Denver received the top seed in the WCHA Tournament which , rather than acting as a traditional tournament , had two 2-game series played between the top four teams to determine the two WCHA co-champions . The two series were total goal affairs rather than being best-of contests so when Denver opened against Colorado College with a 9 – 2 victory they would have to lose the succeeding game by 8 goals to miss out on the NCAA tournament . Unsurprisingly it was a much more defensive effort from the regular season champions and the Pioneers scored only three times on the night but was still able win the game and were joined by Michigan Tech as the inaugural WCHA Tournament co-Champions
WCHA Tournament
1960 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
1959–60 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season