1965 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey tournament

The 1965 NCAA Men's University Division Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season, the 18th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 20, 1965, and concluded with Michigan Tech defeating Boston College 8-2. All games were played at the Meehan Auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island.

This is the first time the NCAA tournament did not have a participant that appeared in the previous season's meeting.

Qualifying teams

Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the WCHA tournament champion received automatic bids into the tournament. Two at-large bids were offered to one eastern and one western team based upon both their tournament finish as well as their regular season record.

East							West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Boston College	ECAC Hockey	23–6–0	Tournament champion	8th	1963	1	Michigan Tech	WCHA	22–5–2	Tournament champion	4th	1962
2	Brown	ECAC Hockey	21–7–0	At-Large	2nd	1951	2	North Dakota	WCHA	24–7–0	At-Large	4th	1963

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Format

The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA champion 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 Meehan 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.

Bracket

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	Semifinals March 18–19					National championship March 20
	E1	Boston College	4
	W2	North Dakota	3
						E1	Boston College	2
						W1	Michigan Tech	8
	W1	Michigan Tech	4
	E2	Brown	0			Third-place game
						W2	North Dakota	9
						E2	Brown	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Semifinals

Boston College vs. North Dakota

March 18

Boston College

4 – 3

North Dakota

Meehan Auditorium

Michigan Tech vs. Brown

March 19[3]	Michigan Tech		4 – 0		Brown	Meehan Auditorium
(Yoshino, Toothill) Fred Dart - GW - 13:29 (Weller, Holm) Gary Milroy - 19:47		First period			No Scoring
		Second period
(Ryan) Fred Dart - 08:13 (Holm, Milroy) Wayne Weller - 19:25		Third period
Rick Best ( 20 saves )		Goalie stats			( 29 saves ) Dave Ferguson

Consolation Game

North Dakota vs. Brown

March 20

North Dakota

9 – 5

Brown

Meehan Auditorium

National Championship

Boston College vs. Michigan Tech

March 20[3]

Boston College

2 – 8

Michigan Tech

Meehan Auditorium

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	MTU	Gary Milroy	Weller	7:28	1–0 MTU
	MTU	Wayne Weller	Milroy and Holm	13:12	2–0 MTU
	MTU	Bob Wilson – GW PP	Leiman and Yeo	18:56	3–0 MTU
2nd	MTU	Colin Patterson	Wilson and Yeo	22:13	4–0 MTU
	MTU	Fred Dart	Yoshino and Toothill	23:37	5–0 MTU
	MTU	Gary Milroy – PP	Riutta and Huculak	34:58	6–0 MTU
	BC	E. J. Breen – PP	Toran	37:24	6–1 MTU
	MTU	Wayne Weller	Milroy	39:26	7–1 MTU
3rd	BC	Jim Mullen	Dyer and Cunniff	46:02	7–2 MTU
	MTU	Bob Wilson	unassisted	57:58	8–2 MTU
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	MTU	Terry Ryan	Holding	6:00	2:00
	BC	John Moylan	Cross–Checking	6:00	2:00
	MTU	Colin Patterson	Cross–Checking	8:47	2:00
	MTU	Ed Caterer	Tripping	10:52	2:00
	BC	Woody Johnson	Elbowing	16:57	2:00
2nd	BC	Francis Kearns	Interference	24:02	2:00
	MTU	Dennis Huculak	Holding	32:04	2:00
	BC	Jim Mullen	Illegal Check	34:23	2:00
	MTU	Gary Milroy	Slashing	36:06	2:00
	MTU	David Confrey	Charging	36:41	2:00
	MTU	Wayne Weller	Tripping	39:32	2:00
	MTU	Al Holm	Roughing	39:32	2:00
	BC	Woody Johnson	Roughing	39:32	2:00
3rd	BC	Ralphy Toran	Slashing	42:08	2:00
	BC	Francis Kearns	Elbowing	50:47	2:00
	MTU	Dennis Huculak	Slashing	50:47	2:00
	MTU	Terry Ryan	Tripping	54:17	2:00

All-Tournament team

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References