy Davidson (North Dakota) D: Ralph Toran (Boston College) F: Gerry Kell (North Dakota) F: Bob Stoyko (North Dakota) F: Dennis Macks (Brown)

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