1968 NCAA University Division 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 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.

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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. All games were played at the Duluth Arena 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 14–15					National Championship March 16
	W1	Denver	4
	E2	Boston College	1
						W1	Denver	4
						W2	North Dakota	0
	E1	Cornell	1
	W2	North Dakota	3			Third Place Game
						E1	Cornell	6
						E2	Boston College	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

(W1) Denver vs. (E2) Boston College

March 14	Denver		4 – 1		Boston College	Duluth Arena Auditorium	Recap
(Magnuson, Jonasson) Tom Gilmore - 03:45		First period			07:37 - Mike Flynn (unassisted)
(Genovy, Zeman) Jim Shires - GW - 15:47		Second period			No scoring
(Koroll, Miller) Jim Shires - 00:29 (Koroll) Tom Miller - 01:12		Third period			No scoring
(16 saves / 17 shots) Gerry Powers		Goalie stats			George McPhee (29 saves / 33 shots)

(E1) Cornell vs. (W2) North Dakota

March 15	Cornell		1 – 3		North Dakota	Duluth Arena Auditorium	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			02:40 - Dave Kartio (Abram) 13:44 - GW - Gary Lyons (Gasparini)
(Tufford, Hughes) Brian Cornell - 11:09		Third period			01:38 - PP - Bob Munro (Ogden)
( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Ken Dryden		Goalie stats			Mike Curran ( 21 saves / 22 shots )

Consolation Game

(E1) Cornell vs. (E2) Boston College

March 16	Cornell		6 – 1		Boston College	Duluth Arena Auditorium	Recap
(Hughes, Giuliani) Brian Cornell - 11:56 (Lewis) Bruce Pattison - GW - 13:54 (Giuliani, Ryan) Dick Bertrand - 15:23		First period			No scoring
(Hughes, Lowe) Brian Cornell - 01:22 (Pattison, Stanowski) Peter Tufford - PP - 13:54 (Tufford, Hughes) Brian Cornell - 14:28		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			05:52 - Whitey Allen (Ahern, Clarke)
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Ken Dryden		Goalie stats			Jeff Cohen ( 15 saves / 19 shots ) / George McPhee ( 21 saves / 23 shots )

National Championship

(W1) Denver vs. (W2) North Dakota

March 16

Denver

4 – 0

North Dakota

Duluth Arena Auditorium

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Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	None
2nd	None
3rd	DEN	Bob Trembecky – GW	Wiste and Magnuson	42:44	1–0 DEN
	DEN	Bob Trembecky	Patrick	53:16	2–0 DEN
	DEN	Al Genovy	Gilmore	58:06	3–0 DEN
	DEN	Tom Gilmore	unassisted	58:25	4–0 DEN
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	DEN	Tom Gilmore	Tripping	3:22	2:00
	DEN	Dale Zeman	Slashing	9:05	2:00
	UND	John Marks	Interference	13:07	2:00
	UND	Gary Lyons	Tripping	14:42	2:00
	DEN	Al Genovy	Tripping	19:05	2:00
2nd	UND	Terry Abram	Holding	23:32	2:00
	DEN	Tom Gilmore	Holding	27:09	2:00
	UND	Terry Ogden	Cross-checking	39:03	2:00
3rd	UND	Mike Furlong	Illegal check	43:31	2:00
	DEN	Tim Gould	Slashing	45:34	2:00
	DEN	Keith Magnuson	Interference	55:43	2:00

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More information Shots by period, Team ...

Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T North Dakota 12 3 7 22 Denver 6 8 14 28

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice UND Mike Curran 24 4 DEN Gerry Powers 22 0

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