The 1973 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 14th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 5 and March 11, 1973. All games were played at home team campus sites, including each of the two regional final series. By winning the regional tournaments, both Wisconsin and Denver were invited to participate in the 1973 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Though not official designations, Wisconsin is considered as the East Regional Champion† and Denver as the West Regional Champion‡.

Format The top eight teams in the WCHA, according to their final conference standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8. In the first round the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. After the first round the remaining teams were reseeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to their final conference standings and advanced to the second round. In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds competed in an additional two-game, total goal series with the winners of each being declared as co-conference champions.

Conference standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Bracket Teams are reseeded after the first round

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Denver vs. (8) Minnesota-Duluth

(2) Notre Dame vs. (7) North Dakota

(3) Wisconsin vs. (6) Minnesota

(4) Michigan State vs. (5) Michigan Tech

Second round

(1) Denver vs. (5) Michigan Tech

(2) Notre Dame vs. (3) Wisconsin

Tournament awards None

See also Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions

References

External links WCHA.com 1972–73 WCHA Standings 1972–73 NCAA Standings 2013–14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide 2013–14 Michigan State Spartans Media Guide; Section 5 2013–14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide 2012–13 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Media Guide 2013–14 North Dakota Hockey Media Guide 2008–09 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Media Guide; History 2003–04 Wisconsin Badgers Media Guide