1963 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1963 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1962–63 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 16th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 14 and 16, 1963, and concluded with North Dakota defeating Denver 6-5. All games were played at the McHugh Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
==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. Harvard, the ECAC champion, declined the bid to the tournament and was instead replaced by the runner-up Boston College. 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	East 	East 	East 	East 	East 	East 	West	West 	West 	West 	West 	West 	West
Seed	School 	Conference 	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School 	Conference	Record	Berth type 	Appearance	Last bid
1 	Boston College	ECAC Hockey	22–7–0	At-Large 	7th 	1959 	1 	Denver 	WCHA 	22–8–1	Tournament champion	4th 	1961
2 	Clarkson 	ECAC Hockey	19–3–2	At-Large 	4th 	1962 	2 	North Dakota	WCHA 	20–7–3	At-Large 	3rd 	1959
==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.
==Tournament Bracket==
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
===Semifinals===
====Boston College vs. North Dakota====
====Denver vs. Clarkson====
===Consolation Game===
====Boston College vs. Clarkson====
===National Championship===
====Denver vs. North Dakota====
Scoring summary	Scoring summary	Scoring summary	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary	Scoring summary
Period 	Team 	Goal 	Assist(s) 	Time 	Score
1st 	UND 	Don Stokaluk 	Merrifield and Bartlett	1:57 	1–0 UND
1st 	UND 	Al McLean 	Sutherland and Bartlett	3:11 	2–0 UND
1st 	UND 	Ernie Dyda 	Matheson and Merrifield	7:25 	3–0 UND
1st 	DU 	Greg Lacomy 	Kenning and Fragomeni 	12:55 	3–1 UND
1st 	DU 	Bob Hamill 	Wilson and Art 	13:13 	3–2 UND
1st 	UND 	Don Stokaluk 	Roberge 	14:20 	4–2 UND
1st 	UND 	Jack Matheson 	Ross 	15:14 	5–2 UND
2nd 	UND 	Al McLean – GW 	unassisted 	25:01 	6–2 UND
2nd 	DU 	Greg Lacomy 	Wilson and Johnston 	27:05 	6–3 UND
2nd 	DU 	Bob Hamill 	Staub 	33:09 	6–4 UND
3rd 	DU 	Bob Hamill 	Kowel 	53:19 	6–5 UND
Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period
Team 	1 	2 	3 	T
North Dakota 	15 	15 	9 	39
Denver 	7 	8 	2 	17
Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders
Team 	Name 	Saves 	Goals against	Time on ice
UND 	Joe Lech 	12 	5 	
DU 	Rudy Unis 	33 	6 	
==All-Tournament Team==
===First Team===
*G: Tom Apprille (Boston College)
*D: George Goodacre (North Dakota)
*D: Don Ross (North Dakota)
*F: Al McLean* (North Dakota)
*F: Dave Merrifield (North Dakota)
*F: Don Stokaluk (North Dakota)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
===Second Team===
*G: Wayne Gibbons (Clarkson)
*D: Jim Kenning (Denver)
*D: Maurice Roberge (North Dakota)
*F: Jack Leetch (Boston College)
*F: Corby Adams (Clarkson)
*F: Bob Hamill (Denver)
==References==
Tournament
Category:NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament