1971 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 Onondaga War Memorial. 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 18–19					National Championship March 20
	E1	Harvard	5
	W2	Minnesota	6*
						W2	Minnesota	2
						E2	Boston University	4
	W1	Denver	2
	E2	Boston University	4			Third Place Game
						W1	Denver	1
						E2	Harvard	0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

(W1) Denver vs. (E2) Boston University

March 18	Denver		2 – 4		Boston University	Onondaga War Memorial	Recap
(Christie, Venasky) Tom Peluso - 02:39		First period			08:08 - PP - Wayne Gowing (Brown) 11:41 - Toot Cahoon (LaGarde)
No scoring		Second period			14:22 - GW - Toot Cahoon (Stirling)
(Christie, Lampman) Brian Morenz - PP - 12:57		Third period			10:06 - PP - Toot Cahoon (Giandomenico, Stirling)
(40 saves / 44 shots) Ron Grahame		Goalie stats			Dan Brady (23 saves / 25 shots)

(E1) Harvard vs. (W2) Minnesota

March 19	Harvard		5 – 6	OT	Minnesota	Onondaga War Memorial	Recap
(unassisted) Dave Hynes - 10:56 (Reynolds, Riley) Tommy Paul - 11:15 (J. Cavanagh, Jones) Bob McManama - PP - 18:32		First period			19:02 - Dean Blais (Matschke, McIntosh)
(Hampe) Steve Owen - 07:07		Second period			10:15 - John Matschke (Sanders, Blais)
(Cavanagh) Steve Owen - 13:07		Third period			00:28 - Dean Blais (Antonovich, Matschke) 10:24 - Dean Blais (Matschke, McIntosh) 19:51 - John Matschke (Antonovich)
No scoring		First overtime period			01:45 - GW - Ron Peltier (D. Peltier, Sarner)
(44 saves / 50 shots) Bruce Durno		Goalie stats			Dennis Erickson (30 saves / 35 shots)

Consolation Game

(W1) Denver vs. (E1) Harvard

March 20	Denver		1 – 0		Harvard	Onondaga War Memorial	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Christie, Peluso) Pete McNab - GW - 17:28		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(20 saves / 20 shots) Ron Grahame		Goalie stats			Bruce Durno (35 saves / 36 shots)

National Championship

(E2) Boston University vs. (W2) Minnesota

March 20[3]

Boston University

4 – 2

Minnesota

Onondaga War Memorial

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Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	BU	Steve Stirling - PP	Danby and Brown	5:32	1–0 BU
	BU	Bob Gryp	Gowing	10:10	2–0 BU
2nd	BU	Steve Stirling - GW	unassisted	29:13	3–0 BU
3rd	MIN	Doug Peltier	Sarner and McIntosh	53:07	3–1 BU
	BU	Ron Anderson	Dolloff and Brown	57:45	4–1 BU
	MIN	Dean Blais	McIntosh	59:44	4–2 BU
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	MIN	Frank Sanders	Charging	5:01	2:00
	BU	Bob Murray	Holding	14:18	2:00
2nd	BU	Mike LaGarde	High-sticking	29:32	2:00
	BU	Ron Anderson	Elbowing	37:18	2:00
	MIN	Wally Olds	Interference	39:44	2:00
3rd	BU	Mike LaGarde	Holding	51:04	2:00
	BU	Bob Murray	Hooking	58:09	2:00
	MIN	Doug Peltier	Offensive check	58:09	2:00
	MIN	Dean Blais	Cross-checking	59:49	2:00

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More information Shots by period, Team ...

Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Minnesota 13 11 8 32 Boston University 12 11 9 32

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice MIN Dennis Erickson 28 4 BU Dan Brady 30 2

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• G: Dan Brady* (Boston University)
• D: Bob Brown (Boston University)
• D: Bruce McIntosh (Minnesota)
• F: Dean Blais (Minnesota)
• F: Don Cahoon (Boston University)
• F: Steve Stirling (Boston University)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[4]

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