1974 NCAA Division I 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.^[1]

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 14–15					National championship March 16
	E1	Boston University	4
	W2	Minnesota	5
						W2	Minnesota	4
						W1	Michigan Tech	2
	W1	Michigan Tech	6*
	E2	Harvard	5			Third Place Game
						E1	Boston University	7
						E2	Harvard	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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Semifinals

March 14, 1974 7:30 pm

(E1) Boston University

4–5 (0–1, 1–2, 3–2)

(W2) Minnesota

Boston Garden Attendance: 6,232

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	Ed Walsh	Goalies	Brad Shelstad
	0 – 1 19:19 – PP – John Harris (Matschke, Auge) 0 – 2 22:37 – Warren Miller (Sheridan, Morrow) 0 – 3 25:14 – John Matschke (J. Harris, Spannbauer) (Robbins, Stanfield) Peter Marzo – 30:35 1 – 3 (Stanfield, P. Brown) Peter Marzo – PP – 42:43 2 – 3 2 – 4 44:50 – John Harris (R. Harris, Micheletti) (Brown, Marzo) Bill Robbins – 47:20 3 – 4 (Eruzione, Stanfield) Rick Meagher – 50:36 4 – 4 4 – 5 59:47 – GW SH – Mike Polich (Falls)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	52

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March 15, 1974 7:30 pm

(W1) Michigan Tech

6–5 (OT) (2–3, 1–1, 2–1, 1–0)

(E2) Harvard

Boston Garden Attendance: 6,703

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	Jim Warden	Goalies	Jim Murray
	0 – 1 04:03 – Dan Bolduc (Roth) 0 – 2 06:26 – Jim McMahon (unassisted) 0 – 3 08:21 – PP – Jim McMahon (Roth, Goodenow) (Lyle, Abbey) Bob D'Alvise – 13:11 1 – 3 (Nahrgang, Zuke) Bill Steele – PP – 16:16 2 – 3 (Zuke, P. Jensen) Bruce Abbey – 24:43 3 – 3 3 – 4 33:10 – PP – Jim McMahon (Roth, Dagdigian) 3 – 5 41:27 – Jim Thomas (Hogan) (Abbey) Lorne Stamler – 44:14 4 – 5 (Vorlicek, Abbey) Steve Jensen – 54:23 5 – 5 (Zuke, Stamler) Bill Steele – GW – 60:31 6 – 5
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	52

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Consolation Game

March 16, 1974 2:30 pm

(E1) Boston University

7–5 (1–1, 2–1, 4–3)

(E2) Harvard

Boston Garden

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	(out 20:00) Ed Walsh (in 20:00, out 40:00) Joe Robillard (in 40:00) Pat Devlin	Goalies	John Aiken
	0 – 1 03:37 – Paul Haley (unknown) (Bannerman) Jim Glover – 10:52 1 – 1 (Bishop) Ken Kuzyk – 22:23 2 – 1 2 – 2 23:57 – Kevin Carr (unknown) (unknown) Bill Buckton – 24:51 3 – 2 3 – 3 42:12 – Kevin Carr (unknown) 3 – 4 42:54 – Kevin Carr (Byrd) 3 – 5 49:20 – Phelps Swift (unknown) (unknown) Bill Burlington – 49:43 4 – 5 (unknown) Bill Robbins – 52:56 5 – 5 (Stanfield) Bill Robbins – GW – 58:11 6 – 5 (unknown) Bill Buckton – EN – 59:58 7 – 5
	49	Shots	29

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National Championship

March 16, 1974 7:30 pm

(W1) Michigan Tech

2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

(W2) Minnesota

Boston Garden Attendance: 7,132

				Referees: Gordie Lee Medo Martinello

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Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	MIN	John Sheridan	Miller, Phippen	15:26	1–0 MIN
2nd	MIN	John Perpich	Morrow and Polich	23:24	2–0 MIN
	MTU	George Lyle	D'Alvise	33:40	2–1 MIN
3rd	MIN	Robby Harris – GW	Matschke	44:45	3–1 MIN
	MIN	Pat Phippen	Sheridan	57:17	4–1 MIN
	MTU	Mike Zuke	Steele and Stamler	59:12	4–2 MIN
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	MTU	Mike Usitalo		11:31	2:00
2nd	MTU	Bob D'Alvise		21:34	2:00
	MTU	George Lyle		21:34	2:00
	MIN	Joe Micheletti		21:34	2:00
	MIN	Dick Spannbauer		21:34	2:00
	MTU	Bruce Abbey		25:14	2:00
	MTU	Bob Lorimer		26:09	2:00
	MIN	Mike Polich		26:09	2:00
	MTU	Graham Wise		30:11	2:00
	MTU	George Lyle		33:53	2:00
	MIN	Doug Falls		33:53	2:00
	MTU	Jim Nahrgang		34:10	2:00
3rd	MTU	Elie Vorlicek		46:02	2:00

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Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Minnesota 17 8 14 39 Michigan Tech 11 10 3 24

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice MIN Brad Shelstad 22 2 MTU Rick Quance 35 4

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• G: Brad Shelstad* (Minnesota)
• D: Les Auge (Minnesota)
• D: Jim Nahrgang (Michigan Tech)
• F: Steve Jensen (Michigan Tech)
• F: Jim McMahon (Harvard)
• F: Mike Polich (Minnesota)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[3]

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