1964 NCAA men's ice hockey tournament

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.

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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.

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	Semifinals March 19–20					National Championship March 21
	W1	Denver	4
	E2	Rensselaer	1
						W1	Denver	3
						W2	Michigan	6
	E1	Providence	2
	W2	Michigan	3			Third Place Game
						E1	Providence	1
						E2	Rensselaer	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

Denver vs. Rensselaer

March 19	Denver		4 – 1		Rensselaer	University of Denver Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(unassisted) Emory Sampson - 17:10		Second period			No scoring
(Fragomeni, Staub) Andy Herrebout - GW - 02:09 (Smith, Herrebout) Bill Staub - 06:51 (Livingstone) Emory Sampson - SH - 13:54		Third period			16:37 - Bruce Tisdall (Anderson)
(10 saves) Buddy Blom		Goalie stats			Bill Sack (32 saves)

Providence vs. Michigan

March 20	Providence		2 – 3		Michigan	University of Denver Arena	Recap
(Hefernan) Ray Mooney - 06:27		First period			15:01 - Tom Polanic (Wilkie, Cole)
(Warburton, Kish) John Heximer - 13:36		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			12:33 - Ron Coristine (Polonic, Butler) 15:23 - GW - Gary Butler (Wilkie, Cole)
(30 saves) Bob Bellemore		Goalie stats			Bob Gray (22 saves)

Consolation Game

Providence vs. Rensselaer

March 21	Providence		1 – 2		Rensselaer	University of Denver Arena	Recap
(Mooney) Grant Hefferman - 7:55		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			12:06 - Pete Russel (Jones, Knightley)
No scoring		Third period			16:01 - GW - Pete Russel (Knightley, Brinkworth)
(14 saves) Bob Bellemore		Goalie stats			Bill Sack (25 saves)

National Championship

Denver vs. Michigan

March 21[3]

Denver

3 – 6

Michigan

University of Denver Arena

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Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	UM	Wilf Martin	Hood and Polanic	17:48	1–0 UM
2nd	UM	Mel Wakabayashi – PP	Ferguson and Wilkie	22:19	2–0 UM
	UM	Jack Cole	Wilkie	23:22	3–0 UM
	DEN	Bill Staub – PP	Herrebout and Lindsay	25:34	3–1 UM
	DEN	Ron Livingstone	Sampson and Naslund	37:24	3–2 UM
3rd	UM	Jack Cole – GW	Polanic and Wilkie	44:08	4–2 UM
	DEN	Wayne Smith – PP	Herrebout	49:54	4–3 UM
	UM	Mel Wakabayashi	Coristine and Ferguson	56:49	5–3 UM
	UM	Alex Hood	Polanic and Martin	58:24	6–3 UM
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	UM	Ron Coristine	Interference	1:46	2:00
	UM	Roger Galipeau	Slashing	2:28	2:00
	DEN	Dave Paderski	Holding	7:12	2:00
	UM	Barry MacDonald	Tripping	11:32	2:00
	UM	Ted Henderson	Interference	18:20	2:00
2nd	DEN	Emory Sampson	Charging	20:32	2:00
	UM	Bob Ferguson	Hooking	24:08	2:00
	DEN	Myles Gillard	Roughing	26:55	2:00
	UM	Tom Polonic	Roughing	26:55	2:00
	DEN	Wayne Smith	Interference	39:27	2:00
3rd	UM	Tom Polonic	Misconduct	44:08	10:00
	UM	Bob Ferguson	Hooking	49:30	2:00
	UM	Roger Galipeau	Roughing	52:19	2:00
	DEN	Bill Staub	Roughing	52:19	2:00
	UM	Barry MacDonald	Cross-checking	52:32	2:00
	UM	Roger Galipeau	Interference	59:16	2:00

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More information Shots by period, Team ...

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

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