1972 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 Boston Garden. 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 16–17					National championship March 18
	E1	Boston University	4
	W2	Wisconsin	1
						E1	Boston University	4
						E2	Cornell	0
	W1	Denver	2
	E2	Cornell	7			Third-place game
						W1	Denver	2
						W2	Wisconsin	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

(E1) Boston University vs. (W2) Wisconsin

March 16	Boston University		4 – 1		Wisconsin	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:38 - Brian Erickson (Folk)
(Dolloff) Paul Giandomenico - 10:56 (Anderson, Gryp) John Danby - PP GW - 17:14		Second period			No scoring
(Cahoon, Jordan) John Danby - 07:12 (unassisted) John Danby - EN - 18:48		Third period			No scoring
(28 saves / 29 shots) Tim Regan		Goalie stats			Dick Perkins (33 saves / 36 shots)

(W1) Denver vs. (E2) Cornell

March 17	Denver		2 – 7		Cornell	Boston Garden
No Scoring		First period			01:08 - Larry Fullan (Ugolini, Hanson) 07:15 - Dave Westner (Higgs) 17:51 - GW - Gord McCormick (Stewart, Dunsmuir)
(Morenz) Bob Krieger - 13:57 (Christy, Preston) Brian Morenz - 14:49		Second period			18:53 - Dave Westner (Fumio, Fullan)
No scoring		Third period			09:12 - Dave Westner (Fumio) 12:51 - Dave Westner (Fullan) 19:40 - Doug Marrett (Brush, Murray)
( 28 saves / 35 shots ) Ron Grahame		Goalie stats			Dave Elenbaas ( 32 saves / 34 shots )

Consolation Game

(W1) Denver vs. (W2) Wisconsin

March 18	Denver		2 – 5		Wisconsin	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			01:43 - Gary Winchester (Lundsen, Johnston) 11:40 - Gary Winchester (Folk)
(unassisted) Bob Krieger - 00:56		Second period			12:25 - GW - Gary Winchester (Rotsch, Dool)
(Palmer) Pete McNab - 12:11		Third period			02:06 - Jim Young (Lundeen, Winchester) 14:57 - PP - Norm Cherrey (Bentley, Machowski)
(36 saves / 41 shots) Ron Grahame		Goalie stats			Jim Makey (30 saves / 32 shots)

National Championship

(E1) Boston University vs. (E2) Cornell

March 18[3]

Boston University

4 – 0

Cornell

Boston Garden

More information Scoring summary, Period ...

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	BU	Ron Anderson - GW PP	Brown and Jordan	10:42	1–0 BU
2nd	BU	Ric Jordan - PP	Brown	30:51	2–0 BU
3rd	BU	Ron Anderson	Cahoon	41:39	3–0 BU
	BU	Ric Jordan	Cahoon and Anderson	53:13	4–0 BU
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	COR	Gordon McCormick		8:52	2:00
	BU	Mike LaGarde		18:13	2:00
	COR	Larry Fullan		18:13	2:00
2nd	COR	Dave Elenbaas		29:13	2:00
	BU	Ron Anderson		29:44	2:00
	COR	Larry Fullan		29:44	2:00
3rd	BU	Peter Thornton		43:24	2:00

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More information Shots by period, Team ...

Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Cornell 14 12 13 39 Boston University 8 11 13 32

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice COR Dave Elenbaas 28 4 60:00 BU Tim Regan 39 0 60:00

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• G: Tim Regan* (Boston University)
• D: Bob Brown (Boston University)
• D: Ric Jordan (Boston University)
• F: John Danby (Boston University)
• F: Dave Westner (Cornell)
• F: Gary Winchester (Wisconsin)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[4]

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