Teams 4 | ||
Finals Site Utica Memorial Auditorium
Utica, New York Champions Michigan Tech (1st title) Runner-Up Clarkson (1st title game) Semifinalists Michigan (11th Frozen Four)
St. Lawrence (7th Frozen Four) Winning coach John MacInnes (1st title) | ||
The 1962 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1961–62 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 15th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 15 and 17, 1962, and concluded with Michigan Tech defeating Clarkson 7-1. All games were played at the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York.
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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.
Format
The higher-ranked ECAC team 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 Utica Memorial 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.
Tournament Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)