As they had two years earlier , Minnesota opened as the underdog against ECAC champion Boston University and just like 1974 the Gophers were able to send the Terriers packing . In the championship game Minnesota met Michigan Tech for the third consecutive year , the only time in NCAA where the same two team made the final three years running ( as of 2019 ) . The defending champion Huskies had produced a stellar season thus far and had already set a new NCAA record with 34 wins on the season . The top offense in the nation was led by future NHL-er Mike Zuke who had posted 103 points on the season and was only two behind Tom Ross for the scoring title . It did n't take much time from the start of the contest to figure out that it was not Jeff Tscherne 's night . Michigan Tech scored three times in under four minutes to build a huge lead less than twelve minutes into the contest . Tscherne remained in net for the rest of the period and was able to stem the tide but it was a power play goal from Tom Vannelli at the end of the first that gave Minnesota some breathing room . Tscherne was replaced by Tom Mohr from the second on and the junior netminder was given time to settle in when Minnesota opened an offensive salvo on the Michigan Tech net . The Gophers outshot the Huskies 16 – 3 in the second and scored three times to erase the Tech advantage and take the lead themselves . Michigan Tech halted the Gopher charge with their fourth goal that came with 36 seconds to play to send the teams into the final frame in a tied game . The play was much more even in the third but Minnesota managed to score first with team captain Pat Phippen 's goal near the middle of the stanza . Mohr held the Huskies off the scoresheet and allowed Warren Miller to cap the scoring with 30 seconds left
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List of NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Scoring Champion
1975–76 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey season