FRONT ROW: Dudley Otto, Bill Selman, Dan Storsteen, Maurice Roberge, George
Goodacare, Dave Merrifield, George Baland; MIDDLE ROW: Head Coach Barry
Thorndycraft, Bob Bartlett, Jack Matheson, Bill Borlase, John Sutherland,
George Chigol, Peter Stasiuk, Joe Lech; BACK ROW: Asst. Coach Bob
Peters, Alan McLean, Ernie Dyda, Don Ross, Arnie Steeves, Will Stirrett,
Wayne Gurba, Don Stokaluk, Mngr. Murray Olson
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Denver vs North Dakota
March 16, 1963
NCAA Championship
McHugh Forum, Boston, Mass. (4,200)
1st Period
UND-1: Don Stokaluk (Dave Merrifield, Bob Bartlett) 1:57
UND-2: Al McLean (John Sutherland, Bob Bartlett) 3:11
UND-3: Ernie Dyda (Jack Matheson, Dave Merrifield) 7:25
DU-1: Greg Lacomy (Jim Kenning, Dominic Fragomeni) 12:55
DU-2: Bob Hamill (Jack Wilson, Jon Art) 13:13
UND-4: Don Stokaluk (Maurice Roberge) 14:20
UND-5: Jack Matheson (Don Ross) 15:14
2nd Period
UND-6: Al McLean (unassisted) 5:01
DU-3: Greg Lacomy (Jack Wilson, Marshall Johnston) 7:05
DU-4: Bob Hamill (Bill Staub) 13:09
3rd Period
DU-5: Bob Hamill (Doug Kowel, Lawrence John) 13:19
Penalties: UND 5-10; DU 3-6
Shots: UND 15-15-9--39; DU 7-8-2--17
Saves: UND Lech 5-6-1--12; DU Unis 10-14-9--3
1962-63 Season Notes
- Just four years after winning its first championship, UND put its
second championship in the Fighting Sioux record book
- Avenging the loss to Denver in the 1958 title game, the Sioux
defeated the Pioneers by a 6-5 score
- UND had also just lost the WCHA Championship game to Denver
in a 4-5 OT loss on March 9, 1963.
- Head Coach Barry Thorndycraft, in the third of his four-year
coaching career at UND, won his only NCAA title in 1963. Thorndycraft
finished his coaching career at UND with a 71-65-8 (.521) mark from
1959-64.
- UND had three first team All-Americans: defenseman Don Ross of
Roseau, MN, forward Al McLean of New Westminster, B.C., and forward
Dave Merrifield of Thunder Bay, Ont. That record stood as UND's
most first-team selections until it was equalled in 1987.
- McLean was named NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
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1962-63: The road to victory
| North Dakota |
8 |
North Dakota |
6 |
North Dakota
NCAA Champion |
| Boston College |
2 |
| Denver |
6 |
Denver |
5 |
| Clarkson |
4 |
| Nov. 24 |
Winnipeg Monarchs
|
W 7-2 |
| Nov. 30/Dec. 01 |
Minnesota-Duluth
|
W 4-1/W 7-1 |
| Dec. 07/Dec. 08 |
at Michigan State
|
W 11-4/L 5-6 |
| Dec. 14/Dec. 15 |
Winnipeg Rangers
|
W 12-1/W 10-1 |
| Dec. 18/Dec. 19 |
at Minnesota-Duluth
|
L 1-4/W 7-3 |
| Jan. 04/Jan. 05 |
Michigan Tech
|
W 4-2/T 3-3 (ot) |
| Jan. 11/Jan. 12 |
at Minnesota
|
W 6-4/W 3-2 |
| Jan. 17 |
St. Boniface
|
W 10-2 |
| Jan. 25/Jan. 26 |
Denver
|
W 7-4/W 3-1 |
| Feb. 02 |
Winnipeg Maroons
|
T 2-2 (no ot) |
| Feb. 08/Feb. 09 |
at Michigan Tech
|
L 0-3/L 1-5 |
| Feb. 12 |
at Denver
|
L 1-3 |
| Feb. 13 |
at Colorado College
|
W 7-1 |
| Feb. 15/Feb. 16 |
at Denver
|
L 2-3/W 7-6 |
| Feb. 22/Feb. 23 |
Minnesota
|
W 4-3/W 4-3 |
| Mar. 01/Mar. 02 |
Michigan
|
T 2-2 (ot)/W 6-5 |
| Mar. 07/Mar. 08 |
Michigan Tech
WCHA Playoffs |
W 2-0/W 6-1 |
| Mar. 09 |
at Denver
WCHA Playoffs |
L 4-5 (OT) |
| Mar. 14 |
at Boston College
NCAA Semifinal |
W 8-2 |
| Mar. 16 |
at Denver
NCAA Championship |
W 6-5 |
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