# 1968 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

The 1968 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 9th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 5 and March 9, 1968. All games were played at home team campus sites. By being declared as co-champions, both North Dakota and Denver were invited to participate in the 1968 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Though not official designations, North Dakota is considered as the East Regional Champion† and Denver as the West Regional Champion‡.

## Format

All eight teams in the WCHA were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings. 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 played a single game with the winners advancing to the second round. 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 were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. The victors of the second round series were declared as co-conference tournament champions.

### Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
1967–68 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PCT | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Denver†* | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 84 | 32 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 183 | 65 |
| Michigan Tech | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .750 | 76 | 47 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 131 | 82 |
| North Dakota* | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .614 | 78 | 57 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 113 | 80 |
| Michigan | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 83 | 60 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 152 | 84 |
| Minnesota | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .591 | 98 | 71 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 132 | 109 |
| Michigan State | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | .325 | 57 | 82 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 92 | 111 |
| Colorado College | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | .200 | 40 | 106 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 84 | 108 |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 24 | 4 | 20 | 0 | .167 | 54 | 109 | 28 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 71 | 144 |
| Championship: North Dakota, Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First Round March 5 | First Round March 5 | First Round March 5 | Second Round March 8–9 | Second Round March 8–9 | Second Round March 8–9 | Second Round March 8–9 |
| 1 | Denver | 11 | | | | |
| 8 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | | | | |
| 8 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4 | 1 | Denver | 9 | 7 |
| | | | 5 | Minnesota | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Michigan Tech | 5 | 5 | Minnesota | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Colorado College | 2 | | | | |
| 3 | North Dakota | 5 | | | | |
| 6 | Michigan State | 2 | | | | |
| 6 | Michigan State | 2 | 2 | Michigan Tech | 0 | 2 |
| | | | 3 | North Dakota | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Michigan | 3 | 3 | North Dakota | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Minnesota | 5 | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Second round
#### (1) Denver vs. (5) Minnesota

* Denver won series 16–3

#### (2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) North Dakota

* North Dakota won series 2–3

## Tournament awards

None